The grumpy thread

[plasticvandan]

Not knowingly having had real depression before I can't tell if I have now but iuiut certainly feels like it,even breathing feels like too much effort.apologies I know this is a car forum.

[HillmanImp]

I always thought ones of the main benefits of a curtain sider was that you could open the curtains to avoid it getting blown over in the wind when it was empty.

[dollywobbler]

I did see a curtainsider with his curtains tied back earlier. Seems wise. Did see an artic get a proper wiggle on on the M42 too. Bit worrying, as I was about to overtake it.

Anyway, Doris has utterly ruined my plans and left me out of pocket after reaching London became impossible. Mind you, I've ended up staying with good friends, so can't really complain.

[bub2006]

 

 

One of my colleagues was blown over near Buxton, so for safety the whole fleet of 20 or so trucks was told to park up where safe and wait for further instructions. I spent 5 hours in Corley Services on the M6 near Nuneaton. Bit of an over reaction as it wasn't even that windy here tbh.

 

My pal got a black eye and no other injuries, fortunately.

 

He wasn't the only one to go over either..

 

That looks worrying. That's also the road I was going to come back in with the reliant on the dolly. Glad I didn't go now. Hope your work colleague is OK.

[Lankytim]

I always thought ones of the main benefits of a curtain sider was that you could open the curtains to avoid it getting blown over in the wind when it was empty.

 

If it's empty, you can do. However, the new generation of light weight trailers rely on the tension of the curtains to keep everything together and the roof can get blown off if the curtains are tied back. Where I work it's certainly banned. 

[Inspector Morose]

Driving double deck buses on the motorway today is certainly bum twitchy.

Just sayin'

[Captain Furious]

Was gonna say, curtain siders don't look all that structurally integral with the curtains open.

 

Doris knocked a tree over where I work but other than that I seem to have escaped relatively unscathed, I was surprised though, they normally big these things up on local radio and nothing more than a stiff breeze materialises, but today was quite intense

[chaseracer]

Not knowingly having had real depression before I can't tell if I have now but iuiut certainly feels like it,even breathing feels like too much effort.apologies I know this is a car forum.

 

Dan - go and talk to your GP please.

 

Or call these helpful chaps - http://www.samaritans.org/branches?circle[location]=bewdley

[Anthony]

And another thing. Clutch cables from Firstline are the shittiest cables I've ever had.

Guess it depends on the particular car - the Pug 205 cables they sell are the OE "Dura" branded cables but a Firstline bag for example (well, the BE3 ones are/were anyway)

[wuvvum]

Useless shitty poxy EMT Class 156 broke down at Peatboghorror. Now stood in a rammed 225 on the way to Grantham. Good job I don't have a tight connection.

[Guest Hooli]

Puncture on the SAAB

[danthecapriman]

I got a new company van earlier in the week. My old 60 reg Sprinter 313 was fine really and it only had 56k on it, but it's not my decision.

The new 66 reg Sprinter is a 314, I've had a look at it today as I wasn't busy and it would seem the 314 replaces the 313 as a new updated version which is Euro6 compliant. I must admit, it's a lovely van and looks good in the new company livery. It feels much more powerful than the old one but...

 

Euro6 = adblue.

It's got an adblue tank under the bonnet alright. I've never had anything to do with this stuff before so wtf is the deal with it?

I've heard it's basically animal piss that squirts into the exhaust to lower emissions but how long does it generally last? Am I going to have to keep trying to find some and top it up every month or so? What happens if it runs out? Seems like a shit idea to me!

[wuvvum]

You can buy Adblue in most places now. My local Tesco does it. Hopefully you won't then need to take the van to a main dealer for them to tell its ECU that it's been topped up.

[Guest Hooli]

It might say in the drivers manual (crazy idea I know).

[twosmoke300]

Not really a chore to top up adblue - no worse than topping the washer bottle up .

[twosmoke300]

If it runs out it will usually restrict performance until you fill it up .

It's not a bad system - on the tractors that have it the power outputs are back on par with the tier 2 emissions stuff . Tier 3 really dragged the torque down .

[danthecapriman]

You can buy Adblue in most places now. My local Tesco does it. Hopefully you won't then need to take the van to a main dealer for them to tell its ECU that it's been topped up.

I hope not too! Surely I won't have to do that?!

The vans only got 400 miles on the clock now and there's a digital adblue level gauge in the dash display but of course with the mileage being so low it's not moved at all so I've no idea yet how much it actually uses.

[danthecapriman]

It might say in the drivers manual (crazy idea I know).

All that is taken out before we are given the vans! There's no tool kits in them or anything!

We can be trusted to work on high voltage electricity but apparently changing our own vans flat tyres etc is too much.

[Guest Hooli]

All that is taken out before we are given the vans! There's no tool kits in them or anything!

We can be trusted to work on high voltage electricity but apparently changing our own vans flat tyres etc is too much.

 

FFS.

 

What you need to do now is breakdown in an inventive manner & say 'well how was I to know, I've not got the manual to find out'.

[danthecapriman]

FFS.

 

What you need to do now is breakdown in an inventive manner & say 'well how was I to know, I've not got the manual to find out'.

It's fucking unbelievable, honestly!

 

In the old van I got stuck on some wet grass with a trailer on the back. I called our linesmen who were just around the corner with their Land Rover for a quick tow just to get off the grass.

When they arrived we needed to find the screw in towing eye for their tow rope... yep, the stupid sods had taken that out too!

[Guest Hooli]

When I worked for BT we weren't allowed to change our own wheels, but they did at least leave them in.

[doobietoo]

Picked up a bit of plasterboard from Jewsons the other day and needed to cut it in half to get it in the car, When I asked the warehouse guys if they had a knife I could use they said "Sorry we are not allowed knives, We might cut ourselves" .... So I had to go into the shop and buy one.... I don't think asking if it was not dangerous to sell knives went down too well...

[danthecapriman]

When I worked for BT we weren't allowed to change our own wheels, but they did at least leave them in.

I think the spare is still under the van but we've got no jack etc to change it with. We've got to call out the AA to change them. It must cost the company a small fortune just for stupid repairs that their own staff are generally easily competent to carry out!

[Richard]

None of the other engineers I work beside will change a tyre on the vans. Neither will I now because the new van doesn't have one, but I will be requesting one.

[The Moog]

Some little scrotes have been getting into cars in our road. Pretty new ones as well

 

Looks like they have got into Starlet and focus. Starlet had nothing worth nicking but focus had £15 taken out of ashtray. Left all Cds etc.

 

Right pain in the arse as they are obviously snooping about.

[Lacquer Peel]

I've heard it's basically animal piss that squirts into the exhaust to lower emissions

Synthetic urea I'm sure.

[garbaldy]

I've heard it's basically animal piss that squirts into the exhaust to lower emissions but how long does it generally last? Am I going to have to keep trying to find some and top it up every month or so? What happens if it runs out? Seems like a shit idea to me!

My mates trucks fill the add blue once a week so the van should be monthly I would say, I'm sure it's called prilled urea but everyone recons it's pigs piss.

[puddlethumper]

FUCKING EBAY.  I've been looking for a couple of headlights for a 305. Not many about. Those that are  the sellers don't  seem to know what they have. 

No info on whether its for a mk1 or a mk2 , or left or right. E.g. markiescarparts when I enquired if they had mk1, mk2 ,lh, rh, the answer I got was DON"T KNOW.  For fucks sake! ! 

Some saying its for a mk2 and I know its for a mk1.

I did get one the other day, which I collected because it was only up the road. Advertised as a rh. When I got there, turned out to be a lh. Lucky I needed both but I did say to the seller what it really was, and pointed out that I would be really pissed off if I only wanted a rh. Didn't seem bothered until I pointed out that if he had posted it and I had sent it back he would have to pay the postage at 7.50 on a 20quid sale.

If anyone knows of a drivers side light, I'm interested.

 

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! Idiots.

Further to the DON'T KNOW, I sent back " why don't you know. Don't you know what you are selling?"

Reply "no".     FFFFFFFFS

[Guest Hooli]

Some little scrotes have been getting into cars in our road. Pretty new ones as well

 

Looks like they have got into Starlet and focus. Starlet had nothing worth nicking but focus had £15 taken out of ashtray. Left all Cds etc.

 

Right pain in the arse as they are obviously snooping about.

 

If scrotes ignore your CDs its a sign of your good* taste

[HillmanImp]

Tried cycling into work today. Christ I'm unfit. Not sure if it was the 'wet January' I did where I drank at least a bottle of wine or 4 cans of beer a day, to drown out the sound of the people doing a 'dry January' smelling their own farts and congratulating themselves for not getting pissed, or if its just age catching up with me.

 

Had to get off and walk twice when I got to hills as my legs turned to jelly. I'm absolutely savaged.

 

Plus, despite taking the canal which is flat, it took me approx 10 minutes longer to ride along it on the way back for some reason. I must have just been absolutely borked from riding in the morning.

 

Going to try again next week but am worrying its all downhill from here now I'm middle aged (health and fitness wise, not cycling, if it was all downhill on the bike all the way MC Escher stylee that would be GR12). 

 

Saying that, I've just finished off a can of lager and I'm feeling a lot better. Maybe I should put some of that in my bottle instead of water to pep me up on the way home.