The grumpy thread

[MikeR]

what .. my joyfull moment of the day has been erased !

 

gutted .

[DodgeRover]

who else remembers "Seabooke" crinckle crisps?

 

or for that matter, "lowcocks" lemonade? (and other fizzy sugary drinks)

You can still get Seabrookes crisps can't you?

 

I can't remember Lowcocks, Ben Shaws was local to me I think and whatever the pop man sold when he came round with his van.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Complaints about moderation?

Third world problems.

Turd world, surely?

[DodgeRover]

The like to shag thread could just have been renamed Pretty Ladies?

[D Spares & Tyres]

No

 

Mediocrity wins every time.

 

Besides, I don't know what you mean. I never notice how attractive a women is. That's just such an oppressive chauvinistic attitude. You should be ashamed.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Or just a 'people you fancy' thread. Then we can have photos of chaps as well, buffed up Tom Hardy for anyone who that might tickle. Or a young Burt Reynolds:

 

[bub2006]

I totally agree that it's starting to get a bit over moderated. I also agree that if folk don't like something then don't fuckin read it. Simple. This is my view and my opinion which hopefully I'm entitled to without being strung up for. Everything is going to hell in a handcart of late. Too many folk getting offended. Fuck sake can't folk just grow up. It's life. I am disabled and don't like some derogatory comments but I choose to carry on reading and not reporting it all the time. I've also noticed certain double standards by some. Do as I say not as I do and it is fucking stupid but it's life and folk get away with shit others get a warning for while others get drawn over the coals for saying something completely normal.

[DeeJay]

 This is my view and my opinion which hopefully I'm entitled to without being strung up for. 

 

Where's my rope?

[bub2006]

In boot of my car in case my picasso goes french.

[MorrisItalSLX]

In boot of my car for when my picasso goes french.

 

FTFY

[Lord Sterling]

Mustard mitt I am surprised that the shag thread got canned. Imo I do think it is just a tad overkill. Apologies if this offends anyone.

 

Most of us on here are fully grown men. We know what we like and I always found the shag thread light hearted entertainment. I know that some threads might be a bit explosive like politics which does unfortunately bring out the worst in us. But I never found the shag to be like this. It did to me seem to be a number of pictures of fully-clothed women we like.

 

Just as an idea, would it not possible for us to have a vote on bringing it back or canning it fully?

 

In other news. I really don't want to be at work in a lonely office arguing with French people right now. I mean really....

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

 

Is it not possible for us to have a vote on bringing it back?

 

 

 

 

I doubt it - you need to understand the motives and agenda behind its removal.

[Fumbler]

In boot of my car in case my picasso goes french.

As in spontaneously combust when parked outside a groceries? (Friends had one go that way once...)

[bub2006]

Once the chosen few have spoken us mere mortals get no say in whether we have a vote on bringing anything back. Could be likened to Brexit but I'd probably be banned for being political.

[sierraman]

Back on the subject of cars... Fucking Coil is failing on the Mondeo, limped it to work. Fortunately I’ve got a spare tucked away in the garage, for once being a hoarder has paid off.

[Jazoli]

Just as an idea, would it not possible for us to have a vote on bringing it back or canning it fully?

 

Are you having a laugh? there's no such thing as the popular vote on here, the hand wringing minority always get their way, its fucking tragic.

[BavarianRetro]

A Peoples' Vote?

 

It'd never work.

[Cavcraft]

Back on the subject of cars... 

 

Good luck with that one.

[bramz7]

I feel like I'm going insane. I keep getting buyer's remorse about two weeks after I buy a car. Now it's the turn of the Buick. The blinders I had on when I bought it have fully worn off and now I keep seeing things that are wrong with it. I'm pretty sure running old cars is beginning to seriously effect my mental health and it's making me a dick to people close to me.

 

I don't know what to do. If I sell, I'll buy again, without a doubt. If I keep...will I ever be happy?

[SierraMikeHotel]

 

 

I'm pretty sure running old cars is beginning to seriously effect my mental health and it's making me a dick to people close to me.

 

I don't know what to do. If I sell, I'll buy again, without a doubt. If I keep...will I ever be happy?

I used to get like this, but at a much slower pace - changing cars every few months rather than every few weeks.

 

I don't regret doing it because it means I've owned some interesting stuff, but there's no way I could have kept it up forever. If you're getting sick of it, just stop doing it. Maybe hold on to the BMW for a bit? I know you don't find it very inspiring but it should just work for while until you get your mojo back.

 

Typing this, I'm getting a flashback to the way I felt when I had my CX. I loved that car but I used to feel sick when I looked at it: "You're costing me money that I don't have just *sitting* there!"

[BorniteIdentity]

Looks like we’re hovering over the old self destruct button again. I think it’s seasonal; not enough motoring going on + seasonal disorder x cold weather to the power of Christmas = mutiny.

 

It’s supposed to be the season of good will, not all having a fucking pop at each other.

 

Go fuck about with some shitty cars. Failing that, come and fix mine. I’ve got plenty.

[dozeydustman]

I've noticed over the last couple days people are getting worked up over thread removal and combining. TBH I'd normally ignore the rants and raves everyone has been going on about, but it's making my blood boil because it's hijacking the forum.

 

Moderating a forum is fucking difficult, especially if it's a voluntary role - been there done that. Not in any rush to do so again. If a thread attracted ONE complaint, then the team's answer was "don't read it". If a thread attracted 100, 500 or even 1000 complaints we might have had a different answer. I currently run the moderator panel for a local Freecycle group where you have to be over the top PC and have some quite strict rules to apply and adhere to.

 

Anyone remember the "Page 8 Mate" in the Sun? One of the reasons it got pulled was because the hairy arsed manly men who read the paper found having a Chippendale type in their daily rag distasteful, so did some women. I didn't give a toss about it at the time, wasn't my thing, I didn't look at the picture. I was in my teens when the feature was a thing, and knew plenty of friends both girls and boys who loved page 8 mate, and probably did some unsavoury acts over the picture.

 

If the thread does get reinstated, then maybe a simple "no exposed boobs, bums and fannies" rule. I likewise don't have a problem with a "men we'd like to sausage jockey" for those so inclined.

 

I understand not allowing religion, politics and general proselytising because people get really over the top and will soon overtake a general discussion, the exception being if it is something that would affect our hobby of home car maintenance.

 

I don't know what the second thread that got removed was. 'twas probably something I don't have an interest in.

 

If there are threads about subjects or cars I'm not interested in, then I don't open or read the thread. When I'm done with a thread, I unfollow it, especially if I have nothing worthwhile left to offer or suggest. It's simple. I know when to be an adult, I know when to be puerile. We're all grown ups, take it on the chin and get on with it.

[anonymous user]

Sorry Bramz, it is an affliction some are born with, you could try a pcp cold turkey, but it doesn't work for long. If you do ever find something you like for more than a few weeks, you'll soon get bored with it. In some cases buyer's remorse has kicked in before I've even got things home. I currently have it with the Land Rover, I got rid of the one I liked to replace it with one that should suit me better, unfortunately I don't like it and so far, despite throwing thousands of pounds at it, don't think that I ever will. Still at least whoever buys it off me when I inevitably sell it at a loss will get a bargain, with all the horrible jobs done.

[BorniteIdentity]

I feel like I'm going insane. I keep getting buyer's remorse about two weeks after I buy a car. Now it's the turn of the Buick. The blinders I had on when I bought it have fully worn off and now I keep seeing things that are wrong with it. I'm pretty sure running old cars is beginning to seriously effect my mental health and it's making me a dick to people close to me.

 

I don't know what to do. If I sell, I'll buy again, without a doubt. If I keep...will I ever be happy?

I don’t think you’re getting Buyer’s Remorse - but I think you’re addicted to the thrill of the chase. The search, the deal, the collection, the early days. My mate is the same with women.

 

You need to try and enjoy the things that longer term ownership can bring. Seeing the mileage creep up, putting things right, getting stuck in (and getting yourself into that cars story). It’ll feel different, but just as rewarding.

 

You don’t bond with a car in a couple of weeks, so of course it’s easy to sell and move on. Once you’ve done a good few road trips tho, been some places, made some memories - the (right) Car will stick.

 

Good luck.

[Samuel_Pepys_Esq]

Looks like we’re hovering over the old self destruct button again. I think it’s seasonal; not enough motoring going on + seasonal disorder x cold weather to the power of Christmas = mutiny.

 

It’s supposed to be the season of good will, not all having a fucking pop at each other.

 

I woulde we could settle such disputes as maye arise in true gentlemanly fashion, viz. a brace of pistols at dawne by the Marshes at Deptforde, with two trusty servants: one to holde the coates, and the othyr to digg a playce of Eternal Rest for the less speedy gentleman.

 

Untill such a common-sense approache is adoptyde, I fear we muste abyde with the Moderatours of this Forum.

[bramz7]

I'm not ever going to buy a new car with my current situation.

 

I just feel like I'm stuck in a merry go round with older cars. Maybe I should just buy a 205 or AX and realise something made with components I can afford to replace is probably better for my mental state. I like being the weirdo who has slightly odder old stuff....but when I look at the Buick and see the windscreen has three chips,ABS light on, rust taking hold in some parts, central locking broken, scrapes down the side....

[Rocket88]

I'm not ever going to buy a new car with my current situation.

 

I just feel like I'm stuck in a merry go round with older cars. Maybe I should just buy a 205 or AX and realise something made with components I can afford to replace is probably better for my mental state. I like being the weirdo who has slightly odder old stuff....but when I look at the Buick and see the windscreen has three chips,ABS light on, rust taking hold in some parts, central locking broken, scrapes down the side....

 

 

Automotive magpies, each and every one of us..............

[wuvvum]

It does sound like a scrapper tbh. Tell you what, I'll do you a favour, 50 quid cash 2nite and I'll take it off your hands.

[rantingYoof]

I agree with the suggestion of going on a road trip of sorts soon after collection, although my most recent purchase helped because it actually fulfilled a goal I had stipulated to myself; to own another LS400 with the full fat VVTi engine and 5spd auto.

 

It was delivered from somewhere west of Birmingham and the very day it was delivered I filled it up with fuel and set off back to Birmingham to collect my sister and her boyfriend from the airport. That journey, while not exactly of 'roadtrip' proportions, was enough to absolutely cement to me that achieving my goal was 100% worthwhile.

 

Since then, using the car as a daily and especially for work, where I'm asking it to navigate and negotiate deep rural roads that are completely out of the car's comfort zone, has helped me create huge affection for it. It's currently sitting on the drive with substantially more muck on it than the neighbour's Evoque and even more muck than the Ford Ranger across the street which the lady uses to go tend to her horses. This juxtaposition makes me happy, although I must clear the muck out from the arches as it's trying to bubble at the moment.

 

Maybe having just one vehicle, forcing you to use that all the time, rather than having a collection of vehicles which get rarely used, will help you form a bond with one quicker?

 

Ooooor you do just like the thrill of the chase, the deal, the collection, which is entirely understandable and would render all the suggestions above pointless.

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

I guess to some extent my view of the current moderating style and particularly its new reach, is coloured by being a member here for a long time (I really have - you just haven't noticed me )

The ethos of Autoshite has changed so much since I joined it as to become unrecognisable. Had I joined more recently, I may feel differently. Indeed, I am not sure I would join now.

 

At its heart are old cars, but the site has always been far more than that. It was once a refuge from the one-way-is best world where those who, like Corporal Jones, can’t quite march in step, could embrace their interests however esoteric and find someone else who shared their interest - or at least placed a value in it. Inevitably at times it was a cacophony.

 

It is different now and I find myself out of step with the way the forum is run. The current emphasis placed on suppressing anything conceivably construable as having some potential to offend at the expense of diversity has damaged the forum, turning it into something else and has extinguished its uniqueness.

 

In truth, no balance can ever please everyone. There is a matrix of offence in which some will find any form of discord or divergence from published rules unacceptable, through to those who believe they should be able to post anything at all, however offensive. The chosen point where the line is drawn is inevitably arbitrary.

 

Where that line is drawn has moved significantly on Autoshite. The list of ‘acceptable’ topics, allowed words and expressions - and even thought processes are rapidly dwindling. Autoshite was once anarchic, boisterous, rude, naughty, often very well written, occasionally vexing  – and mostly, fun.

 

That happy mess is dead. Its uniqueness is smothered. All irregularities are planed to uniform, corporate banality. It's just not fun anymore, at least not for me.

 

Yours disappointedly,

 

M. Rustbucket.