The grumpy thread

[Eddie Honda]

The stock picture didn't match [snip] so I ignored it when I should have questioned it

What aftermarket make/reference/part number was it sold under? I did some legwork a while back pointing out what was supposed to be the correct rad. Was my pointer wrong. Sorry if it was. The stock picture looks right there ???

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/15611-renault-6tl-crapaud-1412-switch-gutters/?p=1106866

[Eddie Honda]

I kinda feel like it's my fault for accepting it though and selling it is likely to be less hassle than returning it if I can.

Send it back. When I had to send something back to Mister Auto, they generated a DHL label, so all I had to do was put it back in the box and slap said label on it. Returning it was actually quite painless. Distance selling regs, apply pan-Euro, blah, blah.

[maxpower]

Road closures and diversions!!!..... West Ham you're a shit team playing in an eyesore of a stadium... so take your arses back to upton park area and stop causing untold misery for drivers by closing roads at rush hour when your game is not for 3 hours later!!

and Mr Mayor Khan instead of butting your nose into all and sundry in order to gain more publicity...why not do london a favour and fkin sort out an alternative to that big car park known as the blackwall tunnel.... rant over!

[chaseracer]

Send it back. When I had to send something back to Mister Auto, they generated a DHL label, so all I had to do was put it back in the box and slap said label on it. Returning it was actually quite painless. Distance selling regs, apply pan-Euro, blah, blah.

 

This.

[vulgalour]

Eddie: your link is the one I followed.  The company were really helpful and a little annoyed to find the one listed was out of stock, so there was back-and-forth on details and they found another supplier that assured them this was the correct rad for my car.  I'll send them a message later tonight, explain the situation and see what happens I suppose.  Best case is they offer a refund and don't want the rad back, worst case is that I'll get no refund and have to try and sell this one.  Part and parcel of this car really.

[FakeConcern]

Yup. The DRL rules are ridiculous, and perhaps wouldn't be necessary at all if automatic headlamps actually worked. Stupidest invention ever auto headlamps. 

I don't agree, the auto lights in my C4 work well as they come on when the light gets dim (!) and also if the wipers are on. OK I have to turn them on manually in fog (unless that gets the auto wipers going as it often does) but I need some exercise!

[dollywobbler]

I don't agree, the auto lights in my C4 work well as they come on when the light gets dim (!) and also if the wipers are on. OK I have to turn them on manually in fog (unless that gets the auto wipers going as it often does) but I need some exercise!

 

Fog is one of my main complaints about them. Sadly, auto lights have conditioned many people to never think about whether their lights are on. Surely auto lights are only necessary for blind drivers? Auto wipers, I quite like those. They are great given we get about twenty different type of rain in Wales, often within a mile. 

[Pillock]

Yup. The DRL rules are ridiculous, and perhaps wouldn't be necessary at all if automatic headlamps actually worked. Stupidest invention ever auto headlamps.

Mine work fine, they come in when needed and also when the auto wipers do more than about 4 wipes a minute in the rain. Never turned them off, they've been perfect.

[Eddie Honda]

Not your problem really then if you asked for the right one.

 

They'll want it back, they'll pay for shipping back.

[barmatt]

Me too, but I don't bother with the Xmas do any more - it's in London and the last two have been James Bond themed - fuck that. 

 

 

When I worked in a rather posh golf club we had a Bond themed christmas party one night that didn't go quite as planned.

 

They'd hired a Connery lookalike to do this turn. The idea was that he walks in the room just before speeches while it's all quiet and orders a Vodka Martini from the waiter, when the waiter brings him his drink he tastes it, spits it out and says "I ordered it shaken not stirred" then he pulls out his gun and shoots the waiter. Well, it all went to plan until Connery pulls out his gun and pulls the trigger, the gun was a proper blank firing thing and had some sort of malfunction which made it blow up in his hand. The crowd all cheered and clapped thinking it was part of the show but when we got him to a back room we found it was pissing blood everywhere and had nearly blown his bloody thumb off.

 

Avoid Christmas parties at all costs, they are dangerous! you have been warned.

[Snipes]

People moaning about people moaning in the moan thread.

 

Also... Chelsea tractor drivers: before anyone leaps up, I do not begrudge you your choice of conveyance. I would, however, greatly appreciate it if you could please KEEP THE FUCKING THING ON YOUR SIDE OF THE ROAD. Thank you.

Reminded me. People in the local Sainsbury's car park just love to cut corners or ignore give way markings while driving around looking for a spot. Not really a problem until they bloody well drive straight at me and I have to stop so as not to hit them.

[plasticvandan]

Distance selling regs mean they have to take it back,at worst they will refund you minus carriage.

[vulgalour]

I've sent them a message.  They were really lovely about tracking down the right part and have given top notch customer service so they deserve the benefit of the doubt on this one.  I've also sent them a photograph of the old radiator and the one they sent so they can see what the problem is.

[scruff]

I would happily go for the xmas meal but sounds like I've got a three day round trip to Scotland next week, fingers crossed I'll be back early hours of Xmas eve. 

[myglaren]

Me too, but I don't bother with the Xmas do any more - it's in London and the last two have been James Bond themed - fuck that.  At the risk of sounding like a sexist old git, the organisers have changed and now they are fashion conscious young women who want to be able to show off their fabulous clothes - all of which is fine, but not for me.

 

It's funny how "inclusive" workplaces don't actually extend that to all employees when they organise Christmas.

 

That said, they're a good employer and I prefer an impromptu pint out in Dublin with workmates when I'm there. 

Bond themed eh?

 

[Lacquer Peel]

I avoid Christmas do's like the plague. Think I only ever attended two in my whole career. It's all the "supposed" traditions that I can't stand, such as:

 

"You gotta have Turkey, it's Christmas!"

"You gotta have a drink, it's Christmas!"

"Where's your funny jumper and elf hat? It's Christmas!"

"Cheer up, it's Christmas!"

 

Dunno if it's just me or not but rather than shell out for a hire suit and spend all night buying rounds of shots (and a coke for myself) before being forced to get a cab home because the trains have stopped, I would rather chuck a few quid to Shelter or chuck a homeless guy some money to get a hostel for the night.

 

Funnily enough none of my work colleagues have ever said "come on, let's help someone less fortunate, it's Christmas!!"

It's something I traditionally avoid as well but having recently moved and started a new job I feel like a social pariah.

My boss and the estate owner's wife paid for drinks, she offered me a lift home, they made sure I was catered for in spite of my unusual plant based diet, it was a good chance to talk to people on the estate I haven't met properly.

 

TL;DR a socially awkward man went on a work Christmas do, enjoyed it when the alcohol cancelled out the social anxiety and didn't spend a penny..

[dollywobbler]

The last Christmas do I went on saw me and Sam Glover (and a couple more of the PC team) do a runner to a place that sold real ale (which obviously I didn't partake in). The 'do' itself was in some glitzy club. Very much not where geeky writers tend to hang out. We ensured we were seen by management, then quietly disappeared...

[alf892]

Vulg try here..........http://www.buycarparts.co.uk/autoparts-manufacturer/prasco/radiator-parts/10203/renault-6-118

 

 

Seems like a lot of variations.

 

We have a rad place around the corner that would recore your old one......if you get stuck send me the measurements and let me know how many rows it is (thickness and top to bottom)and I'll get a quote.

[scaryoldcortina]

Why are modern transits so shite to work on?

 

This morning I'm changing a front spring. On most vehicles I'd have the strut on the floor by now and be waiting for the spring to turn up.

 

Am I? Am I hell. Mk6/7 transits have the strut top buried under the dash. There isn't an access panel, there IS a thick rubber mat over the whole thing that secures to the van in an inaccessible place behind said dash. To add insult to injury there are fuseboxes, wiring and an airbag all in the way too. Twats. The sooner they all rust away to nothing the better.

[scaryoldcortina]

It's off now.

[Pillock]

I hope you did the right thing and gas-axed an access panel into the front wing?

[Parky]

Dear Essex Police,

 

Tonight I witnessed at least seven vehicles with no rear plate or dirty rear plates and no lights so you couldn't see the registration number.

 

I would suggest this is because this enables them to do 90 in a 50 zone with aplomb knowing no speed camera will be able to id them. Or the vehicle is nicked and they don't want it appearing on ANPR. Either way, why not pull the fuckers over? Might be fun to ask what gives them the right to ignore the regulations that the rest of us have to obey.

 

Regards,

 

Most of Essex

(Aged 43 and a half)

[strangeangel]

Either way, why not pull the fuckers over?

 

Dunno about Essex, but the answer to that question here (W Yorks) would be 'Who's going to pull them over?'.

 

Road policing round here is brought to you by the letters ANPR and the letters GATSO. I can't remember the last time I saw any actual, live cops in a car.

[Louise2cv]

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[Noel Tidybeard]

that fucking mincers vs prancers insurance advert-

 

what sort of cock womble director thinks a astra should be "levelled" out with blocks against the camber of the road- arggggh it just looks so wrong

 

 

rant over as you were

[Richard]

The sooner they all rust away to nothing the better.

I don't think you'll have long to wait.

[garbaldy]

Dear Essex Police,

 

Tonight I witnessed at least seven vehicles with no rear plate or dirty rear plates and no lights so you couldn't see the registration number.

 

I would suggest this is because this enables them to do 90 in a 50 zone with aplomb knowing no speed camera will be able to id them. Or the vehicle is nicked and they don't want it appearing on ANPR. Either way, why not pull the fuckers over? Might be fun to ask what gives them the right to ignore the regulations that the rest of us have to obey.

 

Regards,

 

Most of Essex

(Aged 43 and a half)

 

I will try and remember to take a picture of the local traffic cars and if you can read the plates I shall buy you a pint.

and before you say they will be washed daily, yeh right this whole month they have been the same.

[cros]

It's something I traditionally avoid as well but having recently moved and started a new job I feel like a social pariah.

My boss and the estate owner's wife paid for drinks, she offered me a lift home, they made sure I was catered for in spite of my unusual plant based diet, it was a good chance to talk to people on the estate I haven't met properly.

TL;DR a socially awkward man went on a work Christmas do, enjoyed it when the alcohol cancelled out the social anxiety and didn't spend a penny..

Remarkable bladder control Mr Peel.

[Guest Hooli]

Dunno about Essex, but the answer to that question here (W Yorks) would be 'Who's going to pull them over?'.

 

Road policing round here is brought to you by the letters ANPR and the letters GATSO. I can't remember the last time I saw any actual, live cops in a car.

 

My rear plate is exactly the same colour as the rest of the back of the goona. Sat stuck in traffic for a hour yesterday with an unmarked plod behind & they ignored it.

[OwdChina]

Todays grump:

 

 

Having to do this

 

 

to this, because a certain after market manufacturer (in Turkey) never leaves enough clearance between the casting and the holding stud hole to get any type of wrench on the nut.

 

Not all stuff is built with a 12mmAF nut on a M8 stud you dummies, most use 13......FIX IT !

 

And I'm hungry, roll on lunchtime.