The grumpy thread

[richardmorris]

3 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Give it another year or so and the once-excellent Classic FM will be non-stop André Rieu Strauss waltzes...

#reductioadabsurdum

I listen a lot more to Scala radio now than classic fm. 

[chaseracer]

3 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

My mother's mother was adopted and my uncle has been working to find out who her father was. And he has now managed that, so my unknown great-grandfather was a German and a mechanic in the German army in WW2. He was sent to the eastern front after Norway and was killed in the battle of Narva only 25 years old and his remains have never been found. This has given me chills and made me think a lot, only 25 years old no matter which side one is on this is terrible, at home there were parents who never got to see their son again, and in Norway there was one who never got to meet her father and himself who had such a short life and probably lies unidentified in an unknown mass grave somewhere in Estonia. We humans when it comes to it are basically idiots.

Same age as Musical Offspring... 😕

[omegod]

1 hour ago, DodgyBastard said:

 

My Audi just shat it's clutch slave cylinder from what I can tell. I was out on my lunch break earlier and the pedal suddenly went to the floor and it was stuck in third gear. I nursed it to a suitable place to abandon it and went back to work. I arranged for recovery and went back to it an hour later and it was drivable, the clutch bite was right at the floor but it was possible to go in and out of gear. I had it recovered anyway and had a quick look underneath for leaks, the only damp area I could find was between the bellhousing and gearbox, the slave is internal and from what I've read it's a bit labour intensive and expensive to sort out. 

Bums.

 

Can a strategic bit of the bellhousing not be excised and re-attached ?? surely a shiter with your welding prowess .......  

[Dyslexic Viking]

21 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Same age as Musical Offspring... 😕

Yes this makes one think.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, DodgyBastard said:

 

My Audi just shat it's clutch slave cylinder from what I can tell. I was out on my lunch break earlier and the pedal suddenly went to the floor and it was stuck in third gear. I nursed it to a suitable place to abandon it and went back to work. I arranged for recovery and went back to it an hour later and it was drivable, the clutch bite was right at the floor but it was possible to go in and out of gear. I had it recovered anyway and had a quick look underneath for leaks, the only damp area I could find was between the bellhousing and gearbox, the slave is internal and from what I've read it's a bit labour intensive and expensive to sort out. 

Bums.

 

That's what wrote one of my lagunii off. The clutch pedal would just sink with repeated use, the bite point sinking with it. Could always pull the pedal back up and normal service would resume for a while though... 

It gave me the fear, then I priced up a clutch and all associated and sent the car to ASM before it exploded on me in rush hour on the a404

[Floatylight]

2 hours ago, angle said:

I know there's been various threads on here about used car prices, but having actually been trying to buy a car for the last day or two I'm wondering how much of it is down to people flipping stuff. I know it's legal and all that, but Jesus it's frustrating. 

I mentioned on here the cat on my sister in laws Civic was stolen at the weekend - she decided she wanted something new. Fair enough. She's not on Facebook, so I said I'd keep an eye on it to see if anything decent was posted. 

Without exception, everything I've sent her (Fiesta x2, Ka, Astra, Micra, Megane) was sold or had someone coming to see it in the next hour by the time she said she was interested. The slowest was within 4 hours of the advert being posted, the fastest was in 27 minutes. Without fail, they've all been listed the next day by someone else for between 50% and 100% more than the original price. The best is the Megane which has actually been flipped twice - its gone from £1,895 to £2,795 to £3,395...

Because she needs a car to get to work, she's therefore ended up paying £1300 for a 54- plate Golf FSi from a bombsite car dealer, which is possibly not the optimal outcome. 

The dealers I watch on the YouTubes are all buying from FB marketplace as the auction  prices are so crazy..

[Bren]

[twosmoke300]

8 hours ago, omegod said:

Can a strategic bit of the bellhousing not be excised and re-attached ?? surely a shiter with your welding prowess .......  

you would have to cut and reweld the first motion shaft too 😂

[AnnoyingPentium]

Bought a CD of Deacon Blue's 'Whatever You Say, Say Nothing' and I fired it in the 10 CD changer and it's skipping all over the place. Not happy.

Can confirm it's not the changer itself as my other discs work fine.

[Bren]

I have noticed how badly buses appear to be driven these days. It was almost rammed home to me today when one crossed into my lane and made me take evasive action. Is everybody crap these days?

[AnnoyingPentium]

Just now, Bren said:

I have noticed how badly buses appear to be driven these days. It was almost rammed home to me today when one crossed into my lane and made me take evasive action. Is everybody crap these days?

Reminds me of when I was nearly done in by the Dunure bus. I was in the left hand lane for going right and it was in the right hand lane. I move off at the lights as does it, it takes the corner wide and then nearly takes me out. Was inches from my door.

So yes, I believe that everyone is crap these days.

[andyberg]

As a coach driver I have to defend some of us. Driving a 50ft long vehicle that doesn't bend in the middle means sometimes we need a bit more space. It's amazing how many car drivers shout at me " how much space do you think you need" in an aggressive manner.

However there is no need for some of my colleagues to use there size to bully other drivers. Like most lorry drivers do.

[AnnoyingPentium]

13 minutes ago, andyberg said:

As a coach driver I have to defend some of us. Driving a 50ft long vehicle that doesn't bend in the middle means sometimes we need a bit more space. It's amazing how many car drivers shout at me " how much space do you think you need" in an aggressive manner.

However there is no need for some of my colleagues to use there size to bully other drivers. Like most lorry drivers do.

My apologies if it came across that I was tarring you all with the same brush, by the way. 

One point I'd definitely make is that overall driving standards have slipped further by some I reckon, not just in buses but across all vehicles. Can't vouch for boats mind you! 😆

[barefoot]

Gas cylinders for camping are apparently already in short supply again this year. Fuck sticks.

[mintwth]

Cars that break themselves while standing still...

Fixed the Saab by replacing the DIC and it decided while parked up to snap a spring. While parked up waiting to get the car into the garage to get the springs done, it's chucked up a gearbox fault light. 

Mot tester says it needs rear bushes as well as springs. Codes say the gearbox needs a solenoid replacing.

[MikeR]

just seen a big orange snow plough heading south along the M57 ......

Snow ??????

[Mally]

This weekend they say,  I've seen some hail this morning.

Be fine* for me in Blackpool on Sunday.

[andyberg]

2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

My apologies if it came across that I was tarring you all with the same brush, by the way. 

One point I'd definitely make is that overall driving standards have slipped further by some I reckon, not just in buses but across all vehicles. Can't vouch for boats mind you! 😆

No offence taken. I agree driving standards are generally pretty shocking now.

[Supernaut]

2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

My apologies if it came across that I was tarring you all with the same brush, by the way. 

One point I'd definitely make is that overall driving standards have slipped further by some I reckon, not just in buses but across all vehicles. Can't vouch for boats mind you! 😆

For boats, look at what happened in the Suez canal...

[loserone]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

just seen a big orange snow plough heading south along the M57 ......

Snow ??????

Yeah?

[AnnoyingPentium]

29 minutes ago, loserone said:

Yeah?

Yes?

[Mally]

Hardly warrants a big orange snow plough!

[High Jetter]

Maybe a plow would be more suitable?

[Pieman]

[Metal Guru]

11 hours ago, barefoot said:

Gas cylinders for camping are apparently already in short supply again this year. Fuck sticks.

If they made it worthwhile to return unwanted empties , they might not have a problem. £7.50 if you don’t have the original documentation from maybe 20 years ago, having paid £30 or so. Calor can f@ck off, I’d rather dump mine than let them have them back on those terms.

[myglaren]

My eldest took herself to the hospital in Sunderland on Friday evening.  Parked n the multi story, was admitted.

She expected just a blood transfusion as she seems to need one every few weeks but they are keeping her in and possibly transferring her to another hospital, Durham most likely.

I went to bring her car back last night.  The expected fee was £8.

Put her reg into the machine and it was recognised, said the machine was only accepting cash, which wasn't a problem, but then said it couldn't find the files and parking was free if I left within twenty minutes.

I should have photographed the screens but was too stupid to think of that at the time.

I am sure there is a huge fine heading her way

Also my "I" key needs a very strong press now, probably crumbs but a pan n the bum!

Had great dffculty loggn n too.  Password not recognised.

[Saabnut]

My good friend of over 20 years and go to guru for motorcycles passed away last night. 61, the same age as me.

Bollox.

[Zelandeth]

On 2/4/2022 at 12:33 PM, barefoot said:

Gas cylinders for camping are apparently already in short supply again this year. Fuck sticks.

I've been trying on and off to get one since the start of last year without any luck!

[mitsisigma01]

6 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

I've been trying on and off to get one since the start of last year without any luck!

What sort / size ?

[Zelandeth]

8 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

What sort / size ?

The run of the mill 15kg blue butane ones.  Nowhere around here (that I know of) has had any for ages save for the one B&Q - who on both occasions I've been there when they have any haven't been able to get me one because of "computer problems."

Been a couple of months since I last tried given the van isn't likely to be getting used until spring anyway so it's not exactly a massive priority.