The grumpy thread

[wuvvum]

Get yourself a nice FANNY PACK.

 

Will stop the droppage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDsfzJXGAo8

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Fucking hospital fucking car park again.  This is the fourth time in a week I've sat in the car park.  This time I need a piss.  But I can't leave the car due to errant puppy that I'm supposed to be looking after - which is why I'm here.  Long story I can't share but yeah, fucking me right off.

[bramz7]

For fuck sake. After a smooth as anything purchase and drive home in the Brava (the seller was a proper car guy) I've now had an evening from hell with a clueless buyer. I advised to get the car transported. Nope, he wants to drive it. It won't go. Like I said.

 

Happily a forum member has offered to help and I am incredibly grateful. But seriously. If I ever have a non runner it's getting bailed straight away, screw eBay.

 

Huh, was expecting a text today along the lines of 'M8 the clutch has gone want money back' but nope. I was a bit sad to sell the Tempra but genuinely, its gone, dead. But still never selling a non runner to the public ever again. 

 

And another grump. Keen to dig the Tipo out of storage but keep getting the nagging feeling that I don't really like driving it. BAH. Why can't I be happy?!

 

 

Also cheers to Wingz for being a top bloke last night, really good to meet you.

[Guest Hooli]

The only time my phone asks me about teh Googles is when I have location turned on, but I sure you can turn it off completely and not have it nag at all.

 

ETA: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/7421661

 

They lie. That's turned off on mine & it still bloody asks me.

[Tamworthbay]

Sat at hospital waiting for an appointment, an hour late so far, but that's not the grump. It's the whiney voice of the moron day next to me talking utter shite to her mate on the phone. 30 minutes so far on what takeaway to have tomorrow.

[Aston Martin]

Day off, normally I take the Cacti to the Uzbeks for a £5 car wash or the Yugoslavians for £10. (Casual racism, no idea where they’re from) The £10 place is amazing, but the opposite end of Hull.

 

I don’t think I’ve ever washed this car, but I have a bag of cloths and mitts and potions and lotions etc somewhere... fuck knows where I gave up. It’s fine, I’ll use the pressure washer, which is more dribble than anything. I gave up halfway as the car is absolutely caked in tar. Ridiculously caked in tar, as if I’ve driven into a lake of tar, Cactar if you will...

 

Technically it’s not my car, so it can stay manky.

[Zelandeth]

 

Just spent about half an hour frantically removing tar spots/smears from the Activa.

 

Apparently the generally accepted wisdom that it's a good idea to let tar at least somewhat set before allowing traffic to drive on it, or to erect some signage to alert motorists that you've been "patching" potholes is beyond Milton Keynes Council.

 

Best bit was that the stretch that got me was halfway around a tight roundabout, so the spray from the nearside front wheel went straight up in the air and managed to get bits on the obvious side of the car, but also the bonnet, windscreen, roof, rear window, bootlid and spoiler.  In addition to every single panel, every bit of glass and the wing mirror on the nearside.  ...Only bit that escaped it seems was the sill.

 

They've basically just left the entire width of the road where each of the "repairs" is covered in fine gravel saturated with wet tar.  Heaven forbid a cyclist tries to negotiate it, they'll be trying to get tar out of their teeth for a month.

 

Hacked off doesn't even begin to cover it.  Especially having spent several years working in a roads related job...I know that if one of my crews had done this job that *I* would have been skinned alive, never mind the guys actually on the ground.

[Lord Sterling]

I applied for a job about 3 weeks ago. Perfect for my situation; good pay, great working times and days and well within my experience plus only 10 mins from home. But the manager of the company went on holiday a week and half back, came back on Wednesday. Tried calling agency a few times only to have; manager on holiday. Ok fair enough, now, the bloody recruitment bloke who has that account is on holiday until Monday arrrgh! I just want this job and get back into work so I can pay my bills and maybe buy a shitey car to try

[Captain Furious]

Fucking ebay again, someone I know (am seeing) needed a TV stand because she had previously had it wall mounted and doesn't know where the stand is, so like an absolute nobhead I went and got involved..."oh i'll get you one from ebay, they're only about 30 quid"  - ordered it, even paid extra for express delivery so it'd be here for when I see her tonight.  Turns up and its just the base part without the part that, you know, attaches it to the fucking TV

 

Seller claims that this is "correct" as it is sold as a "base only" - So that's probably another 30 quid down the shitter, because I can't really be tossed to repackage it, pay the return postage and then probably have him fuck me over on the refund too.  I'd rather skip it so he can't sell it again.

 

Cunt, him for selling a TV stand that you can't stand a fucking tele on, and me for getting involved.

[somewhatfoolish]

Sat at hospital waiting for an appointment, an hour late so far, but that's not the grump. It's the whiney voice of the moron day next to me talking utter shite to her mate on the phone. 30 minutes so far on what takeaway to have tomorrow.

Discrete, pocket-sized, not at all illegal*. Peace can reign within a 10m radius.

 

 

Other brands capable of breaching Offcom regulations are available.

 

Fucking hospital fucking car park again.  This is the fourth time in a week I've sat in the car park.  This time I need a piss.  But I can't leave the car due to errant puppy that I'm supposed to be looking after - which is why I'm here.  Long story I can't share but yeah, fucking me right off.

If puppy = small carry it to lavatory, with added bonus of attracting cooing attention of every female within cooing distance. If puppy = small horse then it can walk on a lead shirley?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Discrete, pocket-sized, not at all illegal*. Peace can reign within a 10m radius.

 

 

Other brands capable of breaching Ofcom regulations are available....

Available on Amazon? Bargain.

[bramz7]

For fuck sake. After a smooth as anything purchase and drive home in the Brava (the seller was a proper car guy) I've now had an evening from hell with a clueless buyer. I advised to get the car transported. Nope, he wants to drive it. It won't go. Like I said.

 

Happily a forum member has offered to help and I am incredibly grateful. But seriously. If I ever have a non runner it's getting bailed straight away, screw eBay.

 

Ha knew this would happen. The guy has just messaged me saying the clutch master is leaking and that he wouldn't have bought it if he had known and demanding I do something about it.

 

I've replied saying 'tough' in more polite terms. Fuck sake. Again.

[DodgeRover]

You sent him the cartakeback website then?

[madrat]

Ha knew this would happen. The guy has just messaged me saying the clutch master is leaking and that he wouldn't have bought it if he had known and demanding I do something about it.

 

I've replied saying 'tough' in more polite terms. Fuck sake. Again.

What an utter twat

[Andyrew]

It's a self-righteous and privileged, St Albans thing. See also: Harpenden "Village" folks.

I can confirm this is real. A lot of harpenden folk are in another world and oblivious of the surroundings.

 

I work in harpenden and the amount of people who walk in thinking they have gone in the hardware shop next door amazes me.

Walk past the car parts and ask for some gardening bits or kitchen utensils.

 

Maybe 5-10 every Saturday.

[bramz7]

Now the buyer says I've falsely advertised the car and he wants a refund. Ha. I'm just going to ignore him so he gets his pants in a knot even more about it.

[sierraman]

Now the buyer says I've falsely advertised the car and he wants a refund. Ha. I'm just going to ignore him so he gets his pants in a knot even more about it.

Tell him to fuck off.

[Snipes]

No airshow at herne bay this year.

[Guest Hooli]

Now the buyer says I've falsely advertised the car and he wants a refund. Ha. I'm just going to ignore him so he gets his pants in a knot even more about it.

 

Haha brilliant so you falsely advertised a car by saying it can't be driven & needs trailering because it can't be driven & needs trailering? Sounds logical*

[oldcars]

Send him a screenshot of the advert then leave it at that. What a clown.

[Pillock]

 

 

Discrete, pocket-sized, not at all illegal*. Peace can reign within a 10m radius.

 

 

Other brands capable of breaching Offcom regulations are available.

 

Not convinced blocking communications at a hospital is a great idea! You'll probably find that's the exact reason they're illegal.

[fordperv]

What a cockwomble that guy sounds, ffs its a clutch master cylinder its hardly the hardest job in the world, if you didnt list it in the advert I would be tempted to go down the route that you were unaware that it was leaking so how could you describe the fault but he had every opportunity to check the car out on collection to make sure it was as described which was could not be driven away needing trailering

[bramz7]

He's already started sending me '???' messages due to my non reply tactic now. I'm pretty certain that due to his 'motor trader' status and the way in which he filled in the V5 (as a trader) basically nullifies any recourse he has, even though I advertised it as a big project.

Shame a genuinely rare car got caught up in it but that'll serve him right for trying to be smart and try and flip it, which is obviously now why he is so upset.

[Angrydicky]

Private sale, sold as seen with no warranty given or implied.

[sierraman]

Fair enough to someone trying to make a living buying and selling cars but the law is on your side here and he fucking knows that. As he is 'trade' he ought to be able to spot that. He sounds a bit green to me.

 

Is he trade though? A lot of these flipping cars on Gumtree aren't legit, they're chancers offering '£100 m8' and flipping them on for a few hundred more, driving about on his private policy. He's seen a few episodes of Wheeler Dealers and now he is Mike Brewer.

 

I'm assuming you've a receipt saying sold as seen?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

No airshow at herne bay this year.

 

The MiG-15 last year was absolutely phenomenal.  I was watching through binoculars at Reculver.  My jaw was on the floor.

 

Never thought I'd get the chance to see one fly.  Did see a Spitfire fly right over my house yesterday, which was nice.

[Guest Hooli]

I saw a MiG-15 at Clacton last year, great looking & sounding things.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I saw a MiG-15 at Clacton last year, great looking & sounding things.

 

They're just 'right'.  Probably the same one.

 

There's a static MiG-25 at Newark Air Museum.  That's another one I thought I'd never see.  Goodness knows how they got it.

[Cavcraft]

I've just read the advert for that Tempra, Brammy. What an absolute and utter bellend the 'buyer' is, it's worth more in scrap the stupid bastard, never mind the clueless moron driving it away after what you'd stated. Has he admitted in type that he drove it away? 

Whatever, if he carries on just say you're keeping a note of all his messages which you believe are harassment and if he wishes to take you to court you'll see him there and counter claim for expenses. Have you done an internet search on him/his address/email account etc? 

[bramz7]

I have a message of him saying he will drive it with his trade plates on. Without MOT.

 

He didn't actually drive it. He struggled to get it going (thinking it would jump with shot to bits glow plugs and a flat battery), so I had to ask Wingz of this forum to take it on his flatbed, which he did and for which I am very grateful.

Stupidly I didn't write a receipt. But still, it was a £100 car. I'm not worried nor intimidated by his messages.