The grumpy thread

[Eddie Honda]

I know this sounds daft

["Like" above was a "DINLT"]

 

It doesn't sound daft at all. Having lost one DAF to theft (and recovered trashed) and a second DAF to fire. I have this gloom at the back of my mind that I'm a jinx on them.

[JeeExEll]

Not realy a grump as such, but following last nights extreme wind, I woke up to perfect calm. I opened the shutters and found 5 inches of snow and more falling hard and fast.

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I should really get to work and check for damage, so chucked a shovel in the Mazda and set off.

Yeah, no, fuck that. I got a couple of miles and had to turn back as the snow was so deep it was just skidding along on its sump guard with the steering doing not much at all.

 

It was sixteen degrees three days ago.

Jeez! Where's that?

[Sheefag]

[Supernaut]

The scumbags are getting quicker these days.

 

5 minutes after I posted an ad for the Xantia on gumtree, I got a call from a London based number telling me about "road traffic accident management" I hung up on them and as I was still adding them in my blacklist app... THEY FUCKING PHONED ME BACK! Cunts.

 

 

I always get at least one call from a London number about "a recent car accident I had" when I even post car parts, let alone a whole car. This one today was a new record in terms of time, though!

[Split_Pin]

I'M NEVER LETTING ANYONE ELSE CHANGE THE OIL ON MY CAR AGAIN!!!!!!

 

Went to change the oil on the Astra today as I fancied driving it next week.

 

In my mojo-less laziness last year, I asked the garage to change the oil when they MOT'd it. However I have no idea what they used to tighten the filter as I had a MEGA-WAR trying to get it to budge. The fact that my filter strap just kept twisting off didn't help. Finally after some acrobatics to hold the metal shaft of the filter strap against the filter I managed to shift it.

 

Hand tight, and not Incredible Hulk hand-tight ffs!

[mercrocker]

I would have J-B welded an exact replica back on and booked it in for another service....

[scaryoldcortina]

They probably didn't oil the seal before fitting and it baked itself on.

[DodgeRover]

["Like" above was a "DINLT"]

 

It doesn't sound daft at all. Having lost one DAF to theft (and recovered trashed) and a second DAF to fire. I have this gloom at the back of my mind that I'm a jinx on them.

I had a shed load (literally) of motorcycles stolen 20 years ago and I've never slept properly at night since, 2 more attempts in the following weeks and more sporadic attempts in subsequent years didn't help.

Completely ruined the enjoyment of having bikes for a long time for me even now if I go out with an off road bike I make sure it's loaded up under cover then I'm paranoid about who might be behind me for the last few miles as I've been followed back several times.

If I take a road legal bike out I'm similarly paranoid and refuse to leave it even for a minute where I can't keep a constant eye on it. Ditto the loosing a follower on the way back as well

[twosmoke300]

Very unlucky for it to happen 3 times too 😄

[Cavcraft]

I helped a mate yesterday and did a tip run for him. I genuinely sort of don't like posting this, as I'm not a snob and the estate I live on ain't no Chelsea or Kensington.

 

Anyhow, the job was moving the rubbish for a young girl who lived on an estate that doesn't have the best reputation* and was supposed to have been a handful of tied up black bags of household rubbish. The reality was about 50 open sacks containing used nappies, pizza boxes, beer bottles and cans and fag packets. The garden was a shit tip, just rubbish everywhere and fag stumps everywhere. She looked like a 'gym slip' mum and probably doesn't have a hope in life, which made me sad more than angry. Obvs. the place was a dump and the apparent choice of food and drink not ideal, but it's shit that some people seem to be staring a poor life right in the face from the day they were born.

Yeah, people can make choices and whatnot, but what a sad shit way to be bought up and live.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[richardmorris]

Wobbly paint back again on the Mercedes. Noticed whilst washing. Am beginning to know how xtriple feels! Anyway, dropped the place an email. I suspect it's going to need painting again.

[Jazoli]

I quite enjoyed 6Music playing 1994 music yesterday.

 

Me too

[EssDeeWon]

So fed up of being a courteous driver and just being blanked, often by those in big expensive cars after I have moved aside to allow them through or to allow more room. The best one today was a new looking Ferrari (don't ask what type because I dont know/like/care about these cars)  in the ever tight Leigh Road, I hold back to allow him through first or it could have been extremely tight to pass, but not even a flash, wave or any acknowledgment.

 

I want to buy an old car I don't care about to to just keep going at these arrogant cnuts,  

[Captain Furious]

Yeah I always put my hand up even if technically it was my right of way anyway, it's like an instinctive reaction. Seems to be a dying tradition though, like manners in general I suppose. Most people on the road seem to be arrogant, impatient cunts just looking for the slightest opportunity to push in front and gain 0.47 seconds.

 

It's an almost daily source of grumpiness on my commute.

[FakeConcern]

The scumbags are getting quicker these days.

 

5 minutes after I posted an ad for the Xantia on gumtree, I got a call from a London based number telling me about "road traffic accident management" I hung up on them and as I was still adding them in my blacklist app... THEY FUCKING PHONED ME BACK! Cunts.

 

 

I always get at least one call from a London number about "a recent car accident I had" when I even post car parts, let alone a whole car. This one today was a new record in terms of time, though!

My phone is always on silent so I only discover these calls the next day.

[Guest Hooli]

I've got two contacts called 'twats' & 'twats2' set to block, I just add them to these & a year later I don't get the calls anymore.

[Richard]

I've got Arseholes, Arseholes2, Arseholes3, Arsehole Scammers and Nuisance. I'm not sure why the last one escaped profanity.

[r.welfare]

When changing my front discs and pads last week I noticed the offside ABS sensor cable flapping around in the breeze; the rubber clips to hold it against the lower arm are missing so I cleverly* decided to cable-tie it to the arm to minimise the risk of it being damaged.

 

Yesterday I pulled out of the work car park to find the ABS and traction control warning lights on...further investigation showed the cable ties have caused the ABS sensor to be pulled out of its mounting clip in the hub, which is rusted to hell and hence broke when I tried to put the sensor back in.

 

£30 eBay secondhand hub plus £4.50 for a hub nut plus whatever the garage charge me in labour (hopefully an hour or less) will teach me to stop trying to be clever.

[robinmasters]

Yeah I always put my hand up even if technically it was my right of way anyway, it's like an instinctive reaction. Seems to be a dying tradition though, like manners in general I suppose. Most people on the road seem to be arrogant, impatient cunts just looking for the slightest opportunity to push in front and gain 0.47 seconds.

 

It's an almost daily source of grumpiness on my commute.

 

The impatient bastards always seem to drive as slowly as possible through the narrow bit I've kindly let them go through first.

[barmatt]

Had a desperate plea today from a friend of a friend asking me to look at her car as she can't afford to take it to the garage (single mum, 4 kids, no money etc) so I said yes. It's an 01 plate freelander that wouldn't start off the key but would from a jump and she tells me that it's had a new battery and alternator in the last 6 months. After a very quick look I can see that the lead on the back of the alternator has had the retaining clip snapped off so it's working loose and not charging. I wedge it in there and fire it up to see if that's the issue before I order a new clip and hey presto it's charging properly.

 

I then go the back door to get my jump leads out of it, press the handle and wait for the window to drop pull the handle and the whole fucking thing snaps off in my hand. Cue ages of fucking around with the broken handle to get the door to shut and the window to go up and now I have to try and find a new handle for the blasted thing. Cheapest on ebay is £50.

 

I fucking hate freelanders what a stupid design, the whole handle is held on by 2 tiny plastic clips and I'm annoyed at myself for being weak and giving into sob stories that generally turn out to be a giant ballache.

 

Rant over.

[mercrocker]

They are not called Freeloaders for nothing......

[Pillock]

Access to the back door isn't a biggie, tell her to save up.

If she'd have taken it to the garage she'd have had to pay for the alternator fix, and then the handle will still have snapped so she's got a mostly working car and saved money.

 

Single mum with 4 kids.... what on earth is she doing with a moneypit like a Freelander? Get her to swap it for a Corsa or summat pronto.

[barmatt]

 

Single mum with 4 kids.... what on earth is she doing with a moneypit like a Freelander? Get her to swap it for a Corsa or summat pronto.

 

I'm sure that'll happen soon enough, the mot is up in May and it'll need brakes, windscreen, back door handle (lol) the engine is leaking oil and that's what I saw it needs without really looking.

[Richard]

Access to the back door isn't a biggie.

 

I know she hasn't got much money but surely that's taking advantage a bit.

[Guest Hooli]

If that was the case then she wouldn't have four kids anyway.

[dave21478]

Freelander boot handle.....with the trim off the inside of the boot door, its possible to wang some self-tapping screws into the meat of the handle from the inside as a temporary* fix.

[Cavcraft]

I wish people on social media would have let everyone know there was a boxing fight at the weekend.

[steveo3002]

be carefull fixing cars for people like that you will never hear the end of it , why pay a garage when muggins does it for nowt , when the engine starts knocking or the gearbox falls out it will be because you fixed that alt and caused it

[Captain Furious]

True that ^  I don't bother even entertaining the idea anymore, if someone is talking about getting their car fixed I just nod and agree with whatever they say.  Enough of a ballache fixerating my own sheds without volunteering to stick my head over the parapet with someone elses and their expectations of lifetime warranties for any work completed

 

Actually made it into work fairly grump free this morning until I opened my e-mails, we bought a piece of software a while back along with a licence to enable a certain feature in said software, for a not inconsiderable number of GBP I might add.  Trying to actually get this licence applied and feature enabled - forget it!  I've had a call open with their technical support for a month now and just keep getting instructions how to download it, how to extend the trial, can you send us your licence agreement....and everytime I reply back and say that's not what I'm asking it takes another week for the next useless response.

 

How fucking hard can it bastarding well be!

[Lankytim]

Sold the PT cruiser to a pal about a month ago and he's having nothing but trouble with it. I think the ignition switch is borked, it's a common problem apparently, the connection between the key and the switch falls to bits leading to no cranking or no ignition lights. It was great when I had it but I bet he thinks I've offloaded a lemon onto him. He had "fixed" it last week by adding a separate starter switch but now it's packed up again. Arrgh!