The grumpy thread

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I'd do it if it was early on a Sunday morning..     ...

Perfect.

[Cavcraft]

40 fucking minutes for a taxi and he didn't know what part of town I lived in when I told him

[320touring]

40 fucking minutes for a taxi and he didn't know what part of town I lived in when I told him

Sold him the Omega yet?

[meshking]

Er.... I can offer (just) outside the M25, but it would be a hack for you to come up to Kings Langley / Sarratt (where my horse is).

I'm just inside m25 between j10 and j11. I am happy to act as a staging post if it makes it easier.

 

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[DeeJay]

40 fucking minutes for a taxi and he didn't know what part of town I lived in when I told him

Saturday night, after a "works night out" how coherent were you?

[andy18s]

40 fucking minutes for a taxi and he didn't know what part of town I lived in when I told him

That's driver talk for "I ain't going to That part of town mate"

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Sitting in the slow lane of the motorway in the qashqai with the cruise set at an indicated 65mph

 

Articulated Scania with trailer sitting an inch off the rear bumper. Kept dropping back then accelerating right up my chuff.

 

Quite apart from the fact he clearly wasn't limited to 56, there was nothing at all in the outside lane so he could have passed me if he really wanted to...

 

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[Tamworthbay]

Anyone else noticed the ‘you can’t scrap that’ brigade on the whole of the internet these days? I don’t like to see any old motor scrapped but it annoys me when someone does the best they can to sell a car and then gets crap thrown at them when they suggest it will be bridged (and I am not talking about the obvious knobhead buy the car or it dies ads). It seems as though these people feel they have a right to dictate what others do but are strangely not keen on putting their own hands in their pockets to save the car.

[DodgeRover]

Likewise if a car that's been for sale for ages gets raced, everybody had a chance to buy but didn't...

[captain_70s]

There is usually a dedicated of squad of folks on FB pages waiting for banger racers to offer spares/cars for sale on enthusiast pages so they can go bat shit mental about how it's sacrilege, how the people involved are retarded vandals and how the parts/cars are far, far overpriced and should be sold for £10 to be saved by a "true enthusiast". Presumably one who is a supreme fabricator/welder judging by the state of some of the wrecks that "should be saved".

[Talbot]

Sitting in the slow lane of the motorway in the qashqai with the cruise set at an indicated 65mph

 

Articulated Scania with trailer sitting an inch off the rear bumper. Kept dropping back then accelerating right up my chuff.

 

Quite apart from the fact he clearly wasn't limited to 56, there was nothing at all in the outside lane so he could have passed me if he really wanted to...

This really fucking annoys me. You're driving a vehicle that can kill multiple people in one go. Stop driving like a complete arsehole and have some consideration for others.

 

Last twat who did this to me did so in a signwritten lorry, so I called the company up and complained bitterly to his transport manager. Initially he didn't realised, but then understood that the driver was being a cunt *right now*. He had a look on his tracking, confirmed the driver was speeding and driving like a twat, and said he was going to call the driver. Sure enough within 30 seconds of getting off the phone with me, the truck suddenly dropped back to the 40 he should have been doing (single NSL before the limits were changed a couple of years back).

 

About 3 days later I got a call back from the transport manager. Aparently this is not the first serious complaint about this guy, so he's been fired. Good. Don't care how tough that makes his life.. should have thought about that before taligating and trying to overtake me in a NSL. Tosser.

[richardmorris]

I'm just inside m25 between j10 and j11. I am happy to act as a staging post if it makes it easier.

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I’m just outside the m25 if it helps- junction 3 of the m3 in Bagshot.

[twosmoke300]

They all do that - don't forget your speedo is prob reading 10% over and the truck one will be calibrated . Add in some tyre wear and his 56 could well be your 65

[Guest Hooli]

They all do that - don't forget your speedo is prob reading 10% over and the truck one will be calibrated . Add in some tyre wear and his 56 could well be your 65

 

Plus some truck/coach companies will fit almost bald tyres when they get the limiter calibrated so that they run faster in use.

[sierraman]

There is usually a dedicated of squad of folks on FB pages waiting for banger racers to offer spares/cars for sale on enthusiast pages so they can go bat shit mental about how it's sacrilege, how the people involved are retarded vandals and how the parts/cars are far, far overpriced and should be sold for £10 to be saved by a "true enthusiast". Presumably one who is a supreme fabricator/welder judging by the state of some of the wrecks that "should be saved".

It goes to whoever has money in their hand, its as simple as that. If it means either an endless band of people coming to have a chat about it but not actually buy it or someone turning up with money in their hand who will race it, they get it.

[Christine]

My Astra problem is kinda sorted .  Just bought a 50k Astra Arctic  ,similar colour ,a  minty , whole car ! Seems a shame to nick a wing and door off it  and scrap it. But it was cheap ...and only 15 miles away .. If anyone wants bits , they'll be dirt cheap . 1.6i ecotec engine , manual , running on 3 lost compression on one cylinder . New exhaust and alloys tyres etc . Mint interior and boot ..lady owner 19 years fsh     R356 ukk 

[Steve79]

Delivery company dickheads!

 

Bought a Rover 820si and due to lack of time and no mot, i decided to pay a guy i know based in somerset who's business is delivering cars all of the country. I've bought cars from him before and have used him on on four occasions in the last few years to pick up and deliver cars to me.

 

On the last delivery for me his communication was a bit lacking but eventually got done and gave him the benefit of the doubt as i know he can be a bit busy.

 

This time we agreed date, price and delivery address, but it took him an age to reply to each message. Come the day of the delivery he didn't show up at any point. I called, whatsapped and facebook messengered him but he hasn't had the professional curtosey to answer any of these. I know he been active but hasn't opened the messages!

 

If you don't want to do the work anymore at least have the decency to let me know!

 

He sells cars on retrorides and has been know to venture on here every now and then. Tempted to name and shame him!

[Parky]

Can you not politely ask him for a response as it would be a shame if the rich seam of potential clients on Retrorides and Autoshite should ever be led to believe that his reliability and communications are occasionally haphazard?

[Captain Furious]

Haven’t lorries recently had their limiters increased from 56mph to 60mph too or did I dream that? Certainly I’m noticing that they seem to be going quicker, and I have a GPS speed readout on my dash cam so I know it’s not just speedo differences

 

Anyway I agree, truckers love to wax lyrical about car drivers 'pulling into their braking zone' and how they need room to manaeuvre blah blah blah...but they’re the worst tailgaters out there. I see it day in day out and it’s not just the odd one, it’s the majority.

[RayMK]

I think they tailgate each other to save fuel. Maybe.

[DodgeRover]

Haven’t lorries recently had their limiters increased from 56mph to 60mph too or did I dream that? Certainly I’m noticing that they seem to be going quicker, and I have a GPS speed readout on my dash cam so I know it’s not just speedo differences

 

Anyway I agree, truckers love to wax lyrical about car drivers 'pulling into their braking zone' and how they need room to manaeuvre blah blah blah...but they’re the worst tailgaters out there. I see it day in day out and it’s not just the odd one, it’s the majority.

I followed a couple of Asda (I think) lorries up the M23 - 48mph uphill and down dale!

[chaseracer]

I'm happy for trucks to do 60 instead of 56 - makes sense to me - but why must they do it in lanes 2 and 3 only of a four-lane motorway?

[Steve79]

Can you not politely ask him for a response as it would be a shame if the rich seam of potential clients on Retrorides and Autoshite should ever be led to believe that his reliability and communications are occasionally haphazard?

I've been asking him for a response via voicemail, whatsapp and facebook messenger since midday on friday. I've even asked him via facebook messenger and whatsapp when it shows that he's active and he still ignores it!

[dollywobbler]

Haven’t lorries recently had their limiters increased from 56mph to 60mph too or did I dream that? Certainly I’m noticing that they seem to be going quicker, and I have a GPS speed readout on my dash cam so I know it’s not just speedo differences

 

Anyway I agree, truckers love to wax lyrical about car drivers 'pulling into their braking zone' and how they need room to manaeuvre blah blah blah...but they’re the worst tailgaters out there. I see it day in day out and it’s not just the odd one, it’s the majority.

 

When I fetched the Invacars in a speed-limited truck, I reckon a total of five trucks overtook me, and I overtook many more. Sat nav reckoned I was doing 57mph. One of the trucks flew past, and was on Irish plates. Older trucks can be 'cheated' downhill (ie neutral coast) but I reckon more modern trucks can't be coaxed into such antics as I don't see it so much anymore. Truck speeds do vary depending on gradient though. As they do for 2CVs. 

[beko1987]

I was behind a lorry in l1 on Friday going down the m40 hill past stokenchurch... I was doing 70ish and he was getting away from me... Why don't they do that going uphill the other way where I get on?

[Guest Hooli]

Haven’t lorries recently had their limiters increased from 56mph to 60mph too or did I dream that? Certainly I’m noticing that they seem to be going quicker, and I have a GPS speed readout on my dash cam so I know it’s not just speedo differences

 

Anyway I agree, truckers love to wax lyrical about car drivers 'pulling into their braking zone' and how they need room to manaeuvre blah blah blah...but they’re the worst tailgaters out there. I see it day in day out and it’s not just the odd one, it’s the majority.

 

The UK speed limit for trucks is 60mph, however they are also required to be limited to 56mph by EU law.

[Cavcraft]

Are Irish truck drivers allowed to do under 60mph?

[Guest Hooli]

I don't think so. Plus they have the world's fastest vans, the first time I went over I was doing 100-110 out of Dublin & a Guinness transit came past me like I was pottering.

[Des]

I think they tailgate each other to save fuel. Maybe.

Truckers perform the love train.

Irish trucks are crazy fast, could be because their speed limit signs are in KPH and they're calibrating in MPH still without realising.

[dozeydustman]

I'm sure this has been done on here already, middle lane(s) drivers have been an absolute bugbear on the 90 minute journey I've just done this evening from Kent to the Sussex coast. They make the M25 an absolute shit-pot to drive on.

 

I can categorise MLDs into these categories

1. the 'blissfully unaware of their surroundings' prat doing somewhere between 55 & 60. Normally in a Gaywoo Matiz or similar
2. the 18-25yo girl chatting to her mate in the passenger seat
3. the 75mph driver who won't overtake the car in front so drops down to their speed until said car in front has pulled over.
4. the one who goes straight out to the middle lane when joining the motorway, flashes everyone doing 2mph less than him to get out of the way, then cuts across between the 100 yard marker and the exit he wants.
5. the idiot that starts to over take you, then sits alongside matching your speed for no good reason

I'm sure there are more different types!