The grumpy thread

[Mr_Bo11ox]

  On 16/01/2018 at 22:28, SiC said:

How did you manage to crash into cones?! You can't blame your bike for that one.

 

Just the usual, thinking about other stuff and not concentrating on where I was going

[omegod]

New wheeler dealers, as utterly shit, wincingly cheesy and fake as the old one 

[DeeJay]

  On 16/01/2018 at 22:05, Cavcraft said:

If you can't handle your drink, then stop drinking. Can't be too fucking difficult, can it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Obvs I don't include alcoholics.  

 

Works night out get out of hand?

[Cavcraft]

  On 16/01/2018 at 23:53, DeeJay said:

Works night out get out of hand?

Christ, no. I look forward to retirement in 3 years, 6 months and 13 days where I can have a few days a week on the razz.

[Jazoli]

  On 16/01/2018 at 23:53, DeeJay said:

Works night out get out of hand?

Ours did, 3 staff sacked, 2 of them supervisors, all because they can't handle their drink (and drugs) quiet at work yesterday.

 

Despite being told I must attend as management need to show their faces I didn't, for exactly the reason above, it always gets out of hand and I'd end up lumping someone.

[5speedracer]

  On 17/01/2018 at 06:46, Cavcraft said:

Christ, no. I look forward to retirement in 3 years, 6 months and 13 days where I can have a few days a week on the razz.

Not that you're counting or anything!

 

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[beko1987]

Well looks like my haterid of asking people to subscribe to my YouTube channel has bitten me in the arse... If people want to subscribe they will, I won't make them...

 

 

That's a bit of the old motivation gone... Might have to bite the bullet in the next video and give it a go... Just 80something to go

[The Moog]

  On 17/01/2018 at 07:25, beko1987 said:

That's a bit of the old motivation gone... Might have to bite the bullet in the next video and give it a go... Just 80something to go

 

 

Whats your channel. I will happily subscribe and I am sure a few on here will. 

 

Why not do a Malaysian vacuum? DW managed to get SE Asis frothing with his ... 

[oldcars]

  On 16/01/2018 at 22:26, Mr_Bo11ox said:

following on from this bollocks last week, on the Friday I crashed into a pile of traffic cones and today my pedal snapped off without warning, forcing me to pedal 5 miles one-legged. FUCK OFF!

I guess you must ride with clipless pedals or toeclips, as one legged pedaling is hard going.

[richardthestag]

  On 16/01/2018 at 22:46, omegod said:

New wheeler dealers, as utterly shit, wincingly cheesy and fake as the old one 

 

i dont understand it

 

Big fella left wd because he didnt like the format changes.

 

looks exactly the same but with more cheeze

 

grand tour has minutes where I laugh, it is on in the background while I am doing other shit

 

Cold war motors is where it is at

[Parky]

  On 16/01/2018 at 22:46, omegod said:

New wheeler dealers, as utterly shit, wincingly cheesy and fake as the old one

 

It's not quite as bad as I thought it might be. I thought it would be another of those "with 24 hours to go, Ant discovers the engine is wrong - can Mike find another Rover V8 quickly?" Type shows. You know, fake peril and all that.

 

I liked the Escort Cosworth episode where Ant rebuilt the turbo. When he talked about how he used to clean engine parts in his mums dishwasher, I did allow myself a little chuckle at that. That said you will never beat the Ford Capri episode where Eds aerosol respray went badly wrong!

[alcyonecorporation]

Had my fill of old cars for the time being.

 

Tired of stuff breaking. Will go back to my unit in a couple of weeks when I'm in a better mood.

Weather's crap anyway.

[BavarianRetro]

Sky News's coverage of motorists stuck in their cars overnight in heavy snow on the M74 in Lanarkshire - mountain rescue teams called to check on their welfare.

 

Approx 7 seconds on Sky News as opposed to the 24 hour rolling coverage when a nanocentimetre of snow lands anywhere within 100 miles of the M25 area.

 

"There were a couple of Jocks stuck in their cars on some road somewhere north of Watford overnight. We think they're OK........Princess Charlotte's nursery snack today will be either banana or apple. Over to our female Royal child under 8 correspondent Samantha Sycophant-Smythe who has a report on which goes better with the dress Charlotte is wearing..."

[richardthestag]

  On 17/01/2018 at 09:32, Parky said:

It's not quite as bad as I thought it might be. I thought it would be another of those "with 24 hours to go, Ant discovers the engine is wrong - can Mike find another Rover V8 quickly?" Type shows. You know, fake peril and all that.

 

I liked the Escort Cosworth episode where Ant rebuilt the turbo. When he talked about how he used to clean engine parts in his mums dishwasher, I did allow myself a little chuckle at that. That said you will never beat the Ford Capri episode where Eds aerosol respray went badly wrong!

 

i liked the turbo bit

 

I dont like the bit where Ant seems impervious to the known effects of contaminated engine oil on bare skin

 

conveniently brushed over the shaft balance bit which would render the whole home turbo rebuild as cost ineffective compared to swapping direct for a properly* rebuilt unit

 

 

*not ebay chinese with the word Garrat (sic) crayon'd on

[richardthestag]

  On 17/01/2018 at 09:45, BavarianRetro said:

Sky News's coverage of motorists stuck in their cars overnight in heavy snow on the M74 in Lanarkshire - mountain rescue teams called to check on their welfare.

 

 

 

Relatives like in Yorkshite and run a private bus service. bit of a nightmare yesterday afternoon herding them all back home again. roads blocked, trucks jack knifed 

 

and one school trip that the school insisted should go ahead despite severe weather warnings was struggling to repatriate the ickle trasures

[Eddie Honda]

  On 17/01/2018 at 08:27, The Moog said:

Why not do a Malaysian vacuum?

 

He does Dysons all the time.

[Eddie Honda]

  On 17/01/2018 at 09:45, BavarianRetro said:

motorists stuck in their cars overnight in heavy snow on the M74 in Lanarkshire - mountain rescue teams called to check on their welfare.

 

FFS, I've been on the A74(M) in worse...

 

 

...on a motorbike.

 

20mph feet down and that included stopping on shoulder (really shouldn't have, because it was a bugger to get going again). Cleared to rain by Carlisle.

[MorrisItalSLX]

On the Wheeler Dealers sub topic:

 

All the new (Ant) episodes have been shown in the USA and here in Australia.

Yes, it is different. Will I keep watching it? Yes I will.

It may not be as good as it was with Edd, but it is still way better than all those American shows where shouty fat blokes put stupidly large engines in muscle cars and go drag racing against another shop and then have a completely staged fight afterwards. Or ones where tattooed twats chop the rooves on nice classics, paint them black and put massive wheels and airbags under them and give them back to the owner after completely trashing the tyres, whilst call them “dawg”.

 

To that end, I say LONG LIVE WHEELER DEALERS!

[chaseracer]

The question must be put: "What would William Woollard say...?"

 

 

[tooSavvy]

  On 17/01/2018 at 11:45, chaseracer said:

The question must be put: "What would William Woollard say...?"

 

 

...."and next week... "

 

What else

 

 

TS

[Captain Furious]

  On 17/01/2018 at 09:32, Parky said:

That said you will never beat the Ford Capri episode where Eds aerosol respray went badly wrong!

 

This is my all time favourite episode.  Because I was thinking there is no polishing your way out of a paintjob like that, I know because I've done them and tried!  So if he comes back and its looking like factory then i'm calling magic of television bullshit.  But sure enough he polished and polished and it still looked wank, that's when I thought hey, this is pretty true to life.

[richardthestag]

I did like the celica supra episode. 

 

when it started I was thinking omgdrifttwatz and almost didnt bother

 

was a complete and most pleasant surprise.

[Jazoli]

I don't mind wheeler dealers, it's not bad car TV, my current favourite american show is Kindig Customs or Bitchin' Rides, the quality of workmanship is top notch, there is far too many generic car shows featuring hipster twats though.

[cort16]

In one of the later ones he’s changing the lifters on a Mitsubishi gto. It’s a transverse v6 and he’s changing the ones on the front bank then says “you just need to do the same for the rear bank”

 

What the rear bank you can’t even see never mind get a hand on? They just brushed over that bit.

[cpjitservices]

  On 22/12/2017 at 18:22, mercrocker said:

Thank you sir   

 

As I mentioned, he went off in style.....

 

 

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What was his name?

 

I lost  a mate too, Andy, Cancer. About the same age. 

 

Andy 'Guitar' Williams. 

 

 

Condolences.

[Captain Furious]

  On 17/01/2018 at 13:19, Jazoli said:

there is far too many generic car shows featuring hipster twats though.

 

What was that one with Jodie Kidd, where you had the two mechanics and the "Money Man" whose character was obviously to be a total bellend and look as unimpressed as possible at everything anyone else did.

 

They did one where they were given a Maserati Ghibli and had to make it do 200mph, so they did a top speed run on a Rolling Road and then presented it as a 200mph car - fuck right off!

 

It was rage-inducingly bad

[Mr A Lawrence]

the guy wot does salvage hunters on quest has a classic car show on tv soon.

 

https://www.questtv.co.uk/salvage-hunters

[sierraman]

I'd like something really nerdy and prescriptive, watching someone replace an axle on a 306 or something. I appreciate though 99% of the viewing public would prefer mike brewer popping out every four minutes chatting shit.

[MorrisItalSLX]

I really like Chasing Classic Cars with Wayne Carini.

A nice show with a nice host about nice cars. What more could you ask for!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 17/01/2018 at 11:06, MorrisItalSLX said:

.....still way better than all those American shows where shouty fat blokes put stupidly large engines in muscle cars and go drag racing against another shop and then have a completely staged fight afterwards. Or ones where tattooed twats chop the rooves on nice classics, paint them black and put massive wheels and airbags under them and give them back to the owner after completely trashing the tyres, whilst call them “dawg”.....

"Pleeeeze EmTeeVee, Pimp My Ride!!!"

 

AARRRGGGHHH the only thing worse than "Xzibit" trying to look bemused was Tim "Holla!" Westwood trying to get down wiv da kidz innit.