The grumpy thread

[Noel Tidybeard]

thanks everyone

 

coronors report in- basicaly heart was weakened/damaged and could have gone literally anytime

 thankfully the last thing she would have been aware of was that we (her daughter & me) were there when she lost consciousness

[chaseracer]

http://autoshite.com/topic/33263-a-small-clarification/

[Mrs6C]

  On 08/12/2018 at 17:02, Noel Tidybeard said:

thanks everyone

 

coronors report in- basicaly heart was weekened/damaged and could have gone literally anytime

 thankfully the last thing she would have been aware of was that we (her daughter & me) were there when she lost consciousness

Very sorry to hear about your Mum-in-law. Glad she was able to fade away with her family around her. Wishing you and MrsNT all the best.

[loserone]

People linking to the daily mail is my grump.

 

Edit: but now it's gone

[Lacquer Peel]

  On 08/12/2018 at 22:51, loserone said:

People linking to the daily mail is my grump.

https://donotlink.it

[155V6]

I can't get into the MG.The battery is flat,so the remote won't work.I tried opening the driver's door with the key,but there seems to be something wrong with the lock & the key won't go in.I can't use the tailgate,the lock has been changed & I don't have the key.

I was going to try jacking it up & opening the bonnet from underneath,but the jack & the tools are in the back 

I guess it can just stay on the drive for ever 

[Noel Tidybeard]

the lock may just be acting French though lack of use give it some WD40* and vigorus key insertion

[155V6]

I'll try that,just fed up with it at the moment 

[Lord Sterling]

I don't know what it is, but so far in the last few months I've had 2 cars of which one was crashed into and one recently failed. On each occasion there has been people banging on about "ditching/ridding of" these cars, namely the Micra and BMW. Yet I see other threads where people have problems with their cars and there seems to be more enthusiasm for repairing them and keeping them going. What is this about exactly?

 

Yes, I know I am financially poor and I constantly bang on about having no money and so on because it frustrates me, but I do have some help. I know my situation far better.

 

Would people rather I walked/bus/trained it to work or something for a few years until I can "afford" to buy or repair one of my cars? Would people rather Ma_sterling go out and buy a HP'd New car? I mean seriously man, where is the enthusiasm? I'm not trying to turn all retro-rides here but some enthusiasm might be nice. Lighten up. Thanks.

[mrbenn]

I'm an E46 licker tbh. My brother has had a 325 auto for nearly 10 years and done about 75k in that time, now showing about 146k.

 

Apart from a radiator/thermostat/water pump (which are seen as routine service items on these), it's needed nothing. Zip. Nada. It puts up with his short commute, is serviced once a year and never puts a foot wrong. Plus it drives like new.

 

And Micra's are just brilliant, end of story.

 

Stick with it, Mo!

[Mrcento]

I've found a car i want.

 

Of course, it's somewhere nigh on inaccessible. I've no way of getting there to even have a look at it bar committing to a 4hr drive there and 4 hrs back, then if it's good, a 5-6hr train ride to collect followed by another 4hrs back.

[bramz7]

I quite like my E46 touring. It's not that inspiring to drive but it's comfortable and looks nice, and I think it's going to stay within my fleet now....hold on, have we ended up with identical cars?!

[Lord Sterling]

  On 08/12/2018 at 23:47, mrbenn said:

I'm an E46 licker tbh. My brother has had a 325 auto for nearly 10 years and done about 75k in that time, now showing about 146k.

 

Apart from a radiator/thermostat/water pump (which are seen as routine service items on these), it's needed nothing. Zip. Nada. It puts up with his short commute, is serviced once a year and never puts a foot wrong. Plus it drives like new.

 

And Micra's are just brilliant, end of story.

 

Stick with it, Mo!

  On 08/12/2018 at 23:49, bramz7 said:

I quite like my E46 touring. It's not that inspiring to drive but it's comfortable and looks nice, and I think it's going to stay within my fleet now....hold on, have we ended up with identical cars?!

Cheers lads. Thank you. Both cars will be repaired (unless repairing the BMW is unviable) and loved hopefully forever more. Yeah, it probably doesn't make financial sense and yes I do constantly bang on about not having 2 pence to rub together but isn't the enthusiasm I have for these cars worth more than bloody money? If I was in it for the money I'd either; have a newer less depreciating car or take the bus/train to work.

[MrDuke]

  On 08/12/2018 at 23:48, Mrcento said:

I've found a car i want.

 

Of course, it's somewhere nigh on inaccessible. I've no way of getting there to even have a look at it bar committing to a 4hr drive there and 4 hrs back, then if it's good, a 5-6hr train ride to collect followed by another 4hrs back.

 

Where is it? There's bound to be a $hiter near enough to go look at it for you?

[Mrcento]

  On 09/12/2018 at 00:48, MrDuke said:

Where is it? There's bound to be a $hiter near enough to go look at it for you?

Around 20 miles west of Inverness, Not ideal!

 

Think i might contact the seller and see if something can be worked out (or if there's something to scare me off sufficiently to think it's not worth the extra hassle).

[wuvvum]

Not sure there's anyone up that way now that Lacquer Peel has become a soft southerner.  There was a lad who lived in Buckie but not sure if he's still about.

[Ghosty]

I'd say what's your excuse, considering I'm going to the South Downs for my T5 on Monday (and have only bought two out of my seven cars from somewhere north of Birmingham - and I live in Manchester), but trying to get across Scotland is a PITA.

[Snipes]

  On 09/12/2018 at 01:31, Mrcento said:

Around 20 miles west of Inverness, Not ideal!

 

Think i might contact the seller and see if something can be worked out (or if there's something to scare me off sufficiently to think it's not worth the extra hassle).

Get the plane to Inverness airport. We did for a walking & Ben Nevis holiday. Much better than trying to use the train.

[dome]

  On 09/12/2018 at 01:31, Mrcento said:

Around 20 miles west of Inverness, Not ideal!

 

Think i might contact the seller and see if something can be worked out (or if there's something to scare me off sufficiently to think it's not worth the extra hassle).

It's a lovely train journey up to Inverness. I did it a few months ago for the engine donor Corolla. It's also a beautiful drive down, if you take your time on the A9. It's not a road to try and make progress on. Or head west over to Fort William and then south through Glencoe. You won't regret it.

[New POD]

  On 09/12/2018 at 08:08, dome said:

Or head west over to Fort William and then south through Glencoe. You won't regret it.

Unless it snows.

[mrbenn]

  On 09/12/2018 at 00:14, Lord Sterling said:

Cheers lads. Thank you. Both cars will be repaired (unless repairing the BMW is unviable) and loved hopefully forever more. Yeah, it probably doesn't make financial sense and yes I do constantly bang on about not having 2 pence to rub together but isn't the enthusiasm I have for these cars worth more than bloody money? If I was in it for the money I'd either; have a newer less depreciating car or take the bus/train to work.

 

I haven't got 1 pence to rub together at the moment so I hear you. As the old saying goes, the cheapest car is the one you already have.

 

I sometimes muse about leasing a cheap  car but I take comfort from driving an older vehicle. I like not being in too deep financially speaking, plus I'm taking peverse pleasure from running a car that most people seem to be surprised still run's at all

[Mrcento]

  On 09/12/2018 at 08:08, dome said:

It's a lovely train journey up to Inverness. I did it a few months ago for the engine donor Corolla. It's also a beautiful drive down, if you take your time on the A9. It's not a road to try and make progress on. Or head west over to Fort William and then south through Glencoe. You won't regret it.

 

The problem is more logistically that it's well west of Inverness so would need to get from there to the car and if it's a dud, then i'm kinda stuck!

 

A9 is a nightmare, have plenty experience of it when it was even worse that it is now, people are insane on it, the finishing of the dualing cannot come soon enough. Not sure what was more unsettling on that road, the behaviour of folk and risks taken on the single carriageway parts or the free for all on the dualled sections, where everyone was utterly convinced the car in front was the one holding them up and it became something similar to the start of an F1 race as everyone tried to pass everyone before it went single carriageway again, only to reach a bottleneck when it did.

 

Not fun. Easy to see why it has the reputation it does.

[rainagain]

The worse thing about the A9 is all the idiots that do 40-50 on the single carriageway bits but then boot it as soon as they reach the sections of dual carriageway to ensure the minimum number of cars can get past them. I have no idea what their motivation is.

[Angrydicky]

  On 09/12/2018 at 02:06, wuvvum said:

Not sure there's anyone up that way now that Lacquer Peel has become a soft southerner.  There was a lad who lived in Buckie but not sure if he's still about.

That was Capt '70s, now also a soft southerner

[chaseracer]

North of Dundee, earlier...

 

 

[Supernaut]

Oi! There are a few of us in Aberdeen!

 

Still bloody far from Inverness, though.

[Guest Hooli]

  On 09/12/2018 at 08:30, New POD said:

Unless it snows.

 

 

It never* snows anymore, the whole planet is a desert due to MMI*GW....

 

 

 

 

 

 

*imaginary

[Mrs6C]

  On 08/12/2018 at 23:48, Mrcento said:

I've found a car i want.

 

Of course, it's somewhere nigh on inaccessible. I've no way of getting there to even have a look at it bar committing to a 4hr drive there and 4 hrs back, then if it's good, a 5-6hr train ride to collect followed by another 4hrs back.

May I suggest starting a new thread along the lines of: Thinking of buying a <Insert make/model etc.here> - it is worth the effort?

 

Then explain predicament and ask for views from the collective AS as to the good and bad points of this particular example and what to ask vendor about it etc. to educate your choice to invest in the journey (which is indeed lovely by train) or not. Also if the collective know what you want, you may find someone knows of a more local example...

 

It's like using the power of the Force. If Luke Skywalker had been a member of Autoshite he wouldn't have needed it...

[DVee8]

Shit.MrsV8 has had her bank card cloned,just had a text from the bank.390 to some shoe shop,1800 to PC world and 1100 to staples,in doncaster all this afternoon.

[iainrcz]

People who think they know better than you, but don't, and argue the toss about it.