The grumpy thread

[horriblemercedes]

This is a grump but does have a grin in there.

 

My Bose wireless earphones (a gift several years ago) have broken again, in the same way as the previous ones. I think this is either the fifth or sixth pair that Bose will have replaced under warranty.

The first two pairs were one generation, the subsequent ones have been the following generation product, and the next ones will be the generation that has superceded that. We will see if they have fixed the problem

 

At this rate, I'll never have to buy another set as it seems the warranty refreshes with every new pair. That's the grin. Grump is that according to their email, it could take up to eight weeks to replace them due to refurb work at their service centre....

[Zelandeth]

Milton Keynes bloody council.  Please make at least SOME sort of effort at co-ordination of which bloody roads you put road works, temporary traffic lights and closures on.  It just took me a couple of minutes short of an hour to travel less than five miles.

There are few things more frustrating than a diversion sign pointing at a road closed sign.  Or indeed ten minutes later, a diversion ends sign pointing at yet another road closed sign...

At least they finally removed the diversion sign that was right next to a sign saying "Not suitable for diversion route."

[Steviemillar]

16 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Milton Keynes bloody council.  Please make at least SOME sort of effort at co-ordination of which bloody roads you put road works, temporary traffic lights and closures on.  It just took me a couple of minutes short of an hour to travel less than five miles.

There are few things more frustrating than a diversion sign pointing at a road closed sign.  Or indeed ten minutes later, a diversion ends sign pointing at yet another road closed sign...

At least they finally removed the diversion sign that was right next to a sign saying "Not suitable for diversion route."

Aberdeen and Milton Keynes councils must have the same transport planners

[Zelandeth]

5 minutes ago, Steviemillar said:

Aberdeen and Milton Keynes councils must have the same transport planners

I can't speak about who's involved with that up there now, but I can confidently say that if the head of Street Occupations that was in post when I worked for ACC 10+ years ago had seen the mess around here lately that they probably would have spontaneously detonated on the spot. 

I don't think there's any planners involved here from what I see - they just make it up as they go.  Which seems to go for everything that MK Council do.  Including interpretation of their own planning rules.  Which I'm only *slightly* bitter about because it's resulted in me essentially flushing five grand down the toilet.

[Pieman]

28 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Milton Keynes bloody council.  Please make at least SOME sort of effort at co-ordination of which bloody roads you put road works, temporary traffic lights and closures on.  It just took me a couple of minutes short of an hour to travel less than five miles.

There are few things more frustrating than a diversion sign pointing at a road closed sign.  Or indeed ten minutes later, a diversion ends sign pointing at yet another road closed sign...

At least they finally removed the diversion sign that was right next to a sign saying "Not suitable for diversion route."

Lichfield did the same last week.  Came off the A38 to go into the city and didn't move for an hour and a half because of four-way temporary lights on a roundabout near Trent Valley station which was backing traffic right up ONTO the A38, right through the middle of the fucking pointless HS2 construction works which were making things twice as bad anyway.  And you couldn't even turn round and go back up the A38 because the northbound entry slip has been removed due to said bullshit rail works!

[EyesWeldedShut]

2012 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Petrol engine with cheese thermostat cover. It wet itself this morning with a fine misting of pink antifreeze on its way back here for a new starter motor. Apparently it's been losing smol amounts of coolant for months 🤷‍♂️

We spent two hours trying to get the four bolts that hold the thermostat in out - be a piss of piss if there wasn't a bloody aircon compressor in the way.
Maybe I missed some blindingly obvious shortcut or access point but, fuck me, what a total joke - and then, it rained.

[timolloyd]

Oh god this one has a name too.

[Low ontime]

2 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

2012 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Petrol engine with cheese thermostat cover. It wet itself this morning with a fine misting of pink antifreeze on its way back here for a new starter motor. Apparently it's been losing smol amounts of coolant for months 🤷‍♂️

We spent two hours trying to get the four bolts that hold the thermostat in out - be a piss of piss if there wasn't a bloody aircon compressor in the way.
Maybe I missed some blindingly obvious shortcut or access point but, fuck me, what a total joke - and then, it rained.

Everything seems to be unbolt engine mounts and support and shove over…

lads 2006 fiesta water pump & PAS pump needed changing.. could barely get my hand on it ….  So he ignored the racket and cooked it a few weeks later.. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

6 hours ago, Low ontime said:

Everything seems to be unbolt engine mounts and support and shove over…

lads 2006 fiesta water pump & PAS pump needed changing.. could barely get my hand on it ….  So he ignored the racket and cooked it a few weeks later.. 

We looked at the water pump in case it was the source of the leak and were delighted to find that it wasn't - very awkward place that's in to be sure.
We just couldn't get onto one bolt for the thermostat as the clips holding the coolant pipes on were underneath - between the compressor and the thermostat - and we couldn't release them until we got the fitting off but we couldn't get to the bolt because the clips blocked the access.
Bloody faff.

[Dyslexic Viking]

My back failed on Monday and I'm still not good, hardly got out of bed today. And nothing seems to make it better.

[Mally]

19 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

My back failed on Monday and I'm still not good, hardly got out of bed today. And nothing seems to make it better.

I stick those heat patches on my clothes, eases after a couple of days if I rest.

Likely you don't have a £1 shop  any where near where you live though.

[IronStar]

4 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

My back failed on Monday and I'm still not good, hardly got out of bed today. And nothing seems to make it better.

A good physio is worth his/her weight in gold. Maybe make a few calls for a recommendation, mine usually fixes me in a day.

[comfortablynumb]

13 minutes ago, IronStar said:

A good physio is worth his/her weight in gold. Maybe make a few calls for a recommendation, mine usually fixes me in a day.

Beat me to it, that's what I usually do, that and muscle relaxants, because last time it'd gone into spasm 

[Remspoor]

10 hours ago, Mally said:

I stick those heat patches on my clothes, eases after a couple of days if I rest.

Likely you don't have a £1 shop  any where near where you live though.

I doubt it in Norway they use funny money-  kroner 😉😅

[myglaren]

I doubt they have anything that costs £1, or the equivalent; 10Kr).

[Mally]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

I doubt it in Norway they use funny money-  kroner 😉😅

Whats the postage to Norway?

Maybe I could drop some off in Fuengirola, it's full of Swedes and Norwegians.

[MikeR]

amazing , the storm did a quieter job of emptying my bin and dumping it in the road than what the bin men do !

amazing , how many people can drive around a bin in the road and not get out and shift it !

amazing , how our bin was the only one to go walkies in the who street .

[MikeR]

2 hours ago, MikeR said:

amazing , the storm did a quieter job of emptying my bin and dumping it in the road than what the bin men do !

amazing , how many people can drive around a bin in the road and not get out and shift it !

amazing , how our bin was the only one to go walkies in the who street .

on top of that , the bin men have not showed up this morning !!

so if people had been told to keep the bins in , instead of at the kerb , handles out , lid closed ,no bags left by the bin , etc 

the estate would not look like a open tip this morning  !

[Remspoor]

On 11/08/2024 at 23:06, wuvvum said:

Lathams, earlier today. 

Cunts. 

 

On 11/08/2024 at 23:18, New POD said:

That should be illegal. It probably is. 

If I wanted to get arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit arson, I'm sure a jury of 12 good men and women, would not convict.  But I'm not a dickhead and I'm nit going on social media, to incit a riot. 

Instead, I think you, need to go on "report a crime anonymously" and give the police details of this outrage. Its not even.September.  we haven't had halloween.  

 

Now this: https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/23/john-lewis-begins-christmas-countdown-with-most-hyped-toy-list

[beko1987]

On 21/08/2024 at 21:49, EyesWeldedShut said:

2012 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Petrol engine with cheese thermostat cover. It wet itself this morning with a fine misting of pink antifreeze on its way back here for a new starter motor. Apparently it's been losing smol amounts of coolant for months 🤷‍♂️

We spent two hours trying to get the four bolts that hold the thermostat in out - be a piss of piss if there wasn't a bloody aircon compressor in the way.
Maybe I missed some blindingly obvious shortcut or access point but, fuck me, what a total joke - and then, it rained.

My puma did that to me years ago in asda car park. Utterly fine for thousands of miles then we got back to the car with a full load of shopping and coolant everywhere! Big yellow taxi home and fitting it was a twat too iirc, was a bumper off job I think but removing the drivers headlight and some bleeding got it done. 

Good luck! 

[Lord Sterling]

FFS,

So, I bought a set of VW wheel trims for my Dad's B7 Passat. He's got a set of SERIOUSLY cheap wheel trims on there (just why? FFS) as they have a set of Summer tyres on them.

I bring the set of trims over with me, they were advertised as being 16" and my Dad confirmed his wheels were 16". I get to Brussels and settle in, then next day, I find the set if trims are TOO SMALL 😡 🤬

The tosser who sold them doesn't do returns either.

Fuck cars, seriously. Fuck cars off. 

 

[New POD]

5 hours ago, MikeR said:

on top of that , the bin men have not showed up this morning !!

so if people had been told to keep the bins in , instead of at the kerb , handles out , lid closed ,no bags left by the bin , etc 

the estate would not look like a open tip this morning  !

Its just your road, ours is clear of all rubbish.  My bin hasn't moved. Not an inch. The storm only took 8 apples off the tree, don't know what the fuss is about.  

[comfortablynumb]

3 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

FFS,

So, I bought a set of VW wheel trims for my Dad's B7 Passat. He's got a set of SERIOUSLY cheap wheel trims on there (just why? FFS) as they have a set of Summer tyres on them.

I bring the set of trims over with me, they were advertised as being 16" and my Dad confirmed his wheels were 16". I get to Brussels and settle in, then next day, I find the set if trims are TOO SMALL 😡 🤬

The tosser who sold them doesn't do returns either.

Fuck cars, seriously. Fuck cars off. 

 

Surely if they're not as described, or false advertising, then any non return statements are invalid?

[Lord Sterling]

15 minutes ago, comfortablynumb said:

Surely if they're not as described, or false advertising, then any non return statements are invalid?

I hope so. I have sent a message. However, my Dad has just opened an account on eBay and we've listed it on there. I can't be arsed and can't sell on eBay after a "disagreement" with them.

[EyesWeldedShut]

4 hours ago, beko1987 said:

My puma did that to me years ago in asda car park. Utterly fine for thousands of miles then we got back to the car with a full load of shopping and coolant everywhere! Big yellow taxi home and fitting it was a twat too iirc, was a bumper off job I think but removing the drivers headlight and some bleeding got it done. 

Good luck! 

Serendipitous day today on this- it’s possible on the Fiesta with only* taking the alternator off. We had considered a headlight removal for access but brute force and ignorance carried the dismantling.

Refit was swift and made sure those effing clips were where they we’re accessible.

Starter motor bolts were utter bastards to  loosen but I was on a roll by then. So we have no leaks and a new starter.

Took it for a spin, first time I have had the privilege* of driving such a beast. Utterly gutless, stops well but, where’s the power???

[HarmonicCheeseburger]

Fix the V70 and front driver tire slow puncture. 

 

Yaaaaayyyy

 

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

The back is still not quite good.

It almost never stops raining.

I burned myself on a heat gun.

And the trip I was looking forward to next week looks to be canceled as the Vivaro won't start. I've made a thread on that if anyone can help.

I've just had enough of everything now.

[MikeR]

took the C1 front apart to get at the aux belt with a mind to putting the new one on ...

the 14mm nut on the adjuster under the alternator would not shift , I could not get a decent socket on it , one was to short so the rachet hit the pulleys,

the other 14mm socket was too long so the rachet hit the air con pipes  ..  decided the old belt would do for now as it had no cracking on it or worn ribs .

cleaned up and painted some rust patches , put it back together , called it a day .. and squealed the tyres around the Hightown bends ...

will do the oil change some other time .

[dozeydustman]

The loop on the key blade to the Saab snapped off. Can't find the key anywhere. It's the only one I have/had. Not even sure I can get a replacement made up.

Arsebiscuits.

[LightBulbFun]

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