The grumpy thread

[cms206]

My shite mojo has gone. This is bothersome, as currently my only fit vehicle is the 740 Turbo and the exhaust manifold gasket has now failed.

 

Arse.

 

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[xtriple]

Absoutely cannot get on with these teeth. feel about ten times too big for my gob... which is already bloody big!

[Mr Lobster]

I must be getting old, because most car stickers annoy me these days especially when they are funny* like "I'm only speeding because I need a poo" or the old fave "Goes quicker than a smackhead's giro" which I actually saw on the back of a flipping diesel galaxy the other day.I followed a Golf the other day, white, 3 door, bling wheels and "I love Boobies" on the back. I thought he was a tit before he threw a half full chip wrapper out of the window.Which reminds me, "No smoke no poke" on the back of your covered in soot TDI actually means "I'm not getting a MoT this year"

There's a 65 plate base model Mazda 3 I keep seeing locally which on the rear has, in Kawasaki green and a Kawasaki font the wording 'fastasfucki'

 

If it was some young kid I'd roll my eyes and ignore it but it's a bloke in his 40s and he looks like a dick. And a 1.6 petrol Mazda 3, as much as I quite like them is definitely not 'fastasfucki' at all.

[oldcars]

Just found out a friend only has a few days to live. He is much older than me but meet him via my wife, great old boy. He has helped me with all the stuff on my Reliant. Learned so much from him. Gutted 

[eddyramrod]

My shite mojo has gone. This is bothersome, as currently my only fit vehicle is the 740 Turbo and the exhaust manifold gasket has now failed.

 

Arse.

 

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Me too Andy.  I've got 4 cars here, one of which is the modern blob that MrsR drives, so that has to stay.  The Cadillac obviously has to stay.  The white Rover, I haven't driven in 10 months because it's "in the queue" at the garage for a shitload of welding.  The blue Rover, I can't use because my hands react to it for whatever reason so it just sits at the end of my street, regularly deflating the OSR tyre.  And since I CBA to pump it up, the job falls to my neighbour Brian, when he remembers.

Neither Rover is worth anything as a straight sale (white one spectacularly so) and I have way too much month left at the end of my money to consider taking on anything else.  Even if I had anywhere to put it.

Fuxtix.

 

 

Oh and, tin hat on it?  There are two sets of roadworks, one between here and Ulverston, and one in Ulverston itself, that are causing M25-standard delays, so where I live is effectively cut off from the rest of the country should I want (or decide I can afford) to go anywhere.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Its just that time of year, mojos will hopefully be found again around April / May

[scaryoldcortina]

Bloody potholes and bloody inconsiderate idiots driving too fast in the middle of a blind lane.

Now waiting for the AA to help sort a puncture on conor's smart because we've got no spare and no wheel removal tools.

Still, it was that or take on a qashkai head on...

 

 

Ffs, I've got important shite car buying to do!

[Kiltox]

Walking into work today enjoying a nice rolly when some smart car signwritten up as NHS Stop Smoking rolled up and wound his window down

 

"Excuse me, could I offer you help on stopping smoking?"

"If you can help me with my relationship issues, car issues and hardcore drug and alcohol abuse then yes, I'll stop smoking..."

 

He wound his window up and drove off. I felt the above was nicer than telling him to fuck off... he seemed a pleasant chap

 

Have you tried e-cigarettes? I've been off the cigs for a while now as a result although I do have a big wanker cannon vape thing

[scaryoldcortina]

Still stranded. AA have been but the tyre is off the bead so his tiny compressor wouldn't inflate it. Car won't fit their towdolly either. Was offered an AA recovery truck (for cost because pothole incidents are an accident not a breakdown) but it's two hours away. Have phoned a friend instead, there is a transit on its way. Car buyage will have to wait until tomorrow.

 

Where am I? Middle of bloody nowhere. Vows.remove.baroness if you want to look.

[beko1987]

 

Have you tried e-cigarettes? I've been off the cigs for a while now as a result although I do have a big wanker cannon vape thing

Nah, rollups are one of the few pleasures in my life atm!

 

I had an ecig back when they first came out before they were fashionable and it did work, 3 of us at work quit for a year.

 

Then we started again, but learnt to roll so cheaper!

[seth]

Visited a friend at GOSH on Tuesday afternoon whose daughter had gone through an 8 hour heart operation 2 weeks ago.  Things were stable and progressing but slowly and the girl was still under sedation.  Got home from working on the Oxford yesterday to receive the news that she'd had a cardiac arrest in the morning and couldn't be resuscitated.  Funeral was this afternoon. She was five and three quarters.  Pretty grim all round really.

[Kiltox]

Nah, rollups are one of the few pleasures in my life atm!

 

I had an ecig back when they first came out before they were fashionable and it did work, 3 of us at work quit for a year.

 

Then we started again, but learnt to roll so cheaper!

Fair one - do love a rolly but can't roll to save my life

 

Can't stand the taste now though - smell does still draw me in mind

[Noel Tidybeard]

Still stranded. AA have been but the tyre is off the bead so his tiny compressor wouldn't inflate it. Car won't fit their towdolly either. Was offered an AA recovery truck (for cost because pothole incidents are an accident not a breakdown) but it's two hours away. Have phoned a friend instead, there is a transit on its way. Car buyage will have to wait until tomorrow.

 

Where am I? Middle of bloody nowhere. Vows.remove.baroness if you want to look.

 

thats a bummer they often seat again if you can take weight of them even with a emergency tyre pump

[Captain Furious]

Could you try the old explorer method of spraying some sort of flammable aerosol inside the tyre and lighting it to pop it back on?

[Mr Lobster]

Visited a friend at GOSH on Tuesday afternoon whose daughter had gone through an 8 hour heart operation 2 weeks ago.  Things were stable and progressing but slowly and the girl was still under sedation.  Got home from working on the Oxford yesterday to receive the news that she'd had a cardiac arrest in the morning and couldn't be resuscitated.  Funeral was this afternoon. She was five and three quarters.  Pretty grim all round really.

That's terrible news. Sorry to hear that.

[eddyramrod]

That's terrible news. Sorry to hear that.

Yes it is, and I totally agree.

[loserone]

Where am I? Middle of bloody nowhere. Vows.remove.baroness if you want to look.

 

I nearly wrote off the Seat on the way to swap for W²'s smoll car about there.  Transit pick up doing exactly the same thing.  Not the widest bit of road when someone's coming the other way right down the middle..

 

 

Other news is grim.

[scaryoldcortina]

Bloody hell Seth, that's awful. Much condolences.

 

I did think about the aerosol trick but tbh we couldn't be sure that the tyre itself isnt split so gave up. Transit turned up about half seven, back to the yard with no problems, I'll deal with it tomorrow.

 

Wasn't the last problem for the day either. Went to get the MG out to go home in, flat bloody battery. SIGH. Called my daughter out to give us both a lift home via the chip shop because no way am I going shopping after all that.

 

Going to get car tomorrow afternoon instead.

[Captain Furious]

The adventures old cars take us on eh...

 

I had a flat tyre on the modern last week, traffic side on the hard shoulder so I bottled changing it myself. Luckily the AA brought their A game and had it sorted within an hour of calling them. I was extra thankful because it was bloody cold, I even tipped the guy.

 

Turns out it was a case of me letting the car down because it had destroyed the inside edge to the point all the air had come out, I had inspected them a few weeks ago too, obviously not thoroughly enough!

[Kiltox]

What do the AA do if you just have a tin of gunk and have a puncture traffic side on a motorway? Do they try to use it or just straight recovery?

[Captain Furious]

No idea, I presume if the tyre was destroyed beyond foam usage like mine was it'd be a recovery, otherwise they'd use it.

 

A friend of mine reckons they can charge you if your spare wheel is unuseable because it's flat, but I reckon he's full of shit, surely the AA carry a pump?

[scaryoldcortina]

Well I found out tonight that although the roadside van will come for free a recovery for a punctured tyre will cost you money (and take forever to turn up). That's why I got transit man to shift it instead.

 

I'm going to resume my search for a spare wheel for the damn thing. Stupid bloody idea not having one!

[Captain Furious]

What is it you need a spare tyre for? I have a couple of space savers that are both new, at least, have never been on the road..

 

One is a Ford fitment the other is Honda. Both 5 stud

[scaryoldcortina]

smart fortwo! 15" three stud and skinny.

[BavarianRetro]

What do the AA do if you just have a tin of gunk and have a puncture traffic side on a motorway? Do they try to use it or just straight recovery?

 

I don't think the recovery services do anything on motorways now other than get you off as soon as possible.

[Supernaut]

I don't think the recovery services do anything on motorways now other than get you off as soon as possible.

 

...before or after they recover your car?

[Richard]

My new Transit doesn't have a spare tyre. Because of the weight in a Transit, especially the way we use them, a puncture nearly always results in a shredded tyre. Just one of the many reasons that the new Transit is useless as a working van.

[Guest Hooli]

It's one way to boost membership satisfaction

 

...before or after they recover your car?

[Lankytim]

Sorry to hear about all that Seth, it sounds absolutely horrendous for everyone involved. 😕

[Cavcraft]

That's terribe news, Seth. Puts most of the rest of our daft minor grumps into perspective.