The grumpy thread

[xtriple]

Lying here on the floor in rather a lot of pain. Took the dogs up the park as usual, met up with a mate, saw the dreaded Poodles (standard i.e. BIG fuckers) of which there are usually three but today there were five. Everyone avoids them and their owners like the plague as the dogs run riot and the woman is 'intolerant' of critiscism - even Chester avoids them!

 

Usually...

 

Today he wanted to meet the two strangers and all was well. He was chatting with the new ones (distinguishable by their silly 'Lion' cut) when the other ones ran over barking and baying like demented dervishes, one went for Chester instantly who ran away followed by this black fucking thing and the two of them (Chester too busy looking behind him to see how close this fucking thing was getting to his arse to watch where he was going) ran straight into me! I am assured I actually flew for a moment or two. The flying bit was surprisingly pleasant and pain-free, the same cannot be said for the landing.

 

I seem to have hurt my left shoulder, my back (obviously) left leg, neck and pretty much everything else. I hurt.

 

By the time my mate had got me back to my feet, this woman and her lousy mutts had gone - scarpered at full speed apparently. Never asked if I was okay, never came over to help, nothing. If/when I see her again, I shall risk her wrath and ire and have words.

 

 

 

 

If I survive the overdose of Opiates I am bound to indulge in tonight to get through this.

[cms206]

Selling a Volvo coach on facebook with 8 months test.

 

 

Creative answers on a postcard plz.

 

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[bub2006]

Is she serious? Honestly that's beyond insulting.

[oldcars]

Ahh, facebook. I will never use it, i meet enough bellends in my daily life without the need to attract anymore.

[Kiltox]

I've seen some ridiculous offers in my time but WTF is that even all about??!!

[320touring]

Selling a Volvo coach on facebook with 8 months test.

 

 

Creative answers on a postcard plz.

 

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"That's a fair price per Kilo, £7850 please"

 

Or "sorry love, but your arse is to big to fit in this"

[Kiltox]

Maybe it's this kind of offer

 

[Cavcraft]

Selling a Volvo coach on facebook with 8 months test.

 

 

Creative answers on a postcard plz.

 

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Would you accept a thunder punch to the front bottom?

[Guest Hooli]

Lying here on the floor in rather a lot of pain. Took the dogs up the park as usual, met up with a mate, saw the dreaded Poodles (standard i.e. BIG fuckers) of which there are usually three but today there were five. Everyone avoids them and their owners like the plague as the dogs run riot and the woman is 'intolerant' of critiscism - even Chester avoids them!

 

Usually...

 

Today he wanted to meet the two strangers and all was well. He was chatting with the new ones (distinguishable by their silly 'Lion' cut) when the other ones ran over barking and baying like demented dervishes, one went for Chester instantly who ran away followed by this black fucking thing and the two of them (Chester too busy looking behind him to see how close this fucking thing was getting to his arse to watch where he was going) ran straight into me! I am assured I actually flew for a moment or two. The flying bit was surprisingly pleasant and pain-free, the same cannot be said for the landing.

 

I seem to have hurt my left shoulder, my back (obviously) left leg, neck and pretty much everything else. I hurt.

 

By the time my mate had got me back to my feet, this woman and her lousy mutts had gone - scarpered at full speed apparently. Never asked if I was okay, never came over to help, nothing. If/when I see her again, I shall risk her wrath and ire and have words.

 

 

 

 

If I survive the overdose of Opiates I am bound to indulge in tonight to get through this.

 

 

I can't help liking that, must have been a proper comedy moment for those watching.

[HillmanImp]

Selling a Volvo coach on facebook with 8 months test.

 

 

Creative answers on a postcard plz.

 

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For that price you don't get any air in the brakes. However I will put an amplifier on the alarm free of charge which is turned up to 11.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Thanks for reply but the whole sending an Argos catalogue thing has gone over my head, maybe just one of those days today.

 

agros catalogue weight approx 1 metricfucktonne

sent to person of interest WITHOUT postage ergo they have to go to post office and get arse raped for cost of postage and sundry admin fees

[Lord Sterling]

That won't work mo, royal mail are legally obliged to deliver anything in their duty

Really? It seems to have mostly worked for us since I stuck the notice up. Before we used to get massive amounts of junk mail through the door everyday. Now we don't get any apart from a couple of times since, and even then the junk mail has only been a sheet or two of crap rat her than the pile we used to get. So I say it has worked.

[doobietoo]

The problem is he's a lorry driver, so the only sort of revenge I could extract would involve his, or other peoples firely deaths. I may just have to wait for karma to work it's work and look forward to the day he annoys a transit full of very angry builders.

 

tape fish to the underside of his seat.......

[Cavcraft]

That's a bit harsh, how's he going to write Kayleigh a love song if you do that?

[beko1987]

That's a bit harsh, how's he going to write Kayleigh a love song if you do that?

Its too late to say he's sorry

[xtriple]

Derek W Dick.

 

Todays grump: no sleep at all. Tired. Very tired. Dentist, get there and I'm in and out in about 4 minutes after psyching myself up... for nothing. Car is/was on fumes and the mileage said zero range. Nearest petrol station 4 miles away (whatever happened to a petrol station on every street corner?) and pooing myself the whole way. Went to buy wiper blades, couldn't park, finally get in, they haven't got any for a Kia Magentis!

 

Got home, mood, dog so excited to see me, she wee's herself. She (and fat He) really cheered me up. So nice to come home to someone/thing sooooo happy to see you, no other bugger is!

[stephen01]

grump and a non grump, totatlly forgot about my dentist appt, which was in 10 mins, Thanks

[nacho man]

We have leased four new boxer vans at work. 2.2 dizzlers.

 

Had them new last year.

 

Van 1 done 15k. Eml came on. Took it dealer.

 

Day one. Didn't hear anything.

 

Day two, rang to say the egr has gone need to order a new one.

 

Day three, didn't ring us so I rang them told they started doing the egr and found a coolant hose has nearly rubbed through. Need to order one.

 

Day 4, they rang to say the hose was in but won't be able to fit until the next day.

 

Day 5, we need the van back now, rang in the morning, they said defo done by 16:30. We turn up at 16:45 van not done, mechanic comes out saying only just started won't be done till tomo.

 

Day 6. They didn't ring to say it was done, so at 16:00 we rang oh yeah been done since the morning. Thanks.

 

All vans have been in for a recall on the sliding door, even when we booked them in they had them for 2-3 days saying they needed to order to parts, you knew we was coming nob cheese.

 

Van 2. Went in for recall and they rang and said they noticed the headlight aim was out so have fixed this for 20/30 quid can't remember the exact price. Well we ain't paying it's under warranty. They said we must of messed with it. No reason at all to touch it. We didn't pay after I went in and said it's 6 months old and if you want our servicing business it will be free.

 

Van 3. Done 6k.

 

Driver rings up saying it's saying hill hold failure.

 

Okay will book it in. Ring up next morning saying it's coming up with a van and a key failure on the dash, and he read the handbook saying the key is not recognised by the van try the spare. We are 200 miles away. We drive the key spare up. Guess what that don't work either.

 

Gets van recovered, transporter turns up and van drives straight on with original key.

 

Been in the dealers 3 days. They have my office number and mobile. They don't ring. So I do. Oh yeah we had to ring a technical helpline as we don't know what's up and it won't start.

 

Well thanks for the call. This one is ongoing.

 

Van 4. Done 10k. Sounds like a bag of shit when cold for a min or two. Like really bad, took it in. No fault. That's normal. Well the other 3 don't do it.

 

We have used three different Peugeot dealers and none seem to want to let you know what's happening or are helpful in anyway.

 

I love Peugeots of old and kept trying to give them the benefit of the doubt but they just don't seem bothered at all. Is it because it's warranty work?

 

Rant over.

 

I know we all bash main dealers. But Mrs T has a new Yaris and in two and a bit years it's nearly on 50k and not a single hiccup we take it for a service on time and it's always washed and vac'd and they inform you of every last thing. Even ran us home once when it was raining and we was going to walk it. Then last time they replaced the wipers foc as we had a new pair less than 12months ago and one was smearing slightly. Biggup inchape Derby.

 

 

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[twosmoke300]

I've got a boxer 2.2 in at the mo - recovered in with loud rattle then stopped . Spins like low on compression . Both aa man and I agreed it looks like timing chain jumped. Thought it a bit strange as I've looked after it for the last 80 k and services every 10k . Sounded nice last week too .

 

Had a quick look at it just before I left and found no1 and 2 injectors loose ( common clamp )

These have never been touched so I wonder why it's come loose ?

 

Tightened up and runs nice . New seals and bolts ordered.

[hairnet]

Driver rings up saying it's saying hill hold failure.

 

 

need to check he has a licence/brain

[Cavcraft]

Our Navara has done about 8,000 miles or something. It's been in for that DPF nonsense and two or three weeks later the light is on again.

[r.welfare]

Your Peugeot dealer experience mirrors my own with Nissan last year, Danterzza. Some franchise holders' concept of keeping the customer informed beggars belief.

[Lord Sterling]

In my experience, car dealerships, like everything else has its good bits and bad. I walk into many dealerships and have to deal with complete gobs shites, but equally I can walk into a dealership (like Read Hyundai, King's Lynn) and they can be fantastic, helpful, clear and fast.

 

Grump: This week work wise has been utter horse shit. Heavy traffic, missed deadlines and been away from home for days and it's starting to get to me. Also, the mouth ulcer sitting on the bottom of my tongue can seriously fuck right off now.

[Station]

 

 

 

 

The text on the back of the car, she may have been doing 80mph going past me, I still noticed it.

[dollywobbler]

Peugeot Boxers are bloody awful. We've three of them as minibuses. One has had the heater fan resistors pack up about ten times in its five years with us. It has also shat a clutch and an alternator in 40,000 miles. The main dealer has not been keen to honour warranty on the various failures, so every time is a battle. The ABS ECU went down just before the warranty expired. That was a very big battle. Oh, and the side door simply fell off the other day (while being opened, not while driving thankfully). The other two are always having side door issues as well, though I suspect that's because some bright spark at the coachbuilder has attached a step mechanism to it, which the flaky Peugeot door mechanism can't handle. The glovebox handle snapped off one of them too, and the mats always wear really, really badly beneath the pedals - ie where your foot pivots. You'd think they'd toughen up that bit.

[twosmoke300]

I certainly don't rate the desperate Dan shape ones as well as the older pre 06 ones that's for sure !

[Cavcraft]

Hope things improve Mo. Mouth ulcers can be stressed related, so don't overdo it at work, your health comes first.

[Tamworthbay]

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The text on the back of the car, she may have been doing 80mph going past me, I still noticed it.

Your what is on camera? Mucking fuppet.

[Guest Hooli]

The price of bike parts.

 

Refurbing my GSX14 & just ordered some bits I've got to get genuine as no-one else does them. Four plain metal bearings for the forks - £78 & a fuel filter £175! bloody thieving japs!

[scaryoldcortina]

Suzuki bike parts are ridiculous - I had to order up a washer for a clutch basket recently that cost me a tenner. FOR A WASHER! Same bike (800 intruder) has a spin on oil filter, £12.50. I declined and bought one from the motor factors (because same as a vitara one) for £2.