The grumpy thread

[beko1987]

Parked in the only spot available to me at the hospital earlier, when leaving I discovered the gooner, when in reverse, and the wheel happens upon an obstacle (kerb) it slips into neutral and does nothing

 

Which was damn annoying since I had to mount said kerb to get out of the space... Driving forwards up onto the grass infront of me then just booting it back so momentum got me up did it in the end, but then the brakes did their not working thing which was gr9!

[richardmorris]

Not quite as amazing as the fact that Chinese slate is cheaper here than ours. We don't even have to feed it, FFS.

 

I know. My parents had their roof done a few years ago. Luckily most of the original slates were keepable and only a few new ones were needed.

[chaseracer]

I’ve delivered lorry loads of slate from Brazil to factories in mid Wales where slate is literally in giant piles everywhere. How the hell does that work?

 

It's called the Global Neoliberal Experiment, and it's the reason for Frank Sobotka's famous aphorism.

[omegod]

My grump at the moment is me. I am not really doing well in the head department at all (young women mess with your swede shocker!   ) and I have something to do that REALLY needs doing, like urgently or I am going to be in deep doggy doo-doo. I have so far put it off for 5 weeks!

 

If I don't do it before next Monday, my world will/could/might, fall into a massive black hole never to be seen again. However, I have no interest in actually getting off my arse and doing it. Apathy: a way of life for life's winners!

 

 

Give your head a fucking shake ! get it done or you'll be whining about being homeless or summat on here next week 

[DVee8]

Myself and some work mates enjoy watching the workplace carpark grand prix.One young lad has a Suzuki swift with very large mudflaps,he is conducting his own carpark rally..Not seen any bumps yet.

[M'coli]

it's the reason for Frank Sobotka's famous aphorism.

Or not-so famous, seeing as I've no idea who the blazes he is. 

[anonymous user]

Or not-so famous, seeing as I've no idea who the blazes he is.

He's that bloke who invented those little plastic football players

[MarvinsMom]

i thought he invented those daft puzzle things with the numbers,in the 3x3 square grids?

 

in other news.....

 

the Rover has decided that it doesn't like having a full compliment of working lights.

 

the front indicator, the n/s back brake light and the o/s  tail lamps have all decided to quit on the same wet afternoon.

 

the front indicator isn't a problem, that is dead easy to fix, the back lights however.....with it been an estate are not.

 

in fact last time we had one of the lights off of the back of the car, we ended up siliconing it back on as the shitty little clips had all broke. now for those who have not had the back lights off a 75 estate, (thank your lucky stars) there are 2 screws though these fragile crappy little brackets, and then 2 or 3 of these ball joint things. to get the light off, undo the screws and then literally pull the light off, and hope for the best.

 

and yes, refitting is the reverse of removal, though with more violence. 

 

so guess what i'm doing friday.

 

yes, hoping that i can cut the light clusters off the back of the car AND get them back on without breaking them.

 

of all the shitty silly ideas i've seen, these lights are amongst the very worse....

[ruffgeezer]

Some little MooCow ran into the side of Mrs Ruff's car last week, and now has a witness who is going to fib for her to put the blame on Mrs Ruff.

 

I am not impressed.

 

Can anyone pm me recommendations for an affordable dash cam as this is the second incident she has had happen to her in the last 12 months.

[Guest Hooli]

Parked in the only spot available to me at the hospital earlier, when leaving I discovered the gooner, when in reverse, and the wheel happens upon an obstacle (kerb) it slips into neutral and does nothing

 

Which was damn annoying since I had to mount said kerb to get out of the space... Driving forwards up onto the grass infront of me then just booting it back so momentum got me up did it in the end, but then the brakes did their not working thing which was gr9!

 

Thanks for reminding me why I got the Saab

[beko1987]

I thought it was broken at first, the dread and fear started, then I felt the kerb and worked out what was happening!

[Guest Hooli]

I can't see why a kerb would put it in neutral, surely it'd do the same reversing uphill if that was the case.

 

My experience of autos is it can take a massive amount of throttle & revs to get them to climb a kerb from a standing start.

[MarvinsMom]

oh and kerry thinks the little gay jeep may be starting to suffer from OMGHGF, having just spent £'s on 2 new tyres,

 

what an ungrateful little shit!!

[mercrocker]

I can't see why a kerb would put it in neutral, surely it'd do the same reversing uphill if that was the case.

 

My experience of autos is it can take a massive amount of throttle & revs to get them to climb a kerb from a standing start.

  

Best not to try full chat in R in a Merc, though....I will not commit to print how I know that.

[Guest Hooli]

Yes, when they decide to move they move bloody quick don't they?

[richardmorris]

Yep, I let mine reverse on idle now having spun the wheels in reverse uphill in Waitrose sunnigdale.

[chaseracer]

HOOLIGAN!! 

[beko1987]

I can't see why a kerb would put it in neutral, surely it'd do the same reversing uphill if that was the case.

 

My experience of autos is it can take a massive amount of throttle & revs to get them to climb a kerb from a standing start.

The display didn't shift into n, but despite me giving it some beans to pop it up and over it didn't move at all. Knowing that my box is meant to slip internally, I presumed it sensed the obstruction and acted accordingly.

 

Luckily I don't do it very often (as soon as I parked I knew it would be fun getting out, but it was the 4th car park I tried and I was fucked if I was gonna try the 5th one!) so in theory it shouldn't be an issue. If I can ever try again I will!

 

Maybe it's to stop people reversing into things? The parking sensors weren't going off, but maybe it's a failsafe so if you slowly reverse into someone/thing when you meant to be in D it just stops you causing total carnage?

 

Or

 

[Guest Hooli]

I fail to believe anything frog wouldn't be capable of retreating whenever required......

[M'coli]

He's that bloke who invented those little plastic football players

What's football? Seriously, I have googled the fictional geezer but still don't know what you're referring to.

[chaseracer]

He was the bent union treasurer in series 2 of 'The Wire'; one of his best lines was: 

 

"We used to make shit in this country.  Build shit.  Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket."

 

[M'coli]

Oh.

Okay.

 

As you were.

[fordperv]

Myself and some work mates enjoy watching the workplace carpark grand prix.One young lad has a Suzuki swift with very large mudflaps,he is conducting his own carpark rally..Not seen any bumps yet.

Used to love doing the college carpark gymkhana, it was all fun and games until a moron who didn't have a clue tried to handbrake turn his mum's Corsa and put it on its roof

[SiC]

Parked in the only spot available to me at the hospital earlier, when leaving I discovered the gooner, when in reverse, and the wheel happens upon an obstacle (kerb) it slips into neutral and does nothing

 

Which was damn annoying since I had to mount said kerb to get out of the space... Driving forwards up onto the grass infront of me then just booting it back so momentum got me up did it in the end, but then the brakes did their not working thing which was gr9!

I'm confused. You went up a kerb and it went into neutral? Never had that on my Gooner and almost certainly would have reversed up kerbs in it. Bristol roads are narrow and busy, so if turning in the road you need to be swift and efficient. I'd got rather annoyed if reversing up kerbs or muddy areas and it went into neutral.

 

I had found that flooring it at a standstill could confuse it, it would bump and refuse to accelerate.

[Kiltox]

ESP?

[Cavcraft]

ESP?

 

No, it happened before he'd realised.

[beko1987]

I think my rolling very gently (tick over until it stopped, then revs) so as not to hit other cars nor take the bumper out on some bollards did it. I'm going to purposefully try it again now just to see if I was imagining it (I wasn't, it definitely just stopped all rearward momentum and just revved. Driving forward then backwards faster worked

[PhilA]

Ants.

[Craig the Princess]

Sold the Lagoon Blue Allegro yesterday for a staggering £1,100. Chap bought it unseen off car and classic and sent a recovery truck to pick it up yesterday.

 

So why is this a grump?

 

Well, because it is much easier to access we agreed to pick it up from beige1100's house in the next village. We've done 100 miles in it fault free since the MoT and started it the day before to check it was all ok. So I got back from my night shift to get it out and drive it over for 9am.

 

Would the bastard thing start, of course not...

 

Now having been up all night by brain was frazzled but beige1100 drove over and fixed the stuck carburetor float and sticking motor.

 

Cars are cunts.

[Lankytim]

Wife has reversed the Multipla into a rock on the drive and smashed the tow bar electrics a week after I fixed it after she did similar a while back. I was annoyed but hid it behind closed eyes and sharp intake of breath, because.. you know... these things don't fix themselves. 

 

Of course this reaction was totally over the top.. "well I didn't do it deliberately!!". Somehow now, I'm the bad guy and it's me in the dog house.