The grumpy thread

[Rocket88]

He does live near Rochdale……so the horse and cart analogy might not be too far adrift……

[sheffcortinacentre]

7 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

I'm with you there. Given the choice, I wouldn't allow LED headlights. I regularly find myself dazzled by them and really having no vision until the oncoming car has passed

Same with all these driving about dazzling you with there search lights (due to a dislodged build cuz of potholes) my mates Chevy suburban has the best answer to the dazzlers  a pair of innocent looking sealed been spot lights on the front ( harrier jump jet vertical landing lights 😎) there like fucking death rays  .

It's fitted with twin alternators & twin batteries but if has headlights on too the ignition light comes on!!! 😆 

It'll put 2 white dots on a wall 100 ft away in a normal street at night.

[Dyslexic Viking]

The dishwasher just died

[sheffcortinacentre]

When's her funeral?

[richardmorris]

12 hours ago, beko1987 said:

I've come home from work before in the dark and rain guided mostly by the white lines in the road at times. Even with fancy anti glare glasses... 

Do those tinted colour blocking sunglasses do anything? 

After a recommendation by @chaseracer a few years ago I bought a pair of cheap lenses from Decathlon. They DO reduce glare.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/st-100-mtb-sunglasses-category-1-yellow/_/R-p-129778?mc=8118519
 

[Remspoor]

On 10/12/2023 at 21:36, RoverFolkUs said:

I'm on the lookout for a single alloy for my Focus as one of them is heavily distorted. Possibly repairable, but I could get a second hand straight alloy for less. 

£150 for two jag wheels at  Smart Rimz.

 

[RoverFolkUs]

7 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

£150 for two jag wheels at  Smart Rimz.

 

The second hand wheel was £15 with an acceptable tyre

Not that I need the tyre because I've got an almost new matching one to go on, but it would be a useful spare

[Remspoor]

1 minute ago, RoverFolkUs said:

The second hand wheel was £15 with an acceptable tyre

Not that I need the tyre because I've got an almost new matching one to go on, but it would be a useful spare

But you did not purchase it and you have been looking for a while. Driving with bent wheel cannot be a good experience.

[Split_Pin]

I reported an obvious scammer on Facebook Marketplace who has about 15 cars for sale, all at an impossible £1200.

For example a 2016 Ford Ranger, 2019 Transit Custom and 2014 Mazda CX5.

This is the reply I got.

It's not just this scamer, Facebook is absolutely ramt full of them.

Yet when I said that a spaceship Civic 2.2 diesel 'goes like fuck' I was told to remove the swearing.

It's beyond words.

[RoverFolkUs]

14 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I reported an obvious scammer on Facebook Marketplace who has about 15 cars for sale, all at an impossible £1200.

For example a 2016 Ford Ranger, 2019 Transit Custom and 2014 Mazda CX5.

This is the reply I got.

It's not just this scamer, Facebook is absolutely ramt full of them.

Yet when I said that a spaceship Civic 2.2 diesel 'goes like fuck' I was told to remove the swearing.

It's beyond words.

I reported a similar account yesterday. All the ads are still live and I've had no response. 

I tried to sell something a couple of months ago and they gave me a 7 day ban from both FB and messenger for "violating their community guidelines".. absolutely nothing in the listing was illegal, offensive or anything. Nothing out of the ordinary to literally anything else everyone else was selling. But I was victim to the algorithm and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it meanwhile those robot controlled scam accounts were allowed to continue posting. 

Upthread I posted about trying to buy that wheel but the fella's account has been hacked since he posted the advert a few weeks ago and I received an automated scam message. Reported it, and absolutely nothing. 

Facebook marketplace is irreversibly fucked I think, save for the odd genuine bargain that gets posted, it's 90% spam/scam paradise

Its a shame because it used to be really good up until 5 or so years ago I'd say 

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

But you did not purchase it and you have been looking for a while. Driving with bent wheel cannot be a good experience.

I'm a raging skinflint

The problem is a slight vibration over 70mph. 

The solution* is to drive below 70mph 😅

[sheffcortinacentre]

Simple don't use faceache & spread the scammers details over the net.

[Split_Pin]

Just had a new thermostat:

Fucking bastards.

[Jazoli]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Just had a new thermostat:

Fucking bastards.

Coolant temp sensor? Or cheapo aftermarket stat fitted?

[Split_Pin]

33 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

Coolant temp sensor? Or cheapo aftermarket stat fitted?

I would suggest the latter. I just got the garage to replace it as they were doing the belts anyway. Apparently the correct OEM spec thermostat is by Gates, helpfully one of the chaps on the Facebook group gave me a link to one.

[iainrcz]

My Mrs has just been rabbiting about Hulk Hogan, I had literally had no idea what the hell she was on about.

Apparently I'd shown her a picture of him either last week or yesterday.

It was Paul Hogan.

She's on holiday for another 2 weeks.

Fuck me.

[RoverFolkUs]

Not a grump, but a sad

Posted a Christmas card to some long standing family friends - a couple in their 70's. 

Received a phone call today from him, which was very unusual because it's normally her that phones up with him talking in the background if you know what I mean 

He was thanking us for the card but unfortunately had some news - she very sadly passed away a couple of days ago. This came as a big shock to me

She always seemed very healthy but recently received a cancer diagnosis, which had been completely symptomless, it was only uncovered during a routine blood test I believe but it was unfortunately too late as subsequent tests revealed it had advanced beyond feasible control/treatment. 

Despite knowing about the diagnosis, I don't think anybody foresaw it being such a quick decline. It baffles me how someone can be so perfectly healthy and then within such a short space of time find something like that out and then pass away, especially when its symptomless

Absolutely awful news, especially so close to Christmas. I can't stop thinking that the card must be upsetting him quite a bit given the fact it's addressed to her as well and arrived at probably the worst time possible 😔

[Split_Pin]

Sad news indeed, especially at this time of year.

24 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

It baffles me how someone can be so perfectly healthy and then within such a short space of time find something like that out and then pass away, especially when its symptomless

A similar situation happened with my mother-in-law. She had never had a serious illness then one day she passed out and broke her ankle. The ankle was fixed but subsequent investigations identified that she had 3 primary cancers. The growth in her stomach was so large there was literally no space left for food or nutrition  absorption. 2 months after her ankle injury she was away

[Wibble]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Sad news indeed, especially at this time of year.

A similar situation happened with my mother-in-law. She had never had a serious illness then one day she passed out and broke her ankle. The ankle was fixed but subsequent investigations identified that she had 3 primary cancers. The growth in her stomach was so large there was literally no space left for food or nutrition  absorption. 2 months after her ankle injury she was away

Condolences to you both @Split_Pin, @RoverFolkUs

[RoverFolkUs]

29 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Condolences to you both @Split_Pin, @RoverFolkUs

Thank you

[Split_Pin]

5 hours ago, Wibble said:

Condolences to you both @Split_Pin, @RoverFolkUs

Thanks man, it was 9 years ago for me though, I was just surfacing it to show understanding. 

[High Jetter]

Not quite at that level, fortunately, but roughly 3 hours of today will be spent atoning for exceeding the speed limit by attending a physical speed awareness course.

[Metal Guru]

9 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Not quite at that level, fortunately, but roughly 3 hours of today will be spent atoning for exceeding the speed limit by attending a physical speed awareness course.

Don’t forget to tell them it’s bad driving that kills rather than speed per se!

[High Jetter]

40 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Don’t forget to tell them it’s bad driving that kills rather than speed per se!

As it's a SPEED awareness course I think they'll consider exceeding the limit to be bad driving. I've never done a SAC before, advice on here suggests keeping head down & not being argumentative. We'll see...

[alcyonecorporation]

14 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Not a grump, but a sad

Posted a Christmas card to some long standing family friends - a couple in their 70's. 

Received a phone call today from him, which was very unusual because it's normally her that phones up with him talking in the background if you know what I mean 

He was thanking us for the card but unfortunately had some news - she very sadly passed away a couple of days ago. This came as a big shock to me

She always seemed very healthy but recently received a cancer diagnosis, which had been completely symptomless, it was only uncovered during a routine blood test I believe but it was unfortunately too late as subsequent tests revealed it had advanced beyond feasible control/treatment. 

Despite knowing about the diagnosis, I don't think anybody foresaw it being such a quick decline. It baffles me how someone can be so perfectly healthy and then within such a short space of time find something like that out and then pass away, especially when its symptomless

Absolutely awful news, especially so close to Christmas. I can't stop thinking that the card must be upsetting him quite a bit given the fact it's addressed to her as well and arrived at probably the worst time possible 😔

Jesus Christ. 

And people spend two-thirds of their lives worrying about what their job thinks of them. 

The best to yours and theirs. 

[Datsuncog]

OI!!

EASTER!!

NO!!!

[RoverFolkUs]

54 minutes ago, Datsuncog said:

OI!!

EASTER!!

NO!!!

I'm more disturbed by the small box of gravy powder for £4.19 and the tub of salt for £2.53 🤣

[RoverFolkUs]

With it's MOT fast approaching, I decided I need to sort out the rust issues on the Focus. Because 3-4 months of ignoring it is quite long enough.

I'm a little perturbed because I've realised I'm actually running out of time to do it... This weekend is earmarked for various Xmas preparations/shite and I'll be fucked if I'm doing it on the 23rd/24th !! 

Anyway, that's not the grump, I'll find the time somehow

I created a list of all the bits I'm going to need

To repair the sill - 

- Cut out the rot and weld in a new section 

- Fill with Isopon P38 and knifing putty to create a bodywork finish

- Prime, paint and lacquer

To repair* the wings - 

- Grind back to clean metal

- Stick aluminium mesh behind

- Fill with Isopon P40 

- Prime, paint and lacquer

*Giffer/chicken wire repair comments need not apply

** No, I'm not just going to replace the wings. 

So I set about shopping for what I need. 

Got a company to knock some paint up for me based off the vin

Ordered some other bits and bobs which I've been meaning to sort. 

I decided to get all the consumables from Halfords, because I've got the trade card discount, they had an extra 10% off coupon available and I also had a gift card which needed using soon. 

Did a click and collect order, to be picked up today. 

No word of a lie, got there to find exactly half of the order was wrong 🤣

I asked "where's the screenwash?" 

Oh, let me find it for you

*Goes to the shelf and pulls it off the shelf* 

Ok, and I ordered 600ml containers of filler, but these are 250ml? 

"Do you want to go and swap them then?" 

Ok... Where are they kept? 

*Points* over there, where it says body repair [thanks captain obvious] 🤣

Ok got them, but hang on there's only 1x aluminium mesh there and I ordered 2x? 

"Sorry, I'll go and grab one"

Click and collect is supposed to save time. But by the time we faffed about searching for the missing items, and with them going through the system to take them out of stock and allocate them to my order, it would have been far easier for me to simply go in there and get everything myself. Or even better, not go there at all 🤦‍♂️

[barefoot]

You see, do the fucker properly. It's an xmas message from the baby jesus. 

[RoverFolkUs]

26 minutes ago, barefoot said:

You see, do the fucker properly. It's an xmas message from the baby jesus. 

The way I see it, the sill is getting a weld repair which will be as good as anything structurally, so instead of slapping it with underseal, I'm going to give it a bodywork finish with a skim of filler. I suppose the correct thing to do would be to cut out the entire sill and weld a new one in. But fuck that!

Regarding the wings, they're not structural so some mesh and wob will be acceptable. If I got some pattern ones to replace them they probably wouldn't fit very well, or end up with a good colour match one painted without blending into the door/bumper/bonnet. Or try to find some immaculate second hand ones the same colour which would be difficult because they all suffer from the same problem! 

That's what I'm telling myself!