The grumpy thread

[EssDeeWon]

Sorry to hear that Doctor.   

Being told I could not attend a close relatives funeral because of convid would result in someone getting a broken nose.

[DoctorRetro]

With a middle name like that, it's no wonder her grandson is into shite cars! 

I always remember my Grandma and Grandad had 'his n hers' Rovers when I was younger, and R8 and a Metro. They then progressed on to a Skoda Octavia and a Citroen Saxo. 

[Burnside]

Spent the last hour trying to reupload my For Sale ads to Gumtree and Autotrader. Both failed so they can F**k Off! 

[strangeangel]

1 hour ago, TheDoctor said:

With a middle name like that, it's no wonder her grandson is into shite cars! 

I always remember my Grandma and Grandad had 'his n hers' Rovers when I was younger, and R8 and a Metro. They then progressed on to a Skoda Octavia and a Citroen Saxo. 

 

Sorry for your loss, Doc.

 

[mitsisigma01]

12 hours ago, Burnside said:

Spent the last hour trying to reupload my For Sale ads to Gumtree and Autotrader. Both failed so they can F**k Off! 

What's for sale? 

[Fumbler]

I feel absolutely terrible! I mean it, I feel like utter shit. Head is spinning and pounding, balance sometimes comes and goes, sore throat, churning stomach et cetera ad nauseum. All this, of course, had to happen while I was filing down one of the legs for my bearing puller project at college.

Getting COVID tested to be on the safe side. The last thing I want is to be the reason why my floor has gone into full isolation.

[Jamie]

Just bought a 206 gti. Wheel literally hanging off (not noticeable on test drive) the guy isn't interested (sold as seen m8) Needs a new rear axle plus labour (£500) not ideal on a £700 car 😩 

[cobblers]

Every 206 needs a recon axle unfortunately, same with 106s. there's a place in lincolnshire that does 106 ones for about £200, 206 ones are similar I presume.

AB Axles in Somerset. A few mates have used them.

[Burnside]

4 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

What's for sale? 

2005 Fiat Punto 1.4 16v Sporting. £795.

Have also mentioned it in the AS For Sale Section. 😁

[Jamie]

5 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Every 206 needs a recon axle unfortunately, same with 106s. there's a place in lincolnshire that does 106 ones for about £200, 206 ones are similar I presume.

AB Axles in Somerset. A few mates have used them.

Yeah 250 for refurbished axle off ebay delivered 

 

Guy was a 'mechanic' and said it was fine apparently. 

[loserone]

Axles by Stef on Facebook @jamiechod

[Jamie]

2 minutes ago, loserone said:

Axles by Stef on Facebook @jamiechod

Ordered one off ebay. Seemed to be the cheapest about 

[Talbot]

21 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

With a middle name like that, it's no wonder her grandson is into shite cars!

A most superb name indeed!

Very sorry for your loss, and even more sorry regarding the circumstances of the funeral.  The knock-on effects of 2020 in general really are just pants.

[Out Run]

I guess I am using these outside of their comfort zone, but still...

Why is the lever made of the same shite you would find on a Raleigh Activators handlebars? It’s telling that Toolstation have replaced that design, now - they must snap if you even put up too many plaster boards with them.

[busmansholiday]

Drove down to Sheffield and between J34 and 33 (Meadowhell to Catcliff), speed signs on and set to 60.

Shed loads of traffic ?. No

Breakdown and lane closed?. No.

Bad weather conditions?. No.

No, the reason given on the big illuminated boards was "Speed restriction for air quality".

FFS, is Greta  Cuntberg on Sheffield council now. Bet the bloke in the Tesla wasn't too happy at the reason.

 

 

[clayts450]

2 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Drove down to Sheffield and between J34 and 33 (Meadowhell to Catcliff), speed signs on and set to 60.

Shed loads of traffic ?. No

Breakdown and lane closed?. No.

Bad weather conditions?. No.

No, the reason given on the big illuminated boards was "Speed restriction for air quality".

FFS, is Greta  Cuntberg on Sheffield council now. Bet the bloke in the Tesla wasn't too happy at the reason.

 

 

Sorry to piss on your chips, but that's a permanent restriction as it forms part of a trial being run. Which lasts a year

https://fleetworld.co.uk/motorway-speed-limit-to-be-cut-to-60mph-in-four-trial-areas

 

[New POD]

3 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Drove down to Sheffield and between J34 and 33 (Meadowhell to Catcliff), speed signs on and set to 60.

Shed loads of traffic ?. No

Breakdown and lane closed?. No.

Bad weather conditions?. No.

No, the reason given on the big illuminated boards was "Speed restriction for air quality".

FFS, is Greta  Cuntberg on Sheffield council now. Bet the bloke in the Tesla wasn't too happy at the reason.

 

 

It's been like that for a few years. I think.

I was dealing with 2 companies one in Bradford and one in Wolverhampton, and made a few trips from one to the other in 2018 and years 2019.  The 60 limit was pretty much all of the M1 from Leeds to the A38, which was loverly at 70. 

Most of my trips the motorway was empty.  Couldn't get my head around it. 

[LightBulbFun]

4 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Drove down to Sheffield and between J34 and 33 (Meadowhell to Catcliff), speed signs on and set to 60.

Shed loads of traffic ?. No

Breakdown and lane closed?. No.

Bad weather conditions?. No.

No, the reason given on the big illuminated boards was "Speed restriction for air quality".

FFS, is Greta  Cuntberg on Sheffield council now. Bet the bloke in the Tesla wasn't too happy at the reason.

 

 

Not gonna lie when I saw sheffield

I was expecting you to say at the end of the list of potential reasons

"Brian in his Invacar"

I would not put it past him!

https://www.facebook.com/brian.palmer1/posts/10217328938683835

 

[sheffcortinacentre]

If it's a crackpot,pointless,money wasting scheme Sheffield council will be at the head of the queue to throw money at it.

After over a year of disruption to traffic flow making the M1 four lanes with reduced speed limit of 50 ( probably causing increased pollution levels) to help increase traffic flow, reduce congestion ( pollution levels) we know have this brain wave.

The one before was reduce traffic ( private vehicles) in the city centre to reduce pollution ( if you stood on the hill to the north east you could see the smog from diesel buses raising from this zone) then complain that businesses where closing hand over fist as know one was coming to shop there but were using the free parking & indoor shopping facilities at the various places on the outskirts.

All though the city centre is now student central more ( private) housing,bars, etc are being built than home starved ratepayers I used to be proud to be from this city of industry ,but now it's just a wannabe London.

I'd be glad to leave only missing my friends.

[somewhatfoolish]

On 10/4/2020 at 9:08 PM, richardmorris said:

Watching around the world in 80 days with Michael palin and finding it was 1988!

The pole to pole one was just after the wall came down and is just as 'historical'.

[busmansholiday]

13 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

If it's a crackpot, pointless,money wasting scheme Sheffield council will be at the head of the queue to throw money at it.

I moved away in 1978, my parents in 1987. Even before then, my parents used to say that when it came to wasting the ratepayers money, Sheffield Council were the world leaders in it. IIRC, didn't one crackpot scheme decimalise time and see the clocks in the town hall replaced by ones which only went from 1 to 10 on the dial but spaced evenly all the way around.

A great city, but sadly ruled by those who in the 60's would have been consigned to Middlewood.

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, busmansholiday said:

IIRC, didn't one crackpot scheme decimalise time and see the clocks in the town hall replaced by ones which only went from 1 to 10 on the dial but spaced evenly all the way around.

Nope.

This was an art installation at the Millennium Gallery, representative of attempts by Napoleon's Republican government to "democratise time".  In France.  Two hundred years ago...

[hairnet]

Shit Arona hire car did 250 miles used 6 gallons. ( Wasn't that bad was comfy and had not bad kit)

1.6 diesel vag

No motorways used and only a small.amount of dual carriageway

Does that sound shit?

 

[Bren]

Bollocks.

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, hairnet said:

Shit Arona hire car did 250 miles used 6 gallons. ( Wasn't that bad was comfy and had not bad kit)

1.6 diesel vag

No motorways used and only a small.amount of dual carriageway

Does that sound shit?

 

41.6mpg

[wuvvum]

4 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Nope.

This was an art installation at the Millennium Gallery, representative of attempts by Napoleon's Republican government to "democratise time".  In France.  Two hundred years ago...

I thought the whole decimalisation of the calendar thing happened soon after the Revolution?

[chaseracer]

10 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I thought the whole decimalisation of the calendar thing happened soon after the Revolution?

Entirely possibly!  I was going on the gallery's blurb.  Despite @hairnet's claims to the contrary, I wasn't around at the time... 😉

[Talbot]

5 hours ago, hairnet said:

Shit Arona hire car did 250 miles used 6 gallons. ( Wasn't that bad was comfy and had not bad kit)

1.6 diesel vag

No motorways used and only a small.amount of dual carriageway

Does that sound shit?

 

Probably wasn't full when you got it.

Edit:  First thing I do whenever I get a hire car is immediately go to the nearest fuel station and absolutely brim it.  Usually get at least 8-10 litres in.  That way I know how much I can drive with the needle still saying full, and I'll know to judge how much fuel to have in it when it goes back.

Worst one was an Ashtray I hired at Edinburgh Airport.  That took something like 18 litres to be absolutely brim-full IIRC.  I drove it about 200 miles and the needle had barely moved down from it's top-stop. (and still showed full)  So I returned it without putting any more fuel in, and nothing was said.  Had I driven it said 200 miles, I would likely have put in the fuel I had used plus at least another 10-15 litres of the not-actually-being-full-when-I-got-it space.

[dozeydustman]

That’s great.

 

Workshop reckon OMGHGF.

[wuvvum]

Do bin lorries have cruise control nowadays?  Would have thought it would be of limited use in such an application...