The grumpy thread

[Lankytim]

Sold a Fiesta gearbox on eBay, first problem was the buyer wanted it sent to an alternative address. second problem was UPS, my courier of choice had a look at the packaged up gearbox and said they didn't want to take it  in case any oil spilled out.  It was fully drained with any holes sealed up, banded to a cut down 1/4 size pallet and shrink wrapped to death. The dimensions were well within their limits and gearboxes aren't on the prohibited list, it was packaged perfectly but the manager at the depot just didn't want to accept it "just in case". Fair enough I guess.

The only problem is no other courier wants to take the bloody thing. Car parts over 15kg, prohibited, gearboxes, prohibited. I could get Paisley freight or someone to take it but they want £60 odd rather than the £25 UPS were quoting.

I've spent most of the day trawling courier sites, sorting a refund from UPS and finally cancelling the sale with eBay, which prompted an angry response from the buyer. With fees I think I was only making £30 or so from the box anyway. Fuck eBay and FUCK couriers. 

[artdjones]

3 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

I lost far too much time to this today, trying to remove this wheel bolt.

Now replaced, turns out the fucked droplink is fine. I've yet to check the other side, trying to time it between showers of hailstones. Grrrr.

I admire your perseverance getting it out with one of those reverse twist extractors.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Just now, artdjones said:

I admire your perseverance getting it out with one of those reverse twist extractors.

Granda and I worked together on that one. We swore at it collectively.

[RoverFolkUs]

4 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

I lost far too much time to this today, trying to remove this wheel bolt.

Now replaced, turns out the fucked droplink is fine. I've yet to check the other side, trying to time it between showers of hailstones. Grrrr.

What in fuck's name happened there!? How did it get so rounded!

[AnnoyingPentium]

9 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

What in fuck's name happened there!? How did it get so rounded!

First of all, the new apprentice at the garage I frequently use dialled them on at 100000000lb-ft (slight exaggeration) and I had to take it back to get them to get the bolts off as I couldn't get them off, even with 17 and a bit stone of me on a breaker bar. That one had been a touch rounded after the ugga dugga incident. Tyre fitters finished it off later on, and when going to change a drop link today I couldn't even get a socket to grab onto whatever was left of the head of the bolt.

Tbf, looking at the quality of the work that nearly £600 got me, this honestly isn't a surprise. I'm quite annoyed, to say the least. You'd think the exhaust had been fitted by Ray Charles.

[RoverFolkUs]

39 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

First of all, the new apprentice at the garage I frequently use dialled them on at 100000000lb-ft (slight exaggeration) and I had to take it back to get them to get the bolts off as I couldn't get them off, even with 17 and a bit stone of me on a breaker bar. That one had been a touch rounded after the ugga dugga incident. Tyre fitters finished it off later on, and when going to change a drop link today I couldn't even get a socket to grab onto whatever was left of the head of the bolt.

Tbf, looking at the quality of the work that nearly £600 got me, this honestly isn't a surprise. I'm quite annoyed, to say the least. You'd think the exhaust had been fitted by Ray Charles.

It's painful to read of such shoddy workmanship. Not saying I'm perfect, but you know... 

[Bren]

On 4/22/2023 at 6:41 PM, w00dy said:

Just had some absolute tossers do the old oil in coolant scam on me. I should have stopped them, but I didn't. Selling an old,.cheap BMW is a miserable time. You'd think there wasn't much profit in a slightly broken 5 series that's up at £1650, but you live and learn.

I hope you encouraged them off your property.....

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

It's painful to read of such shoddy workmanship. Not saying I'm perfect, but you know... 

If I weren't a million miles away you'd have had my trade.

I hadn't had issues like this from the garage before, and if I did have any quibbles they were remedied very quickly/cheaply (read as free). I'm disappointed, and should have said something sooner, so that's on me. I'm going to take the leap into doing more of my own work where I can, leaving the big and scarier jobs to them, and making sure it's done right from now on.

[omegod]

2 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Sold a Fiesta gearbox on eBay, first problem was the buyer wanted it sent to an alternative address. second problem was UPS, my courier of choice had a look at the packaged up gearbox and said they didn't want to take it  in case any oil spilled out.  It was fully drained with any holes sealed up, banded to a cut down 1/4 size pallet and shrink wrapped to death. The dimensions were well within their limits and gearboxes aren't on the prohibited list, it was packaged perfectly but the manager at the depot just didn't want to accept it "just in case". Fair enough I guess.

The only problem is no other courier wants to take the bloody thing. Car parts over 15kg, prohibited, gearboxes, prohibited. I could get Paisley freight or someone to take it but they want £60 odd rather than the £25 UPS were quoting.

I've spent most of the day trawling courier sites, sorting a refund from UPS and finally cancelling the sale with eBay, which prompted an angry response from the buyer. With fees I think I was only making £30 or so from the box anyway. Fuck eBay and FUCK couriers. 

I always list boxes as a DC motor and disguise it with cardboard 

[w00dy]

2 hours ago, Bren said:

I hope you encouraged them off your property.....

Of course. They didn't put up too much fight when they knew that I was well aware fo what was happening, but I kept it civil to avoid them coming back out of spite given that criminal damage is clearly a way of life for them. 

[Lankytim]

3 hours ago, omegod said:

I always list boxes as a DC motor and disguise it with cardboard 

We’ve been discussing it at work and I think that’s exactly what it’s going to be described as. Great minds eh?

[myglaren]

What nonsense is this?

Best with the sound off.

[High Jetter]

New police fitness regime?

[Pieman]

It's a shame the Bennyhillifier site doesn't seem to work anymore.

(EDIT) - https://bennyhillthis.com/?v=QY3WyS4dMHQ  

[JB77]

The daughter has been after another project car so she decides on a Reliant Robin of all things. Fair enough, something different and she's good on the spanners in fairness. Nothing local so look further afield. Three cars up around the west Midlands area being sold as projects, two private and one commercial. Tried phoning and messaging all of them since Monday a.m.  and still no reply off anyone. Not expecting a reply off the private sellers straight away as they may be in work but not even the bloody dealer will pick up the phone even after they replied to my message to call them back! 

 

[jakebullet]

Ta muchly one of my neighbours. Disco is tucked in the back lane, so no passing traffic. I'm probably a bad man for immediately thinking CND, given he has a white pikey tipper. However checking cctv I'm pretty sure it isn't him, he just belches clouds of soot but doesn't come near it. Doesn't help that I've not been down there for a week and cctv isn't really pointing at that corner. 

[Mally]

1 hour ago, JB77 said:

The daughter has been after another project car so she decides on a Reliant Robin of all things. Fair enough, something different and she's good on the spanners in fairness. Nothing local so look further afield. Three cars up around the west Midlands area being sold as projects, two private and one commercial. Tried phoning and messaging all of them since Monday a.m.  and still no reply off anyone. Not expecting a reply off the private sellers straight away as they may be in work but not even the bloody dealer will pick up the phone even after they replied to my message to call them back! 

 

Didn't someone on here have one maybe for sale a while ago?

[MikeR]

mobiles , cant people put them down for a moment ... 

was in Maccies today and everyone was around the counter with their nose stuck in a screen , even when ordering , paying and eating .. the view out of the upstairs windows across Liverpool might as well not been there .

even my son dreads what the future will bring , what if they embed the WWW into your head via some chip ,

A constant run of adverts and face time whilst you walk , eat , shit and bonk ..

oh and order your Maccies and have it delivered with 2 shakes of your eyelid ???

[goosey]

Working in a climate controlled encapsulation room today, with the temp set at 32degrees centigrade 🥵

my safety glasses constantly sliding down my face and an soaking wet with sweat ESD coat got quite irritating after 8hours 

[artdjones]

I took the side door off my Doblo so as to gain access to the dents and scrapes I did about 6 months ago. They are now shallow enough to remove paint and start trowelling on filler. Unfortunately, 30 seconds after carefully propping the door up the wind caught it and it fell over across a kerbstone, so now that's marked.

[RoverFolkUs]

Nipped to the golden arches for lunch today for something convenient. 

Picture the scene, a group of 4 youths, on their phones and chatting away. A couple of them with hoods up and all seemed to be wearing those black puff jackets. Not causing anyone any harm and weren't being disruptive in any way from what I saw. 

A few seats away from them was a pair of middle aged women who had just sat down. One of them immediately complains to the other: "look at that yob over there taking up a whole table" (mates were sitting at one table and he was perched on a seat at the end of another, you know the typical Mcdonalds layout) 

Most seats were full so I assume she was complaining because they struggled to find one, and there was one person "using a whole table". In reality there was nothing stopping anyone from using the rest of the table 🤷

They keep repeating between themselves "I can't believe it, the cheeky sods" and other similar comments

The group of youths leave quietly, and certainly weren't doing anything untoward, all carrying their trays over to the bin and self clearing. 

Basically, they didn't do anything wrong from what I saw. And the women arrived after me so couldn't have witnessed anything either. 

Now the grump here is when these two women left. They left their mess and trays on the table for someone else to clear up...

Really? Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.. etc.. 

They had this preconceived prejudiced opinion against the "yobs" yet failed to see how it's disrespectful to leave all their mess behind especially when the bin is on your way out FFS 🤦

Aren't these people usually the ones that are first to say how you shouldn't be judgemental towards others? Practise what you preach FFS 😞

[High Jetter]

I'm glad it's not just me that gets wound up by some people's prejudices. Not all yoof are bad, and not all oldies are good. I was chuffed last year when a 23yo working temporarily for me, who's a friend of a permie,  told said permie she couldn't believe how open I was - this purely in a work environment. Both of them encounter it from older people on almost a daily basis, apparently, which I find very sad. (The permie is nearly 40, but has an, um, individual dress sense)

[High Jetter]

I've been waiting 3 weeks now for a replacement screen mount for my dash cam as the old one broke. Not sure if Nextbase are fibbing about sending it, or if RM have actually lost it, but it ain't here yet. Thankfully, haven't yet missed recording something important, just many twattish drivers.

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

I'm glad it's not just me that gets wound up by some people's prejudices. Not all yoof are bad, and not all oldies are good. I was chuffed last year when a 23yo working temporarily for me, who's a friend of a permie,  told said permie she couldn't believe how open I was - this purely in a work environment. Both of them encounter it from older people on almost a daily basis, apparently, which I find very sad. (The permie is nearly 40, but has an, um, individual dress sense)

We had a lad come in for a short work experience placement a couple of months ago, clearly a somewhat troubled background but desperately trying to turn things around. Typical "youth" look but he was nothing but polite, respectful and punctual. Keen to learn and asked lots of questions. Just hugely lacking any direction and didn't quite show the initiative or aspirations you would hope for. 

Realistically, some of the "troublesome youths" that we all hear of are just lacking any direction from their elders. Not their fault, yet the elders are the first ones to judge them. 

I saw a group trying to vandalize a traffic bollard last week, not sure what they thought they were achieving but it always says more about their upbringing (parents) than them. 

[auntiemaryscanary]

This was in the work car park so it's been driven in this state! The arch liner has started to melt via friction FFS.

The poor little Terios had visible panel rust too so can't see it being an economical repair.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Bloody car window dropped into the door last night when the regulator decided to give up the ghost, used my time last night covering the window aperture in black bags and praying it didn't rain. Spent today hacking apart rivets on the door carrier, permanently fucking up the metal carrier and now it needs a new regulator (which was a given) and another carrier, thankfully you can buy them as the one thing, not just a separate regulator. Window is currently held in with a bit of fence post in true Autoshite fashion. Not looking forward to replacing the regulator to be honest. The window isn't closed right, it's watertight in rain I reckon, but whistles to no end at speed, and all the broken bits in the door rattle and clunk like shoogling a bag of spanners.

On the plus side... I've sorted the dodgy door handle, which is nice, or so I'm telling myself.

So this is what being relaxed looks like. I see.

[Pieman]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

We had a lad come in for a short work experience placement a couple of months ago, clearly a somewhat troubled background but desperately trying to turn things around. Typical "youth" look but he was nothing but polite, respectful and punctual. Keen to learn and asked lots of questions. Just hugely lacking any direction and didn't quite show the initiative or aspirations you would hope for. 

Realistically, some of the "troublesome youths" that we all hear of are just lacking any direction from their elders. Not their fault, yet the elders are the first ones to judge them. 

I saw a group trying to vandalize a traffic bollard last week, not sure what they thought they were achieving but it always says more about their upbringing (parents) than them. 

In quite a few cases they have no upbringing, their parents just sit staring at the TV all day taking no notice of them, and at night get busy creating more kids for more benefit money. [/Daily Mail]

[cobblers]

1 hour ago, auntiemaryscanary said:

This was in the work car park so it's been driven in this state! The arch liner has started to melt via friction FFS.

The poor little Terios had visible panel rust too so can't see it being an economical repair.

rip the arch liner out, boot the sharp bits in and drive it forever, that's just a flesh wound

[GMcD]

YODEL clichéd moan:

My parcels been stuck in the delivery van since Tuesday...it's went walkies hasn't it? 

[jakebullet]

Hmmm. Appears I was wrong in saying cunt next door didn't damage my disco. Examination of pikey truck shows it has my green paint down the side. I just don't have cctv of him doing it so Mr. doesn't give a fuck gets away with it.