The grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Yes. Doesn't make it right though, and it absolutely doesn't apply to the ones made before they stuck the Classic badges on. If you're going to differentiate you differentiate the new one, not the existing one. See also Saab 900.

 

See, I don't mind Rangie Classic so much, especially if it's a vaguely 1990s one being discussed. Call a pre-1990 Land Rover a Defender though and I'll be hunting for my rifle. Land Rover does that too. Really doesn't make it right. Nor does Citroen airbrushing the DS and SM from its history for 'marketing twat' reasons. AAAARGH!

[adw1977]

So I would be getting quotes for the repair, and gathering up eBay/Autotrader/club evidence of the value (hard when it's a very rare car). Ideally this will show the cost of the repair is cheaper and they'll send you a cheque.

 

I'm pretty sure they have to pay the cost of repair even if isn't cheaper, if that's what the innocent party wants.

[Guest Hooli]

The battery for my bike being AWOL in the garage, that's the only reason it's not running again today.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Yes. Doesn't make it right though, and it absolutely doesn't apply to the ones made before they stuck the Classic badges on. If you're going to differentiate you differentiate the new one, not the existing one. See also Saab 900.

 

I'm going to have to call 'get over yourself FFS' on this one, if L-R themselves are using the term it must have some merit

[Bren]

Asthma has come back with a vengance - I struggle to get up stairs. If I am like this tomorrow I am going to hospital - no good going to a GP who prescribes me another useless inhaler.

[The Moog]

I have lost my wallet. Turned house upside down...

[eddyramrod]

Have you emptied the washing machine to see if it was in your trousers?

Fallen out of your pocket in one of the cars, or while working under one?

Checked the dog beds?

[hairymel]

 the Clio has started the trick of not starting because it can't recognise the key fob immobiliser. Various solutions are being investigated.

 

i have vague recollections of a friends wifes early clios starting issues sss!

 

afairc i traced it to the bollocks hidden up in the interior light area being full of water/corrosion from a leak in the roof mounted aerial.

 

hope this helps 

 

if not then carry on 

[eddyramrod]

Pretty sure my late FIL's Clio did the very same, for exactly that reason.  It's got to be Number One Suspect.

[DeeJay]

I have lost my wallet. Turned house upside down...

Check down the sides of the seats on your couch.

[MarvinsMom]

I have lost my wallet. Turned house upside down...

it will be the same place as the key for my shed is....

 

cos i've lost that too!

 

well ok, i'm pretty certain that i moved it from its usual hiding spot to a new super secret hiding place.

 

which is so secret i cannot remember where it is.

 

bollocks.

[mercrocker]

The first Mrs Rocker went out Xmas shopping in 1986.   She called me from town to say her purse was stolen, containing her Christmas pay, 2 weeks normal pay and the housekeeping I had given her.   £350 in all (lot of money back then....).   Gone.    We both had fuck all for Xmas and barely enough to eat.   January 4th she dusted the top of the wardrobe and there was the purse and a set of house keys we hadn't even realised was missing.  

 

What I am saying is  - look everywhere.   It will be somewhere fucking stupid.

[michael1703]

Illness and tonsillitis are trying to get their claws into me, I'm ignoring it but it's starting to get to me

 

My technique for preventing it is to carry on doing usual things and hope it goes but I'm running low now

[richardthestag]

Yes. Doesn't make it right though, and it absolutely doesn't apply to the ones made before they stuck the Classic badges on. If you're going to differentiate you differentiate the new one, not the existing one. See also Saab 900.

 

Not so sure the world agrees with that.

 

Just about every single car model ever made that had a successor was then retrospectively tagged Mk1, series1 etc 

 

Even world wars are treated the same

 

Would start to get mighty confusing without these monikers

 

Anyway searching in ebay for Range Rover Classic automatically cuts out 67k items of blingy tat and oversized comedy rimz from the results

[richardthestag]

I'm going to have to call 'get over yourself FFS' on this one, if L-R themselves are using the term it must have some merit

don't forget that it was Land Rover who invented OLLI!

[The Moog]

Have you emptied the washing machine to see if it was in your trousers?

Fallen out of your pocket in one of the cars, or while working under one?

Checked the dog beds?

 

All checked.  Pulled house apart and all three cars. 

 

Starting to get very annoying. 

[DodgeRover]

I've managed to loose 2 van locks in the last 2 months, I know where I put them down but when I've gone to lock up they're missing. It's not like they are little they weight about 2kg and are 4" across.

[scaryoldcortina]

There's your problem, you shouldn't have left them loose. Locks wander off if not tied down

[anonymous user]

Whenever my father had to look for something lost by my uncle his mantra for finding it was "think like an idiot"

[bub2006]

I'm done. Fucking car playing up now. Smoking like a chimney. Just replaced front brakes, ball joint and rear wheel bearing too

[Captain Furious]

Trying to ring the Norfolk central ticket office about my speeding ticket...."I'm sorry, all lines are busy at the moment, please call back later" then it hangs up on you. Not even an option to hold. Every single time

 

Might try the option for making payments, I'm sure there will be someone answering that!

[seth]

Save the bell foundry from destruction!

 

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/03/11/save-the-whitechapel-bell-foundry/

[gm]

I have lost my wallet. Turned house upside down...

Cancel your bank cards, it will turn up within minutes of you doing that - or at least mine did last year

[3VOM]

i have vague recollections of a friends wifes early clios starting issues sss!

 

afairc i traced it to the bollocks hidden up in the interior light area being full of water/corrosion from a leak in the roof mounted aerial.

 

hope this helps 

 

if not then carry on 

Rear mounted aerial

The options are key ,immobiliser ring, wiring, wiring and wiring with or without extra fluids.

[Station]

Have you emptied the washing machine to see if it was in your trousers?

Fallen out of your pocket in one of the cars, or while working under one?

Checked the dog beds?

Sounds like you know where it really is. Just give him back his wallet mr ramrod.

[JeeExEll]

Have you emptied the washing machine to see if it was in your trousers?

Fallen out of your pocket in one of the cars, or while working under one?

Checked the dog beds?

Check the dog.

Wheely bin / recycling bins (empty every rubbish bag).

I once found my wallet and cheque book in the fridge on top of the butter.

Freezer.

Pub.

Shop / petrol station.

Chrystal meth dealer.

 

Besides losing any cash cancelling your cards is a PITA. Mrs C even had to cancel her library card a few years ago. Purse was later found under the side of the car seat on top of a seat runner, we had checked all this twice before, maybe the first 2 times it hadn't dropped far enough down.

Good luck anyway.

[captain_70s]

Drove 6 miles to the shop, car was making funny noises as I reversed it into a parking space. Went down below to investigate, exhaust loose, fuck it. Brakes weren't sounding too healthy either, checked the side I'd dismantled months ago and found sticking, seems fine now. Checked the other side and burnt my bloody finger on the red hot disc.

 

Need to get it fixed before I move house on Saturday morning. Joys. Also the 1300 is still refusing to start. Double joys.

[DeeJay]

All checked.  Pulled house apart and all three cars. 

 

Starting to get very annoying. 

 

Check wifes handbag 

[Pillock]

Mine turned up in the fridge once. The clue was a pint of milk on top of the TV cabinet, where my wallet usually lived.

[Eddie Honda]

RITE SED FRED

 

Paddy Power.
 
They auto closed my account mid-Feb due to sign in from "unknown IP". Fair enough. Now I decide to sort it out via "live chat". What a fucking palaver. Took over an hour. Sign up for a new account, then they took money out to put back in. Eventually shifted my original 10 yoyos from old account, but was showing from some other username - told typo. Hmmm.
 
Now I can see the attractions of brick 'n' mortar shops. Fill out a slip. Hand over the money. Take a few pens. 2 minutes. So much simpler.