The grumpy thread

[reb]

I ran out of screenwash the other day, or so I thought. Bought some from the petrol station at great expense, filled up the washer bottle and still nothing. That'll be the pump knackered then! Do I rob the one off of the parts car or buy a new one? I hope replacing the pump doesn't let all the screenwash out!

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, clayts450 said:

On parking disputes, it can escalate quite quickly - be careful out there:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10233485/Pictured-teacher-34-garden-centre-worker-wife-33-killed-home.html

I was about to say the same. This story could go go any confrontation on the roads. You do not know who is in the other car. Thankfully  very violent confrontations  are not so common, yet.

[carburettor]

What a bunch of Facebook shite!

Its a good little runner apparently, but it needs a new engine and they are only £300 on eBay.

 

Edit, and that 100,000 kms is actually 128000 miles at the last mot in February.

I know I’m a moaning grumpy cnut but fucking hell!!

Edited November 25, 2021 by carburettor
Moar moaning

[Parky]

Driving in NZ is pretty good but the locals love undertaking.  Also motorways are a newish thing on the South Island so again etiquette seems lacking.  

Merging off the slip onto the motorway?  Car on the inside lane doing same speed as you?  Will they slow down, speed up or move over?  Will they fuck.  Drives me mental.  

In less driving related news I am moving house tomorrow.  Appliances being delivered between 8am and 11am so need to be at the new house early.  Movers arrive at old house 1pm.  Would be fine as Mrs P was going to take care of that but has now decided her work (which she hates and is in her notice period for) needs an extra hand Friday morning so has chosen to use her moving day to go to work.  She doesn’t want to piss them off.  So no pressure then.

Also movers won’t move assembled beds apparently so I have to strip them right down.  Bloody bollocks

[Spurious]

Moving house isn't an exactly stress free. I'd similar, waiting for a fridge to be delivered, paid for a delivery slot between 10-12 so I could do other things. Mattress from another company is on time but the Fridge is late. 

So I'm waiting in a empty house for a fridge. It didn't turn up until near 2. I was fuming as I'd a list as long as my arm to do and I wasted most the day waiting for a fridge. 

Hope everything goes to plan @Parky however. good luck

[Parky]

Cheers man.  MIL is round putting a rocket up everyone.  

[Wack]

I'd be quite happy to bring back public flogging for cunts like this , followed by 5 years in a Turkish prison.

🤬

 

 

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2021-11-24/veterans-medals-replaced-after-mugger-rips-them-from-his-chest-at-rochdale-cenotaphspan widget

[goosey]

2 hour webinar about Screwpumps this morning at 9 

lucky me 🙄

 

[High Jetter]

Are you bored yet?

[motorpunk]

11 minutes ago, goosey said:

2 hour webinar about Screwpumps this morning at 9 

lucky me 🙄

 

Camera off, mic on mute, do something useful while pretending to listen. 

[Talbot]

1 hour ago, motorpunk said:

Camera off

That's not in the spirit of things!  Record 5-10 minutes of yourself at the webcam and then play it on a loop as your video feed.  Makes everyone think you're still there.

Just as long as there's not a clock in the background, or the sun never moves from the same angle in the sky.  Or you keep taking a drink from the same coffee mug for 3hrs..  You just need a completely generic "resting bitch face" video of yourself.  no-one will ever know.

[goosey]

Finished at 11, then an hour and a half of questions from people trying to be clever.

I think I dozed off twice 

 

[Liggle]

My grumble is my 2003 Clio, picked up as a cheap project for a banger rally next year. Every job is fighting me...

ABS rings - 1 of 2 ball joint bolts rounded as it was stuck, gotta cut off

Anti roll bar link - weird design needs compressing to fit on the Clio but can't seem to do it with my current tools and the new one is now deformed

Airbag light - new module didn't fix it, need to try another one as the fault is the module when you plug a reader in

Steering rack boot - tie rods seized so need to replace them to get the boot on

1 wheel bolt won't tighten on NSF, hoping a new bolt will do the trick otherwise it's a new used hub or bearing

Definitely didn't get a price from Car Take Back today* 😂

[mintwth]

5 minutes ago, Liggle said:

Car Take Back

Did they want it back? 

[Liggle]

2 minutes ago, mintwth said:

Did they want it back? 

£241 scrap price for it, surprised for such a small car

[Tigerfox]

Thanks Amazon

Happily daughter and Grandkids are ok.

They say its not their fault !   Must have been my daughter revering down the street at 30mph +

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Tigerfox said:

Thanks Amazon

Happily daughter and Grandkids are ok.

They say its not their fault !   Must have been my daughter revering down the street at 30mph +

Presumably the dashcam evidence is available. Or has the Shamazon driver deleted it already?

[GeorgeB]

15 hours ago, Parky said:

Merging off the slip onto the motorway?  Car on the inside lane doing same speed as you?  Will they slow down, speed up or move over?  Will they fuck.  Drives me mental.  

Why should they?

You should adjust your speed to join before or after them.

[Jazoli]

9 minutes ago, GeorgeB said:

Why should they?

You should adjust your speed to join before or after them.

Yup, drives me mental when people just force their way in rather than merge into a gap like they should.

[Remspoor]

Eufy doorbell. Easy to install they say. Like hell.

Connecting to the Bluetooth and using the bells QR code for setting it up on the phone. That does not go well. Reading the forums it has been like that for around 2 years. Nothing has been done to fix it. I could add the number in manually, however, the spaces for this in the app are less than the number printed. Cannot ascertain which part of number to input.

Sometimes I manage to get as far as for the bell to connect to the WIFI then the app freezes.

Customer services via the app and email are good as rust proofing on a 1960's car.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Had to buy petrol at £1.62/litre today... If things continue this way, it will soon be cheaper to fill up with Dom Perignon !!!

[Sloth in a bowl]

Was walking back from a meal out when I hear the sound of a vehicle with a flat tyre behind me.

It passes by and pulls up about 50m ahead, left rear as flat as a supermodel. As I walk past, I spot the big Uber sticker and realise that the idiot at the wheel was there to pick up his fare.

I mean Uber have some low standards, but that is taking the piss.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

29 minutes ago, Sloth in a bowl said:

Was walking back from a meal out when I hear the sound of a vehicle with a flat tyre behind me.

It passes by and pulls up about 50m ahead, left rear as flat as a supermodel. As I walk past, I spot the big Uber sticker and realise that the idiot at the wheel was there to pick up his fare.

I mean Uber have some low standards, but that is taking the piss.

Was that a real Uber driver, or someone just filling in for the real Uber driver?

[cobblers]

53 minutes ago, Sigmund Fraud said:

Had to buy petrol at £1.62/litre today... If things continue this way, it will soon be cheaper to fill up with Dom Perignon !!!

1 year ago petrol was 119p /l

A multipack of 3x bottles of Dom Perignon (I avoided the lady gaga special edition as you can't get petrol in that flavour) is £1000 for 2.25l, so £444.44 per litre.

Petrol increased 43p per litre in a year, so at this rate it would take just over 1029 years til the plonk would be cheaper, but that's not taking into account any increase in the price of plonk.

assuming a 4% YOY plonk appreciation, in 1000 years it would cost over three million quid for the champagne, so the petrol would still end up cheaper.

I am not a financial advisor and this is not financial or investment advice.

 

[robinmasters]

On 11/24/2021 at 5:49 PM, clayts450 said:

On parking disputes, it can escalate quite quickly - be careful out there:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10233485/Pictured-teacher-34-garden-centre-worker-wife-33-killed-home.html

Nice of the Mail to blur out the house numbers, but to include enough pictures and information to easily find the addresses of the victims and the suspect. 

[High Jetter]

19 minutes ago, cobblers said:

1 year ago petrol was 119p /l

A multipack of 3x bottles of Dom Perignon (I avoided the lady gaga special edition as you can't get petrol in that flavour) is £1000 for 2.25l, so £444.44 per litre.

Petrol increased 43p per litre in a year, so at this rate it would take just over 1029 years til the plonk would be cheaper, but that's not taking into account any increase in the price of plonk.

assuming a 4% YOY plonk appreciation, in 1000 years it would cost over three million quid for the champagne, so the petrol would still end up cheaper.

I am not a financial advisor and this is not financial or investment advice.

 

Though Lanson Black label ( a nice, crispy, semi-sec) can be had for £20 - £25 if you time it right.

[cobblers]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

Though Lanson Black label ( a nice, crispy, semi-sec) can be had for £20 - £25 if you time it right.

But at what octane?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

14 minutes ago, cobblers said:

1 year ago petrol was 119p /l

A multipack of 3x bottles of Dom Perignon (I avoided the lady gaga special edition as you can't get petrol in that flavour) is £1000 for 2.25l, so £444.44 per litre.

Petrol increased 43p per litre in a year, so at this rate it would take just over 1029 years til the plonk would be cheaper, but that's not taking into account any increase in the price of plonk.

assuming a 4% YOY plonk appreciation, in 1000 years it would cost over three million quid for the champagne, so the petrol would still end up cheaper.

I am not a financial advisor and this is not financial or investment advice.

 

Come to think of it, I do have some Dom Pérignon on the shelf. Forgot it was there. Probably been sitting there so long that it no longer meets quality* standards and is no longer drinkable.

I don't seem to be proficient at this long-term champagne storage thing.

[cobblers]

Just now, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Come to think of it, I do have some Dom Pérignon on the shelf. Forgot it was there. Probably been sitting there so long that it no longer meets quality* standards and is no longer drinkable.

I don't seem to be proficient at this long-term champagne storage thing.

It might be OK to use with a fuel stabiliser such as STA-BIL

[High Jetter]

1 minute ago, cobblers said:

But at what octane?

Depends how many corks are removed.