The grumpy thread

[vulgalour]

Ex-chompy cars do tend to have a short future ahead of them.  It's nothing short of a miracle that the Applause lasted as long as it did tbqh.

[oldcars]

Horrific aren't they? In terms of German automotive gimmicks, I much prefer the scrolling Audi indicators. Just.

My Reliant had dynamic indicators long before they were cool. Dodgy earth.

[Eddie Honda]

The car is not like it's going to solve Brexit or help impeach Trump.

 

 

Unnecessary sentence really.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Hardly controversial or in any way partisan though eh.

 

Unnecessary post really.

[SiC]

*Created a distraction*

 

Checkout this old thing hidden in the back car park of the hotel in Corfu that I've been at.

[sierraman]

I think you deserve a round of applause for trying anyway...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll get my coat...

[dozeydustman]

I prescribe two bags of Pork Scratchings, three times a day after meals.

 

 

 

I do like pork scratchings, but a) not weight loss friendly and most of the supermarket ones are shit. If I find a butcher that cooks his own, an extra pinch of salt on my dinner and the odd back of crisps will do.

 

 

Oddly I know of someone else diagnosed with this about a month ago for no apparent reason.

 

How have your energy levels, mood and behaviour been? They were all effected (not in a good way) but soon started to come back for the person I know.

 

 

Energy levels peak and trough regularly. I do have mood swings and occasional erratic outbursts but that's mainly because I've had bouts of depression in the past which do come and go, and I know what the cause of this is - not divulging why but it's the reason I no longer celebrate hogmanay and new year.

 

I have had many tests for diabetes mellitus (the normal sugar one) and my blood sugar is always between 6.5 and 7.5 on their little meter things, and fasting tests show no signs of ill health here.

 

I have cut out so much 'hidden' salt from my diet - nearly all meals are cooked from scratch with very little salt added to them - none in my veg, maybe a shake added if cooking rice or pasta. If I make slimming world chips, then naturally salt & vinegar goes on them, but I rarely take more than half a teaspoon of salt a day. I have massively increased my water intake from about 3 litres a day to around 7-8 due to allergies to aspartame, asulfame K and Sucralose, which are the main sweeteners in diet soft drinks, and most regular drinks now have these added to escape the sugar tax. Means I can't drink Irn-Bru any more :/ so I may have just over-diluted my own electrolytes.

 

Been feeling drained again today, even though it's not as hot and I'm craving salt again. Can't see the doctor for 3 weeks because not deemed an emergency by the know-all receptionist, but going to ask about diabetes insipidus, as despite the extreme amount of water I drink and the amount that comes out, I'm always dehydrated. Have been for years, but the recent 5 stone weight loss is helping.

 

I'm off for a cuppa, some electrolyte powders, a bag of crisps and then a nice cold shower! Then again I noticed some new trays of plants in the garden - Mrs D has been to Bunnings again.

[beko1987]

Ex-chompy cars do tend to have a short future ahead of them. It's nothing short of a miracle that the Applause lasted as long as it did tbqh.

The Xantia is getting rebuilt slowly! Granted rebuilt with another white estate as spares but rebuilt none the less!

[beko1987]

New windscreens are amazing especially on an old shitter that’s had a really crap one for ages

That's what's in my mind to look forward to, the screen it has really is fucking awful!

[alcyonecorporation]

Ex-chompy cars do tend to have a short future ahead of them.  It's nothing short of a miracle that the Applause lasted as long as it did tbqh.

At least I managed to sort the wipers out that he'd bodged to buggery.

 

Never mind.

[alcyonecorporation]

And of course now a colleague wants to buy the Applause after I've sold it.

 

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

[SiC]

And of course now a colleague wants to buy the Applause after I've sold it.

 

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

As said by others on here. First cash in the hand is the winner.

[Parky]

Just lost first and second gear in the daily.

 

It’s a Seat Leon with the VW 020 gearbox. All was fine, first felt a little odd, second was actually fourth, first became third, basically the first two gears won’t engage even though the lever is in the right place.

 

Looking under the bonnet as Mrs P rows around the box I can see the cable moving fairly far for 3rd and 4th, but barely at all for first and second. I did manage to get first by putting it in reverse and then slamming it slightly to the right but that’s not a long term solution! The lever itself feels a little floppier than usual too.

 

So what do we think without getting underneath? Broken roll pin at the base of the gear lever? Failed bush of some sort? Anyone on here encountered similar before I start getting oily?

[Parky]

And of course now a colleague wants to buy the Applause after I've sold it.Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

Unless they were prepared to pay three or four times what you got for it, then don’t worry about it.

 

At least you won’t have to worry about your colleague coming up to you in three weeks saying stuff like “OMG it only has one airbag, my kids go out in that, it’s a death trap disgrace that what that is”

[Guest Hooli]

Didn't SigmondFraud? have some sort of VW gearbox issue semi-recently?

[ruffgeezer]

Gear selector broken on the van, now down to the rattly ax as my only transport...

[dozeydustman]

Just lost first and second gear in the daily.

 

It’s a Seat Leon with the VW 020 gearbox. All was fine, first felt a little odd, second was actually fourth, first became third, basically the first two gears won’t engage even though the lever is in the right place.

 

Looking under the bonnet as Mrs P rows around the box I can see the cable moving fairly far for 3rd and 4th, but barely at all for first and second. I did manage to get first by putting it in reverse and then slamming it slightly to the right but that’s not a long term solution! The lever itself feels a little floppier than usual too.

 

So what do we think without getting underneath? Broken roll pin at the base of the gear lever? Failed bush of some sort? Anyone on here encountered similar before I start getting oily?

 

 

Not something silly like a clip holding a cable in place to the body has broken has it? Or it's jumped out of a mount at either end

[Captain Furious]

Had the same happen in a Mk3 Golf GTi a few years back, it was a balljoint connector had come off the mechanism, I popped it back on in my shirt and tie on the side of the A46 and it never troubled me again

 

I also had it on a Ford Orion that suddenly lost 5th and Reverse and that was a knackered gearbox

 

So I suppose it’s luck of the draw, I’d suspect something more like the first scenario though,

[Parky]

Won't there be some kind of contraption at the gearstick end which dictates how far the stick can move?

I'd remove the gaiter and check that out first.

Stick seems to be moving ok, but if you imagine the H pattern of a gearshift, it “feels” like it has moved. Lifting the gaiter reveals no sign of anything being anywhere other than it should be. In an act of complete futility I sprayed grease over the ball and now the shift feels super slick as first engages third and second engages fourth...and I broke the gaiter chrome plastic trim refitting it. Gah!

 

Think I will have to get underneath it

[Parky]

Had the same happen in a Mk3 Golf GTi a few years back, it was a balljoint connector had come off the mechanism, I popped it back on in my shirt and tie on the side of the A46 and it never troubled me again

I also had it on a Ford Orion that suddenly lost 5th and Reverse and that was a knackered gearbox

So I suppose it’s luck of the draw, I’d suspect something more like the first scenario though,

I am suspecting a piece of monkey metal has fatigued and sheared after ten years dangling underneath the car but the popped balljoint solution would be better!

 

It’s probably something nice and simple, I just wanted to ask if this was a “They all do that sir” type situation.

 

EDIT - exhaust is in the way and chuffing hot still so I think I will give it an hour, jack it up and see what I can see. Hopefully a fix or at least an accurate diagnosis will follow.

 

Times like this makes you realise just how handy a two poster would be!

[Richard]

I'd say it's almost certainly a failed selector outer cable anchorage. If you're lucky it'll just pop back in.

[meggersdog]

Time to get ruthless.

 

I'm sick of knackered old sheds kicking me in the wallet, and certain people not meeting their end of the bargain causing me to let others down. 

 

I hope no-one wants a Daihatsu Applause, because it's going in the frag if no-one wants it. 

Sorry mate, didn't realise I had to pass it

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Oooohhhh!

[Craig the Princess]

And of course now a colleague wants to buy the Applause after I've sold it.

 

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

Funny that the 'offer' only comes after the car has gone.

 

Sack it off, if some keyboard warrior doesn't like it I'm sure it will make less than no difference to your life.

[alcyonecorporation]

Sorry mate, didn't realise I had to pass it

That wasn't aimed at you, dude. That shot was aimed elsewhere.

I have PM'd explaining the super raw fanniness at the moment.

 

The Applause was a shed and you called it thus. You condemning it made it easier for me to pull the plug.

 

Jesus fucking eh, I'm doing brilliant on the old 'piss off all and sundry' routine this week.

[alcyonecorporation]

 

I'm getting this kid to handle my comms from now on.

 

APOLOGIES ALL

[Mally]

As said by others on here. First cash in the hand is the winner.

 

Not always the case.

[richardmorris]

Riding round swinley yesterday morning something ( maybe two somethings in a viscous gang) stung or bit me. They got under my gloves and got me just on the back of my thumb and up a shirt sleeve and onto my shoulder.

 

Didn’t feel the shoulder one until it started itching, at which point the Centre white raised area is about 10cm x 5cm and surrounded by a red patch the size of my hand ( not palm!), the knuckle one was an ow from the start but didn’t react as badly. I took an antihistamine and zapped them with the static charge gun. Shoulder reaction disappeared in half an hour.

 

Now, I have no idea what stung me but last night my wrist was red and raised. This morning the swelling was a lot larger and glowing hot although my shoulder one just looks like a normal raised bite. Concerned for ticks and lymes and going on holiday tomorrow I walked down to the doctors ( all of 5mins). No dice-nothing at all today and they’re open until 8pm. She gave me the number of the walk in clinic in Woking which seemed a bit of a trek so I went to the pharmacy across the road. Being non comittal, but helpful, he said it wasn’t a tick bite but could be a horsefly and I seem to have a hive reaction. Drew a line around the rash and sold me some antihistamine cream.

 

Five hours later it’s not spread further and seems to have reduced in coloUr and certainly in temperature. So fingers crossed.But if I develop lymes or scepsis and it’s on the news then the story is written here for you to tell the authorities.

 

Not a major issue in the scheme of things, but it’s my first days off on holiday for over a year and was worried about cancelling. Certainly nothing compared to this poor woman in Salisbury.

[RayMK]

Blood thirsty horse flies have put me off walking in the countryside for the last fortnight.  I went out today - same lane - and bliss.  No horse flies, just loads of butterflies. Very nice, but sweaty.

[Cavcraft]

Riding round swinley yesterday morning something ( maybe two somethings in a viscous gang) stung or bit me. 

 

 

Oily characters, were they?