The grumpy thread

[Stanky]

<insert "totally fucking fucked m8" meme here>

[Jazoli]

Re the mini above, people are fucking stupid and deserve everything they get.

You just know for a fact she'll go on to tell everyone how unreliable Mini's are and that the garage sold her a dud car.

[Split_Pin]

Crikey she must be a right silly sausage.

My wife knows our Bini burns a bit of oil and she understands that it needs topped up weekly. She nudged me to do it for the first few weeks we had it until she was sure that I was indeed checking it weekly but at least she remembered!

[strangeangel]

2 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Has anyone suggested taking the wheels off?

 

Next time it's empty put a thick piece of ply in the bottom and Rawlbolt the fucker to her step.

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Frantic texts from a chum of MrsDC's this morning, as the Bini diesel she bought in July (four years old, bought from a dealer, fully serviced at point of purchase) is now "making a clicking noise" from the engine.

Is there oil showing on the dipstick?

"No."

Is the oil warning light on?

"Yes, it's been on for a week - I've been meaning to put more in, but it's not like a week overdue should make a difference, should it?"

Um... on a 50 mile daily commute, then yes it would.

"Well that's just silly."

There's no easy way to tell someone they've terminally fucked their car (bought on credit, natch) is there?

Who's the dipstick now?

[LostnotFound]

Crikey I get the fear when I see a warning light and I'm not on the hook for the cost of a newish car from the dealer if it goes tits up. 

[Richard]

5 hours ago, Jazoli said:

You just know for a fact she'll go on to tell everyone how unreliable Mini's are and that the garage sold her a dud car.

And she'd be right, a four year old car shouldn't be burning oil. I can only think of one car I've had in the past 20 years that used any oil at all between changes.

[artdjones]

Was it the oil pressure light that was on for a week,or the oil level light?

[Cavcraft]

 I don't know what was funnier, the keyboard explosion or the threats. Bad day to be a racist moron, by the look of things. 

 

 

(Nobody on here, obvs).

[MikeR]

My wife did that years ago .... Turned out it was the HRW warning light .

As opposed to a work mate .. Female .. Who did this type of thing and  only filled up her oil when the pressure light came on ....the bottom end went .... 

[SiC]

2 hours ago, artdjones said:

Was it the oil pressure light that was on for a week,or the oil level light?

Being a modern car, it's likely oil level. I'm surprised it's even got a dipstick. 

[Jazoli]

2 hours ago, Richard said:

And she'd be right, a four year old car shouldn't be burning oil. I can only think of one car I've had in the past 20 years that used any oil at all between changes.

Really? So if the oil light came on on your car you'd just carry on driving it because 'that's just silly' 

Lots of modern cars use oil, just like old cars do, to ignore it is just fucking stupid.

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, LostnotFound said:

Crikey I get the fear when I see a warning light and I'm not on the hook for the cost of a newish car from the dealer if it goes tits up. 

I get a panic attack when the low fuel light comes on!

[Jerzy Woking]

Had a BMW 1150 RS bike at work. From new it needed between three quarters and a litre of oil ever 500 miles.  No smoke, no leaks. It came with a sticker in the handbook to stick on the clocks that said "check oil every 500 miles".

At about 4000 miles, it stopped using any oil at all.

It was a shite thing though, hated by all the riders.

 

[Timewaster]

2 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

 I don't know what was funnier, the keyboard explosion or the threats. Bad day to be a racist moron, by the look of things. 

 

 

(Nobody on here, obvs).

*Breaks politics rule*

 

Today is THE day to be a racist moron!

[DoctorRetro]

What a fucking 24 hours. 

New upstairs neighbours are cunts. Very loud, playing music/blaring TV until midnight most nights. Last night they decided that 2.20am was a good time to do a wash load, so I was woken up by the spin cycle. Got up to have a cup of tea and I managed to spill it all over the coffee table. 

In the morning, sitting having a cuppa and decided to adjust the table - yeah, you guessed it. Spilt coffee all over the place. 

Fast forward to lunchtime, was at my son's school for Xmas lunch. Managed to knock over my cup of water and soak my chocolate cake as well as the table. 

Later on, while washing up, I managed to catapult a tray off the window sill containing some cleaning sprays and a small houseplant, thus filling the washing up bowl with soil. Took ages to clean up. 

Then to top things off, I read people on my for sale thread jokingly /seriously offering roffle money value for my car, which is frustrating as it doesn't work like that. I've paid the money to collect it, sold my car off cheap and it's my only car. Offering 10/20 quid for it is just insulting.

This,coupled with having one of the world's biggest anxiety attacks earlier, being extremely irritable and almost suicidal, is meaning I'm not in a good place. 

[Parky]

Got to buy a car for £2500 or thereabouts.  Mrs P wants a Mini R56, so I am hunting for a decent one.  

How hard can it be?  Went to see one today which apparently was “mint”.  Local car, careful lady owner etc.  For a start the outside was dirty but ok, it’s been raining.  The interior was filthy and dusty with grime on switches, etc.  The engine started with a squeal which even surprised the dealer who also looked concerned.  Probably just a fan belt but it sounded more serious.  One careful lady owner perhaps, not sure what the other three were and yes it was a local car - in Liverpool.  

The comprehensive service history was two stamps in the book, last in 2011.  What was odd was a 2009 car had its first two services done by a mobile mechanic rather than a Mini dealership.  Someone wasn’t worried about their warranty.  No sign of timing chain rattle though.

I tried to like it but the heavy clutch with an inch of movement killed it for me.  Needless to say I am looking at two others tomorrow.  One is a Cat N that only needed a new bumper (pics to prove apparently) and the other is a white one with a red leather interior to satisfy my ambition to have a wipe clean interior for serial killing.  Wish me luck!  

[New POD]

For 2500 you could get a really good R53 but you are in shit territory with the r56, so you need to be lucky. 

[loserone]

10 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

Offering 10/20 quid for it is just insulting. 

This.  

 

Sorry you're having a shit day, I think the mental health of a significant proportion of the UK population is on a low ebb today for a few reasons.  

 

Also, I might take the Mickey a bit and have been frustrated when you picked the 306 up, but I still think you're mint.

[Parky]

4 minutes ago, New POD said:

For 2500 you could get a really good R53 but you are in shit territory with the r56, so you need to be lucky. 

I know.  I am sending pics of Suzuki Swifts but she’s not so keen.  Shame, I can’t think of a better sporty small car for the money. 

[Cavcraft]

13 minutes ago, TheDoctor said:

What a fucking 24 hours. 

New upstairs neighbours are cunts. Very loud, playing music/blaring TV until midnight most nights. Last night they decided that 2.20am was a good time to do a wash load, so I was woken up by the spin cycle. Got up to have a cup of tea and I managed to spill it all over the coffee table. 

In the morning, sitting having a cuppa and decided to adjust the table - yeah, you guessed it. Spilt coffee all over the place. 

Fast forward to lunchtime, was at my son's school for Xmas lunch. Managed to knock over my cup of water and soak my chocolate cake as well as the table. 

Later on, while washing up, I managed to catapult a tray off the window sill containing some cleaning sprays and a small houseplant, thus filling the washing up bowl with soil. Took ages to clean up. 

Then to top things off, I read people on my for sale thread jokingly /seriously offering roffle money value for my car, which is frustrating as it doesn't work like that. I've paid the money to collect it, sold my car off cheap and it's my only car. Offering 10/20 quid for it is just insulting.

This,coupled with having one of the world's biggest anxiety attacks earlier, being extremely irritable and almost suicidal, is meaning I'm not in a good place. 

 

I doubt very much anybody means it fella, nor intended any offence. Hope you get a better sleep tonight and have a better day tomorrow. 

[Richard]

46 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

Really? So if the oil light came on on your car you'd just carry on driving it because 'that's just silly' 

Lots of modern cars use oil, just like old cars do, to ignore it is just fucking stupid.

I would top it up, but that wouldn't stop it being a shit car. No car that has been built to an acceptable standard uses oil.

[New POD]

8 minutes ago, Richard said:

I would top it up, but that wouldn't stop it being a shit car. No car that has been built to an acceptable standard uses oil.

My omega uses a bit. Not a massive amount. But I once had the warning

"LOW OIL LEVEL" come instead of the instantaneous fuel consumption.

I was on the m6 and paid more for one litre of Castrol than I spend of 5 litres of GMs own brand. 

[twosmoke300]

Plenty of Hondas ( that well known seller of bad engines and poor engineering ) burn oil .

Mainly the sporty ones where the piston speed is high enough that oil can’t stay on the bores. 

Will 200k like that as long as some twunt doesn’t run it low 

[SiC]

The Astra G 1.6 16v are notorious for it. Emissions always seem fine. Just seems to be what they do. 

[Richard]

1 minute ago, twosmoke300 said:

( that well known seller of bad engines and poor engineering ) .

 

Clearly.

[Parky]

My Leon never burned any oil but started recently when I started using cheap ass Unipart oil from Home Bargains.  I think I will go back to decent stuff and see if that changes.  However it was only a litre in 6000 miles so I don’t think I need contact trading standards just yet

[DoctorRetro]

29 minutes ago, Parky said:

Got to buy a car for £2500 or thereabouts.  Mrs P wants a Mini R56, so I am hunting for a decent one.  

How hard can it be?  Went to see one today which apparently was “mint”.  Local car, careful lady owner etc.  For a start the outside was dirty but ok, it’s been raining.  The interior was filthy and dusty with grime on switches, etc.  The engine started with a squeal which even surprised the dealer who also looked concerned.  Probably just a fan belt but it sounded more serious.  One careful lady owner perhaps, not sure what the other three were and yes it was a local car - in Liverpool.  

The comprehensive service history was two stamps in the book, last in 2011.  What was odd was a 2009 car had its first two services done by a mobile mechanic rather than a Mini dealership.  Someone wasn’t worried about their warranty.  No sign of timing chain rattle though.

I tried to like it but the heavy clutch with an inch of movement killed it for me.  Needless to say I am looking at two others tomorrow.  One is a Cat N that only needed a new bumper (pics to prove apparently) and the other is a white one with a red leather interior to satisfy my ambition to have a wipe clean interior for serial killing.  Wish me luck!  

Please don't get an R56, you will regret it. Obviously it's your choice, but they have a reputation for a reason. Either spend £2500 on a decent R50/53, or buy a Suzuki Swift.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/suzuki/2007-07-suzuki-swift-1.6-sport-3d-124-bhp-low-miles-1-year-mot/1360618801

(Just an example) 

[Parky]

Just now, TheDoctor said:

Please don't get an R56, you will regret it. Obviously it's your choice, but they have a reputation for a reason. Either spend £2500 on a decent R50/53, or buy a Suzuki Swift.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/suzuki/2007-07-suzuki-swift-1.6-sport-3d-124-bhp-low-miles-1-year-mot/1360618801

(Just an example) 

Nobody has ever said anything good about R56’s.  My cousin has fixed plenty and said “don’t.  Just don’t” 

I tested a Swift back in 2005 when they first came out - cracking wee things in 1.5 flavour and perfect for Mrs P.  Women though....she bought the worlds worst R50 ten years ago because it looked cool and stopped driving it when it broke down two weeks after she bought it.  Thing was a fucking lemon, I got it running nicely eventually and in typical fashion as soon as it was sorted she traded it.  

[SiC]

Just save up a bit longer and get this instead:

http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/211341/bentley-turbo-price-drop-stockport