The grumpy thread

[cobblers]

It all went downhill after the Ford Tippex.

[Guest Hooli]

I always liked the idea of Tippex windscreens.

[artdjones]

I understand in France you must use an approved, recycling car washing facility

The same in Germany,I believe,and I know for a fact that in Essen you are not allowed to wash your own car in the street.

[DodgeRover]

The same in Germany,I believe,and I know for a fact that in Essen you are not allowed to wash your own car in the street.

And this is why the UK will thrive as soon as we leave the EU...

[vaughant]

How's about fuck right off and use the overtaking lanes, I'm quite happy making progress at 55/60 in a van or 65 in the car if you can't deal with that buy a frigin Lear jet.

It's a maximum not a fucking target.

 

Apologies Mr Bollox your post came before mine.

60 in a van is fine and 65 in a car is not a problem either as you're moving faster than the lorries hence aren't causing them to have to move into lane 2 and 3 all the time plus you have the ability to increase speed if required on hills/overtaking etc whereas they can't.

 

My issue is with those people, almost always in new or nearly new cars that drive on their cruise control at 50/55mph on the inside lane at exactly the wrong speed for lorries to twin them at the same cruise speed have causing almost continual use of lorries in lane 2 sometimes lane 3.

 

Due to the wind resistance of a brick, the minute they move out at 59mph, they drop to about 55/56 and it takes at least another 2/3 miles to build up enough to move back in. Chatting to a few lorry drivers who deliver cars/parts to us they agree it's madness and causes them undue stress and hassle/having to make dangerous overtaking manoeuvres etc.

 

My take on it is that there's a mass glut of people who bought a new car on the premise that it does 65mpg* on average driving whereas we all know that figure is more like 40 in everyday use. Then said PCP monkeys keep slowing down until they can achieve 65mpg which is most likely below 60 even below 55mph. I see it all the time driving into Honda, people who bought a 1.0 turbo because it does over 60 average but they can't even get 40 out of it, they always start driving in at 70/80 then after a month there down to 55. Fucking embarrassing.

 

Yes they're limits not targets but they were set in about 1965 when you had idiots doing a ton on cross-ply tyres, modern cars (by that I mean from about 1990, even 1980 onwards) are well equipped to travel at 80/85mph without even exploring a tenth of their design limits and of were talking about ultra modern cars then probably less than a 20th.

[tooSavvy]

I understand in France you must use an approved, recycling car washing facility

I did mention in another thread, about 2buckets.. , the UK biggies recycle = mahoosive/ hi pressure salt bath for your car at this time of year

 

 

TS

[artdjones]

Car names. They make up all these silly nonsense names like Grandadland or whatever, when they could be using DINOSAUR NAMES. Imagine, the new Bentley Brontosaurus! The Toyota Pterodactyl! This musing brought to you by me being reminded of the Hyundai Veloster, a car I always misremember as the Hyundai Velociraptor. Hyundai, I'm so disappointed.

There's a version of the Ford F150 called the Raptor.What is it about pick up trucks that they often get these stupid macho names.I mean,you don't get a van called a Berlingo Wolverine,do you.

[vulgalour]

The Berlingo Wolverine, available in distinctive blue and yellow paintwork and with big metal spikes that come out the bumpers when you get road rage.

[Supernaut]

The Berlingo Wolverine, available in distinctive blue and yellow paintwork and with big metal spikes that come out the bumpers when you get road rage.

 

*puts a deposit down on one of them*

[320touring]

The Berlingo Wolverine, available in distinctive blue and yellow paintwork and with big metal spikes that come out the bumpers when you get road rage.

All buyers must be vetted for suitable sideburns

[Cavcraft]

Every single time I've gone to TS about the standards of trading I've suffered from...

Have ????

[loserone]

All buyers must be vetted for suitable sideburns

Ah, I can do this!

[320touring]

Ah, I can do this!

Ditto

[xtriple]

Just got the Mazda out of storage, the  car is a tip inside and out, covered in mould and the cover has rubbed the polish off the passenger side. SO, I polished it, fine.... until the drivers side front wing where there are loads of micro blister on the front of the wing. Weren't there before so it must have sweated under the cover. Right pissed off, can't keep anything nice. Entropy? Paa!

 

Also pissed off a chap on TZ UK who I thought bought my watch but I actually sold it to someone else! He is mightily annoyed with me and quite rightly.

[AMC Rebel]

60 in a van is fine and 65 in a car is not a problem either as you're moving faster than the lorries hence aren't causing them to have to move into lane 2 and 3 all the time plus you have the ability to increase speed if required on hills/overtaking etc whereas they can't.

 

My issue is with those people, almost always in new or nearly new cars that drive on their cruise control at 50/55mph on the inside lane at exactly the wrong speed for lorries to twin them at the same cruise speed have causing almost continual use of lorries in lane 2 sometimes lane 3.

 

Due to the wind resistance of a brick, the minute they move out at 59mph, they drop to about 55/56 and it takes at least another 2/3 miles to build up enough to move back in. Chatting to a few lorry drivers who deliver cars/parts to us they agree it's madness and causes them undue stress and hassle/having to make dangerous overtaking manoeuvres etc.

 

My take on it is that there's a mass glut of people who bought a new car on the premise that it does 65mpg* on average driving whereas we all know that figure is more like 40 in everyday use. Then said PCP monkeys keep slowing down until they can achieve 65mpg which is most likely below 60 even below 55mph. I see it all the time driving into Honda, people who bought a 1.0 turbo because it does over 60 average but they can't even get 40 out of it, they always start driving in at 70/80 then after a month there down to 55. Fucking embarrassing.

 

Yes they're limits not targets but they were set in about 1965 when you had idiots doing a ton on cross-ply tyres, modern cars (by that I mean from about 1990, even 1980 onwards) are well equipped to travel at 80/85mph without even exploring a tenth of their design limits and of were talking about ultra modern cars then probably less than a 20th.

 

I agree with this for what it's worth 60-65 minimum for all cars on M Way unless progress blocked by other traffic.  In fact, having done a fair bit of motorway driving recently I have developed much greater sympathy for (most) lorry drivers - they have a lot of shit to put up with from everyone else.

[Slartibartfast]

As a follow up to my alternator woes, here is the bill.

 

I got £60 back for the old alternator and a 10% discount for being a "silver advantage member" (I don't recall ever signing up for that, I think the guy arranging the work was helping me out there). Not sure what the £60 labelled "alternator assy" is - belt & fittings maybe?

 

Anyway it's done now. Better than I was originally quoted over the phone and I'm fairly happy all told.

[alcyonecorporation]

Bills?

Actually laughed at that ....

You don't think they actually pay for it?

They just nick it from a standpipe like all the wheelie bin washers do when they fill up their tanks.

 

Just got the Mazda out of storage, the  car is a tip inside and out, covered in mould and the cover has rubbed the polish off the passenger side. SO, I polished it, fine.... until the drivers side front wing where there are loads of micro blister on the front of the wing. Weren't there before so it must have sweated under the cover. Right pissed off, can't keep anything nice. Entropy? Paa!

 

Also pissed off a chap on TZ UK who I thought bought my watch but I actually sold it to someone else! He is mightily annoyed with me and quite rightly.

If it isn't a teabag underneath (rare with NA/NB MX-5s) and the interior's good. I'd say £1200 to £1500 no sweat.

 

There's a version of the Ford F150 called the Raptor.What is it about pick up trucks that they often get these stupid macho names.I mean,you don't get a van called a Berlingo Wolverine,do you.

I would well buy a Berlingo Wolverine. Americans equate performance cars with vicious animals as equivalency.

 

A Xsara Picasso Wolverine would be the absolute tits.

 

"Clawed you, bub."

 

'Why is my face melting?'

 

etc

[Captain Furious]

My issue is with those people, almost always in new or nearly new cars that drive on their cruise control at 50/55mph on the inside lane at exactly the wrong speed for lorries to twin them at the same cruise speed have causing almost continual use of lorries in lane 2 sometimes lane 3.

 

 

Gotta be honest I encounter these people so infrequently that they haven't even registered on my road ragedar.  If i'm sticking in lane 1 its because lanes 2 and 3 are also clogged and constantly chopping and changing offers no positional advantage.  Obviously if I encounter someone in lane 1 going significantly slower than the flow of traffic then I overtake them, I don't hold anyone up.

 

Honestly, if lorries took this approach then lanes 2 and 3 would probably be flowing more easily and I could be out there doing 80.  Instead they're in and out of the middle lane every time they detect someone going 0.3mph slower than their theoretical maximum.

[robinmasters]

Also pissed off a chap on TZ UK who I thought bought my watch but I actually sold it to someone else! He is mightily annoyed with me and quite rightly.

It's very difficult to keep on their right sides, especially in the non-watches section. It's like a cross between Pistoheads and a golf club.

[captain_70s]

Get letter from council informing me I'm behind on my council tax, must pay within 7 days of date of issue. I check the date of issue, 7 days ago. What a bunch of pricks, the letter is actually so late it predates the fact I realised I missed a payment and sorted it on the 9th...

 

Still, better than Moray council a couple of years back, according to them they sent a warning letter so I must have received it... The first I knew of it was the letter from the Sheriff Court adding 10% to my bill...

[Captain Furious]

DVLA are the same, due to a registration number change the direct debit for my tax didn't auto-renew.  So it ended up untaxed - Such was the DVLA's rush to tell me about this matter that I must rectify immediately, they sent it 2nd class post about 5 days after the letter was generated.

 

Council tax 'holiday' this month and next though - whooppeee..

[dave21478]

The randomisation software in between the sales section and warehouse picking section of online suppliers. WTAF?

I know we joke about it a lot to the point its becoming a meme here - I just cant understand how it goes so wrong.

 

 

orders 2 oil filters for the pickup

Time passes

postie arrives.

Uh, thats hella big box for two oil filters....

 

Thats because it contains one oil filter and one window regulator for a Passat.

 

 

I just cant even right now

 

 

[Captain Furious]

If that was Amazon a box that size would just contain one oil filter.

[dave21478]

Oh, I have had that before plenty of times too...

 

[Supernaut]

The randomisation software in between the sales section and warehouse picking section of online suppliers. WTAF?

I know we joke about it a lot to the point its becoming a meme here - I just cant understand how it goes so wrong.

 

 

orders 2 oil filters for the pickup

Time passes

postie arrives.

Uh, thats hella big box for two oil filters....

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Thats because it contains one oil filter and one window regulator for a Passat.

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I just cant even right now

 

That's fucking spectacular!

 

Is it the correct oil filter...? *runs away*

[captain_70s]

If that was Rimmer Bro's a box that size would just contain one bolt and a million billion packing peanuts.

 

FTFY.

[BavarianRetro]

Oh.

 

I have genuine concerns about the one near me. I’ve stopped using it because of my suspicions, but it’s very difficult to prove anything obviously.

They're cleaning a lot more than cars, I suspect.

[dave21478]

That's fucking spectacular!

 

Is it the correct oil filter...? *runs away*

 

It actually is! 

Just got off the phone to them, they reckon I can just keep the regulator and they will send the missing filter on.

 

What am I supposed to do with that? Its just the sliders and cables, not the actual motor. I have enough shart piled up in the garage already, but it seems a bit dumb to just throw this away. Could try flogging it I suppose...

 

I might keep it as some kind of lucky talisman, as sure as shit is brown if I throw it out, then within 48 hours I will buy a Passat with a busted window mech.

[Supernaut]

It actually is! 

Just got off the phone to them, they reckon I can just keep the regulator and they will send the missing filter on.

 

What am I supposed to do with that? Its just the sliders and cables, not the actual motor. I have enough shart piled up in the garage already, but it seems a bit dumb to just throw this away. Could try flogging it I suppose...

 

I might keep it as some kind of lucky talisman, as sure as shit is brown if I throw it out, then within 48 hours I will buy a Passat with a busted window mech.

 

So you keep it as a talisman to keep you from doing something so horrendous.

[adw1977]

What am I supposed to do with that?

 

Put it in the for sale thread?