The grumpy thread

[Guest Hooli]

I was shocked to hit the £99 pay at pump limit before my van’s tank was full the other day!

 

I've just checked, I could do that with the Jag too, 81ltr tank so that's about £105 at current prices.

[Lord Sterling]

Run out of money AGAIN. Pa Sterling provided me with some help, but as he lives and banks in abroad land, land of the Euro, I won't see cash until Wednesday or Thursday and I can't keep going to Ma_Sterling. Thankfully my employer is sympathetic and chucked 50 notes to pay back on payday, which is Friday. Now I can get petrol into that thing that masquerades as a BMW and transports me to and from.

[Wack]

As Dome on here would say "petrol/diesel will never be cheaper again, may as well enjoy it"

Hence the good v8 you are undertaking..

Like smoking, drinking,foreign holidays the V8 is fun so that doesn't count, this is slowly putting me out of work.

[Richard]

I used to get £115 in my last Transit, that would last 2-3 days.

[Wack]

Crazy isn't it? how so much is just theft tax yet people are used to it or still think it's fair.

Its 100% why they changed from gallons to litres

 

See premium fuel at 145ppl and it looks reasonable ish, see it at £6.59 a gallon and there'd be riots in the streets.

[Talbot]

Its 100% why they changed from gallons to litres

 

See premium fuel at 145ppl and it looks reasonable ish, see it at £6.59 a gallon and there'd be riots in the streets.

Meh. It really doesn't matter what the measure of fuel is, you pay the same. If fuel had been priced in Gallons for the last 30 years, everyone would be used to the £/Gallon price.

 

Fuel still isn't back to how expensive it was about 4-5 years ago. I can remember putting 95 litres in my D2, costing well over £130, and used to avoid using pay-at-the-pump all the time as I hit the £99/£100 limit every single time.

[dozeydustman]

I was shocked to hit the £99 pay at pump limit before my van’s tank was full the other day!

 

 

I've just checked, I could do that with the Jag too, 81ltr tank so that's about £105 at current prices.

 

I'm glad I don't run a Scimitar any more. 21 gallon tank......

[Guest Hooli]

Fuel still isn't back to how expensive it was about 4-5 years ago. I can remember putting 95 litres in my D2, costing well over £130, and used to avoid using pay-at-the-pump all the time as I hit the £99/£100 limit every single time.

 

It will be soon, back then I got a Jag & the fuel price rocketed... I got another Jag on sunday, sorry.

[AMC Rebel]

Crazy isn't it? how so much is just theft tax yet people are used to it or still think it's fair.

It is fair.  It's the price we pay for living in a society with stuff like hospitals.

 

And it's not back to 2011 prices yet

 

https://www.racfoundation.org/data/uk-pump-prices-over-time

 

the percentage of the price of a litre that is tax is now lower than in 2004 as well, but don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant -

 

https://www.racfoundation.org/data/taxation-as-percentage-of-pump-price-data-page

 

Current rises are mainly due to Trump.

[AMC Rebel]

 

 

Having a look through the bill this morning i have been charged 1.68 for 1 ltr of screen wash.There is no way the could have poured 1 ltr of screen wash in and if so they use the same pink, screen wash from Halfords that  I do.Now its only 1.68 but so.

 

 

 

My mate deliberately filled his to the brim once before a service at a Land Rover stealers.  They tried to charge him but agreed to remove it when he told them.  I suggested he use my top tip which was to always tell them not to bother in advance.

[AMC Rebel]

No it's the price we pay for billions being wasted on shit as well as having hospitals etc.

 

I agree a lot of it is wasted - the problem is I bet we don't agree on which bits.

 

Also having worked mostly in the private sector, I have seen some obscene amounts wasted that no-one ever knows about.

 

On the whole I prefer to pay for schools and hospitals (and roads) and accept some waste is inevitable and other people need things I don't need or want.

 

As I mentioned (and provided the evidence from the RAC) petrol tax as a percentage is lower than in 2004.

[AMC Rebel]

Mega grump about schools again, we are maybe moving, it's about 35 miles away from where we are. Rung the admissions people, no chance of getting into a nearby school you will have to take and collect them to the school they are in now - 140miles a day, fuck that, will see what happens but it looks like we will be seeing what occurs when one of them gets put down as not in education.

 

It is very odd how all the schools are chock full but we don't need any more. When my ex moved out our daughter only scraped into the 3rd choice school furthest from her new house.

[Guest Hooli]

I agree a lot of it is wasted - the problem is I bet we don't agree on which bits.

 

Also having worked mostly in the private sector, I have seen some obscene amounts wasted that no-one ever knows about.

 

On the whole I prefer to pay for schools and hospitals (and roads) and accept some waste is inevitable and other people need things I don't need or want.

 

As I mentioned (and provided the evidence from the RAC) petrol tax as a percentage is lower than in 2004.

 

I'd rather we had stuff too, but I'm damn sure a lot of waste could be removed with any decent management in place.

 

As for tax, it might be lower but it's still a rip off. It's like the Mafia reducing their protection charge, it's still extortion just for not quite as much.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

…. a lot of waste could be removed with any decent management in place....

 

Sometimes the waste is the management.

[Captain Furious]

I don't really see what point it is making though, its just the byproduct of simple math....fuel duty is a fixed amount per litre, if the price of a litre goes up then tax as a percentage comes down.  Seems to be an article stating the obvious.

 

As for private sector wastage - so what, its their money to waste.

[The Moog]

Can we leave the politics please?

 

Grump about fuel costing lots fine, but back into another discussion about government and cash will end in the same place as always. 

 

This seems be a reoccurring issue - if you want to discuss it do it by PM or another site. We have had a no politics rule for a while,. 

[Cavcraft]

Hard to know what you’re all moaning about, tbh. My missus said I was rubbish in bed, so I told her to use fruit instead.

 

She went fucking bananas.

[omegod]

Hard to know what you’re all moaning about, tbh. My missus said I was rubbish in bed, so I told her to use fruit instead.

 

She went fucking bananas.

 

You think that's bad, My Mrs went for a job home delivering Guacamole , she didn't get it , to be fair to them she didn't avacado 

[Wack]

It is fair. It's the price we pay for living in a society with stuff like hospitals.

 

And it's not back to 2011 prices yet

 

https://www.racfoundation.org/data/uk-pump-prices-over-time

 

the percentage of the price of a litre that is tax is now lower than in 2004 as well, but don't let the facts get in the way of a good rant -

 

https://www.racfoundation.org/data/taxation-as-percentage-of-pump-price-data-page

 

Current rises are mainly due to Trump.

You think a gallon of fuel costing almost the minimum wage is fair when very few people work close enough to walk to work and public transport outside major cities is a joke

 

Those of us that have disposable income probably don't take much notice of £70 to fill a car up but if it was 30% of your take home pay you would

 

It most definitely is not fair when you consider how many large companies and millionaires pay little or no tax through clever accounting but somebody on £7 an hour has to pay £4 a gallon in tax just to get to work

[AlsoMike]

You think that's bad, My Mrs went for a job home delivering Guacamole , she didn't get it , to be fair to them she didn't avacado 

 

Accidentally hit the "Thanks" button for this post rather than liking it because the mousepad on my laptop is over sensitive and I cant use it. Frikkin' annoying thing. Total first world problem, woe is me etc. I'm absolutely going to use the joke again tho, so the thanks arent actually that misplaced.

[omegod]

Accidentally hit the "Thanks" button for this post rather than liking it because the mousepad on my laptop is over sensitive and I cant use it. Frikkin' annoying thing. Total first world problem, woe is me etc. I'm absolutely going to use the joke again tho, so the thanks arent actually that misplaced.

 

I actually made that one up myself    

[Parky]

Appears the current firm are paying my commission after all.

 

Said I would go and see the FD to see if there is anything I can do to alleviate this issue in future. If she needs more info on the invoice or other data, no problem, I can provide. Was advised not to do that as she had just been given the mother of all bollockings in front of everyone in the office, phrases such as “you can’t dick about with people’s salaries, they tend to call lawyers when that happens and we don’t have the time for that shit” were bandied about.

 

Shame. I had practiced the Michael Gambon section from Layer Cake where he dangles Daniel Craig off that building.

 

“Do you know what a Remora fish is boy?”

[iainrcz]

The 11950 gt86 I spoke to the dealer about on Sunday, I was looking forward to viewing and haggling over is now 12950 because it's had a "service"

 

Well I'm out. I could possibly stomach a 6k cash outlay but not 7k.

 

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[New POD]

Quite so...

It will be out there somewhere.

Haterz hating.

Share if you think this man ought to be shot blah blah.

Shooting is too good for him.

 

Put him in car with the Windows open in the September sun shine for 15 mins and watch him die a slow and painful death. Says the man who had lunch in his car and was forced to put the roof up as it was to sunny.

[fordperv]

Booked the car into the main stealers yesterday for a service and MOT.

 

Sunday afternoon the car was cleaned and polished all levels checked and topped up.

 

We took the car in at 09.15 we had already discussed that the car had to be ready by 3.00 as i have to get to work,if not the next morning would be ok."no the car will be ready" they said.On handing over the fob i again asked will it be ready by 3 "oh yeah no problem we will ring if there is a problem"

So by 3 no call,so MrsV8 rang them yeah it all done just going for a wash and valet.Mrs V8 why its just been done? To late it's gone.

 

We drive straight over the car is at the front of the building,we walk in and are jumped on by a over enthusiastic greeter.

Yes its ready but we can't find the fob.

 

I say I have to get to work we said it had to be ready by 3". Yeah but we can't find the fob sorry" that dosn't help me. Fob found I leave and left MrsV8 to pay the bill.

In 26 years I have never been late till yesterday only a couple of mins,no one noticed but still late.

 

Having a look through the bill this morning i have been charged 1.68 for 1 ltr of screen wash.There is no way the could have poured 1 ltr of screen wash in and if so they use the same pink, screen wash from Halfords that I do.Now its only 1.68 but so.

 

They did wash the very clean and polished car again or put a hose pipe over it as its now covered in dried on water marks.Grrr.

 

Still waiting a return phone call from them..

They probably even sprayed tfr on your clean and polished car before they ran a hose over it

[Cheggers]

You think a gallon of fuel costing almost the minimum wage is fair when very few people work close enough to walk to work and public transport outside major cities is a joke

 

Those of us that have disposable income probably don't take much notice of £70 to fill a car up but if it was 30% of your take home pay you would

 

It most definitely is not fair when you consider how many large companies and millionaires pay little or no tax through clever accounting but somebody on £7 an hour has to pay £4 a gallon in tax just to get to work

I'm just back from visiting friends in the US and they just couldn't get their heads around the concept of people having to budget for fuel.

 

I was tanking around in a 6.2l V8 and couldn't believe how little my 950 miles cost in gas/ petrol.

[DodgeRover]

Estate agents again, put in revised offer on house we want to buy.

Told oh no they will reject that, I thought I was a legal obligation to submit all offers to the vendor not just the ones they want to pass on.

[Kiltox]

Estate agents again, put in revised offer on house we want to buy.

Told oh no they will reject that, I thought I was a legal obligation to submit all offers to the vendor not just the ones they want to pass on.

I think they will if you insist, but the vendor might’ve told them to reject anything under X

 

(Insert Kiltox rant about houses, estate agents, developers and solicitors here)

[DodgeRover]

I think he's just a lying estate agent tbh, when we rang he said they had just had an offer of 495k, needless to say it's still on the market now so we can safely call bullshit on that too. I think he is hoping we will go up on our offer but it's not going to happen because we don't have a magic money tree and I don't particularly desperately want to move into a place needing a full refurb with no kitchen and no heating at about the start of December....

[Guest Hooli]

Appears the current firm are paying my commission after all.

 

Said I would go and see the FD to see if there is anything I can do to alleviate this issue in future. If she needs more info on the invoice or other data, no problem, I can provide. Was advised not to do that as she had just been given the mother of all bollockings in front of everyone in the office, phrases such as “you can’t dick about with people’s salaries, they tend to call lawyers when that happens and we don’t have the time for that shit” were bandied about.

 

Shame. I had practiced the Michael Gambon section from Layer Cake where he dangles Daniel Craig off that building.

 

“Do you know what a Remora fish is boy?”

 

Liked for you actually going to get paid.