The grumpy thread

[dollywobbler]

Someone wants to sell a car. Someone thought it would be a great idea to harvest every email address out of the relative club magazine and send them details of his hideously over-priced vehicle. Someone got snotty when it was pointed out to them that people may not appreciate this approach. 

 

Remarkably, this is the first time it has happened in my 21 years of club membership. That's pretty impressive.

[gm]

Is this a lift pump in the fuel tank or the high pressure diesel pump?

apparently, there isn't a lift pump, the high pressure diesel pump basically sucks the fuel all the way from the tank and through the filter, hence the priming bulb on the filter housing.

 

I spoke to the lads this afternoon, they reckon it will be sorted in a few days

[twosmoke300]

They are easy to change - I’ve done a handful of them . They usually fail because they have been run on petrol at some time in the past.

[purplebargeken]

Small children + school + stupid levels of useless kids with no idea about washing hands = norovirus

 

Ben now shitting and puking like it is going out of fashion. Me...... almost barrier nursing and using industrial amounts of bleach based cleaner. 

 

Mrs PBK waving her hands and staying well out of it in case she has to go off sick. Gee, thanks for your help as per.

[DeeJay]

Someone wants to sell a car. Someone thought it would be a great idea to harvest every email address out of the relative club magazine and send them details of his hideously over-priced vehicle. Someone got snotty when it was pointed out to them that people may not appreciate this approach. 

 

Remarkably, this is the first time it has happened in my 21 years of club membership. That's pretty impressive.

 

Which car are you selling 

[mrbenn]

Small children + school + stupid levels of useless kids with no idea about washing hands = norovirus

 

Ben now shitting and puking like it is going out of fashion. Me...... almost barrier nursing and using industrial amounts of bleach based cleaner. 

 

Mrs PBK waving her hands and staying well out of it in case she has to go off sick. Gee, thanks for your help as per.

 

Hope he feels better soon. I've had it twice. First time was unpleasant for a day or so then I was fine. Second time it absolutely destroyed me for two weeks and then I didn't feel right for ages, plus it seemed to trigger IBS with which I still suffer.

[tooSavvy]

DW....

 

Guy (one post) has popped up on TOC 'got a Carina GTi? Cash waiting'

Guy (one post) has responded 'Sure m8, check my EBay listing!'

 

...... watches & waits ......

 

 

TS

[kinkersaab]

I dont think i have posted in here before, but...i am fucking sick fed up of folk moaning about everything.  We are in Aberdeenshire, it gets cold.  Social media "local groups" are full of people constantly moaning about the slippery pavements, slippery roads, council are shit at this that and everything else....it never stops.  Why the fuck cant people tolerate anything? Even if something is shit, why moan and groan, just either tolerate it, or get off your fat lazy arses and put some grit/ salt down yourselves.  Help others, don't just moan because its someone elses job and isn't being done.  They may even be right, but banging on about it isn't going to change anything..actually assisting all these poor people who are falling over might! grrrr 

[Supernaut]

I dont think i have posted in here before, but...i am fucking sick fed up of folk moaning about everything.  We are in Aberdeenshire, it gets cold.  Social media "local groups" are full of people constantly moaning about the slippery pavements, slippery roads, council are shit at this that and everything else....it never stops.  Why the fuck cant people tolerate anything? Even if something is shit, why moan and groan, just either tolerate it, or get off your fat lazy arses and put some grit/ salt down yourselves.  Help others, don't just moan because its someone elses job and isn't being done.  They may even be right, but banging on about it isn't going to change anything..actually assisting all these poor people who are falling over might! grrrr

I have a set of cleats for my boots. They're proving their worth in Aberdeen right now! The pavements are under about an inch of ice.

My point I'm trying to make is; instead of whinging about it, I'm adapting and overcoming, in a way.

[Pillock]

Someone wants to sell a car. Someone thought it would be a great idea to harvest every email address out of the relative club magazine and send them details of his hideously over-priced vehicle. Someone got snotty when it was pointed out to them that people may not appreciate this approach.

 

Remarkably, this is the first time it has happened in my 21 years of club membership. That's pretty impressive.

Presumably someone has an email address that can be fed into a number of spam generators.

[oldcars]

I fell off the MZ this morning on a large patch of ice on the way to work,footrestbent,clutch lever worn down etc,bike escaped mainly because I was underneath it. I need a Reliant

Nightmare, the ice up here just now is bad. Reliant has been sliding a bit, was better when i had two cases of beer in it to give my mate 

[Des]

Well my old MZ still had its original fitment Pneumant tyres and rather amazingly would offer the very same level of grip on ice as normal conditions. Absolutely fuckall.

[Eddie Honda]

Pneumant tyres

 

[/runsscreaming]

 

In 1994 I bought a three year-old MZ ETZ150. As it only had 118 miles on the clock and was mint, it had it's original tyres on still with hairs.

 

Promptly they were sacked off and a pair of Dunlop K82s fitted. I think the front/rear tyre wear ratio was about 5 rears to one front.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Had the middle of a tooth and some filling taken out a few weeks ago. While there was a big hole (as it sort of went wrong) you could see there was a dark mark on the other touching tooth.

 

'is that rotten too?' I asked the dentist, 'no it's just staining' guess what? I've now got pain like never before from the tooth with the 'staining', fucking dentist...

 

Booked in for Monday. I normally wouldn't moan about stuff but I haven't had a filling or anything really for at least 10 years maybe longer now and even though I go every 6 months it feels like I'm never away from the place now being messed with.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Picked the Volvo up yesterday , £582 for fuel pump, got a mile from garage and a headlamp bulb blew- had a major rant to myself over a £5 bulb. You'd think it was the end of the world, proper feeling sorry for myself. Just before Christmas, no money etc, etc.

 

This morning had a call from Spain, father-in-law died last Sunday, his Mrs arrested, waiting for Police investigation etc, etc. WTF?

Daughter's partner coming round to speak to Spanish Police on the phone ( she's Spanish) looks like a trip to Cost del Sol on the cards, glad I didn't buy winter tyres for the Volvo- won't need them there!

 

Moral of this post is ; cars and money, nice to have but not that important really.

[tooSavvy]

.... enough money for cars, nice to have.

 

EFA

 

 

.. sad news ..

 

 

TS

[alcyonecorporation]

Perspective for comparatively minor rant provided by Norfolk N Weigh's post above:

My SVX has died - again. 

It'll get sorted, but it won't be at my cost. I'll see to it. 

Yes, there is more to this than I'm letting on. 

[barefoot]

Just seen a trailer on the telly for Clarkson and the other two petrol head twunts, where they appear to be jumping a Jaguar MkX/420 and then off roading in an X-300/308.

I won't be paying any money to watch that anytime soon.

[alcyonecorporation]

Just seen a trailer on the telly for Clarkson and the other two petrol head twunts, where they appear to be jumping a Jaguar MkX/420 and then off roading in an X-300/308.

I won't be paying any money to watch that anytime soon.

 

Do what everyone else does and ******* it with the help of a ***** ******. 

 

Then at least you can make your mind up without judging its merit from the strength of an hysterical trailer. 

[Guest Hooli]

It's the dwarf of the three I can't stand.

[cort16]

The radiator is burst on Mr C's Leon. it's been losing coolant for a while but it's sped up of late. I ran it this morning and can see it wazzing out the bottom.

£42 for a new radiator isn't bad. I'm proper Christmas broke so I might change it myself to save a couple of hours labour. I can then spend that money on mulled wine and whisky.

This is one of the worst jobs I’ve ever done on a car. I saved on labour but I now need intense counciling. Stupid spring hose clips . Stupider vag push pull electrical connectors rusted out screws that fail then are impossible to drill out. Aargh .

Not totally convinced this is the coolant loss issue either as only some times did coolant wax out the bottom . Time will tell! Vag shite!

[Des]

Isn't that Clarkson show supposed to annoy? Meant for birds anyway, sort of a shouty version of Loose Women for those who struggle to keep up. My missus put it on a few times some years ago and seemed mildly entertained for a time, grew out of it I'm happy to say.

[Noel Tidybeard]

apparently, there isn't a lift pump, the high pressure diesel pump basically sucks the fuel all the way from the tank and through the filter, hence the priming bulb on the filter housing.

 

I spoke to the lads this afternoon, they reckon it will be sorted in a few days

 

this would rather suggest there is

https://www.lingshondaparts.com/honda_car_parts_selection_pfk?block_01=17SKN501&block_02=B__0300&block_03=18865&block_05=hcr

[twosmoke300]

Don’t see a pump on there and I’m pretty sure they just have a little gear pump that is integral to the main pressure pump on the end of the cam

[richardmorris]

Someone wants to sell a car. Someone thought it would be a great idea to harvest every email address out of the relative club magazine and send them details of his hideously over-priced vehicle. Someone got snotty when it was pointed out to them that people may not appreciate this approach. 

 

Remarkably, this is the first time it has happened in my 21 years of club membership. That's pretty impressive.

 

Ah, I wondered where that one came from!

[alcyonecorporation]

Coming back from a scrapyard run this evening, I thought I might pop to a nice pub for a spot of tea on the way home, 

Pull into a pub restaurant, looks quiet. Walk in, ask behind the bar, get told: "We're fully booked so we're not serving bar snacks."

'OK', I say. 'No worries, thanks anyway.'

As I turn to walk away, the landlord adds: "Your fault for not booking, I'm afraid" in a snotty, condescending tone. 

I wanted to reply with 'Yes, mate, I get it's Christmas, all you had to say was that you're fully booked, no need to be a patronising cunt about it.'
Instead, I carried on walking. 

Tried another pub signposted across the road. Arrive, and all the house lights are on, fire's roaring with Christmas music blaring, but there's no one downstairs at all. If 28 Days Later had been set during the festive period, it would have been like this. Having googled the place, it turns out there's two separate restaurants - one upstairs and one downstairs, Downstairs there were no signs or directions; to be honest, it looked like you were walking into someone's hallway. 

I stand around for 15 minutes, knock on doors, walk into the kitchen and shout, nothing. Right then. Never mind. 

I'm beginning to see why Junkman dislikes Lincolnshire. I realise it's Christmas and everyone's run ragged, but they seem unfamiliar with the concept of 'manners' and 'passing trade'. 
I wanted to sit down for half an hour with a shitty coffee and something hot. What's unreasonable about that? If you're busy, fine - but I don't expect attitude about it.  

Tried a McDonalds and people were hanging out of the windows - and someone in a Bitsofshitti M40000 Combatant came within inches of reversing into me (before screaming abuse at his plight). 

Went home in the end. Couldn't be arsed. 

[purplebargeken]

^^ Local chippy and can of pop. Sorted and much cheaper.

[purplebargeken]

Tempted to have scanned the restaurant, laugh and say I heard your food was shite anyway. Then walkout laughing hungrily.

[D Spares & Tyres]

Just seen a trailer on the telly for Clarkson and the other two petrol head twunts, where they appear to be jumping a Jaguar MkX/420 and then off roading in an X-300/308.

I won't be paying any money to watch that anytime soon.

Watching three millionaires destroy perfectly good cars? No thanks. Last one I watched was the African one. Take three well looked after cars then destroy them in front of people who have nothing. Fuck that for entertainment

[richardmorris]

Sorry mods, I didn’t mean to overstep the line and post prohibited material. At least I assume I did, not drunk much yet to imagine disappearing posts