The grumpy thread

[jakebullet]

Had a lovely cunt next door free silent day, as they fucked off somewhere in the pikey truck. Except they came back 10 minutes ago, and it's now screaming / crying child with Mr. Cunt shouting "you fucking bastard" and slamming doors. Guess such child rearing techniques did him no harm....

[jakebullet]

Spotted an expensive fail today. Tesla with AA van in attendance. I know nothing about electric cars, but I'd diagnose it was something to do with the recharging plug and 3 foot of broken cable hanging from it.

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

18 hours ago, jakebullet said:

Had a lovely cunt next door free silent day, as they fucked off somewhere in the pikey truck. Except they came back 10 minutes ago, and it's now screaming / crying child with Mr. Cunt shouting "you fucking bastard" and slamming doors. Guess such child rearing techniques did him no harm....

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[HillmanImp]

MrsImp has covid. 3hrs after testing positive she went out as she was bored of being stuck in the house, as fuck everyone else, yeah. 

She also refuses to cover her mouth when she coughs, making sure everything in a 3 metre radius is fucking covered in her fucking germs so everyone else will get as ill as she is. 

Cunt. 

[Zelandeth]

7 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

...making sure everything in a 3 metre radius is fucking covered in her fucking germs so everyone else will get potentially massively more ill than she is, still be suffering seven months (and counting) on, or die as several of my personal friends have.

Corrected to match my personal experience to date.

[maxxo]

grrrrrrrr

speed holes!

bit annoyed but hey ho i'll sort it

maybe i should buy a dacia jogger and have an easy life?

dull though

[Spurious]

It looks like it's made out of paper mache and isopon. Get it fixed up. 

 

Or a get a jogger. My dull Mégane is dull, but it's not laid a finger wrong in 12,000 miles. Might need tyres soon though. 

[maxxo]

21 minutes ago, Spurious said:

It looks like it's made out of paper mache and isopon. Get it fixed up. 

 

Or a get a jogger. My dull Mégane is dull, but it's not laid a finger wrong in 12,000 miles. Might need tyres soon though. 

might as well tech myself to weld with this car

[Dyslexic Viking]

I have finally started to feel better after covid but the last few days have not been good.

[Pieman]

On 12/25/2022 at 3:05 AM, Ghosty said:

Today, another message comes down the grapevine - a good mate in Bristol had a rough night. He recently bought a 30k mile Partner Escapade he'd been coveting for a bit, he loves Berlingos. 

He got too drunk to drive and paid someone he was with to drive him home. Took exception to their driving and turfed them out, tried to drive himself home and ended up putting the Partner on its roof. No idea what happened but he tried to hide or flee the scene and got bit on the leg by a police search dog. 

Waiting to hear what plod do with him but he supposedly blew almost high enough for a year's ban. 
FFS, man. 

Even if it was a close mate of mine who was that much of a bloody idiot, they'd be cut out of my life.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Laminate flooring - 1, Phone - 0. 

Glass is intact, but screen inside seems to be throwing a spasm. Think I'll go back to the Nokia.

[GMcD]

My neighbour has recently starting parking their other motor outside my house. 

I couldn't give two shits as it's a free country but they keep bumping their car up onto the kerb. A lot of occasions they misjudge it and  gobble up most of the width of the pavement which means I have to side step shuffle past their car each time I want to walk up my own front steps/path. 

There is plenty of space to the side of my steps  (and plenty of parking roundabout without having to resort to bumping up on pavements). 

It's a trivial matter and maybe I shouldn't complain too much but ffs engage your brain a bit. 

I might just borrow my mates tiny trailer and park it on the road right outside my steps and leave it for a month just to be a passive aggressive tosser. 

[fairkens]

I really struggle to squeeze past cars parked like that. It's amazing how often my fat belly rearranges the wing mirror

 

 

 

 

 

[richardmorris]

Someone’s pride and joy stolen.

[RoverFolkUs]

50 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Someone’s pride and joy stolen.

Hope there's a special place in hell for the thieving cunts that steal classic cars 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Coil spring snapped on the Golf.  Whilst sat at Fleet Services.  Supposed to be going to stay in North Devon.  That’s fucked that then.

Thinking of sacking this car off.

[Talbot]

On 12/25/2022 at 3:05 AM, Ghosty said:

He got too drunk to drive and paid someone he was with to drive him home. Took exception to their driving and turfed them out, tried to drive himself home and ended up putting the Partner on its roof. No idea what happened but he tried to hide or flee the scene and got bit on the leg by a police search dog. 

Waiting to hear what plod do with him but he supposedly blew almost high enough for a year's ban.

A year ban is the absolute minimum basic sentence.  Can be reduced to 9 months by signing up for a drink-drive rehab course.  While the limit is 35mg, enforcement action usually only starts at 40mg.  That is actually quite a low level of alcohol;  the amount needed to be such a shit driver as to put a Partner on it's roof is a lot more than that (or is he just a terminally shit driver anyway?).  Sounds to me like he'll be in for a lot longer ban than 12 months.

.. also sounds like a massive bellend ..

[Ghosty]

30 minutes ago, Talbot said:

While the limit is 35mg, enforcement action usually only starts at 40mg.

I don't know what  sort of test he took, but the result was quite significantly higher than that.

[Talbot]

33 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

I don't know what  sort of test he took, but the result was quite significantly higher than that.

Bye-Bye his license for maybe 2-3 years then.  If it was a lot higher (like over 100 or something similarly high) he might be looking at a suspended sentence, or (especially given that there was an accident involved) maybe a custodial sentence.

[Talbot]

On 12/26/2022 at 7:49 PM, maxxo said:

might as well tech myself to weld with this car

Using a rusty car to learn to weld is like learning to cook by becoming head chef at a 5-star rated restaurant.   Rusty, painted, undersealed, electroplated, variable thickness sheet steel is one of the most difficult things to weld there is.   By comparison, welding clean new 5mm-thick steel section is childs-play.  If you really want to lean to weld, start with heavier sections of new steel.  Rusty car bodywork is what you have to work up to, never where you should start.

[Popsicle]

4 hours ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Coil spring snapped on the Golf.  Whilst sat at Fleet Services.  Supposed to be going to stay in North Devon.  That’s fucked that then.

Thinking of sacking this car off.

Same happened to me this afternoon, went to reverse into a parking bay and heard the familiar loud twang/thud - made the poor chap walking across the carpark near me jump a bit!

Had a quick shufty, bottom coils gone, but its sat back down ok so it'll be alright till I get round to it. It was only replaced last summer, fuck alls built to last these days.

So the to do list gets longer, leaking egr cooler, broken front spring and the front pads and discs haven't much life left in them.

[Dyslexic Viking]

5 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

It was only replaced last summer,

But how far have you driven since then?

[RoverFolkUs]

2 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

But how far have you driven since then?

Since we're talking about @Popsicle  , I should expect no less than a total mileage equalling that of 3 return journeys to the moon 😂

[eddyramrod]

45 minutes ago, Talbot said:

Bye-Bye his license for maybe 2-3 years then.  If it was a lot higher (like over 100 or something similarly high) he might be looking at a suspended sentence, or (especially given that there was an accident involved) maybe a custodial sentence.

The so-called penalties for drink-driving are FAR too soft.  The minimum ban for a first offence should be LIFE.  Second offence?  12 months inside, no remission.  In both cases, five-figure fines, confiscation of the vehicle, and if it's not yours (eg on hire or company-supplied) then the offender is 100% liable for the cost of it.  (Exactly the same should apply for drug-driving too.)  Oh and all the above comes in before the offender hits anything or anyone!

Vote for me for Home Secretary, I'll make the roads safe!

[Popsicle]

20 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

But how far have you driven since then?

Err maybe a couple of k 🤣.

I'll consult my spreadsheet.

15 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Since we're talking about @Popsicle  , I should expect no less than a total mileage equalling that of 3 return journeys to the moon 😂

Alright, alright they where changed 113k miles ago - see nothings built to last.............

They did outlive the top mounts changed at the same time - only got 70k out of them.

Front pads and discs a paltry 115k - bloody junk .

All said with tongue firmly in cheek.

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

46 minutes ago, Popsicle said:

Same happened to me this afternoon, went to reverse into a parking bay and heard the familiar loud twang/thud - made the poor chap walking across the carpark near me jump a bit!

Had a quick shufty, bottom coils gone, but its sat back down ok so it'll be alright till I get round to it. It was only replaced last summer, fuck alls built to last these days.

So the to do list gets longer, leaking egr cooler, broken front spring and the front pads and discs haven't much life left in them.

Patrol driver advised that I could drive it but when I said it was 2 hours home he gave me a knowing look and put down on the form that two springs had broken so I’d get bumped a bit on the recovery.

Have to say the AA have been really excellent.  Reported and recovered within 90 minutes - including a patrol visit.  Currently in the recovery truck and the guy is fantastic.  Will get the rear springs done and consider options…

 Going to attempt the drive to Devon again tomorrow in the Bini.

[Popsicle]

14 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Patrol driver advised that I could drive it but when I said it was 2 hours home he gave me a knowing look and put down on the form that two springs had broken so I’d get bumped a bit on the recovery.

Have to say the AA have been really excellent.  Reported and recovered within 90 minutes - including a patrol visit.  Currently in the recovery truck and the guy is fantastic.  Will get the rear springs done and consider options…

 Going to attempt the drive to Devon again tomorrow in the Bini.

Thats good going for the AA at this time of year.

Deffo not worth the risk driving too far with snapped springs, although theres probably thousands of cars driving around with them snapped and the driver is blissfully unaware - its the knowing bit that grates, wincing over every pothole, going slowly round every bend - ignorance really is bliss.

Good luck in the Bini!

[Dobloseven]

Well, three of my children have had car related grief over the festive period. Last week son on Barrow in Furness partners BMW 2 series had a spring break and burst a tyre just before they were due to drive down to ours.Car was recovered to a garage and they came by train. Christmas day evening. son in South Wales got as far as Ross on Wye when the alternator failed on the Signum I supplied him with last spring. Car recovered and he returned home and drove up in his Cactus on Boxing Day. He prefers to use the Signum as it's a better at being a  five seater than the Cactus. Finally son in Windsors partner was hit by a car on a roundabout in her Touareg. Other car seems to have come off worse, but some damage to hers. Oh, and I had trouble with the cooling on the Zafira, as mentioned in another thread. Not a good time, car wise at least. 

[LabRat]

Went to go visiting relatives in the fiat yesterday, first time it's moved for a week or so (we tend to use the Ignis for local stuff) and found this:

Some useless fuckwit courier decided to try and swing their van round in a parking spot just big enough to fit a Suzuki Ignis. No note or anything, one of the neighbours spotted them turning and didn't think to the firm or reg numbers. Could be any one of 4/5 different ones that have been this way over Christmas.

How the fuck they thought a full size van would fit here, Christ knows! 

Looks like I'm phoning around body shops/chips away places to sort the scratches and dents out. Fuck knows how much a wheel arch trim will be, thankfully the alloy and tyre are alright. 

Fucking lovely. 

[myglaren]

Son in law's Audi vs bin lorry.

write-off, he is hoping.  Wants an Alfa Stelvio.