iainrcz Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I have to agree, there's a couple of these on my drive home and there is enough room for 2 cars but an almost 9ft wide HGV always gets priority if there's one coming.I wouldn't have minded if he'd slowed down, but he just blew past like he'd not even seen me. Given like you say it was a narrow road, he could have been a little less bullish. So it was either a fuck you I'm bigger than you moment, or he hadn't actually seen my car coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 9 hours ago, robinmasters said: Sorry pal, but if you're going to criticise people for speaking or understanding English poorly, at least make an effort to speak/write it correctly. Does Skut hail from north of The Wall? It's well known that the Scottish have a fractious relationship with the gerundive. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 50 minutes ago, iainrcz said: I wouldn't have minded if he'd slowed down, but he just blew past like he'd not even seen me. Given like you say it was a narrow road, he could have been a little less bullish. So it was either a fuck you I'm bigger than you moment, or he hadn't actually seen my car coming. Maybe it was poor obs on your part? or maybe not, there is never a winner but the close call could have been avoided if you'd slowed and allowed for him, lorries will rarely give way to a car, you should drive more defensively to mitigate this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Maybe it was poor obs on your part? or maybe not, there is never a winner but the close call could have been avoided if you'd slowed and allowed for him, lorries will rarely give way to a car, you should drive more defensively to mitigate this I was driving slowly, I mentioned the poor road at the start.I was probably doing 40/45 tops.I also successfully negotiated two hgvs before and one after without ending up upside down in a field.So my points still stand, either he's an inconsiderate cunt or didn't see me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 back. fucked. first day off sick in a long time not happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I think the lorry driver is at fault, it's him that crossed the white line. He should’ve adjusted his speed/stopped to allow the car through. iainrcz, Talbot and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Arse. Vectra has knocking noise in engine. Sludge in oil. Engine scrap. I loved that car ☹ Still, I have the Peugeot 407 TD which I can use as leverage to buy a thirsty petrol car though. Floatylight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said: Arse. Vectra has knocking noise in engine. Sludge in oil. Engine scrap. I loved that car ☹ Still, I have the Peugeot 407 TD which I can use as leverage to buy a thirsty petrol car though. Step this way Floatylight and Lord Sterling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 yeah but stoke......... Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, Lankytim said: Step this way Hmmm. Interesting... was thinking more Jaguar XJ6/S-type. Yes they are shit but I like 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said: Arse. Vectra has knocking noise in engine. Sludge in oil. Engine scrap. I loved that car ☹ Still, I have the Peugeot 407 TD which I can use as leverage to buy a thirsty petrol car though. You could always upgrade* to a more comfortable Vectra... Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, Lord Sterling said: Hmmm. Interesting... was thinking more Jaguar XJ6/S-type. Yes they are shit but I like 'em. I don't have one of those though. I got this S80 to break for spares but there's not really anything wrong with it, other than a non working drivers window, cracked headlight and month long MOT. Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Cheers. I've got a couple of irons in the fire. I just need to get one deal out of the way. Plus I'm off abroad in a couple of weeks for a few days so it wouldn't be until late November before I am able to do anything. Plus I've still got the Peugeot which needs an MoT and some other bits and bobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Lord Sterling said: Vectra. love Words that don't normally go together. (Good luck with it's replacement :)) Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 24 minutes ago, motorpunk said: Words that don't normally go together. (Good luck with it's replacement :)) Thanks. I think I might have already sourced a replacement. That Vectra was exactly what I needed at the time. It was a wonderful car that everything I needed and more. Its just sad that its died in this way. But it did manage 230k. motorpunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Steroid diary day 5. High dosage continues. Sleep total over last 120 hours - five fucking hours. It’s like being pissed without the urge to shout “wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!” at wheelie bins. Current mood If you see a man in a silver Leon being brought sandwiches by Paul Gascogne later, this may provide context Saabnut, GrumpiusMaximus, Coprolalia and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionRabbit Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Selling Volvo. Have put three serious long distance buyers on hold in favour of another long distance buyer who now seems to have 'ghosted' me (as the k1Dz say) despite me pleading with him to let me know if he changed his mind about seeing it so I can arrange something else. Took 10 days to sort out a plan for him to see it. Why are people so comfortable with wasting other people's time? Selling cars on the internet makes my soul hurt. yohan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 There is but one rule: the first person to arrive with a mutually acceptable amount of folding gets the car. Remspoor, catsinthewelder and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionRabbit Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, chaseracer said: There is but one rule: the first person to arrive with a mutually acceptable amount of folding gets the car. How do you manage that when all buyers are 4 hours away by car? I'm not good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 42 minutes ago, ChampionRabbit said: Selling Volvo. Have put three serious long distance buyers on hold in favour of another long distance buyer who now seems to have 'ghosted' me (as the k1Dz say) despite me pleading with him to let me know if he changed his mind about seeing it so I can arrange something else. Took 10 days to sort out a plan for him to see it. Why are people so comfortable with wasting other people's time? Selling cars on the internet makes my soul hurt. I'm not sure. The only car that I've had people interested from a long distance was a mini, about 9 years ago. From Aberdeen, Devon, Newcastle, and Kent. As I said to all of them, the first person standing on my drive with cash gets it. If you are coming along way, let me know when you are leaving the house and your ETA and I'll delay anyone else until you've been. I don't want anyone to waste 12 hours in a car, but until you are on your way, it's first come first served. I had to phone a woman at 8:30 Pm, from Aberdeen to say, "please tell me you haven't left because I've just sold it". They were due to leave at 6am. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, ChampionRabbit said: How do you manage that when all buyers are 4 hours away by car? I'm not good at it. I take a mobile number and phone them as soon as it's sold. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Fucking wing mirror. Fucking narrow road. Fucking bloke in a fucking Focus chatting to his (presumably) fucking girlfriend rather than fucking pulling over to his side of the fucking road. And then not fucking stopping and fucking driving off. I've got a second-hand one on order already from eBay. Due Monday. Fortunately the electric heater wires disconnected at the spade and nothing has snapped or sheared in the mechanism - so I can just take the bits off the replacement rather than fucking about with trim to get it in. Fucks me right off though. And I've had a properly shit week and might have to drive to Devon at short notice... Cord Fourteener and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 57 minutes ago, chaseracer said: There is but one rule: the first person to arrive with a mutually acceptable amount of folding gets the car. Agreed. The man who bought my Civic for $1800 and “just nipped off to get the cash, back in an hour” turned up two days later and was very miffed I had sold it for $2100 the day after he’d gone. Talbot, Cord Fourteener, puddlethumper and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 23 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: Fucking wing mirror. Fucking narrow road. Fucking bloke in a fucking Focus chatting to his (presumably) fucking girlfriend rather than fucking pulling over to his side of the fucking road. And then not fucking stopping and fucking driving off. I've got a second-hand one on order already from eBay. Due Monday. Fortunately the electric heater wires disconnected at the spade and nothing has snapped or sheared in the mechanism - so I can just take the bits off the replacement rather than fucking about with trim to get it in. Fucks me right off though. And I've had a properly shit week and might have to drive to Devon at short notice... Last few times I twatted my mirrors, I did each one reversing into my garage in poor light. That ruined the wiring for the heaters and mountings for the glass but I could at least glue the mirror back in. Then I gently tapped the wing mirror against a parked car's mirror, where upon the glass fell out and cracked all over. I stopped to pick it up and check the parked car; but even a scratch to them fortunately. But mine is pretty much toast! Oops! myglaren and GrumpiusMaximus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 My car came with two replacements anyway... so it's just keeping a trend. New mirrors every 4/5 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sevenoaks/news/mclaren-supercar-trashed-in-sainsburys-car-park-235828/ Could be worse. yohan, Talbot and catsinthewelder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yohan Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 2 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sevenoaks/news/mclaren-supercar-trashed-in-sainsburys-car-park-235828/ Could be worse. How on earth!! Shit just mounted the kerb... oh wait it was the roof of a car. GrumpiusMaximus and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 cock in an audi? how do you do that going fucking shopping GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CortinaDave Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 A couple of weeks ago I picked up a PSVita from a charity shop for an unbelievable 20 quid. Played with it for a bit then stuck it on ebay and got 75 quid for it. What a result! Packaged it up and left it in a carrier bag in the kitchen to take to the post office. Crazy busy at work so I've been a bit tardy in sending it but today was the day, suddenly can't find it anywhere. Rings my missus to ask if she'd moved the morrisons bag in the kitchen. "Oh I thought that was rubbish, i took it out to the bins" The bins were picked up yesterday, its gone. Now I have to refund the 75 quid and I'll probably get a neg. Jazoli, myglaren, stonedagain and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I'm currently stuck between wanting to post a rant about work, but also thinking I shouldn't because I'm fortunate to still be in a relatively decent position while others haven't been so lucky this year. It's a bit like being desperate to belch, but you're at a funeral. LostnotFound, GrumpiusMaximus and Floatylight 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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