The grumpy thread

[Dobloseven]

6 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

Well I guess this is why my tyre deflated overnight. 

At least I was able to get it to hold enough air to get to the local tyre fitter, now waiting to see how much it's going to cost me.

My usual tyre place charges 13 pounds for a repair like that. 

[adw1977]

21 minutes ago, Dobloseven said:

My usual tyre place charges 13 pounds for a repair like that. 

Hopefully something similar, they think it is repairable.

UPDATE: 20 quid.  Surrey prices!

[PhilA]

At least they can't argue it's in an area of the tread that you cannot* patch, up in towards the shoulders.

 

Phil

 

*Not that I have ever patched the shoulder of a tire and driven 50k on it

[artdjones]

55 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Sick to fucking death of phones.

I'm trying to run a business here and the phone system provided at the business centre doesn't work properly. The people who run the place, while well intentioned are absolutely useless.

So I'd divert calls to my mobile, but while we're in a well populated busy industrial area, I have very spotty/no mobile phone signal here on any network.

"Use WIFI calling" they say. So I do, and on every call, every 15 seconds the call goes garbled for a while. If I turn wifi calling off, it's 50/50 as to whether I'll even be able to make/receive a call at all.

I don't care about 4g, 5g etc. I hate talking to people on the phone as it is, without having to constantly ask them to repeat themselves or get the call dropped every few minutes.

 

 

I use WhatsApp calling a lot, and have similar experiences. A10 min call will have a gap 3 or 4 times. And the only time they ask you to rate the call seems to be on the rare occasions it works perfectly.

[junkyarddog]

2 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Well I guess this is why my tyre deflated overnight. 

At least I was able to get it to hold enough air to get to the local tyre fitter, now waiting to see how much it's going to cost me.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/264908720123?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3dadca47fb:g:tM4AAOSwoyFgOR6f&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAAA4JUatwvcuTIAD0CO0l%2BsPoRDUNDA%2B8gUe%2F3sbEHOZ%2Bsda3pjymshVq4MYD6iKLU4sjmgQLsXbPkM98Jz2%2FcUK%2FX7tg3nbaSgirYXfggJgskXhKqghWjI%2FChLdDjxAhCIfDq7WqTNc72krm40lbZgg%2BJ05KcQopKcPRrQLG%2BDOyeR%2F5NPrslPjx2OqByA%2Frbz%2F0glZw7hVqsPowyiPVvKrWyUQOnhEc9zmi0sQQGIzSOr%2FYz1Q2K%2BjKairN3yzvXlUS7mrEYPtROZkQMh%2FWd7mzzZJsxVEBCTgVa73Fi9M7Ay|tkp%3ABFBM3uPgnYFg

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Hopefully something similar, they think it is repairable.

UPDATE: 20 quid.  Surrey prices!

Not competely screwed, then!

[High Jetter]

My van has let me down by failing the MOT on 'Offside Front Integral body structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced holed next to front subframe mount inner wing (6.1.1 (c) (i))'. Garage sorting Tuesday, the day of expiry

[RoverFolkUs]

6 hours ago, PhilA said:

The batteries would swell as they failed and would bend the body of the machine.

Just like the iPhone 3GS. Apple never changed then 🙃

Alternatively if you bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 then at least they came with free fireworks 🙂

[twosmoke300]

3 hours ago, PhilA said:

At least they can't argue it's in an area of the tread that you cannot* patch, up in towards the shoulders.

 

Phil

 

*Not that I have ever patched the shoulder of a tire and driven 50k on it

What tyres lasted 50 k ?

[wuvvum]

Got the new ECU (complete with remap) for the Rover 75 in the post today.  Went out after work and fitted it to the car all excited.  It won't start.

It's throwing up three fault codes, none of which were there before - HP fuel pressure control valve, EEPROM and CAN-signal.  I called the chap who supplied the ECU and he says he reckons it's the EEPROM issue that is preventing the car from starting, although he was puzzled as he tested the ECU before loading my car's data on to it.  So I've now got to post the ECU back to him for him to look at next week and see if he can find the issue.  I'm hoping it is an issue with the ECU as, annoying though that would be, if it isn't that then I haven't got a fucking clue.

I won't deny that I'm mildly* miffed that after chucking another £200 or so at the thing I'm actually further back than I was before.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Ten hours from Exmouth to East Kent.  It took me ten hours.

Fuck driving.

[Merryck]

7 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Ten hours from Exmouth to East Kent.  It took me ten hours.

Fuck driving.

And the worst part of it all is you ended up back here in East Kent!

Just tried finding some diesel on the way home from work. No one's got any. Even the motorway services didn't have any. Luckily I planned ahead and bought far too many cars, so I'll drive the Micra instead!

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 04/04/2022 at 16:20, horriblemercedes said:

I will probably get a quote, but I've had this phone a couple of years and don't like it much so might be best to put the repair money towards a new phone instead

if you don't need/want 5G may i suggest a POCO X3 pro- near flagship specs for £200ish

[somewhatfoolish]

8 hours ago, cobblers said:

Sick to fucking death of phones.

I'm trying to run a business here and the phone system provided at the business centre doesn't work properly. The people who run the place, while well intentioned are absolutely useless.

So I'd divert calls to my mobile, but while we're in a well populated busy industrial area, I have very spotty/no mobile phone signal here on any network.

"Use WIFI calling" they say. So I do, and on every call, every 15 seconds the call goes garbled for a while. If I turn wifi calling off, it's 50/50 as to whether I'll even be able to make/receive a call at all.

I don't care about 4g, 5g etc. I hate talking to people on the phone as it is, without having to constantly ask them to repeat themselves or get the call dropped every few minutes.

 

 

Worth hiring an answering service? If there is interweb could VOIP work? In extremis a Starlink dish could be used to go around the shitty inhouse phone system.

[robinmasters]

4 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

What tyres lasted 50 k ?

Haven't you ever watched Top Gear? All roads in Murica are straight, so far less tyre wear. You've probably not owned an Alfa either 🙄

[High Jetter]

14 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I am from Gravesend, so it could be a lot worse.

Really? How? 😀

[PhilA]

7 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

What tyres lasted 50 k ?

BF Goodrich set on my pickup truck.

50k, 60k is not uncommon on a set of tires here.

[twosmoke300]

Oh yeh those BFG’s last for bloody ages .

[grogee]

15 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/264908720123?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3dadca47fb:g:tM4AAOSwoyFgOR6f&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAAA4JUatwvcuTIAD0CO0l%2BsPoRDUNDA%2B8gUe%2F3sbEHOZ%2Bsda3pjymshVq4MYD6iKLU4sjmgQLsXbPkM98Jz2%2FcUK%2FX7tg3nbaSgirYXfggJgskXhKqghWjI%2FChLdDjxAhCIfDq7WqTNc72krm40lbZgg%2BJ05KcQopKcPRrQLG%2BDOyeR%2F5NPrslPjx2OqByA%2Frbz%2F0glZw7hVqsPowyiPVvKrWyUQOnhEc9zmi0sQQGIzSOr%2FYz1Q2K%2BjKairN3yzvXlUS7mrEYPtROZkQMh%2FWd7mzzZJsxVEBCTgVa73Fi9M7Ay|tkp%3ABFBM3uPgnYFg

I've used this Chinese tyre repair kit a few times and it's always worked. No need to remove tyre either. 

£20 for a repair can get in the sea!

[New POD]

On 06/04/2022 at 07:19, paulplom said:

I didn't have the drums on. I had put new cylinders on and was changing the brake fluid. When I connected the van tyre it popped the pistons out before I realised what was happening.

Fuck knows what I was thinking.

Been there, done that. 

[New POD]

On 06/04/2022 at 22:01, artdjones said:

It's an improvement in that it's a name that's not easily modified into an STD.

EVIL BASTARDS. 

How fucking hard is it? 

[Merryck]

9 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I am from Gravesend, so it could be a lot worse.

At least it’s not Sheerness!

[hairnet]

Bastard

Having spannering issues then this happens but I still cant go out now it's stopped as ground is wet

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

5 hours ago, Merryck said:

At least it’s not Sheerness!

I spent several weeks on Sheppey as a skinny 16-year-old.  Genealogically speaking my observation was that there were a lot more family circles than family trees.

[Remspoor]

5 hours ago, hairnet said:

Bastard

Having spannering issues then this happens but I still cant go out now it's stopped as ground is wet

 

The item to the right of the red towel. Is that your undies?

[Jazoli]

14 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Fucking car insurance.

Every other car  sub £1,000 for me has doubled in insurance since 2020.  Everything reasonable in insurance is above £3,000.

I'd consider classic insurance but the Micra works perhaps for a day per week, and most of them from what I know want a normal modern as the daily?

Are you a particularly high risk or live in a car crime hotspot? my insurance hasn't really changed much over the last 20 years and is still sub £350 for an old banger or a new Focus, current Volvo shed has just renewed at £220 FC.

[barefoot]

Makes no sense to me either. Have you writ, 'endless trouble with shitty throttle bodies' on the proposal form?

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

Thought i would take my 2 children up to london ( richmond station) from basingstoke next friday.  Basingstoke is only 40 miles from richmond.

Bloody hell, return ticket for 3  £49 ! Plus parking at Basingstoke.

I have been out of the country for a few years but this seems expensive .

Seems it is cheaper to take the 2001 civic.

Parking £10

Congestion charge £15

fuel about £14

total.      £39.   And a good run for the civic .

Surely this needs sorting out Mr railways and London.

 

 

 

[grogee]

56 minutes ago, Sir Chocolate Teapot said:

Thought i would take my 2 children up to london ( richmond station) from basingstoke next friday.  Basingstoke is only 40 miles from richmond.

Bloody hell, return ticket for 3  £49 ! Plus parking at Basingstoke.

I have been out of the country for a few years but this seems expensive .

Seems it is cheaper to take the 2001 civic.

Parking £10

Congestion charge £15

fuel about £14

total.      £39.   And a good run for the civic .

Surely this needs sorting out Mr railways and London.

 

 

 

Same. We're going to Think Tank in Birmingham during Easter hols. Mrs Grogee wanted to take master Grogee on the train, for a change/something different. 

Price for the three of us not including parking: £60 (Leamington Spa to New Street return).

It'll be cheaper to drive the Saab there and back even with OMGFUELPRICES and 25mpg. 

[cobblers]

I was talking to a lovely couple the run a campsite. It's on an active farm, they opened up about 3 or 4 years ago - Last summer in particular they had a load of issues with people just letting their young kids just wander around unsupervised, wandering off up the lane, climbing fences etc and going onto their farm, into the barns etc. It was an accident waiting to happen, so this year they decided to open up for adults only. 

They've only been open a ten days but already they have been getting loads of grief from shithead entitled parents who feel personally discriminated against by this policy - Apparently it's got to the point where they have been considering just knocking the whole thing in the head.

 

edit: not all parents are entitled shitheads, I must be clear!