The grumpy thread

[chaseracer]

That must have been bloody horrible for you, MrD.  Have you considered speaking with an 'appropriate health professional'?  Look after yourself...

 

 

EDIT: Billy said it better 

[MrDuke]

Cheers chaps, I am under the 'care' of the local MH team but my shrink is off sick, and I'd rather leave the emergency facilities for people who are worse off (e.g. on their own, fully suicidal etc - especially this time of year). Right now I'm just incredibly cheesed off, it's like watching my life dissolve one piece at a time. I'd got used to not being able to do most jobs, and got lucky finding one I could do, then I found I'm unable to do that one and probably won't be able to work at all for the foreseeable, now it seems I've got to wave goodbye to yet more of my independence. I wouldn't mind if I was 30 years older, but I seriously doubt I'll be able to adjust as things are.

I know this must sound immensely self-obsessed and annoyingly overblown to people with actual physical disabilities, which they may have had since childhood, and I do apologise if I sound ignorant or trite. But in some ways, I'd find it easier if my body started breaking down - at least I could look at the x-rays & test results and see the enemy, understand what was screwing my life up.  As it is, I'm virtually unafflicted by anything physical and I look 100% healthy in the mirror. Some days I even feel mentally stable - they're the worst days in the long term, as it's then that I start making big plans and starting things that I'll never be able to see through, and the failure will kick me when I'm down.

 

** Slaps himself upside the head **

 

On the plus side, I've convinced Mrs_Duke that her horrid Fiesta is truly borked, so it looks like it'll be getting weighed in soon. If I'm very very lucky, the price of scrap will inexplicably rocket the previous day, and I'll be able to buy a replacement which has more than a week's MOT.

[AMC Rebel]

So popular have the new PCP deals become that, in the twelve months to July 2015, 705,000 people used them to buy new cars.

 

That was nearly 59% of all private new cars sold in the UK during that period.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34383082

[cobblers]

Someone's got to buy shite when it's new.

[beko1987]

Asssuming you went to Robert dyas, I hope you didn't buy her anything she can kill or bury you with?

Sorry yes, Robert Dyas, stupid auto correct. I'm sure she could kill me with what I've bought, it's breakable and she could cut my throat. Would possibly be a relief to have a peaceful afterlife!

[chaseracer]

Threads disappearing with no explanation.

 

Ben

 

That was a moderation decision.  Check the Craphouse if you'd like to read the thread.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Does anyone on here do the lease thing? Any experiences / recommendations?

We have a Motability lease car.

 

You only have to get a debilitating, life threatening, life changing terminal disease to qualify.

[jakebullet]

I haz been on testosterone gel stuff for 3 weeks now. Sexy tiem has improved by approx 0.7%. At the same time I've got massive weight gain which I'm assuming is a side effect. Had to buy some bigger pants

[Cavcraft]

Just go to all forums and you'll see it.

[MarvinsMom]

all forums, where is that?

 

seriously, i cannot seem to find it!

[MrDuke]

I haz been on testosterone gel stuff for 3 weeks now. Sexy tiem has improved by approx 0.7%. At the same time I've got massive weight gain which I'm assuming is a side effect. Had to buy some bigger pants

 

It is indeed a side effect; a contributing factor in Alan Turing's suicide in fact - he was forced to take Testosterone to 'cure' his homosexuality, but (understandably) didn't rate his end of the deal too highly. Why can't they prescribe you Viagra?

[Cavcraft]

Nope, can't find it.

 

Got a link?

 

Thanks

Ben

 

Truthfully, I can't be arsed. Sorry.

[Ghosty]

Open forums, at the top. Things get moved for being not relevant enough to shite in general, as an effort to keep things civil - a lot of people don't touch the open forum - and if you don't know it exists you're better off not going anywhere near it.

 

I should point out, lease white is no worse than 'resale silver', the only difference being that times and tastes have changed.

[xtriple]

I have irrational dislikes. It worries me. One of which is a black BMW 330 coupe thing with a private plate that parks badly round the corner from my gaff. I hate the car (though it's actually quite nice) and I hate the owner even more. He works in the garage that did a shit job on my Kia and, even though I have never met him or any contact, I have decided somewhere ona visceral level that he is a prick of the first order and I want to slash all his tyres and pee through his window.

 

This is based purely on: BMW, badly parked, works in a crap garage.

 

Like I said; irrational.

[bub2006]

Sounds rational to me

[M'coli]

I haz been on testosterone gel stuff for 3 weeks now. Sexy tiem has improved by approx 0.7%. At the same time I've got massive weight gain which I'm assuming is a side effect. Had to buy some bigger pants

 

 

It is indeed a side effect; a contributing factor in Alan Turing's suicide in fact - he was forced to take Testosterone to 'cure' his homosexuality, but (understandably) didn't rate his end of the deal too highly. Why can't they prescribe you Viagra?

As far as I am aware, Viagra is used to treat the inability to rise to the occasion: the testosterone is used to help on job sign-off.

[RoadworkUK]

Really magnificent beginning to Christmas Eve.

 

Woke up early to get ourselves organised for a busy day and to get to the butcher to collect meaty goodness before Christmas siege begins. Thought we'd start off by picking our vegetable bag up from the farm.

 

Lovely juicy pothole, full of water so invisible. Expensive sounding noise followed very soon by severely compromised handling.

 

 

Very fuck.

 

Ok, never mind. I have a spare and all the necessaries to effect a swap, including, for once, the locking wheel bolt key. All good.

 

Crouch down in the horrible bloody mud, jack up, wheel off, smashing.

 

 

Inner sidewall has borne the brunt of it and the tyre - brand new 2000 miles ago - is scrap. The wheel itself looks alright - I was expecting a big old crack but appears alright - though no doubt it's nicely egg-shaped now.

 

OK, on with the spare. But, what's this? Shit. The hopeless aluminium Audi jack is beginning to buckle and the car has dropped by about an inch. Not enough clearance to get the spare on, and I really don't want to attempt to put the jack under even more strain.

 

Slightly more fuck.

 

We're on a country road, last car that passed was five minutes ago. Home is an hour's walk away but I really don't want to RAC for something like this. All we can do is hope somebody passes soon.

 

Three minutes later, a Merc E320D estate approaches and I flag it down. I recognise the owner as a customer from my old job. I ask her ever so politely, if she's not in too much of a rush, might I borrow her jack for five minutes?

 

"I don't even know if this car has a jack"

 

"Ha! Don't worry, I know your car. It had a jack last time I saw it"

 

It did, and it does. A nice, thick black metal affair that you could probably lift a Unimog with. Did the job nicely. Jacked up 'close' to the approved jacking point, kicked the horribly distorted Audi jack away, on with the wheel, car down, tightened bolts, lovely.

 

Jack tidily re-installed in Merc, exchanged Xmas pleasantries. If you're reading this - thanks again. You're good people.

 

 

So, I'm now back on a 1998 Dunlop, and can expect a sizeable bill after Christmas. I also have cold, dirty fingers, manky nails, muddy jeans and will likely have twisted and strained all kinds of muscles because I tend to work on cars in horribly awkward ways.

 

On a totally different note, for my new job I have to appear to give a toss about social media. If anybody on here would care to follow me on Twitter @RoadworkUK It wouldn't go amiss, and would help my ego no end...

 

Merry Xmas!

[Parky]

I'll give you a follow chief!

[daveb47]

Nope, can't find it.

 

Got a link?

 

Thanks

Ben

http://autoshite.com/

[MarvinsMom]

http://autoshite.com/

thank you....

 

now i've not seen that before.

 

is it new?

[Pillock]

It took me ages* to find that Craphouse forum. 

Hang on, I'm getting "Ages" and "12 seconds" confused again. That's not happened since my Plenty of Fish profile used to say I can last ages in bed.

 

Quite a good idea, IMHO. Didn't realise it was there, but it's a nice way of dropping a crap thread out of the forum without it just being locked on the main forum, taking up space.

[beko1987]

Really magnificent beginning to Christmas Eve.

 

Woke up early to get ourselves organised for a busy day and to get to the butcher to collect meaty goodness before Christmas siege begins. Thought we'd start off by picking our vegetable bag up from the farm.

 

Lovely juicy pothole, full of water so invisible. Expensive sounding noise followed very soon by severely compromised handling.

 

IMAG8437.jpg

 

Very fuck.

 

Ok, never mind. I have a spare and all the necessaries to effect a swap, including, for once, the locking wheel bolt key. All good.

 

Crouch down in the horrible bloody mud, jack up, wheel off, smashing.

 

IMAG8438.jpg

 

Inner sidewall has borne the brunt of it and the tyre - brand new 2000 miles ago - is scrap. The wheel itself looks alright - I was expecting a big old crack but appears alright - though no doubt it's nicely egg-shaped now.

 

OK, on with the spare. But, what's this? Shit. The hopeless aluminium Audi jack is beginning to buckle and the car has dropped by about an inch. Not enough clearance to get the spare on, and I really don't want to attempt to put the jack under even more strain.

 

Slightly more fuck.

 

We're on a country road, last car that passed was five minutes ago. Home is an hour's walk away but I really don't want to RAC for something like this. All we can do is hope somebody passes soon.

 

Three minutes later, a Merc E320D estate approaches and I flag it down. I recognise the owner as a customer from my old job. I ask her ever so politely, if she's not in too much of a rush, might I borrow her jack for five minutes?

 

"I don't even know if this car has a jack"

 

"Ha! Don't worry, I know your car. It had a jack last time I saw it"

 

It did, and it does. A nice, thick black metal affair that you could probably lift a Unimog with. Did the job nicely. Jacked up 'close' to the approved jacking point, kicked the horribly distorted Audi jack away, on with the wheel, car down, tightened bolts, lovely.

 

Jack tidily re-installed in Merc, exchanged Xmas pleasantries. If you're reading this - thanks again. You're good people.

 

IMAG8439.jpg

 

So, I'm now back on a 1998 Dunlop, and can expect a sizeable bill after Christmas. I also have cold, dirty fingers, manky nails, muddy jeans and will likely have twisted and strained all kinds of muscles because I tend to work on cars in horribly awkward ways.

 

On a totally different note, for my new job I have to appear to give a toss about social media. If anybody on here would care to follow me on Twitter @RoadworkUK It wouldn't go amiss, and would help my ego no end...

 

Merry Xmas!

Bah humbug indeed! I'll follow you later

[myglaren]

My eldest has delayed coming up from that London today until tomorrow - last time it took him 18 hours.

Can't see tomorrow being any better though.

And his windscreen was smashed by a pheasant.  He is near Durham so almost here now.

[myglaren]

And his windscreen was smashed by a pheasant.  He is near Durham so almost here now.

He called his insurance company - closed for Christmas.

He got through to a facilitator for the insurance company who were fairly clueless but eventually said they could get it done...

 

 

 

For £8,000 

 

They also said when he told them to stuff it that he would be driving illegally.

He said that the fine was only £60 and the police would recover his car for him.

[hairymel]

 

 

...They also said ... that he would be driving illegally....

 

 

since when has it been illegal to not have a windscreen?

[hairnet]

it isnt

 

http://www.nopenaltypoints.co.uk/defectpenaltiesifstoppedbythepolice.html

 

only if glass problem washers no working or wipers not wiping or smashed and visibillty is aproblem

 

none means you can see

 

theres no screen no defect - bikes do without so can cars

[tooSavvy]

^^^

 

I recall being behind two 'lads'* in an Escort xr3i - with no glass at all. Going across the Byker Bridge.

 

They both had skidlids on....

 

*might have been girls.

 

 

TS

[myglaren]

it isnt

 

http://www.nopenaltypoints.co.uk/defectpenaltiesifstoppedbythepolice.html

 

only if glass problem washers no working or wipers not wiping or smashed and visibillty is aproblem

 

none means you can see

 

theres no screen no defect - bikes do without so can cars

It is smashed but still in place, much glass shards in the car.

 

He's only just got the car back, it has been at the dealers for three months getting the windscreen wipers fixed - they had to bring someone from the factory in Spain to fix it in the end.

Seat Leon Cupra, a year old. 

[richardmorris]

Picked up a stone chip in the Mercedes this morning, over by the tax disc area. Not too bad though and I've moved my NT badge to cover it. This car seems to attract them - had none in the previous daily vehicles at all, now two in the same year.

[Richard]

I know that non-square presents are a pain in the arse to wrap, yet every year I manage to buy something that's a stupid shape- this year it's a Lindt Maxi Ball. Why do I never learn?