The grumpy thread

[MikeR]

just oiled my nuts , ready for cracking them sometime , its about the only things that went right today , hope the manifold is not a bugger to get off ...

 

yesterday started off well with no frost on the early start , but Mr Road Captain saw to that happy event  , hogging the middle line at well under the speed limit , with cars struggling to get past ...then I got past  , and his response , to sit behind with his full beam on , despite traffic coming the other way , so being blinded , I slowed , and slowed , and slowed ..

until I was doing some 25 mph .... with this mad twat stuck behind me until I got to the next junction , just as the lights were changing ...I got throu , he had to  stop  .....

Big Grin mode was activated !!! ,

 

then the car had a hiccup session ......

 

left work today on my early finish  , went to look for a 15mm deep reach socket to do my manifold nuts with ... Ever been to Edge lane in Liverpool ..... AVOID

did not have the bit I wanted and got stuck in a jam going , and on the way out , and then met another Road Captain who thought it funny to lean on his horns as I filtered around a parked car , being on my patch I knew the next junction was a twat ....made sure he stayed in the outside lane , got to the next junction and more major road work and a jam , twat was in outside lane , gave him  a peep and turned off down a side road I knew ., he was stuffed ..

 

and the car hiccuped again

 

so being out this way I headed to Aintree and another hold up and Mr and Mrs Darling driving by committee who did a splendid last moment move to the right filter by crossing over from the inside lane and the straight on lane  , so with my arrival at Screwfix I parked like a cunt as no spaces left in car park and I pulled out my phone and searched the catalogue which offered me a spanner , a full set of spanners , a sander , by this time car park emptied making me look like a bigger badly parked cunt

so I went in and pulled out a catalogue and ..... no single sockets ......

so I drove past Toolstation ... car was full so I did not want to look like a cunt again and saw Range in the distance .....that DIY and other crap shop .

and parked properly and went in ........they had a long reach socket set , 7 sided ones for £7 .. by this stage  I just bought it ..

happy jump and skip to car and drove towards Aldi ......

some cunt jumped in front of me at the junction with his car and then proceeded to get the last parking space in the road outside Aldi ..

so I parked like a cunt which got a dirty look off him ....

 

  it dont end here , oh no

 

so I did my shopping and its all on the belt nearly at the checkout when I noticed the bread bag is split ......

so I lost my place in the Q as I went bread hunting ... but another till opened ! 

Grin mode got activated ..

got home and got the spark plugs out , one of them  was not a Fat Mans Agony , the rest not so good , so cleaned and re gapped to 1mm

got the exhaust heat shield off and oiled my nuts and left them to soak ... but one nut is a bolt , 13mm at that ...why ?

 

so I took the dog for a walk , his first one of the day I think ......he had to stop in the middle of the road to drop his load ..!!

then a 2nd squit , followed by ...... it would of needed a straw to lift !

 

but I did my 10000 steps for the day !!! 

[dozeydustman]

Just settling down after the trip away, with a brew, ready to tell the internet about stupid car stuff and I get informed that a local friend committed suicide last night. He'd been signed off work with anxiety issues. They were clearly very serious. Bit stunned to be honest. Not a close friend, but that's not the important bit. It's another male in his 40s deciding there's only one way out. This is fast becoming a very serious issue. People in those situations must feel so lost and worthless at that moment, yet every death leaves a chasm with unanswered questions, feelings that weren't noticed but were in fact there and absolute confusion.

 

That's crap news Ian. An unexpected death always knocks you for six. Do your video when you're ready to and chill for the rest of the afternoon.

[tooSavvy]

7 sided.... Another 'committee' decision eh?

[MikeR]

dog food prices on Amazon have been whacked up , I know the prices move , so I bought another brand ! 

 

they are not aware I have a big vat of the stuff I top up  

[binhoker668]

Is January the worst time of year to buy a car?  Is that a silly question?  Frustrated doesn't cover it.  Gumtree/Auto Trader/etc Notts is just full of the worst clunky shit ever.  Awesome comedy ads though.

Maybe 1000 - 1500 is now just peanuts. 

Probably is.

Long week.

Urrgh.

[Sheefag]

dog food prices on Amazon have been whacked up , I know the prices move , so I bought another brand ! 

 

they are not aware I have a big vat of the stuff I top up  

 

Got to ask Mike. What does it taste like?

[MikeR]

we bought a car in January  ...... 2K ...at least it comes with some support and a warranty

 

 

and has less than 100K miles on the clock !!

[Cavcraft]

Is January the worst time of year to buy a car? Is that a silly question? Frustrated doesn't cover it. Gumtree/Auto Trader/etc Notts is just full of the worst clunky shit ever. Awesome comedy ads though.

Maybe 1000 - 1500 is now just peanuts.

Probably is.

Long week.

Urrgh.

3/4 of the battle seems to be getting through to the vendors. Probably five cars are now off my radar that I'd have happily bought.

[beko1987]

Yey

 

 

Abs fault. Had it this morning too, and tonight. Both after a few miles of driving...

[Aston Martin]

The Grand Tour Colombia special featuring a Panda Sisley !!!

 

 

Fuck me, I'm ten minutes in and want to end my life.

[nebuchenezer]

Father neb has been today tentatively diagnosed with mesothelioma

 

Arse

[fordperv]

We bought a car in January and a bargain it was, it was off here though

[Jazoli]

We bought a car in January and a bargain it was, it was off here though

Me too.

[Cavcraft]

72 hours before I get to unleash a hitherto unknown level of e-rage on an on-line estate agent, their conveyancing firm and a former relative.

 

Today though, a stuck up twatty chemist and some dizzy bint doctor's receptionist can FRO. But not quite as much as the conveyancers. Or the former relative. 

[Uncle Jimmy]

There are still thousands of bargain bangers out there, it's knowing when to call it a day with them.

There's thousands of old cars too.

[binhoker668]

Yeah it’s true.

Anyways, am off to view one tomorrow. I hate going to look at cars. Am always a dizzy prick and forget to check the right things, or worse still, overlook them in a headlong rush to purchase. If it has 3/4 of a clutch and over 10,000 miles of belt, I reckon I’ll take it. The airbag light has been on for several years apparently. Hmm.

[beko1987]

Oh that's easy to get a pass on, just turn up, knock the tester clean out, have a fag for 45 minutes, then enter a pass on the pc, give yourself £45 and leave!

[richardmorris]

Father neb has been today tentatively diagnosed with mesothelioma

Arse

That’s not good news, however a diagnosis now may help treatment. Our ex owners brother in law had a cough for forty years that was only diagnosed a few years ago as mesothelioma. He’d worked as a plumbers mate stripping pipe lagging in the 1960s.

[nebuchenezer]

That’s not good news, however a diagnosis now may help treatment. Our ex owners brother in law had a cough for forty years that was only diagnosed a few years ago as mesothelioma. He’d worked as a plumbers mate stripping pipe lagging in the 1960s.

Thanks, tbh I was kind of expecting something like this. Father was a boilermaker for Babcocks in 50's/60's so was exposed to all kind of shite including early 60's nuclear.

[New POD]

72 hours before I get to unleash a hitherto unknown level of e-rage on an on-line estate agent, their conveyancing firm and a former relative.

 

Today though, a stuck up twatty chemist and some dizzy bint doctor's receptionist can FRO. But not quite as much as the conveyancers. Or the former relative.

When you say chemist, you mean Pharmacist.

I only ask because my son is a Chemist and his sister is a Pharmacist, and there is a world of difference.

 

Daughter says that 50% of customers are tatty and rude and entitled, so if you think your pharmacist was twaty that might be that uhh having just dealt with the 100th rude and obnoxious cunt TODAY, they might be struggling to keep it together.

 

Doctor's receptionists however? Are usually more evil than Fred West and Harold Shipman if they had a party with Pol pot.

You have to play it cool and smooth to get what you want from them.

[Zelandeth]

Realised that I'd not got around to taking my other half off the insurance for the Citroen. Did it for the rest of the fleet, but it's with another provider and I'd forgotten. He's not able to drive for medical reasons, so no need for cover.

 

Adrian Flux want forty bloody quid for the privilege of changing the policy. Doesn't have any effect whatsoever on the premium, just ridiculous admin fee. Wouldn't bother me so much if it was something we'd done that required the change, but we didn't exactly decide for him to have a stroke did we!

 

Now the question springs to mind of whether to just leave it. His insurance would essentially be invalid...but he ain't going to be driving anywhere for at least the next two years so that to me seems a non-issue. However does this constitute me not declaring something to them and potentially screws up *my* cover as well? There's absolutely no way in hell that they'll be getting any further business from me come renewal time in May anyway! See: them currently charging £1100 for a policy I can get for £280 elsewhere.

 

Thoughts?

[anonymous user]

Send them a letter (recorded delivery) that your other half will not be driving due to medical reasons. It's then up to them if they take him off cover, you have not changed the policy.

[Zelandeth]

Send them a letter (recorded delivery) that your other half will not be driving due to medical reasons. It's then up to them if they take him off cover, you have not changed the policy.

Now you've said it, that's bloody obvious common sense. Thanks!

 

Will probably take them until the end of the policy to figure out what to do with it anyway given how disorganised they seem to be these days. Shame as when I started out using them, they were very much one of the easier ones to deal with.

 

Hagerty are my choice these days where possible - it's actually pleasant speaking to them!

[Mrcento]

Car i mentioned on here a month or so back that i couldn't get to ended up getting priced even more appealingly right at the point i came down with the fucking flu, and missed any chance of getting it.

 

Well, as expected.... a trader bought it, it's now in a more accessible place, but of course, the price has gone up......

 

By the best part of 2 grand. All i can see he's done to it is washed it and taken better pics. FFS.

 

Tempted to make a cheeky offer on the basis of knowing what he got it for so having a pretty good idea what his bottom line will be on it factoring in collection and making a few £ profit into the bargain.

[New POD]

Car i mentioned on here a month or so back that i couldn't get to ended up getting priced even more appealingly right at the point i came down with the fucking flu, and missed any chance of getting it.

 

Well, as expected.... a trader bought it, it's now in a more accessible place, but of course, the price has gone up......

 

By the best part of 2 grand. All i can see he's done to it is washed it and taken better pics. FFS.

 

Tempted to make a cheeky offer on the basis of knowing what he got it for so having a pretty good idea what his bottom line will be on it factoring in collection and making a few £ profit into the bargain.

I once saw a mk3 xr3i badvertised at 650. My budget for a warm hatch at the time was 650 plus an old polo breadvan estate.

I rang up the same morning the paper came out and arranged to view on my way home from work. By the time I got there it had be sold for 600 quid to Five star of Formby. I popped in on my way home and they had it on the forecourt for 1100 quid. I offered them 650 plus the polo. They declined.

To this day it's the best Escort I've sat in.

I bought a different one for less that was erm a bit fucked and sold the polo for 300 quid so that cost me 300 quid to change cars.

It didn't stay on their forecourt long.

BASTARDS.

[Mrcento]

I once saw a mk3 xr3i badvertised at 650. My budget for a warm hatch at the time was 650 plus an old polo breadvan estate.

I rang up the same morning the paper came out and arranged to view on my way home from work. By the time I got there it had be sold for 600 quid to Five star of Formby. I popped in on my way home and they had it on the forecourt for 1100 quid. I offered them 650 plus the polo. They declined.

To this day it's the best Escort I've sat in.

I bought a different one for less that was erm a bit fucked and sold the polo for 300 quid so that cost me 300 quid to change cars.

It didn't stay on their forecourt long.

BASTARDS.

 

I honestly don't begrudge traders buying cars and trying to turn a profit, but adding near 2 grand on top of a car he got for 3 grand a week ago (probably even wangled a few £ off that) is just taking the piss, particularly when all he's done is picked it up and took a karcher to it. just stings even more because of missing it at original price due to being bed ridden with flu so even "if" i can get him to drop the price a lot (unlikely), i'll still be paying more....but at least some of the hassle taken out of collection where it is, so it's not all bad news i guess and don't really have an issue with paying a bit more for that convenience,

 

But knowing traders, he'll claim it owes him 4k and i'll miss out on it again.

[Jazoli]

Take 20% off that 2 grand for vat, so potential profit is down to 1600, take prep costs, rent, insurances, advertising costs and any other business cost off the rest, less any discount for haggling and it suddenly doesn't seem so ridiculous, it will also have to be warranted for 90 days minimum so there has to be an allowance for potential after sale costs.

 

Trader in trying to make a living shock horror

[chadders]

Looked at as a % of his cost it does look high but his rent etc.will still be the same whether he bought it for 3k or 10k and added 2k on.

 

Unless it's a particularly rare model just wait until another one crops up or it's been stuck on his forecourt for ages.

[Coprolalia]

I saw a minty Saab 900i for sale in rural Devon for £250 on gumtree a couple of years ago. It was 11pm so I decided to call them in the morning. Call at 8am and they said a trader had bought it at 11.30pm.

Bollocks.

[Mrcento]

Take 20% off that 2 grand for vat, so potential profit is down to 1600, take prep costs, rent, insurances, advertising costs and any other business cost off the rest, less any discount for haggling and it suddenly doesn't seem so ridiculous, it will also have to be warranted for 90 days minimum so there has to be an allowance for potential after sale costs.

 

Trader in trying to make a living shock horror

 

I've no issue with that, but i don't think we're talking a bona fide businessman here, more "Gumtree on the side" trader. I doubt VAT or after sales are an issue, the guy had bought it, drove it back, pressure washed it and re advertised.

 

No law against it, Just stings more personally because if i hadn't been ill, i'd likely have cut out the middle man and saved a packet.

 

Now i'm in the ridiculous situation of having a few days to get a car before the Disco dies its MOT rot death and just having to take whatever i can get to tide me over until i can get what i actually want, even when what i actually want is there, just now too expensive and morally i can't justify paying extra when i know what i could have got it for. I've been looking for 6 months and it's the only one that ever came up in the right spec/condition and budget.