The grumpy thread

[Pillock]

I think the £60 is what I read, and that's right as long as you both just fill the forms out and send the cash off. That's what I was hoping would happen.

Instead there's a solicitor out there that had a really nice holiday that year; you're welcome.

[dean36014]

Well everywhere I've looked its mentioned the court fees are unavoidable. I think the sites charging £60 are filling the paperwork in for you and that's it. I can do that myself, just can't afford the court fees.

[chaseracer]

...everywhere I've looked its mentioned the court fees are unavoidable...

 

So it seems; cheaper in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but sadly that doesn't help you...

[sierraman]

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.

I'd have asked him to break down his hourly rate. Are they even qualified as Mechanics at ATS?

[Des]

What surreal version of this site am I looking at where I see mention of decent insurer and divorce with no arguments?

I've always thought that the marriage certificate should be replaced by issuing all women with a V5, former keepers, insurance markers and cert No. to check their history online, what more could you want? And if they still act up, declare sorn, bitch can't leave the house.

[Cavcraft]

My lad is getting right into messing about with shit cars, so it would make sense to get him insured on something cheap to run, rather than using his 13mpg-around-town car. Anyhow found a quite cheap Scenic RX4 (or whatever those 4WD ones are called) which would have been a bit better on juice, plenty of room for parts collecting and probably capable of towing small cars back a short distance.

 

Insurance wanted £1,400 TPF&T! Sod that for a caper.

[The Moog]

 

 

I've always thought that the marriage certificate should be replaced by issuing all women with a V5, former keepers, insurance markers and cert No. to check their history online, what more could you want? And if they still act up, declare sorn, bitch can't leave the house.

Where as all men would be low mileage, no need for MOT and erm any history will be posted on

[eddyramrod]

I'm getting more and more alarmed by the escalation of FFS' fight, as it clearly now is.

 

Also, I've just been on ebay looking at prices of 1/18 scale cars.  What fucking world are these sellers living in?

 

Alternatively, how the fuck did I manage to fall out of my world, where people are reasonable and honest, and into this one where no fecker is?

[tooSavvy]

Alternatively, how the fuck did I manage to fall out of my world, where people are reasonable and honest, and into this one where no fecker is?

Page number is a clue..... you been wandering down Ducketts Passage?

 

TS

[DeeJay]

I'd have asked him to break down his hourly rate. Are they even qualified as Mechanics at ATS?

I did but he just muttered something about "Not company policy" and gave me a receipt, the only legible writing on it was "£1024" and "This car is not roadworthy at present time".

To be honest I was too busy thinking about how we were going to get the car home.

[richardmorris]

My 17 year old jvc TV just died. Turned on just now and all it has to show is some horizontal lines at the top of the screen before turning itself off again. Why now and not last Friday for the special deals!!

 

I have tried banging on the top- - lesson learned from the early 80s of my parents dodgy tv, but all it did was make more lines!

[jakebullet]

I must be a mentalist magnet.

 

Got off the train, started walking home. Got about 30 yards and realised I've got a skanky looking woman following me, and attempting to get my attention. Took earphones out expecting the usual got a pound for a cup of tea bollocks, but no, this one is nuttier than a fruitcake instead.

 

She tells me she's a model, and she's going to be the next big thing any minute now. That's nice, what do you want from me? She wants to go to Leeds! Er, that is a train station there, you can get a train to Leeds. It's too complicated, can I please help her do it? Her film crew that are documenting her life right now won't help her. This could possibly be because they DON'T EXIST!

 

TBH I'm expecting to get stabbed any minute, so I say ok come with me and go back inside the station. That's the ticket office, ask for a ticket to Leeds. She does and starts shovelling £20 notes at the man for some reason. Ok, come with me, as I navigate the very complicated choice of which platform (out of two) you want. She decides to tell me she's a model again, and she's got lots of money because she sells her anti psychotic drugs instead of taking them, and she hopes ITV didn't hear her say that or they'll cancel her trip to Dubai.

 

Sit down there, wait for the next train, bye! ~leg it~ Looking on the bright side at least I didn't get stabbed, or have her follow me home.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Did she tell you to move out??

[Bren]

You should have told her Billy was selling a scenic.

[Bren]

Having a clearout of old toys as we are losing the loft space due to a dormer extension.

I told my other half to give the lot to charity - however she has put some up on one of these bastard facebook pages.

It has been a virtual feeding frenzy - I did'nt know so many people would spend £5 on a robot dog - one even got shitty claiming it was hers first - grabbing something down a phone is fucking impossible as far as I am aware.

The irony is they probably turn up in a 66 plate car to collect the stuff.

The race to the bottom picks up at a pace....

[myglaren]

[fraser.innes.3]

Just had guests leave my villa in Florida. Got a call from my management company, the house looks like a bomb has hit it. Seemingly the family that were booked, were actually 12 American football players attending a competition. Pool and window screens damaged. Marble pool surround broken. Wardrobe doors pulled off. Carpets all stained and damaged. She wouldn't even tell me what the bathrooms were like. They used every towel and piece of bedding in the house. It has 6 bedrooms and we have 3 changes in cupboards. The laundry pile is 5 feet high, 4 feet across and 3 feet deep. Estimated clean time is 3 days. I arrive there on Thursday with 10 of my family. Estimated repair cost is £3k. If you want a laugh, google faderique hall. He is the lead booker. Not much chance of getting my money back. Trip advisor, who they booked through, don't give a flying fuck.

 

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[Timewaster]

Having a clearout of old toys as we are losing the loft space due to a dormer extension.

 

Ooh, tell me more about the extension.

 

I want to do one on our place but I can't get any builder or architect to show any sort of interest in taking it on.

[DeeJay]

My 17 year old jvc TV just died. Turned on just now and all it has to show is some horizontal lines at the top of the screen before turning itself off again. Why now and not last Friday for the special deals!!

 

I have tried banging on the top- - lesson learned from the early 80s of my parents dodgy tv, but all it did was make more lines!

 

I've a (32"?) working Sony crt tv with stand that's going to tip next week. Needs a Freeview box. Yours if you want it.

I'm in Liverpool.

[richardmorris]

I've a (32"?) working Sony crt tv with stand that's going to tip next week. Needs a Freeview box. Yours if you want it.

I'm in Liverpool.

Thanks, but it does give Father Christmas a chance to get me something I need for once and a replacement has already been ordered.

[bub2006]

Just had guests leave my villa in Florida. Got a call from my management company, the house looks like a bomb has hit it. Seemingly the family that were booked, were actually 12 American football players attending a competition. Pool and window screens damaged. Marble pool surround broken. Wardrobe doors pulled off. Carpets all stained and damaged. She wouldn't even tell me what the bathrooms were like. They used every towel and piece of bedding in the house. It has 6 bedrooms and we have 3 changes in cupboards. The laundry pile is 5 feet high, 4 feet across and 3 feet deep. Estimated clean time is 3 days. I arrive there on Thursday with 10 of my family. Estimated repair cost is £3k. If you want a laugh, google faderique hall. He is the lead booker. Not much chance of getting my money back. Trip advisor, who they booked through, don't give a flying fuck.

 

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That really sounds a shitty situation. Doesn't anyone have respect any more? Hope you get it sorted and are able to claim costs back.

[5speedracer]

Oh come on, I'm sure you could do 1mph surely..........

 

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[andy18s]

Just had guests leave my villa in Florida. Got a call from my management company, the house looks like a bomb has hit it. Seemingly the family that were booked, were actually 12 American football players attending a competition. Pool and window screens damaged. Marble pool surround broken. Wardrobe doors pulled off. Carpets all stained and damaged. She wouldn't even tell me what the bathrooms were like. They used every towel and piece of bedding in the house. It has 6 bedrooms and we have 3 changes in cupboards. The laundry pile is 5 feet high, 4 feet across and 3 feet deep. Estimated clean time is 3 days. I arrive there on Thursday with 10 of my family. Estimated repair cost is £3k. If you want a laugh, google faderique hall. He is the lead booker. Not much chance of getting my money back. Trip advisor, who they booked through, don't give a flying fuck.

 

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Did the management get pics?

I'm sure an embarrassing post onto the teams Facebook or twitter accounts may be called for.....

[bramz7]

Owning one car is so boring. But money, parking, sanity etc....

 

BAH.

[sierraman]

How do you break a marble pool surround? Surely you can claim recourse through the police for criminal damage?

[Guest Hooli]

Bloody Bentleys battery was flat. Like so flat it wouldn't illuminate a torch battery and the car needed serious help to get going. Did (and even managed to get it out of the garage without hitting anything!) and took it to Exeter to have it's £120 switch fitted (free, they buggered up the last one... so they say) and the car was still reluctant to start when there and the battery was showing 11.9 volts.

 

I'd have thought a run like that would have charged it right up?

 

Anyway, ran home (the car not me obviously) and it was starting as usual but I've taken the battery off (used my genuine Rolls Royce toolkit - it's even got a full set of spare bulbs in there, spanners, screwdrivers, pliers, tyre depth gauge, pressure gauge, allsorts) and put it on charge and it's pulling quite a bit from the charger. It was a new battery  6 months ago and it's suitably huge and the alternator is obviously working as it powered everything quite happily when started.

 

Is this going to be another fault that costs shit loads?

 

Any pylons near your garage?

 

I'm wondering if it's something like LR/RRs used to suffer. On them the alarm ECU would wake up if it thought it heard a fob & stay powered for a while just in case. Stray emissions from pylons etc caused them to not power down & that was causing flat batteries.

[mercrocker]

Fucking Christmas cards.   What is point?   Mrs Rocker has gone out leaving me a pile of the shitty things to write.   The incoming ones are stacked on the table to cross off against the "to do" list and then I have to look at the "new" list which is all the fuckers she has met this year who warrant* cards.  I have £23 worth of bloody stamps in another box and to top it off I got told off for buying cheap cards (£1.99 for 50 which is still ten more than I have, or will buy, stamps for).   

   

She has moaned that I am not taking Christmas seriously - so far today I have dunked three die cast project body shells in Nitromors, gone for a walk and taken the Minor to my friendly old car garage to do a brake job I couldn't be arsed with yesterday.   This involved a 45 minute inspection of a customer's Thames van.   Its now half past one and I ain't scrawled a single card.

 

On the other hand, my Autoshite secret santa present is already wrapped, carefully packaged and ready to go.   Maybe my priorities are a bit skewed...

[dollywobbler]

I wish I wasn't such a messy b*stard. I've just spent ten minutes searching fruitlessly for my electricians' pliers in the garage. All  that stands between me and being able to check the 2CV's vast* electrical system is the fitting of eight spade connectors. FFS. WHY CAN'T I BE TIDY?!

[Richard]

I bet Mrs Wobbler has moved them six inches to the left, rendering them invisible to you. My wife does that all the time.

[sporty-shite]

The Dugong 605 thread. No wonder he fucked off.