The grumpy thread

[Lankytim]

There's been a bit of a campaign recently for cyclists to make eye contact with other road users- this is really good advice. Of course you can't make eye contact with someone up in a lorry cab if you're sat by their N/S door

[cort16]

I normally don't give a flying fuck what someone does to their own car but ..come on.

 

This is quite a sweet beetle

 

 

 

is now this

 

 

Rub a dub dub 

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/193895/juju-roof-chopped-turbocharged-volksrod

[Cavcraft]

On my motorbike test they thought me to look over my left shoulder at junctions for cyclists and what not. Oh, I had one recently where I was first at the lights and some gobshite in a taxi rolled up next to me about 10 seconds later. Lights change and he decided to turn left, almost knocking me off then he beeped the horn and shouting some incoherent nonsense out of the window. He wasn't quite so mouthy in the supermarket car park when I pulled up next to him though, funny that isn't it? 

 

Anyway, live and let live there's enough room on most roads for all of us, if you just decide everyone a bike is a twat then your driving probably matches your way of thinking and you're just as bad at the idiotic cyclists you complain about.

[AMC Rebel]

The article says that the EU are not happy because some countries are not taking legal action against VW for cheating.

 

This seems reasonable to me. The only reason I can think of for not taking action against them is that someone is being paid not to.

 

Ben

 

Fair point, well made.

[dollywobbler]

There's been a bit of a campaign recently for cyclists to make eye contact with other road users- this is really good advice. Of course you can't make eye contact with someone up in a lorry cab if you're sat by their N/S door

 

To be honest, I try to apply that logic to driving a car. I get very nervous if a driver reaches the end of a junction in front of me and doesn't make eye contact - or at least look in my general direction! Foot straight over the brake pedal in those cases.

[mercrocker]

I normally don;t give a flying fuck what someone does to their own car but come on.

 

This quite sweet beetle

 

 

 

is now this

 

 

Rub a dub dub 

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/193895/juju-roof-chopped-turbocharged-volksrod

 

I bet that Beetle wishes he was Herbie so he could stop very suddenly and voluntarily and slice their fucking noses off.

[Cavcraft]

That Beetle looks like it's got a giant arse sticking out of the bonnet. Which is quite apt really, as it's shit.

[mercrocker]

Its got another two sticking out of the roof....

[cort16]

It just seems to me to be attention seeking dubber tick box bollocks. Look at the rear wheel camber FFS. It's like mini's. On the rare occasion you see original one you think "wow that looks amazing" only because 90% of them have been fucked about with in some way or another.

[michael1703]

I hate beetles so I shouldn't care, but that's fucking awful!

 

A perfectly 'practical' car is only good for what now?

 

Once a year drive to a custom VW show?

[fraser.innes.3]

Has happened to me which is why I now position myself centrally in the lane at lights. Of course this doesn't stop everyone pulling across you! Interestingly now, with so many new cars being start stop a lot are extremely slow off the mark and so on a bike you can leave them behind as you cross the junction.

You are correct. At lights cyclists should take up a whole lane to stop that happening. All lights in my local city now have cycle areas in front of car areas. Still does not stop the cyclist cunts who think that lights do not apply to them, and carry on regardless.

 

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[Mr A Lawrence]

Looks like I've stumbled into cycleshite "your riding is our concern"

[DeeJay]

Can we all just agree that some cyclists are knobheads, some drivers are knobheads.

Personally I'd rather cyclists were lit up like christmas trees than riding around like friggin Ninjas.

[Richard]

I normally don't give a flying fuck what someone does to their own car but ..come on.

 

This is quite a sweet beetle

 

 

 

is now this

 

 

Rub a dub dub

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/193895/juju-roof-chopped-turbocharged-volksrod

At least they got rid of the Webasto sunroof, the car was ruined with that anyway.

[reb]

Todays grump is the fact the heating is on full blast in my building. It is electric heating. The transformers for the building are in my lab. I think you can see where this is going.

 

Transformer hum is a really pleasant noise. It really is.

[reb]

Can we all just agree that some cyclists are knobheads, some drivers are knobheads.

I drive a few hundred miles a week at the moment, all but a few miles of it town driving, I think everyone on the road here in St Andrews is a Knobhead. It's impressive that my car still has a nose given people's desire to pop out from concealed side streets at speed. Almost got written off (both me and the car) by a taxi van thing pulling into the junction I was approaching on the wrong side above the speed limit (taxi, not me).

I think given pizza delivery drivers' reputation, I think if we think your driving's bad, it's probably quite bad. Actually, I think our reputation is somewhat ill deserved.

[cros]

People donating money to the RSPCA and the British Heart Foundation must be delighted that some of their cash will be used to pay these charity's fines. Penalise those who make bad decisions, including the judiciary.

I'm hardly likely to be a VW customer any time soon, but likewise it seems pointless to bring the company down along with job losses for employees (which will inevitably include some in the UK). Hit the greedy fuckers who were behind pressuring dishonest management decisions.

[M'coli]

I normally don't give a flying fuck what someone does to their own car but ..come on.

 

This is quite a sweet beetle

 

 

 

is now this

 

 

Rub a dub dub 

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/193895/juju-roof-chopped-turbocharged-volksrod

Username on RR - "fad". Surely that should be spelt with a 'u' rather than an 'a'?

[DeeJay]

Username on RR - "fad". Surely that should be spelt with a 'u' rather than an 'a'?

Or a d.i.c.k.

[daveb47]

I am fuckin fuming,just had call from my insurance about my recent accident

http://autoshite.com/topic/26530-my-day-so-far/

Seems that in spite of the independant witness & the total disregard of road markings by other driver the accident is probably my fault,also other car has aquired passengers who have  all sustained whiplash.

What a load of old crap that is,was 100% their fault,and only one front  seat passenger was in their car

[gm]

I ordered a pair of indicator bulbs for the mazda - is it too much to ask that they be the same colour ?

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eBay seller was very apologetic and is sending a replacement out straight away, I wonder what colour that one will be

the replacement bulbs arrived quickly but look what I have now :

 

 

Gah !

 

My Christmas tree will be very bonny at this rate

[DeeJay]

Son took his car (02 Saxo) to ATS to get the brakes sorted (very little pressure at the pedal and dislocate your shoulder handbrake).

Left it there and an hour later phone call from garage saying come back, it's bad news.

So we scoot back down there and the cars still up on the ramps, all 4 wheels off and both rear drums off.

Go into the garage and talk to the lad working on the car.

Bad news is new front pads, discs, rear cylinder (leaking),rear shoes, drum bearings, track rod ends and a new suspension arm.

All the time shaking his head.

While mech was listing parts needed son was on his phone, Eurocarparts website filling a virtual shopping basket.

Into the office to ask for the quote..............

£1024 I'll say that again,

£1024 on a £2-300 car.

I said that parts were about £150 to £200 tops and showed him the parts list and price.

He gets all sniffy and tells me, "We don't use Eurocarparts, we use a quality supplier".

Timing couldn't of been better, Eurocarparts van pulls into car park, driver gets out loads up a dolly thing, comes into the office and asks our man to sign for the delivery,

which he did with a bright red face (he signed with a pen in the glow from his face) 

I asked him about the approx £800 labour when the car was ready for the parts to be fitted after 45mins work.

He just mumbled something and pointed at the computer screen.

Told him to put the car back together and we shall leave.

So they've been my jobs all week, inbetween rain showers (a good portion of the time try to undo the wheel nuts).

 

TLDR. ATS live down to reputation also hire the fattest man in Liverpool to tighten wheel bolts.

[twosmoke300]

the replacement bulbs arrived quickly but look what I have now :

 

IMG_0983.JPG

 

Gah !

 

My Christmas tree will be very bonny at this rate

why dont you just go to a motor factors?

[Supernaut]

As a counterpoint, I took the BMW 316 to my local Halfords Autocentre for its MOT on Saturday. I wasn't sure what to expect.

 

They failed it on a major exhaust leak (I knew about that) and two brake pipes.

 

They fixed it all up yesterday and passed it. The brake pipes were a bit steep at £75 each (admittedly brake pipes can be a bastard to do, and they may have even needed to fabricate them from scratch), and repairing the exhaust was £55 (I'm guessing a whole new back box, not had a chance to have a proper look in the daylight yet), so a total of £205. The mileage hadn't even gone up at all since I left it there, so they hadn't taken the piss and taken it out for a test drive or anything. Totally professional. I'll deffo go back there for any future work.

 

 

 

I've not been to my local branch of ATS for a while, as they just seem massively incompetent. They once fitted winter tyres (which I supplied) to some Peugeot 205 GTi wheels I had, but they didn't have the removable centre. I phoned in advance to ask if this was OK "no problem" said the man there, "we have the adapter for the balancing machine." They didn't, and only told me this after they'd fitted the tyres. I told them to chuck the wheels in the back of the car and I'll go elsewhere for balancing. They obliged, and forgot to ask me for payment. I didn't remind them either!

[gm]

why dont you just go to a motor factors?

I should have done that originally but these are paid for so can get sent back and replaced. I think the supplier is suitably embarrassed

[DeeJay]

 I think the supplier is suitably embarrassed

Hence the red bulbs

[cros]

I am fuckin fuming,just had call from my insurance about my recent accident

http://autoshite.com/topic/26530-my-day-so-far/

Seems that in spite of the independant witness & the total disregard of road markings by other driver the accident is probably my fault,also other car has aquired passengers who have  all sustained whiplash.

What a load of old crap that is,was 100% their fault,and only one front  seat passenger was in their car

Sorry to hear that Dave.

[strangeangel]

Riding up the left hand side of a car/truck/bus etc should be classed as attempted suicide. If you really are too damn thick to see why it's dangerous then you're not fit to ride a push bike on the road.

 

Of course drivers should look, but it's not their fault if a fuck nugget is trying to die under their wheels.

 

In a nutshell. This is a spectacularly cretinous idea and, as such, will no doubt be made law in about 0.000000000446 seconds.

[bramz7]

Meeting Ian (Dollywobbler) and his wife was pleasant. Also, finding that the ROFL ZX hadn't been set on fire or stolen from where I left was also good.

[bramz7]

Wrong thread obviously^. Getting shafted for £148 by Hastings for cancelling the ZX insurance was a bit of a shock. Dunno how they've worked that out but whatever.