The grumpy thread

[andy18s]

3 minutes ago, maxxo said:

EGR I can live with! 
 

but I suspect you all know exactly the sort I’m talking about, the ones who remap a diesel to an inch of its life and remove the dpf so you have clouds of black shit from the exhaust, they stink and tend to get driven in a poor manner

Seeing how the EPA have killed tuning anything with wheels in the US,it's a matter of time before their practices are adopted in the UK

[sierraman]

17 hours ago, maxxo said:

Hate me all you want, behead me etc

ive said it before, and I’ll say it again

those who remove the DPF and or adblue systems from their vehicles 

I find it really, well, anti social, it’s just a bit of a dickhead thing to do

apart from some early designs they’re mostly sorted these days, and with the correct driving manner, or at least take it on the motorway sometimes to regen they’re fine

same as those who remove the catalytic converters 

I’m not a fan of people tampering with emission control devices on their cars

 

so yeah, hate me all you want, it just annoys me

A genuine replacement DPF on many cars is £1000-1500. EGRs can be fairly expensive as well and prone to causing issues. It’s quite easy to be prescriptive and criticise someone for doing that but faced with a bill of the thick end of £2,000 to replace something fairly unnecessary in the day to day running of the car is daft. Especially at the moment people have other priorities than spending thousands replacing unnecessary emissions equipment just the keep the car ‘factory’

[Zelandeth]

Update to the spider saga.  Spotted the bugger walking across the floor a few hours later and successfully captured it to be safely released into a bush outside a few minutes later.

Sorry, but that needed to not be crawling around my bedroom.  Little ones that just mind their business I've no problem with but that's firmly in the too large category.

[beko1987]

21 minutes ago, sierraman said:

A genuine replacement DPF on many cars is £1000-1500. EGRs can be fairly expensive as well and prone to causing issues. It’s quite easy to be prescriptive and criticise someone for doing that but faced with a bill of the thick end of £2,000 to replace something fairly unnecessary in the day to day running of the car is daft. Especially at the moment people have other priorities than spending thousands replacing unnecessary emissions equipment just the keep the car ‘factory’

Was £700ish in just cheap parts on my £150 laguna before I broke my clutch change cherry and needed to buy more tools. Single mass conversion wasn't much cheaper either. Was only the slave cylinder being an actual issue too, but gearbox off for that and the dmf was rattly as balls and 160+k old

ASM had it after I procured a nice zx petrol to replace it and the scrap cost paid for the new car 👌

[sierraman]

26 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

Was £700ish in just cheap parts on my £150 laguna before I broke my clutch change cherry and needed to buy more tools. Single mass conversion wasn't much cheaper either. Was only the slave cylinder being an actual issue too, but gearbox off for that and the dmf was rattly as balls and 160+k old

ASM had it after I procured a nice zx petrol to replace it and the scrap cost paid for the new car 👌

Cheap DPFs very hit and miss. Could be ok, could be shit. 

[ETCHY]

48 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Update to the spider saga.  Spotted the bugger walking across the floor a few hours later and successfully captured it to be safely released into a bush outside a few minutes later.

Sorry, but that needed to not be crawling around my bedroom.  Little ones that just mind their business I've no problem with but that's firmly in the too large category.

Bloody hell, that's a big sod.

[Datsuncog]

I relocated a similar size of spider-friend outside to the garden yesterday evening - looks like the slightly cooler weather might be causing them to come inside again. That's been three this week I've had to scoop and shift.

I feel faintly guilty as they are house spiders, but MrsDC doesn't much care for them once they exceed the size of a 50p piece - and if the cat were to happen upon one, it's usually not a pleasant outcome for the spider.

If they want to go up into the garage rafters where it's dry and sheltered, then I'm cool with that. But parading across the living room carpet, as happened last night, is a no-no.

[myglaren]

15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Dishwasher just failed. Must kick her out investigate why no water going in tomorrow.

Mine did a couple of months ago.  Must get round to having a look at it one day.

And the tumble dryer.

Still waiting for parts for the washing machine, it has been four months now.

[myglaren]

3 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

I relocated a similar size of spider-friend outside to the garden yesterday evening - looks like the slightly cooler weather might be causing them to come inside again. That's been three this week I've had to scoop and shift.

I feel faintly guilty as they are house spiders, but MrsDC doesn't much care for them once they exceed the size of a 50p piece - and if the cat were to happen upon one, it's usually not a pleasant outcome for the spider.

If they want to go up into the garage rafters where it's dry and sheltered, then I'm cool with that. But parading across the living room carpet, as happened last night, is a no-no.

They tend to take up residence under the floor-standing speakers in the dining room, some are huge when they venture out.

Have one in the utility room too now.

Found the corpse of one near the door, ants came in and murdered it.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Those things aren't natural most animals have 4 limbs why do they need so many!!!😱

[cort16]

I sold my BMW but still have the Megane for backup going to see new cars etc. Well at least that was the plan until I found one of the brake lines that go to the back fo the car is leaking due to corrosion by the looks of it..  The pedal is fine but don't fancy it blowing entirely  while I'm coming down an off ramp on the motorway.

[Jazoli]

30 minutes ago, cort16 said:

I sold my BMW but still have the Megane for backup going to see new cars etc. Well at least that was the plan until I found one of the brake lines that go to the back fo the car is leaking due to corrosion by the looks of it..  The pedal is fine but don't fancy it blowing entirely  while I'm coming down an off ramp on the motorway.

Be reeet cut it before where its leaking, fold it over a couple of times and clamp it with locking pliers, job done!

I'm not recommending this but I have done it in an emergency before

[mitsisigma01]

6 hours ago, myglaren said:

And the tumble dryer

What's the dryer doing or not doing .... I regularly get them just in need of a clean through and a reset of the thermo cutout ... easy money earner

[ETCHY]

8 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Update to the spider saga.  Spotted the bugger walking across the floor a few hours later and successfully captured it to be safely released into a bush outside a few minutes later.

Sorry, but that needed to not be crawling around my bedroom.  Little ones that just mind their business I've no problem with but that's firmly in the too large category.

When they get to that size put a collar & lead on it & you've got a pet.

[maxxo]

Here’s another

shopping

i bloody hate it, I hate the supermarket, I hate customers and I hate people who just stand in the middle of the aisles or take ages at tills

i do mostly online grocery shopping and it’s great 

but today, no as I was passing I decided to call in

yep, misery

[mitsisigma01]

19 minutes ago, maxxo said:

who just stand in the middle of the aisles

That'll be the same ones that stay in lane 2 or 3 when chaos ensues all round them , oblivious to everything ☹️

[High Jetter]

25 minutes ago, maxxo said:

Here’s another

shopping

i bloody hate it, I hate the supermarket, I hate customers and I hate people who just stand in the middle of the aisles or take ages at tills

i do mostly online grocery shopping and it’s great 

but today, no as I was passing I decided to call in

yep, misery

Ever delivered your own order? With staff discount, natch.

[maxxo]

11 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Ever delivered your own order? With staff discount, natch.

I’d love to do that

it would likely be a terrible shame, the entire order would be so damaged I’d unfortunately be left with no option but to refund the lot

[High Jetter]

You should give yourself a negative review then. 

[maxxo]

19 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

That'll be the same ones that stay in lane 2 or 3 when chaos ensues all round them , oblivious to everything ☹️

Exactly

the ones which don’t have their method of payment primed and ready before they reach the cashier 

then spend what feels like 6 hours fumbling around waiting to pay

i can do a full weekly shop in less than 20 minutes

[High Jetter]

Your invitation to dine with you is, regretfully, declined.

I know our local Sainsb pretty well, if it's a full job it's 30 mins from van to van. Only 5! manned checkouts now, very rare to see them all staffed. 

[mitsisigma01]

Lucky to get one manned till in Horsham, yet only 1 occasionally 2 youngsters left to run about 30 automated self scan type tills requiring authorisations,fk ups , card rejected, scanner not recognised, car park ticket pass outs ... so still as slow as ever just with a lot less staff ....

[Pieman]

2 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

That'll be the same ones that stay in lane 2 or 3 when chaos ensues all round them , oblivious to everything ☹️

Oh don't even bloody get me started.  In the last two days I have driven nearly 800 miles, almost all of it on the M25, A1M, M1, M6, M40 and M42, and I think I encountered over 100 of the brainless fuckers.  I have no shame in admitting I breezed past all of them in lane one.

As for supermarkets, it seems people lose their ability to think from the moment they enter the car park.

[Split_Pin]

When there's a queue at the fuel station and unless you actually need something from the shop, do us all a favour and PAY AT THE FUCKING PUMP YOU UTTER DINOSAUR. 

[mitsisigma01]

I can't find anywhere to put the coins in the pump 🤭😖

[artdjones]

5 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

I can't find anywhere to put the coins in the pump 🤭😖

I've never known there to be a queue at the Esso Blue pump.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

When there's a queue at the fuel station and unless you actually need something from the shop, do us all a favour and PAY AT THE FUCKING PUMP YOU UTTER DINOSAUR. 

This - but also - if there's a queue, perhaps don't go in a buy a bucket of coffee from the Costa machine, three sandwiches, potter about looking at fizzy drinks and try to engage the staff with some hilarious* banter.  Pay for your petrol and fuck off.  If you need to shove food in your gob, you're never more than ten minutes away from a fucking Tesco...

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

This - but also - if there's a queue, perhaps don't go in a buy a bucket of coffee from the Costa machine, three sandwiches, potter about looking at fizzy drinks and try to engage the staff with some hilarious* banter.  Pay for your petrol and fuck off.  If you need to shove food in your gob, you're never more than ten minutes away from a fucking Tesco...

Some petrol stations have a Tesco Express attached…..

[Dyslexic Viking]

10 hours ago, maxxo said:

Here’s another

shopping

i bloody hate it, I hate the supermarket, I hate customers and I hate people who just stand in the middle of the aisles or take ages at tills

i do mostly online grocery shopping and it’s great 

but today, no as I was passing I decided to call in

yep, misery

Rural Norway is nice. I did food shopping on Thursday and did it at the right time so I was the only customer and with me knowing the store it took about 5 minutes.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

11 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Some petrol stations have a Tesco Express attached…..

Capitalism is a monster.