The grumpy thread

[M'coli]

Followed a new Volvo in to work this morning and it had no lights on. That would have been an impossibility 20 years ago. Who's idea was it when they introduced DRLs in this country not to bother with rear lights?

 

So with new-ish always lighty-up dashboards and front lights always on basically JQPublic has no visual clues he's not got his lights on apart from the position of the switch and probably a little green picture in the middle of his ipad dashboard thingmy, and who's fault will it be when I smash into the back of him in the dark? 

 

Bah, all nu carz are rubbish m8 etc. OK carry on.

I've told at least 2 doss cunts that they're on their DRLs in the past week. "It's alright, I've got my DRLs on..." someone else said a we while ago when I told them this. They didn't seem to get the irony that it was at night, and the clue is in the name - daytime running lights.

[Eddie Honda]

I've told at least 2 doss cunts...in the past week.

Last time I told an auld cunt (who looked in fear of their life when I got out of the car) was Christmas Day last year, although not for DRLs, but for NO FUCKING LIGHTS ON AT ALL FOR AGES IN THE FUCKING DARK.

 

Takes a lot to get me going like

[Mr_Bo11ox]

'cunts not using their lights correctly ', it's an AS favourite, my data suggests an average of 746 posts/day on this subject.

[fordperv]

I just think people are getting their cunt count up

[AMC Rebel]

Followed a new Volvo in to work this morning and it had no lights on. That would have been an impossibility 20 years ago. Who's idea was it when they introduced DRLs in this country not to bother with rear lights?

 

At the risk ...ect....wasn't the daytime running thing another EU "improvement"?

[AMC Rebel]

I actually like the people I work with, and we do enjoy an evening out every once in a while, including this festive time of year. After reading the last page and a bit I'm thinking I must be in a tiny minority!

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. 

[tonedepear]

At the risk ...ect....wasn't the daytime running thing another EU "improvement"?

Thing is, daytime running lights are a great idea IMO and all Volvos always had them as long as I can remember, but FSR the new regs seem to enforce having no lights on the back of the car at all which makes no sense at all. I don't understand why Volvo would turn off the back lights specifically in the UK when they always used to have DRLs on front and back regardless in the 80s/90s. Mental.

[dollywobbler]

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

[vulgalour]

Yay, the new radiator for the 6 arrived from Germany! Isn't it lovely?

 

It looks a bit different, I don't remember mine having the sticky out bits in these places... wait, where do I fix the fan on? Oh, and it's got the wrong fixings on the bottom. And both of the big hoses are on the same side instead of opposite corners. It's really small too... I better check this against the one on the car.

 

 

Sigh.

 

 

This is after sending them every single bit of information for the car, cross-referencing that against the various databases and even showing me the listing they'd found to order from. The stock picture didn't match, but stock pictures hardly ever do when I've ordered parts for this car, so I ignored it when I should have questioned it. You'd think if it were listed for my engine size, code, year, model and make it would actually match. But no. So I'm back to square one now with an £85 radiator I can't use and a bust original that I can't replace.

[chaseracer]

That's annoying.  Can something clever be arranged with the hoses?

[chaseracer]

I can almost see this lot http://classicalloyradiators.co.uk from my armchair.

 

New?  Recore?  Happy to go and ask the question for you.

[vulgalour]

It's more annoying than just having to move/change hoses. There's no provision for the electric fan to fit, nor for the temperature sender to operate it. The long post legs on the bottom of the new one won't fit in the slots that are above the chassis on the old one. The long bolts at the top have no relevance to anything on the old one. There's no provision to fix the top of the new radiator to the front of the car. Basically, it's wrong in just about every way it can be while still, technically, being for this engine.

 

This is what they've sent me.

 

This is what I need.

 

A recore, when I asked locally (so not having to incur the cost of postage both ways) was in the region of £180-250. That's why I tried to get a new replacement.

[strangeangel]

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.

[vulgalour]

Oh... oh look what is on Mr Auto for the same price as the one above. http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/radiator/nissens-63770_g470_a12363770.html

 

Only the correct fugging radiator listed for a Renault 5, if their stock picture is to be believed and only for about the same price as I paid for that wrongun. *grumblegrumblegrumble*

[chaseracer]

Buy it, sharpish - and worry about flogging/rejecting the other one later.

[panhard65]

Oh... oh look what is on Mr Auto for the same price as the one above. http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/radiator/nissens-63770_g470_a12363770.html

 

Only the correct fugging radiator listed for a Renault 5, if their stock picture is to be believed and only for about the same price as I paid for that wrongun. *grumblegrumblegrumble*

Or buy it cheaper

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nissens-63770-Radiator-fit-RENAULT-R-5-72-/291580029404?hash=item43e38629dc:g:V2EAAOSw9r1WD0LE

Just make sure they actually have it in stock as mister auto pissed me off big time last week taking 4 days to tell me even though their listing said 10 in stock they had no discs for my Horizon

[vulgalour]

Ah yes, well, you see, that there is the other problem. There are no funds for another radiator to be purchased until the current incorrect one sells.

[chaseracer]

Ought to, given that what they supplied is clearly not the correct item, whatever photo is on their website.

[vulgalour]

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.

[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.