The grumpy thread

[Zelandeth]

Bloody heat...

 

Had to dive out to grab something an hour or so back, Xantia hasn't been started since Thursday or Friday.

 

The temperature gauge should NOT be this far off the bottom stop before the engine has even started!

 

 

Just had a look at the forecast.  29C every day until the end of the week.  Fscking wonderful...

[dollywobbler]

Bloody heat...

 

Had to dive out to grab something an hour or so back, Xantia hasn't been started since Thursday or Friday.

 

The temperature gauge should NOT be this far off the bottom stop before the engine has even started!

 

 

Just had a look at the forecast.  29C every day until the end of the week.  Fscking wonderful...

 

Mid-30s by Friday. But thankfully not in Wales. Mind you, it's muggy as hell now. It was actually quite chilly this morning.

[Supernaut]

Colleague's car has somehow passed its emissions, so it now has an MOT.

 

I actually saw him drive past in it when I was cycling home from work, as he left earlier than me to collect it and return the courtesy car, then he had to go the other way to get home.

 

I think the idea of selling it quickly with a year's MOT and getting a small petrol is firmly planted in his mind, though.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Apparently the temperature yesterday in Scrabster was 17 and it was raining.

 

Might just have to fill up the Golf and go for a little drive to escape this Hell.  My shaded bedroom is currently 29.

[ruffgeezer]

Not a grump from me directly, but I'm currently watching a colleague go through the pain of getting a 2006 Seat Leon TDI through the new MOT regulations.

 

It keeps failing on emissions, even though it would have passed under the old regulations. The mechanics are on about their 3rd attempt now, after putting snake oil down it, and taking it out for a thrash to get it up to temperature. My colleague is now in great danger of having an otherwise usable car that's utterly worthless. This is after spending £300 on this MOT so far, on brakes and suspension work.

 

 

I'm NEVER buying a modern diesel.

 

I definitely didn't tell you to but some stickers, service labels or "seat recommends repsol" etc, and place them over the euro emissions label.

 

They cannot test it to the new rules if the label isn't present or visible.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Passat going in on Wednesday for paint.

ML just been diagnosed with a sensor in the manifold fucked- part £200 but turbo got to come off so looking at £500 and can't do it till end of week.

E46 330d just overheated after drip from rad seems to have got worse- who'd a thunk it in 33c heat? I bought some rad weld this morning for it too ! Maybe I'll have a look later when it's a little cooler.

 

Looks like Enterprise are going to get more of my money this week..

[Guest Hooli]

I tried going back to the gym after a week off because I've done something to my back, that was a waste of time & I had to give up before I damaged it again. Damned annoying as I'll be a fat weak shit by the time I get back in there.

[NorthernMonkey]

I definitely didn't tell you to but some stickers, service labels or "seat recommends repsol" etc, and place them over the euro emissions label.

 

 

They cannot test it to the new rules if the label isn't present or visible.

Correct. I had a Focus TDCi last week that has never been out of third gear and someone had accidentally* placed a timing belt sticker over the emissions info.

 

Simply test to old standards....

 

In unrelated news, I need some more timing belt stickers now.

[sierraman]

How hard is it to pay a fucking loan off ?

 

If its the tsb very hard. Branch told us to phone loans but there is more chance of contacting the dead. I am sure they no longer want business.

Tell the counter you want to borrow some more. I think they'd see you quite quick then.

[sierraman]

Fucking smackrat bastards have turned over work at the weekend. Crowbarred the robin door and bonnet, then nicked the battery.

Put the back window through on my mates mint hiace and nicked his batteries (twin)too.

Did some customer cars as well, just cut through the battery cables...cunts

Eh? What's a battery worth scrap? £5? Seems a lot of fucking about when you could wrap a chain round a few cats and rag them off and make hundreds.

[sierraman]

Well, I just rang him about the 929. He was pretty cagey about giving me a price and he says the CoD has already been issued, but seemingly he would sell it whole for parts. Apparently someone else had just rang about it before me! I think he’s probably trying to get a bit of a bidding war going, but he did promise to ring me back about it when he knew what he was doing with it or whatever. So we’ll see. I am up for paying a reasonable ‘2018’ price for it as opposed to a 2003 price, but I am not up for the stress of being played off against other mystery bidders, so if he comes back and says ‘OK Richard the price is X if you are interested’ maybe something will happen.

 

SL: Offer noted and highly appreciated!!! If a deal is done I will defo be calling in that favour! Thanks!

What are your plans if its got the COD?

 

Worst thing you can come across to a scrap man is that you are desperate for it.

[cobblers]

Eh? What's a battery worth scrap? £5? Seems a lot of fucking about when you could wrap a chain round a few cats and rag them off and make hundreds.

If they weren't shit thick, they wouldn't have to go out nicking batteries to make a fiver.

 

Plus you need to spend £20 on an exhaust cutter to steal a £50 cat. That requires planning. Maybe they'll use the battery proceeds to buy one? 

Or maybe they buy some snide gear and choke to death on their own sick 

[Guest Hooli]

 

Or maybe they buy some snide gear and choke to death on their own sick 

 

We can only hope.

[Lord Sterling]

...E46 330d just overheated after drip from rad seems to have got worse- who'd a thunk it in 33c heat? I bought some rad weld this morning for it too ! Maybe I'll have a look later when it's a little cooler...

Does the E46 leak from the front, usually just under the front bumper? If so, it's more likely to be an expansion tank problem. I have this on my E46, I keep the water topped up but it'll be going in soon for remedying.

[Saabnut]

The ghost* in my Bentley (see my blog for details) has manifested again with a new trick. Arrive at shop, central locking has tripped, pressing open leaves the door locked. Great. Slide across to passenger side and exit. Buy milk and bread, open rear nearside door to place shopping in car. Try drivers door again, nope, so back to the front passenger door. Whilst unattended and during my epic* shopping expedition that took about 3 minutes, the passenger door is now permanently locked. The rear offside door did this prior to going to France so it has been a 3 door T2, now it is a 1 door T2. Climbing in the back then over the seats into the front looks proper dignified. Bastard!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

What are your plans if its got the COD?

Worst thing you can come across to a scrap man is that you are desperate for it.

Dunno really, don't have a strategy. if the car looks saveable I guess I will attempt to persuade the DVLA to reverse it somehow!

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Does the E46 leak from the front, usually just under the front bumoer? If so, it's mkre likely to be an exlansiin tank problem. I have this on my E46, I keep the water topped up but it'll be going in soon for remedying.

Yes that's exactly where the water appears from, I'll have a look later when the sun goes down a little. Thanks .

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Dunno really, don't have a strategy. if the car looks saveable I guess I will attempt to persuade the DVLA to reverse it somehow!

Just buy a log book off eBay , there's so many of the fuckers , there's bound to be a 929 one. Admittedly you might have to change the colour or pretend it's an RX4. ( or a Cortina)

[dollywobbler]

Dunno really, don't have a strategy. if the car looks saveable I guess I will attempt to persuade the DVLA to reverse it somehow!

 

They can be reversed, and DVLA do seem quite pleasant to deal with in this regard. If you can prove the car still exists, and is what the V5 said it was, then I think you stand a fighting chance. Of course, it might be absolutely cream crackered, but at least if it escapes, EVERYTHING of potential value can be removed.

[SiC]

Especially DVLA may be helpful considering its rarity and as a vehicle of historical interest. It's not like you're bringing back a Ford Focus back.

[cobblers]

Yeah I have seen things caved from a COD with a few letters and phone calls. DVLA do seem to have somewhat whipped themselves into shape lately too, so it's worth a crack anyway, even if only to save it getting baled complete.

[Captain Furious]

My ST220 is fucked again blah blah

So, incredibly, swapping the battery to a known fully charged one has no effect either, so it would seem that at the exact same time I swap a duff battery the starter motor packs in. Can’t seem to get a decent angle on it to give it a good sturdy thwacking but the taps with a wheel brace I have managed to rain down on it have had no effect.

 

Tried shoving it backwards and forwards in gear but in this heat I was sweating like fuck in no time.

 

The really worrying thing is that the starter motor was new in my ownership and them failing is often indicative of an impending DMF failure (also new in my ownership)

 

Fucking bastard Ford shit bollocks tit wank cuntrod

[Guest Hooli]

Check the earth strap. Try a jump lead from the block to the neg side of the batt as a quick test.

[Des]

And when you check the earth on a Ford, you also need to check the bit it's earthed to is earthed, The earth return system is an electrical marvel, but challenged somewhat by Fords whimsical little nuance of large sections of bodyshell transmogrifying into soggy wheatabix.

[Captain Furious]

Thanks, I’ve tried the jump lead trick, no change. It’s almost certainly the starter motor tbh, though why it would suddenly completely fail when it has never missed a turn of the key in the past I don’t know, just to piss me off I suppose.

 

Flippin thing always breaks when it’s either 30 degrees Fahrenheit or 30 degrees Celsius too.

[BorniteIdentity]

If a car has already had a CoD issued - could you register it in another country before importing it into the United Kingdom of England?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I doubt it, if it has no hope of achieving a basic standard of roadworthiness!

[sierraman]

If worst comes to worst and its only used for bits, I'd imagine it would keep another on the road.

[DodgeRover]

I doubt it, if it has no hope of achieving a basic standard of roadworthiness!

 

Register in Romania then?

[chaseracer]

Wouldn't need to leave the UK...