The grumpy thread

[Saabnut]

So sorry to hear this.  

[Dick Cheeseburger]

That's so sad to read. Sorry for your loss, fella 😔

[Popsicle]

Thats awful news - so sorry to hear this.

[108]

So sorry to hear this. Dreadful. 

[Mrcento]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Horrendous news.

[Bren]

I am so sorry. My condolences.

[Datsuncog]

So, so sorry to hear that; there just aren't any words. Blimey.

[LightBulbFun]

I am so sorry to hear that Pieman  you and her family have my deepest condolences.

I think I can speak for everyone when I say that we are all here for you if you need anything, be it someone to talk to shite old cars about or a shoulder to lean on

[Pieman]

Thank you for your kind words all. ❤️ 

[LoftyvRS]

Really sorry to read this Pieman. 

[primeradoner]

So sorry to hear about this Dave.  Sincere condolences from all of the Durham Oval racing mob 

[chaseracer]

Dave, I'm just up the road.  Anything you need, shout.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Really sorry to hear this, Pieman.

Virtual cuppa waiting if you ever need to chat.

[Bradders59]

So very sorry to hear that Pieman. Sorry, but dont really know what else to say. Condolences to yourself and her family. 

[chodweaver]

That's terrible news, so sorry to hear of your loss, Pieman

[Mally]

4 hours ago, primeradoner said:

So sorry to hear about this Dave.  Sincere condolences from all of the Durham Oval racing mob 

and us lot.

[Timewaster]

That is so sad @Pieman.  Virtual hugs from all of us.

Be at peace Gemma.

[Floatylight]

So sorry to hear this, deepest condolences to you all 

[JMotor]

My deepest condolences to you @Pieman.

[Wack]

Public transport is really shit 

Drove to blackburn from warrington , door to door 40 minutes 

Came back on public transport 3:15 door to door , what a fucking joke 

[Metal Guru]

9 minutes ago, Wack said:

Public transport is really shit 

Drove to blackburn from warrington , door to door 40 minutes 

Came back on public transport 3:15 door to door , what a fucking joke 

And other surprising news…..

[sheffcortinacentre]

I haven't used public transport of any kind since circa 1990  ( which includes working for one section that entitled me to free travel )  due to travel times & the dirty bastards that used to  & still do treat them like skips ( this isn't just feral kids either) never mind the cost.

[New POD]

1 hour ago, Wack said:

Public transport is really shit 

Drove to blackburn from warrington , door to door 40 minutes 

Came back on public transport 3:15 door to door , what a fucking joke 

The only decent public transport in the Northwest is the Northern line from Hunts Cross to Southport, stopping at all stations. Every 15 minutes. Not particularly expensive.  Unfortunately it doesn't go when or where I want to go. I had a look at how long it would take me to get to work from Formby to Just North of Leyland. 44 mins in the car. Would be quicker but average speed cameras, and 50 mph on dual carriageways.

2:25 by public transport.  

[RoverFolkUs]

By pure coincidence in such a short space of time - just in the last fortnight, a 2nd Rover 75 has cropped up which is on the verge of being scrapped. 

After the first one was scrapped right under my nose, which I still don't understand why - I've felt pretty bummed since I found out it got CoD'd  as it would have been a pretty cheap, simple repair. Just the labour costs would have made it unviable (suspension arms and brake pipes) which isn't a problem for me. 

Anyway, it's gone now, so I'm trying to forget about that one. 

Onto the 2nd one, all the information I have about this one is "it's a Rover 75" and it's at a nearby garage. Who I know of, so the logistics will be as easy as possible. 

Conversation as follows:

"Yeah it's a rover 75 and it needs a fuel pump, it doesn't run, it's getting scrapped" 

Me - "I'll buy it, at scrap value, and arrange to have it transported away as soon as you say go. Let me know" 

I've not asked what engine it is, what transmission, what colour, whether it's tourer or saloon, what year, does it have MOT, blah blah blah. None of that. I'll pay scrap value and I'll try my best to save it. 

"Err, right, I'll have a think and let you know"

In other words, not a fucking scooby that my offer will ever be considered so it'll just end up getting scrapped anyway. 

Why are people like that? The only reason the conversation came about is because I'm not exactly discreet about half wanting a Rover 75 to save so that's why he mentioned it.

The main reason its fate hangs in the balance is because a diagnostic scanner they have won't talk to it .. for fuck's sake 😭

I don't care about the values or potential profits, its just the sense of achievement of returning a car that I am fond of (for whatever reason) to the road and saving it from the scrapper. 

I like to tell myself I tried - it's just frustrating more than anything else. 

The only reason I wanted them is because they're so local and they're literally on my plate, and I literally will buy it and have it picked up within 24 hours, no messing around, I don't even want to see it first. It's a car for a few hundred quid so my expectations are "ZERO" 

I could buy one off FB marketplace or wherever but it will probably be fucked and transport costs would just negate the viability of doing it. I could buy a sorted one but I can't justify keeping it long term, so that would also be a bit pointless 

[Wilko220]

[captain_70s]

8 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Why are people like that? The only reason the conversation came about is because I'm not exactly discreet about half wanting a Rover 75 to save so that's why he mentioned it.

Is it a liability thing? Less hassle to scrap it than risk somebody coming back and moaning it's worse than described?

[myglaren]

10 hours ago, New POD said:

The only decent public transport in the Northwest is the Northern line from Hunts Cross to Southport, stopping at all stations. Every 15 minutes. Not particularly expensive.  Unfortunately it doesn't go when or where I want to go. I had a look at how long it would take me to get to work from Formby to Just North of Leyland. 44 mins in the car. Would be quicker but average speed cameras, and 50 mph on dual carriageways.

2:25 by public transport.  

I don't use it much although it is free when I do, only within about a ten mile radius anyway.

Busses are on strike here so grandson, who lives in Gateshead, has to travel to Durham.  He cycled it and it took the same time as the bus.

 

Also:  Rover 75 fuel pump.  My youngest daughter had one and was advised never to allow the fuel to run below 1/4 tank as the tanks would distort at the bottom and leave the pump above the fuel, so it would overheat and fail.

[barefoot]

I nipped out to the campervan this morning to replace the fair wife's marigold gloves in readiness for the new season and found a McDonald's cheeseburger. I vaguely remembered putting it in the cupboard during the summer after reading an article which claimed that they don't decay.

I can reveal that the story was a lie. Although it tasted OK. it clearly wasn't, as my soiled underwear will testify. 

[tooSavvy]

There has been hellish banging of pipework/ladders in yard/'boiler-safe' van in back lane = to reckon a new combi has gone in for our upstairs neighbours (+ a shite white smallbore pipe has been run above our kitchen window & cut into their kitchen sink/w.mach down pipe 🙊🙉🙈)

She doorstepped me today and warned "... mind the backboiler still has to come out!" 😵‍💫

ALSO.... "We have leak in the felt/flat roof & roofer said 'fkt M9! @£7.5k' " 😯

Shared leasehold/both own each flat = shared bills...... ?

[sierraman]

14 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

By pure coincidence in such a short space of time - just in the last fortnight, a 2nd Rover 75 has cropped up which is on the verge of being scrapped. 

After the first one was scrapped right under my nose, which I still don't understand why - I've felt pretty bummed since I found out it got CoD'd  as it would have been a pretty cheap, simple repair. Just the labour costs would have made it unviable (suspension arms and brake pipes) which isn't a problem for me. 

Anyway, it's gone now, so I'm trying to forget about that one. 

Onto the 2nd one, all the information I have about this one is "it's a Rover 75" and it's at a nearby garage. Who I know of, so the logistics will be as easy as possible. 

Conversation as follows:

"Yeah it's a rover 75 and it needs a fuel pump, it doesn't run, it's getting scrapped" 

Me - "I'll buy it, at scrap value, and arrange to have it transported away as soon as you say go. Let me know" 

I've not asked what engine it is, what transmission, what colour, whether it's tourer or saloon, what year, does it have MOT, blah blah blah. None of that. I'll pay scrap value and I'll try my best to save it. 

"Err, right, I'll have a think and let you know"

In other words, not a fucking scooby that my offer will ever be considered so it'll just end up getting scrapped anyway. 

Why are people like that? The only reason the conversation came about is because I'm not exactly discreet about half wanting a Rover 75 to save so that's why he mentioned it.

The main reason its fate hangs in the balance is because a diagnostic scanner they have won't talk to it .. for fuck's sake 😭

I don't care about the values or potential profits, its just the sense of achievement of returning a car that I am fond of (for whatever reason) to the road and saving it from the scrapper. 

I like to tell myself I tried - it's just frustrating more than anything else. 

The only reason I wanted them is because they're so local and they're literally on my plate, and I literally will buy it and have it picked up within 24 hours, no messing around, I don't even want to see it first. It's a car for a few hundred quid so my expectations are "ZERO" 

I could buy one off FB marketplace or wherever but it will probably be fucked and transport costs would just negate the viability of doing it. I could buy a sorted one but I can't justify keeping it long term, so that would also be a bit pointless 

Can’t understand why they’d turn you away if you were paying equivalent to the scrap price AND offering to fetch it. It’ll be one of those where it’s put on eBay for £995 and sits there for 18 months then gets scrapped anyway.