The grumpy thread

[Kiltox]

The battery on the Cadillac's terminals are on the front of the battery. Also handily once you unbolt it from the car you can't charge it as the terminals are female. I had to wedge two m10 bolts in it so I could charge it up.. WHY THO?

Bet finding replacement for that is GR9 fun

[cort16]

frankenstiens nipples

 

[Guest Hooli]

I've never seen a battery like that before.

[cobblers]

A lot of american cars use them - really common over there. Strange, but I suppose it saves height or something.

[Des]

Anyone as butter-fingered as myself with wrenches will appreciate side terminals.

[dave21478]

I think my Escort daily driver is kill.

 

I keep getting the feeling its down on power, but then convince myself its just a wee engine in an old-ish car.... its normal, but today trying to pull my smaller trailer with a mower deck in it, so less than 500kgs total, just about ended the car....It struggled on the flat in top gear and uphill required fourth and third to keep it moving. It also has no engine braking downhill and is very easy to flood in the mornings so I think its lost a lot of compression.

 

Add in general suspension clunks, galloping sill rot, clunky engine mounts,juddery clutch and general tiredness, I think the bridge is calling.

 

I will use up the tank of pez it has in it and see whats what when that is gone. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

park it next the renner 8

[DVee8]

It is 5 past 5 in the morning i have been awake for over a hour,I am sitting watching the grand tour.

[andy18s]

It is 5 past 5 in the morning i have been awake for over a hour,I am sitting watching the grand tour.

Nice Avenger Tiger,used to have 1 of those waaaay back then...

Best part of the programme though.

[cort16]

I can't get day insurance to move the Cadillac down to my lockup. I used day insure.com when I picked it up no problem but now I can't get cover. Is it because it's on SORN or on the V Car. Annoying that I might have to get someone with a flat bed to move it a mile!

[cort16]

I managed to get cover. Flippin salty in the end though. It'll be worth it for the reduction in ear ache as I can't get the wheel bins out the shed with it on the drive. Also I keep crashing it into the said wheely bin shed, I'm not sure how many impacts it can take.

[The Moog]

I managed to get cover. Flippin salty in the end though. It'll be worth it for the reduction in ear ache as I can't get the wheel bins out the shed with it on the drive. Also I keep crashing it into the said wheely bin shed, I'm not sure how many impacts it can take.

Insure and cancel on a normal policy. You have 14 days. Much much cheaper. Never cost me more than £25

 

Only downside is that you need to pay for it all upfront (I stick it on the credit card)

[BavarianRetro]

Or if you PM me the details of my new Cadillac, I'll get it insured for you to deliver it to my rented storage facility in Ayrshire.

[cort16]

Thanks! I've paid for it now though. I never realised that about the 14 days thing. They've got to hate that right?

[Kiltox]

eBay refunded my "buyer" so I'm £300 out of pocket given they've broken my diagnostic gear

 

Joy.

[mercrocker]

Fucking stinking man flu.   It kicked in yesterday afternoon just as I was enjoying the second part of a very enjoyable day out with friends featuring rock and roll bands at lunch time, a good fry up and then on to a rockabilly club afterwards.   I cut short the evening by a couple of hours, missed the best band of the whole day, bled snot all down my best drape jacket (try getting that shit out of velvet...) and paid for a bloody thieving taxi when I could have walked back to the car park because I was so freezing bastard cold.   

 

 Now the inevitable hangover is a thousand times worse than it would have been, I have done the square root of fuck all today apart from summon up the energy to boil a kettle and waste a few hours on t'internet.      

 

Oh, and I can quite definitely say that Tennessee Honey and Night Nurse (that's all the corner shop outside the pub had) DO NOT mix.

[cort16]

Successfully exiled. It just fits in too it took a bit of wriggling to get my far arse out of it.

I took it for a bit of drive to get some of my moneys worth out my insurance and I'm not sure how I feel about it.

It's fast, it's comfortable and cruises well. On the other hand the interior isn't very well mad and  the tv interface is constantly giving out stupid advice, which obscures the radio and you have to press a button clear.. While I was out it told my the traction control had engaged 3 times and advised me I should think about turning my light on at least twice. The handling isn't very convincing it feels heavy but it doesn't feel very sure footed in the corners, which I think is down to the dimwitted gearbox, which doesn't seem to change down at the right times so always feels like it's in the wrong gear.

 

 

[Guest Hooli]

eBay refunded my "buyer" so I'm £300 out of pocket given they've broken my diagnostic gear

 

Joy.

 

That is properly wank.

[Tamworthbay]

eBay refunded my "buyer" so I'm £300 out of pocket given they've broken my diagnostic gear

Joy.

They are utter tossers, I won't sell on eBay now because of it.

[DodgeRover]

eBay refunded my "buyer" so I'm £300 out of pocket given they've broken my diagnostic gear

 

Joy.

Have to talked to ebay customer services? Use the live chat option as you get a transcript point out they said it was working fine when delivered etc.

[EssDeeWon]

Fckin shop assistants asking for your email address, why? Places like B&Q, and Next...

 

"Thank you sir that'll be 19.99, and can you just confirm you're email address"?

 

No I fckin can't, can you confirm yours?

 

"Oh its only so we can email you the receipt"

 

Yeah right and the other 100 emails a week telling me all about your *Great deals.

[Tamworthbay]

Fckin shop assistants asking for your email address, why? Places like B&Q, and Next...

 

"Thank you sir that'll be 19.99, and can you just confirm you're email address"?

 

No I fckin can't, can you confirm yours?

 

"Oh its only so we can email you the receipt"

 

Yeah right and the other 100 emails a week telling me all about your *Great deals.

I would have said 'of course dreary, its managingdirector@B&Q.com and please opt me in to every one of your special deal emails'

[DodgeRover]

[email protected]

[AMC Rebel]

I feel sorry for the poor wonks told by their bosses to demand this shit - postcodes, email addresses etc.

 

As it goes, I quite like getting an email receipt - more chance of me finding it if I need it in future, but otherwise, rather than argue the toss I give 'em an address I don't use much or a total bollocks one - I also give the wrong postcode as a matter of course - my usual choice is the office block next to Reading Station where I used to work.

[Tamworthbay]

Does 10 Downing Street have a postcode and email address?

[Guest Hooli]

SW1A 2AA

[Sheefag]

SW1A 1AA is Buck house, W1A 1AA is BBC Broadcasting House.

[320touring]

If I could get a hold of the chap who designed Clio 172 rear calipers and a vice, that'd be superb cheers

[Cavcraft]

Order some pool ball gear knobs off eBay and use the seller's address. 

[dollywobbler]

I had a go at Currys recently for this bloody email trick. I fell for it, but cleverly thought I could tell them not to sign me up for marketing emails. This, it seems, was not a successful strategy.