The grumpy thread

[Station]

I've put it everywhere! Omnl;y place I haven't tried is ebay.

[Pete-M]

I've put it everywhere! Omnl;y place I haven't tried is ebay.

So you mean it has

 

all the second hand appeal of a white dog turd and are about as eay to get rid of as a pork chop at a Jewish wedding.

Can you still swap it for the Volvo?

[Tayne]

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[Station]

I've put it everywhere! Omnl;y place I haven't tried is ebay.

So you mean it has

 

all the second hand appeal of a white dog turd and are about as eay to get rid of as a pork chop at a Jewish wedding.

Can you still swap it for the Volvo?

Yeah, that's a better way of putting it. Think I'll leave it for a couple of months. The bloke's wife was against the idea as she liked the Volvo.

[Lankytim]

I bought a spares Maestro to felch some bits from for my (soon to be) road going Maestro. It had the same blue interior so I was pretty chuffed. Removed a load of trim to replace cracked and damaged items and bummed it for its mint bootlid. Result! The rotted carcass was weighed in for some much needed coin and the wife had her parking space back. Yes!

 

Was playing with the road going Maestro today and I noticed the drivers seatbelt stalk is borked- I had forgotten to remove the good one from the spares car... and I left the drivers side floormat from the Audi on the back seat of said scrapper, which, has of course now been cubed. Balls!

 

Has anyone else left something inside a car they weighed in? e.g full snap on socket set, first born child e.t.c.

[eddyramrod]

Well I sat across the desk from the lovely Cypriot lady today and she calmly told me there wasn't a snowball's of getting the insurance I need for this venture. Tried elsewhere and got the same message. This is not looking promising. So much for private enterprise.

 

But she did look awfully cool in that way the Mediterranean women have while she was trampling on my dreams of first-time self-employment.

[Mr Lobster]

What was it you wanted to do?

[eddyramrod]

Airport chauffeuring, using the client's own car which I would then return to their own driveway. Door to door service, you know your car is safe while you're away, and you can even have a drink on the plane (so inexplicably important to so many people). Massively experienced driver, helpful and polite (bordering on terminal Irish charm ), 24-hour coverage, no premium for nights or weekends, fixed prices for Larnaca and Paphos airports.

 

Somewhere to go? Call MyDriver!

 

But, it's not looking like I can get comprehensive insurance that covers me to drive other people's cars. I blame the blame culture...

[scaryoldcortina]

Thats a shame, it's a good idea! Round here cover like that is easy (but expensive) It's called a motor trade policy. S'pse you also need hire and reward cover too, but it isn't impossible.

[Tayne]

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[eddyramrod]

I'm surprised you can't get insured for that.

There are companies over here who will turn up at the pub and drive you home in your car.

I remembered RH and JM doing it on TG some time ago... and since doing exactly this for one of the many Brit expats here, I thought maybe the others would like it too, as I know many of them are frequent flyers (or jet-setters, as we used to say). A Trader policy should be perfectly adequate, gives me any car, business use... but can I get one that will provide comprehensive cover? There's the stumbling block, I wouldn't attempt it with just third-party which is what you get here.

 

Somewhere to go? Call MyDriver! (Just in case it does happen... )

[scaryoldcortina]

My trade policy gives me comp cover on customer's cars, has to really as even someone's ordinary modern represents several thousand pounds that I'd be liable for if it was third party. My own motors I keep on TPFT as they have low trade value (nice way of saying they are all shite) and it makes the premium cheaper. Still over a G a year with a full NCB...

[pogweasel]

So... Further to previous grump re broken galaxy... Guess which tit unloaded it from the breakdown wagon and left it with the window open before attempting take two at holiday... It's been pissing down here. So now have a soggy car. With a borked battery too as a result of sitting waiting for the truck the other day with wipers lights and radio on. I've left it in forwards too. No bother, i will jump it of the bmw its blocking in. Except thats got a borked battery too. Grr. So not only have we had to pay double the fuel over the last few days as we had to take the van plus mother-in-laws car, but i need to summon up the strength of ten to shove the big bus off the drive so i can get anything working again.

Just to add insult to injury it appears that we had a flood in the kitchen while we were away, nothing disasterous - the pipe to the outside tap burst, but did so whilst the dogs were inside the house waiting for walkies with the inlaws... So now the kitchen stinks of damp collie. Fucksticks.

And don't even mention our aborted visit to the amberly museum that was cut short after 10 mins due to the place being infested by wasps. Like thousands of the fuckers swarming everywhere.

[Cavcraft]

My trade policy gives me comp cover on customer's cars, has to really as even someone's ordinary modern represents several thousand pounds that I'd be liable for if it was third party. My own motors I keep on TPFT as they have low trade value (nice way of saying they are all shite) and it makes the premium cheaper. Still over a G a year with a full NCB...

Pretty much the same here. I'm insured on anything up to five large (I think) but can't have mini buses or motorbikes/scooters.

Having said that I'm only paying about £360 a year.

 

Eddy: didn't you ask this bird for a date instead?

[pogweasel]

Now there is a fucking power cut!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lankytim]

Pog. this Galaxy of yours seems to be bringing you all sorts of bad luck, ditch it pronto!

[scaryoldcortina]

My trade policy gives me comp cover on customer's cars, has to really as even someone's ordinary modern represents several thousand pounds that I'd be liable for if it was third party. My own motors I keep on TPFT as they have low trade value (nice way of saying they are all shite) and it makes the premium cheaper. Still over a G a year with a full NCB...

Pretty much the same here. I'm insured on anything up to five large (I think) but can't have mini buses or motorbikes/scooters.

Having said that I'm only paying about £360 a year.

 

Eddy: didn't you ask this bird for a date instead?

yeah, mine is with recovery cover (truck, not AA) and up to 20k customer vehicle, including sports and modified. LHD cars and kits are 3rd party not comp and I'm not covered for steam driven. Aside from that, if I have the keys, it's covered.

[eddyramrod]

Eddy: didn't you ask this bird for a date instead?

3 things stopping me:

1: she's married

2: I'm married

3: she smokes, game over. Why do all these gorgeous women have to fill their lungs, and incidentally those of everyone around them, with all these noxious chemicals the human body wasn't designed to process???????

[Cavcraft]

1) Not your problem.

 

2) You can always pretend.

 

3) Free nicotine.

 

Now where's the problem?

[eddyramrod]

1: maybe

2: maybe

3: 40+ years of asthma, there's no way I'm going to make breathing any harder than it already is!

[retrogeezer]

Pog. this Galaxy of yours seems to be bringing you all sorts of bad luck, ditch it pronto!

I was thinking that.....makes the small problems with the Picasso pale into insignificance.

But in the trade the Pic will still be considered the problem car and the galaxy the good car.

[pogweasel]

Galaxy is going in for surgery on Friday. Been quoted £160 for the waterpump job or £260 for that + cambelt. Sounds reasonable to me, as there's no fugging way I'm attempting to DIY it, access to just about everthing looks hideous.

[Cheggers]

Having just been bum-raped to the tune of £750 for a new PAS pump in Mrs_Cheggs Peugeot, I'd say that's a bargain

[Alexg]

 

Eddy: didn't you ask this bird for a date instead?

3 things stopping me:

1: she's married

2: I'm married

3: she smokes, game over. Why do all these gorgeous women have to fill their lungs, and incidentally those of everyone around them, with all these noxious chemicals the human body wasn't designed to process???????

birds who smoke are easier to bed and dirtier once there. Also they tend to have a sexy rough voice...

[warren t claim]

She gets the blokes,

Because she smokes!

[Alexg]

If she's stubbing out a butt, get on that slut

[Guest]

If she's smoking a tab, she's easier to grab (and manhandle into the boot).

[Alexg]

If she's holding a fag it's a garenteed shag

[Lankytim]

I remember being sick while snogging a girl in a nightclub once. It was all down to her horrible fag breath, urrgh!!

 

Its fucking disgusting.

[retrogeezer]

Galaxy is going in for surgery on Friday. Been quoted £160 for the waterpump job or £260 for that + cambelt. Sounds reasonable to me, as there's no fugging way I'm attempting to DIY it, access to just about everthing looks hideous.

Gotta be worth getting it all done at the same time. Make sure they change any auxiliary belts too Pog.