The grumpy thread

[alcyonecorporation]

The opposing problem is no better; I speak of the Adrian Flux model of insurance sales where the telesales person presumably has sensitive parts of their body wired up to receive shocks if they drop below 180 words a minute; by the end of the exchange I'd lost the will to live and despite them being the cheapest quote I gave my business to someone else who didn't appear to be paid by the words per minute. They also can't fill out simple forms; when they emailed the policy paperwork it was riddled with basic errors demonstrating that the drone was waiting to talk rather than listening to a word I said. I ended up with AF insuring my other car but as I did it all online I was not exposed to the awfulness of their telesales experience; needless to say that policy will not be getting renewed.

 

 

Ended a policy with Flux because the policy certificate kept getting 'lost' in the post. Five times.  Said the only way they could guarantee it was for it to be sent by recorded delivery which they refused to pay for. 

Was in my 14 day cooling off period, threatened to cancel unless they sent it by recorded delivery, they tried to call my bluff and they lost the policy for the sake of a £3.50 recorded delivery envelope. 

 

Flux clearly didn't care, but the message was loud and clear: if we're this tight over a policy cert, we're really not going to give sweet fanny adams if you have a bump. 

[dave21478]

Brilliant... late in for lunch I fired up an off-brand pot noodle and while carrying it to the lounge successfully spilled it all over myself, burned the piss out of my hand, soaked my phone with the juice, soaked a load of expense receipts I was also carrying and it hit the hall floor and just fucking exploded....it was literally dripping from the ceiling in my newly decorated hallway. The obvious and considered reaction was to throw an immediate, massive paddy and boot the fucker down the hall while screaming, which has made the whole scenario about 18 times worse.

[Talbot]

The obvious and considered reaction was to throw an immediate, massive paddy and boot the fucker down the hall while screaming, which has made the whole scenario about 18 times worse.

Now children, what have we learned here today?

 

 

I have dents in the rear 3/4 of my car where I have slipped with a ratchet/socket and sliced my knuckles open and rather than deal with it in a mature and considered way, have beat the ratchet handle against the bodywork in utter rage.

 

Because *that* helps. Obviously.

[mrbenn]

My only experience with AF was trying to get a quote with one of the most rude, standoff-ish call handlers I have ever spoken to. I even considered firing off an email about him, but thought maybe he'd just had a bad day, you don't know what people are going through etc.

[mrbenn]

Another grump: Facebook. Some real opinionated, self righteous aggressive folk on there!

[tooSavvy]

Another grump: Facebook. Some real opinionated, self righteous aggressive folk on there!

.... You think we have occasional falling outs on here ....

 

 

 

TS

[cort16]

After running coolant flush through the cortina, bleeding the system and replacing with coolant the cortina is running hotter than ever . Not into meltdown territory but about around 75% on the gauge .

The heater isn’t getting hot water to it and I previously found the heater hoses in the wrong way around . That still didn’t fix it but doesn’t give confidence it’s plumbed in right .

I suspect a new water pump is next on the list then a recored radiator.

[wuvvum]

.... You think we have occasional falling outs on here ....

 

 

 

TS

Should it be "falling outs" or "fallings out"?

 

 

Sorry, probably asking the wrong person here.

[fordperv]

Cort16 When you replace the water pump Get one with the cast impellor rather than the cheaper pressed steel one as they are a bit shit

 

 

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Pinto-Water-Pump-for-Viscous-Fan-BRISCA-RS2000-Rally-Kit-Car/263052215020?hash=item3d3f2242ec:g:P38AAOSwB09YLeST

[tooSavvy]

Should it be "falling outs" or "fallings out"?

 

 

Sorry, probably asking the wrong person here.

.... looking 4a fite m8 :/

 

TS

[Slartibartfast]

I missed the context of the question but it's definitely fallings out.

[tooSavvy]

^^ pedant!

 

TS

[beko1987]

Our aa is due for renewal, gone up a tenner a month... Time to move to RAC for a year I think!

[Bucketeer]

30 minutes ago I managed to wangle a very rare early finish from work, with dreams of curling up in the towels in the airing cupboard at home or summat.

Currently, I'm half way home and am building up the courage to get out of my warm car and attempt to re-attach one half of my exhaust to the other half. Deep joy.

At least the snow will make the ground more comfortable to lie on.

[MikeR]

today the fridge freezer went on a short trip  so a years worth of shite could be cleared out and the wall painted ..........  you wont see stuff like this anywhere else !

 

[Bobthebeard]

Too cold to do any of the many jobs that need doing on my cars. Annoying as when the sun is out the mojo returns. Just too cold and meh. CBA.

Started on the Saab desludge operation but despite the sun my fingers froze within ten minutes.

Bah.

[tooSavvy]

MikeR:

 

 

=

 

 

.... Thunderbirds move Fridges!

 

TS

[vulgalour]

Mr A Lawrence:  I hope you're going to be okay.  My grandfather has dementia and I lost my Mum a couple of years ago.  It's tough going some days, speaking to my grandfather is strange, you can sort of hear him wandering off and trying not to.  It takes more courage and willpower than I'd like to talk to him on the phone, I don't want him to be upset by me being upset.  I'm only glad Mum never saw it, I doubt she would have been able to cope with it.  Folks here are really supportive so do bother people if you feel you need to, they will prop you up when you're not doing so good.

[brandersnatch]

^^ pedant!

 

TS

Depends how you’re defining pedantic I guess

 

 

One’s too many, ten’s not enough!

[SierraMikeHotel]

Looking at cars on ebay and Autotrader, which really ought to be fun.

 

And yet I find my piss boiling at the utter laziness and incompetence.  One-line adverts like "Car for sale. Has gearbox fault."  Photos that were apparently taken during an epileptic seizure.

 

I get like this every time I start browsing the for sale ads and I should really just stop and buy my next car on here instead.

 

This one has somehow annoyed me more than most.  How is it that you know how to take a screenshot and post that on ebay, but you don't know how to post the photo that you took?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-318i-Touring-petrol-auto/112833985928

 

Some quality text for anyone who doesn't want to click the link as well:

 

 

When driving slow in traffic,

light smoke or steam comes from the engine

but goes when you speed up again

also now and then but not all the time 

a smell come through the heating vents like burning oil

[danthecapriman]

Sodding rats are appearing in the garden again.

They keep coming in from the woods over the back, we get rid of them and all good for a few months before they start appearing again.

 

I’ve had one with the air rifle already. I’ve set a bait trap down the garden and rat poison behind the shed (which is being eaten...). Horrible dirty little bastards they are!

[Talbot]

However, the benefits* of trawling through adverts like this are that you may get a bargain.

 

like this.. http://autoshite.com/topic/29609-new-bling-from-the-bay-of-snot/

[drum]

today the fridge freezer went on a short trip  so a years worth of shite could be cleared out and the wall painted ..........  you wont see stuff like this anywhere else !

 

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I have MkeR! I made a trolley using a skip find skateboard too. Only had half the wheels yours has though.

[Talbot]

Sodding rats are appearing in the garden again.

They keep coming in from the woods over the back, we get rid of them and all good for a few months before they start appearing again.

 

I’ve had one with the air rifle already. I’ve set a bait trap down the garden and rat poison behind the shed (which is being eaten...). Horrible dirty little bastards they are!

A friend has issues with rats as they live in the countryside and keep hens. Fix to get them good and proper:

 

Get a knackered old 2/stroke strimmer/chainsaw engine and mount it to a bit of plywood. Put a length of flexible hose on the exhaust (rubber will do). Put a rather-too-strong mix of fuel in, just enough to run for about 20 mins.

 

Find a rat hole. Put the engine down near it and start it. The vibrations from the board on the ground make all the rats run to the lowest point to get away from it, but they *don't* run out. Now shove the smoking-like-a-bastard exhaust down the rat hole and stamp it in to seal it up. Watch carefully, and you'll see the exhaust coming out of another hole somewhere. Go and stamp that one closed too. Keep doing this until the exhaust is evenly spread over their entire run area.

 

Drink tea while the engine runs out of fuel.

 

Once finished, either just leave the now gassed-and-dead rats in their underground graves, or dig out their tunnels and dig them out. We dug up over 20 rats one afternoon using this method, and they seem to take several years before coming back, as you kill the colony off dead.

[Parky]

A friend has issues with rats as they live in the countryside and keep hens. Fix to get them good and proper:Get a knackered old 2/stroke strimmer/chainsaw engine and mount it to a bit of plywood. Put a length of flexible hose on the exhaust (rubber will do). Put a rather-too-strong mix of fuel in, just enough to run for about 20 mins.Find a rat hole. Put the engine down near it and start it. The vibrations from the board on the ground make all the rats run to the lowest point to get away from it, but they *don't* run out. Now shove the smoking-like-a-bastard exhaust down the rat hole and stamp it in to seal it up. Watch carefully, and you'll see the exhaust coming out of another hole somewhere. Go and stamp that one closed too. Keep doing this until the exhaust is evenly spread over their entire run area.Drink tea while the engine runs out of fuel.Once finished, either just leave the now gassed-and-dead rats in their underground graves, or dig out their tunnels and dig them out. We dug up over 20 rats one afternoon using this method, and they seem to take several years before coming back, as you kill the colony off dead.

Or buy a cat?

[dave21478]

Yeah, no, its alright man, just feel free to inexplicably slow down to 30kph on a twisty bit of road where I cant pass you...its ok, Ill just potter along behind you while you point out the countryside to your wife.

A straight clear bit of road ahead where I can overtake, but you go right ahead and floor it to try to prevent me - thats fine.

Oh look, Im passing you anyway because my car is a lot faster than yours...yeah man, you go right ahead and swerve over to block me.

 

Totally fucking unprovoked. I literally just dont fucking understand, although I believe the MGF somehow brings out the worst in other motorists....and no, I dont drive it like a dick.

If I started swinging an axe around in the supermarket, actions would be taken, but this wanker literally tries to run me off the road and thats apparently just normal?

"internet hardman makes bold claims" time, but seriously, if I had been in the pickup (well, I probablywouldnt have had the oomph to pass him but whatevz) I would have just held straight and Pitt Maneuvered the cunt backwards into the ditch. I was in the hairdresser car though which would have probably folded up against his Duster. I was still tempted to do it anyway as it would have undoubtedly been his fault once my dashcam footage showed what he did....

 

Aye but checking the video at home and it seems the fucking dashcam records when the fuck it feels like it, seems to be recording about a third of the time in random bursts throughout a journey, so thats more electronics for the landfill and more money down the fucking shitter.

 

It just never ends.

[MikeR]

I have MkeR! I made a trolley using a skip find skateboard too. Only had half the wheels yours has though.

 

its also very handy for defrosting the freezer , as the bottom of the freezer is well off the floor for putting a baking tray under , it also makes the freezer itself a bit higher for routing in the drawers and the fridge is at eye level  .... sort of win win all round

[dave21478]

A friend has issues with rats as they live in the countryside and keep hens. Fix to get them good and proper:

 

Get a knackered old 2/stroke strimmer/chainsaw engine and mount it to a bit of plywood. Put a length of flexible hose on the exhaust (rubber will do). Put a rather-too-strong mix of fuel in, just enough to run for about 20 mins.

 

Find a rat hole. Put the engine down near it and start it. The vibrations from the board on the ground make all the rats run to the lowest point to get away from it, but they *don't* run out. Now shove the smoking-like-a-bastard exhaust down the rat hole and stamp it in to seal it up. Watch carefully, and you'll see the exhaust coming out of another hole somewhere. Go and stamp that one closed too. Keep doing this until the exhaust is evenly spread over their entire run area.

 

Drink tea while the engine runs out of fuel.

 

Once finished, either just leave the now gassed-and-dead rats in their underground graves, or dig out their tunnels and dig them out. We dug up over 20 rats one afternoon using this method, and they seem to take several years before coming back, as you kill the colony off dead.

 

 

Or buy a cat?

 

Or buy a de-cat. I use this technique against moles using the car exhaust. Old car running on choke so nice and rich or a modern with a de-cat so nice and toxic.

[SierraMikeHotel]

However, the benefits* of trawling through adverts like this are that you may get a bargain.

 

like this.. http://autoshite.com/topic/29609-new-bling-from-the-bay-of-snot/

 

"Despite the less-than-four-feet between the tow car and the towed car, some utter cunt in an Audi still tried to force his way in between the two cars.  I could barely see what was going on, but I hope he shit his pants when he looked over and saw no driver in the Berlingo!"

 

I'm not grumpy any more.  That's hilarious.

[Parky]

The number of cars today on the road still covered in snow was incredible. Sure the windscreens were cleared, but not the side windows (or even the rear windows in some cases! Don't these people have demisters?)

 

Ok I accept they may not want to see what's behind or beside them, that's fine. But when massive lumps of snow are breaking off, or the snow is flailing off in a fine cloud behind them it ruins everyone else's visibility in conditions that are already challenging. Dangerous and inconsiderate.

 

I have to take Parkette to college again tomorrow as the train company cancelled loads of services before the snow even arrived. I understand that when the Met office are saying that the four horseman of the apocalypse are en route, with the asteroids from Armageddon and Deep Impact in tow that steps need to be taken - but how about seeing how bad things are first?

 

Of course it has nothing to do with their compensation arrangements does it? A bit of snow will mean the train runs a little more slowly and thus will arrive a few minutes late, triggering an automatic delay compensation system. By not running the train, it can't be late - ergo no compensation payable!