The grumpy thread

[bramz7]

My old BX has got through an MOT with its new owner. Great!

 

Bad news is that my trusted garage had failed it on items which weren't actually defective. Exhaust leak was actually a missing air filter?!!

Levelling valve was not leaking. Return pipe was also not leaking.

 

They can FRO doing the MOT on the Xantia.

[myglaren]

It blocks most things, just doesn't block the adverts that play on youtube before or during videos.Got it on several machines & they are all the same. I might try that uBlock to see if it works for me.

 

Never see those unless I log in using Arora with no account specified.

Arora has it's own adblocker but AdBlock+ doesn't work on Arora.

 

[Cavcraft]

I'm sick of being skint.

 

I know it's probably been moaned about by loads of people on here before, but it's really starting to wear me down.

 

I've just been paid, done my "budget" for the month, and I've got fuck all for show for it. The car has just taken £300 off me, which whilst not unexpected, I could have done without. I did some cash in hand work a couple of weeks ago, and got paid a lot less than I was expecting - certainly less than minimum wage - and i'm supposed to be driving to Devon next week for a holiday (paid for by Mutha_Outlaw) and can see me having to ponce diesel money off the olds to get back home again.

 

Does anyone want to buy a kidney?

 

RANT OVER

 

Felling your pain, bro. Anything we can do to help? Message me if so.

[bramz7]

Someone advertising an R11 on Facebook. £600 without MOT, £1000 with.

 

 

Obviously has some 'itll past an MOT no problem' BS in the advert too.

[twosmoke300]

Felling your pain, bro. Anything we can do to help? Message me if so.

Poor fuckers down enough without you offering him one of your quality* motors ! ( insert smiley here as they just produce ???? For me on here )

[fred]

First time I have ever been witness to a stolen car chase  -

 

It was 2.30pm or so  on the Walsall road heading into the Delves - Some guy was driving like a fucking loon in a Mondeo - front bumper was hanging off, and had a rear flat tyre ,

 

I was neck and neck with a Transit scrappers pick up - I was looking at this guy in my rear view mirror sparks were flying off the back end - and I just thought ''Fuck he is going to ram me ''

 

2  police cars appeared with the blues going and FFS he rammed the god damn Scrappers Transit ?? -  The Scrap man just slammed his anchors on and that was that ... I braked to line up with him...and then the Plod piled in .

 

Why he decided to try and ram a fucking fully loaded Transit out the way is a mind boggler ? - Hey Ho .....   Made me smile

[fred]

I'm sick of being skint.

 

I know it's probably been moaned about by loads of people on here before, but it's really starting to wear me down.

 

I've just been paid, done my "budget" for the month, and I've got fuck all for show for it. The car has just taken £300 off me, which whilst not unexpected, I could have done without. I did some cash in hand work a couple of weeks ago, and got paid a lot less than I was expecting - certainly less than minimum wage - and i'm supposed to be driving to Devon next week for a holiday (paid for by Mutha_Outlaw) and can see me having to ponce diesel money off the olds to get back home again.

 

Does anyone want to buy a kidney?

 

RANT OVER

Aye Ive been there - fucking horrible - need a donation off a shiter let me know - This site is golden , and helped me out in the past so , Im just passing it on to another dude in need

[Lankytim]

There's a rumour at work that we've lost a big contract and therefore they're going to halve the number of drivers. Management "don't know anything about it".

 

I've seen this shizz happen before. As we're all agency they'll let us all know by text on Friday evening that we're not needed in on Monday and to "stay posted" when what they really mean is we're finished for good.

 

This rumour could be totally untrue, however! Time will tell.

[alcyonecorporation]

You know when you do people favours and they end up shafting you? 

That. 

 

[D Spares & Tyres]

Sexual favours?

[alcyonecorporation]

Sexual favours?

Sadly, no.

[Matt]

I need to wash my mums car ready for the funeral later this week. It's too hot outside.  My pressure washer has died. Now I need to sit in a hot car with no A/C and buy a new washer because I don't have time to fix the current one. Today could be going better.

[cort16]

Question via eBay: Can you reduce the price of the car as I'm far away?

 

I typed out a big cheeky answer then deleted and just sent no, sorry.

[Supernaut]

Question via eBay: Can you reduce the price of the car as I'm far away?

 

I typed out a big cheeky answer then deleted and just sent no, sorry.

 

"Some things can look smaller from further away, however this does not work on prices of cars."

[tooSavvy]

Question via eBay: Can you reduce the price of the car as I'm far away?

I typed out a big cheeky answer then deleted and just sent no, sorry.

No problem - pay me & I will post it! I'm clean out of stamps tho :/

 

TS

[HH-R]

This may have passed some of you by, since they haven't said a thing, but if you're with the AA I'd keep a close eye on your credit/debit cards and change passwords.

 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/aa-data-leak-over-100000-customers-emails-card-data-left-exposed-after-breach-1628808

 

My credit card was scammed to the tune of £800 last month which is just too much of a coincidence for me - in 20 years of using the internet and online banking, purchasing etc I've never had a card done before.

[alcyonecorporation]

This may have passed some of you by, since they haven't said a thing, but if you're with the AA I'd keep a close eye on your credit/debit cards and change passwords.

 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/aa-data-leak-over-100000-customers-emails-card-data-left-exposed-after-breach-1628808

 

My credit card was scammed to the tune of £800 last month which is just too much of a coincidence for me - in 20 years of using the internet and online banking, purchasing etc I've never had a card done before.

 

That's properly naughty. I shall be chatting to the AA about that. 

 

My card got skimmed once at a dodgy cashpoint in Sale. 

Joke was on them; I was skint. Everything they tried to freeload got rejected. They tried to book a hotel room in Ohio and buy some curtains in London on the same day. 

[AlabamaShrimp]

So the question is am I being a sulky twat or a big baby and a sulky twat?

 

Known my mate 17 years. For the last 10 years he's had a posh* girlfriend. She's nice but as he's easily influenced he's turning into a 'keeping up with the jonses' type and moved to this side of Barnsley, so far but not too far away (they come over here to see their parents every weekend).

 

The sulk is that he always saying we should do more stuff* yet everything has to be booked ages in advance as he works long hours and Mrs Shrimp works shifts.

 

But the twat is always out* 'oh I went here, the other day' or there yet we/I never get asked. Yeah we might not be able to go but at least ask.

 

What pissed me off last night was he never wants to do anything after work (he was off early Friday, said shall I come round? No girlfriends home at 5) yet there he is out in Leeds at a place he knows we want to go.

What proper annoyed me (and the bit that Mrs Shrimp says I'm just jealous) they were there with his girlfriends sister who is going out with some cunt I used to work with that I can't stand (yeah OK that does sound like jealousy).

 

What I'm getting at is why do we have to be pre booked weeks in advance yet other say jump and he says how high. Twat hasn't even asked me to be his best man next year it's some arsehole from school that they're lucky to see once every six months.

 

Am I being a cock?

 

 

 

Edit: well course I am, people can do what the fuck they like and all that.

[chaseracer]

Relationships evolve; people change.  None of us are who we were.  Look ahead, not back.

 

Still hurts a bit, though, sometimes...

[Supernaut]

Shrimp; You do you. Sack the 'friend' off. I don't mean be nasty about it or anything, just quietly stop interacting with him as much.

 

I was friends with a group of people on my degree for the whole 4 years. About a year or so after graduating, I notice one of them got married. I only knew this when I saw the photos afterwards on facebook. Every single other person on our degree was there, and I didn't even hear a peep about it even happening. Quietly sacked the lot of them off there and then.

I met one person from that group at New Year's 2015/2016 and was polite and civil but didn't hang about.

 

I have different friends now, and the world keeps turning...

[dave21478]

I am having terrible luck trying to find a new vehicle for work.

I need a 4x4, and currently use a Mazda B2500 pickup....one of those twin cab wanker wagons. Its ideal for what I need but its hanging with rot and mechanical parts are failing at an alarming rate. The scrapyard beckons.

Its out of the question to buy a pickup over here. A basic L200 or Navara from late 90s early 2000s starts at nine fucking grand. I obviously dont mind buying from UK but its a minefield....loads for sale in my budget but descriptions are all vague and since I am willing to sink a few grand into it, its unlike all my previous UK buys where its a few hundred quid and no big deal if it turns out to be a lemon.

I just spotted something ideal...literally exactly what I want with a buy it now. I sent a couple of questions but apparently its sold already. He will contact me if it falls through, but Im not holding my breath.

 

Then there is my poor old Freelander. I like Freelanders - there, I said it out loud. I have a TD4 van which I have owned for about 7 years which is the longest I have ever owned any car by a huge margin. Its been laid up for a while now as the gearbox is noisy. It could soldier on for ages, it could implode tomorrow. A replacement box is too expensive locally....500 euros or more, and rare as fuck. I can get a used one sent fom a breakers in UK for about 300 euros, which is ok, but like all breakers, its just photos of a gearbox on the floor....no idea if the claimed age or mileage is true or not. Then it would need a new slave cylinder as its a concentric in-box bullshit thing, new unicorn-jizz gear oil (I think thats why mine is dying, i just whazzed in normal 80w90 when I changed the clutch. internet says there are some soft metal parts in the box that get attacked by normal oil.) and the hassle of changing it. I reckon I could get it all done for under 500 euros and I do like the car....but its a Land Rover isnt it? Of course something else will break. For example, it has just broken a front spring. Was I catching air over a bridge? was I gripped, locked, sorted, offroading? no I was reversing it up the driveway so I could trim the hedge behind where its been parked up. So a new spring....shocks are tired, so change them....maybe some bushes....Thats another good few hundred again FFS.

 

Everything local in budget is worn out old dogshit with mega mileage, terrible condition and just generally not worth it. Its obvious I need to buy from UK, but what to buy and who from? I will try a wanted add on here, but these tend to not go well in my opinion with folk just throwing up anything relevant from the last few pages of the ebay thread. I could pick something random off ebay myself, thanks.

[Jazoli]

I am having terrible luck trying to find a new vehicle for work.

I need a 4x4, and currently use a Mazda B2500 pickup....one of those twin cab wanker wagons. Its ideal for what I need but its hanging with rot and mechanical parts are failing at an alarming rate. The scrapyard beckons.

Its out of the question to buy a pickup over here. A basic L200 or Navara from late 90s early 2000s starts at nine fucking grand. I obviously dont mind buying from UK but its a minefield....loads for sale in my budget but descriptions are all vague and since I am willing to sink a few grand into it, its unlike all my previous UK buys where its a few hundred quid and no big deal if it turns out to be a lemon.

I just spotted something ideal...literally exactly what I want with a buy it now. I sent a couple of questions but apparently its sold already. He will contact me if it falls through, but Im not holding my breath.

 

Then there is my poor old Freelander. I like Freelanders - there, I said it out loud. I have a TD4 van which I have owned for about 7 years which is the longest I have ever owned any car by a huge margin. Its been laid up for a while now as the gearbox is noisy. It could soldier on for ages, it could implode tomorrow. A replacement box is too expensive locally....500 euros or more, and rare as fuck. I can get a used one sent fom a breakers in UK for about 300 euros, which is ok, but like all breakers, its just photos of a gearbox on the floor....no idea if the claimed age or mileage is true or not. Then it would need a new slave cylinder as its a concentric in-box bullshit thing, new unicorn-jizz gear oil (I think thats why mine is dying, i just whazzed in normal 80w90 when I changed the clutch. internet says there are some soft metal parts in the box that get attacked by normal oil.) and the hassle of changing it. I reckon I could get it all done for under 500 euros and I do like the car....but its a Land Rover isnt it? Of course something else will break. For example, it has just broken a front spring. Was I catching air over a bridge? was I gripped, locked, sorted, offroading? no I was reversing it up the driveway so I could trim the hedge behind where its been parked up. So a new spring....shocks are tired, so change them....maybe some bushes....Thats another good few hundred again FFS.

 

Everything local in budget is worn out old dogshit with mega mileage, terrible condition and just generally not worth it. Its obvious I need to buy from UK, but what to buy and who from? I will try a wanted add on here, but these tend to not go well in my opinion with folk just throwing up anything relevant from the last few pages of the ebay thread. I could pick something random off ebay myself, thanks.

 

Can you stretch to a new Duster? I was car hunting for my mother in Spain last week and we very nearly bought one but it just wasn't big enough in the back, they are stonking value and seem to hold 90% of their value after 3 years on mainland Europe, unlike here, we were looking at 2.5k down and 200€/month for 5 years where it would still be worth around 8k, cheap motoring.

[dave21478]

I looked into them a while back. They will only tow about 1.6 tons IIRC. I need a minimum of 2 ton tow capacity.

[Slartibartfast]

I need to wash my mums car ready for the funeral later this week. It's too hot outside. My pressure washer has died. Now I need to sit in a hot car with no A/C and buy a new washer because I don't have time to fix the current one. Today could be going better.

Aldi have pressure washers in at the moment for not too much ££.

 

 

 

Mr Shrimp that feller is not your friend any more. He's realised it but you haven't yet. Sorry mate. It sucks, but it is what it is.

[Matt]

Aldi have pressure washers in at the moment for not too much ££.

 

I came home and found a kink in the bloody hose. I did look before and swear it wasn't there before but it seems to have mostly solved the problem. It actually seems like two problems happened at once. My standard wide spray lance was spraying out at an angle and the machine was going on/off/on/off/on and when using the patio cleaner attachment it sounded like the machine was starving for water every few seconds. The latter is fixed so hopefully a £10 replacement lance will solve it and I can get my £70 back from Homebase for the new machine!

[J4mes]

This may have passed some of you by, since they haven't said a thing, but if you're with the AA I'd keep a close eye on your credit/debit cards and change passwords.

 

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/aa-data-leak-over-100000-customers-emails-card-data-left-exposed-after-breach-1628808

 

My credit card was scammed to the tune of £800 last month which is just too much of a coincidence for me - in 20 years of using the internet and online banking, purchasing etc I've never had a card done before.

That's interesting, I've just been sent a new debit card as 'we've detected a problem with it' a month after switching from rac to aa..

[Hendry]

Photobucket ruining loads of decent threads on other forums with changing photos to captions saying please upgrade to enable 3rd party website hosting or some shit. 

[michael1703]

Wife's parents are putting their house on the market as they're nearly 80 and not as agile as the house requires them to be, so they want "One last big family Christmas".

 

Like the one I suffered last year?

 

Her dad doesn't like dogs and thought I'd want to stay Christmas eve through to 27th Dec without the dog. They don't understand that he is my best mate and like my only child and that I wouldn't be without him, so last year I went on boxing day and came back on the 27th.

 

Wife is saying that she wants to go for 5 days and that her mum is looking for accommodation near her so I can take the dog

 

Wtf? Just let me bring the dog

[cobblers]

Go for a day then fuck off home and spend 4 days walking the dog on your own to local pubs? They're her parents not yours!

[artdjones]

I am having terrible luck trying to find a new vehicle for work.

I need a 4x4, and currently use a Mazda B2500 pickup....one of those twin cab wanker wagons. Its ideal for what I need but its hanging with rot and mechanical parts are failing at an alarming rate. The scrapyard beckons.

Its out of the question to buy a pickup over here. A basic L200 or Navara from late 90s early 2000s starts at nine fucking grand. I obviously dont mind buying from UK but its a minefield....loads for sale in my budget but descriptions are all vague and since I am willing to sink a few grand into it, its unlike all my previous UK buys where its a few hundred quid and no big deal if it turns out to be a lemon.

I just spotted something ideal...literally exactly what I want with a buy it now. I sent a couple of questions but apparently its sold already. He will contact me if it falls through, but Im not holding my breath.

 

Then there is my poor old Freelander. I like Freelanders - there, I said it out loud. I have a TD4 van which I have owned for about 7 years which is the longest I have ever owned any car by a huge margin. Its been laid up for a while now as the gearbox is noisy. It could soldier on for ages, it could implode tomorrow. A replacement box is too expensive locally....500 euros or more, and rare as fuck. I can get a used one sent fom a breakers in UK for about 300 euros, which is ok, but like all breakers, its just photos of a gearbox on the floor....no idea if the claimed age or mileage is true or not. Then it would need a new slave cylinder as its a concentric in-box bullshit thing, new unicorn-jizz gear oil (I think thats why mine is dying, i just whazzed in normal 80w90 when I changed the clutch. internet says there are some soft metal parts in the box that get attacked by normal oil.) and the hassle of changing it. I reckon I could get it all done for under 500 euros and I do like the car....but its a Land Rover isnt it? Of course something else will break. For example, it has just broken a front spring. Was I catching air over a bridge? was I gripped, locked, sorted, offroading? no I was reversing it up the driveway so I could trim the hedge behind where its been parked up. So a new spring....shocks are tired, so change them....maybe some bushes....Thats another good few hundred again FFS.

 

Everything local in budget is worn out old dogshit with mega mileage, terrible condition and just generally not worth it. Its obvious I need to buy from UK, but what to buy and who from? I will try a wanted add on here, but these tend to not go well in my opinion with folk just throwing up anything relevant from the last few pages of the ebay thread. I could pick something random off ebay myself, thanks.

Don't buy a Navara,please.The L200 is ok but a bit soft.As you found out, the B2500/Ford Ranger also not great.Hilux is excellent as long as the chassis is ok and the Isuzu DMax is good although a lot seem to have been sold with drug dealer type wheels and stickers.Strange, because the cabs are plain inside.