The grumpy thread

[panhard65]

Hmmm. Ok. Understand. But I and possibly you have SKY TV. Some channels I watch, some are terrible IMHO so I don't watch them. I pick and choose. Surely there is something on here that you like? Such a varied place.

If you went to a pub you would chat to the folk that interested you and ignore those that did not? I look on this place as my social life. Like what I like and ignore what I don't really. Have met some great people here.

I think Mr Bucket's problem is he has rubbish internet and with so many threads it is hard to find the decent stuff. It is easy to skip through pages looking for a decent thread when you have fancy Western broardband but not so easy when you rely on two yougart pot's and a bit of string like our Eastern European reporter. I do hope he will keep us updated every now and then as his Balkan thread is one of my favourites.

[Kiltox]

AWL MODERNZ R SHYT

 

Why, Citroen, does the relay/fuse box need to be a non serviceable part that has a circuit board covered in resin inside?

 

When you are so shit at making electrics that work, why can't I try to fix them without chucking entire expensive modules in?

[Jack D]

Bristol-Bath cycle path this morning: someone else's 205. Bastards.

 

Piss garglers.  I knew this car, it was mint and I used to see it on moorland road and drizzling around oldfield park a lot.  White with the prosthetic coloured wheel trims if its the same one.  I suspect it is.  I'm sure I've papped it for lazy spotters thread but never got round to posting in the ultimate spirit of laziness.  

[JohnDeere]

It could be worse ... We were in a travelodge in Peterborough

 

Sod the headlights, it doesn't get much worse than that.

[Station]

I'm not a fan of snogging on telly, but two blokes going at it just does nothing for me.

[cros]

Cars that made Britain Great, a Programme that makes TV Shit. I watched a succession of know-nothing 'guests' call series Landrovers 'Defenders'. Then the presenter tried to drive an early series 1 and proved to be completely incapable of changing gear. Quentin Wilson claimed that he'd driven his leaf sprung model at 125 mph, and I wish that it was true as that would mean that he'd gone over a cliff and was speaking through a medium.

When they started menstruating over a Triumph Spitfire I couldn't endure any more and was compelled to snip through the tv's mains lead with a pair of scissors.

[Des]

I'm not a fan of snogging on telly, but two blokes going at it just does nothing for me.

 

Surely you've more than the one adult channel?

[Rocket88]

Cars that made Britain Great, a Programme that makes TV Shit. I watched a succession of know-nothing 'guests' call series Landrovers 'Defenders'. Then the presenter tried to drive an early series 1 and proved to be completely incapable of changing gear. Quentin Wilson claimed that he'd driven his leaf sprung model at 125 mph, and I wish that it was true as that would mean that he'd gone over a cliff and was speaking through a medium.

When they started menstruating over a Triumph Spitfire I couldn't endure any more and was compelled to snip through the tv's mains lead with a pair of scissors.

 

I have an irrational hatred of Q Wilson Esq.....................that series he did with the lanky posh bird and the bespectacled idiot was some of the most toe curlingly awful motoring journalism I've ever seen..................

[Jazoli]

Things like this piss me off no end

 

 

We are not in fucking America

[cros]

Mr Wilson's '125' mph landrover came with a 91 bhp V8 and a factory quoted top speed of 80mph. He threw away an inlet manifolf restrictor which would still only get him 114 bhp and completely exhaust his technical abilities. His performance claims are as ludicrous as the product he endorses, a reconditioned engine in a bottle.

[garbaldy]

Mr Wilson's '125' mph landrover came with a 91 bhp V8 and a factory quoted top speed of 80mph. He threw away an inlet manifolf restrictor which would still only get him 114 bhp and completely exhaust his technical abilities. His performance claims are as ludicrous as the product he endorses, a reconditioned engine in a bottle.

Remember we are talking a land rover here so the speedo needle would have been bouncing between 80 and 125 and no self respecting yoof would choose the lower number.

The programme was still shit though.

[dollywobbler]

I tried watching it. I was incensed by inaccuracies before the titles had even finished. Utter crap. Once Quent appeared, I turned it off. Remember, he was a used car salesman. Making stuff up comes naturally to him.

[Richard]

On that basis I had about 140mph out of a 2.0i VDP Montego.

[Rocket88]

I tried watching it. I was incensed by inaccuracies before the titles had even finished. Utter crap. Once Quent appeared, I turned it off. Remember, he was a used car salesman. Making stuff up comes naturally to him.

Detained at her Madge's pleasure for automotive haircuts as well................

[Kiltox]

I use the warranty company he endorses for used car warranties so have a ton of point of sale crap with his mug on - urgh

[xtriple]

Echo all of the above re Mr Wilson: what a complete prick that man is. 125 mph! Laughable. Also, all the idiots going on about 'Defenders' when it's a series 1/11 etc.

 

But, at 3:00 am this morning there was nothing else to watch!

[Richard]

I don't like people calling any of them Defenders. It's not a Defender, it's a Land Rover. Just because the company got confused about what they were selling doesn't mean the rest of us have to follow suit.

[panhard65]

I don't like people calling any of them Defenders. It's not a Defender, it's a Land Rover. Just because the company got confused about what they were selling doesn't mean the rest of us have to follow suit.

No no no they are all Jeeps !! Or at least that is what everyone used to call my series one years ago. It really used to piss me off back then but I just can't be bothered now.

[fordperv]

Cars that made Britain Great, a Programme that makes TV Shit. I watched a succession of know-nothing 'guests' call series Landrovers 'Defenders'. Then the presenter tried to drive an early series 1 and proved to be completely incapable of changing gear. Quentin Wilson claimed that he'd driven his leaf sprung model at 125 mph, and I wish that it was true as that would mean that he'd gone over a cliff and was speaking through a medium.

When they started menstruating over a Triumph Spitfire I couldn't endure any more and was compelled to snip through the tv's mains lead with a pair of scissors.

bet it was D701SWL

[cobblers]

Quentin Wilsons used his voice on Road Angel Speed camera detectors. They were pretty crap TBH

 

I used to sell them at Halfords years ago, and we'd get loads of them returned. A common fault was that they used to just power themselves on an off on their own.

In the warehouse with a dozen or so knackered ones in it, all going on and off on their own. The thing is, whenever they powered up they'd play Quentin's voice saying "ROAD ANGEL". So about every couple of minutes you'd hear "ROAD ANGEL" coming out of this cupboard. They'd spookily sync up like furbies sometimes and you'd get about 5 doing it at once like a chorus.

 

If you put the box in the microwave for two seconds it would stop them doing it. Or anything.

[cobblers]

Hang about I think it was actually Tiffany Dell.

[beko1987]

dad used to have road angels, and whilst they seemed good when they worked, he had one crash and just cycled shouting ro ro to ro ro ro ro Road ange ro ro ro to until he pulled over and put it in the boot (couldn't pull the battery)

 

the other thing that annoyed me about it is 'warning, accident blackspot ahead and then the fucking loudest beep beep beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. said blacks pot had been put on the database 16 years ago, had a roundabout put in, re graded etc but warning, accident black spot ahead. I'd rather just stick to the speed limit or open my eyes. he got his when he was on 9 points or summat

[dollywobbler]

Great. Signed up to the free trial for Motor Trend on Demand, and after two videos, our phone lines have died. No Internet bar the occasional bit my phone can pick up. Lazy weekend RUINED.

[beko1987]

whwn the Internet is back just create a random Gmail address and take another free trial?

[beko1987]

 

"but dysons don't have filters do they? That's the quote going up by £20 then love! the filter washed up like new...

[cobblers]

My nans was like that, she just kept using it and didn't realise it was 100% completely blocked, for months. 

Anyway then she went out and spend fuckin £300 on a Dyson v6 battery powered jobbie. When I went round to set it up for her, I tested it out and completely filled the bucket in ten seconds use.

[dollywobbler]

Back on. Phew.

[jonathan_dyane]

Went to retrieve Primera tailgate with unsuitable borrowed agila. Of course it didn't fit and in the process of trying to ram it in I managed to pull a muscle in my back to the point where I can barely walk. Bollocks.

[DodgeRover]

Just followed someone in a newish saab n/s rear tyre was completely flat when I came up behind them, thought they were driving a bit irratically, they carried on down a dual carriageway at upto 55mph and round several roundabouts before pulling into a hotel guests enterance. Tyre was smoking when I eventually plucked up the courage to pull out and pass them as they turned off. I could here it from behind with the window down so there was no way the driver could have missed it...Why carry on and risk loosing control it's not like they were limping it home at 2mph.

[purplebargeken]

Halfords. Went in to get a brake bulb and a reg plate bulb for the i10. Tapped in the reg number and out spat a few options.

 

Bought the bulbs, eventually got home. Opened the pack with the brake light bulbs, took off the old one. Totally different.

 

Pulled out the reg plate bulb. Also totally different.

 

Why is everything so difficult.