The grumpy thread

[High Jetter]

14 hours ago, LightBulbFun said:

a complaint has been sent to Morrisons

Send it to Cadbury too. I know Morrisons is the retailer, but I've found you get more freebies response from the manufacturer, in the past.

[comfortablynumb]

Several years ago, a friend's dad bought an Audi quattro, UR, new (said it was a while ago)

He discovered it came with a 'space saver'

Told them not if he was buying it, for x thousand, it came with a proper alloy and tyre.

Oh no sir, won't fit in the wheel well.

He said he didn't care, he'd survive without boot space, but wasn't putting that power through a stupid wheel in the event.

So they tried one, and it dropped straight in!

We did do a few calculations for fun, which I can't remember, but was quite a saving, and a free set of wheels for every fifth quattro.

Money grabbing gits, bugger all to do with space

[somewhatfoolish]

He made an arse of himself to get an Ur that performed worse than all the others and used more fuel because it lugged all that extra weight that was likely never used. 

[Pieman]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I’ve had about 6 in 45 years including one scrapped on a car only 6 weeks old. However , two of those have been in the last 7 months, both scrap. I didn’t really care too much when it was 145x 12 @ £35 each but 225/55x17 @ £150 is really annoying. Glad I didn’t get a Bini with 19in wheels.

My record is on my sister's old Pug 107 - took it to have new tyres fitted while she was at work, and one of them punctured within two miles.

[Metal Guru]

11 hours ago, Pieman said:

My record is on my sister's old Pug 107 - took it to have new tyres fitted while she was at work, and one of them punctured within two miles.

I managed about 50 yards on my mountain bike once immediately after repairing a puncture.

[Remspoor]

Not a not on news from the British press about the terrible floods in France. Not much in the Spanish news either. Why is that?

 

[Unlucky Alf]

This was one of my many flats, over the years. Impressive and was picked up going round the Guildford one way system.  It was a fkin bolt!

I always have a spare!  

[Jazoli]

1 minute ago, Remspoor said:

Not a not on news from the British press about the terrible floods in France. Not much in the Spanish news either. Why is that?

 

Because no one really cares other than the French affected.

UK news is generally UK centric for obvious reasons.

[Dyslexic Viking]

5 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Not a not on news from the British press about the terrible floods in France. Not much in the Spanish news either. Why is that?

 

Same here, no mention of it in Norwegian media either. Don't know why.

[artdjones]

Plane crash in Uganda, two British people and 148 nonentities killed.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, Jazoli said:

Because no one really cares other than the French affected.

UK news is generally UK centric for obvious reasons.

Because they always say “an area the size of Wales “ has been affected when reporting floods from USA or Oz. 
Doesn’t really work for France.

[UltraWomble]

Which bastard at VAG thought putting all this shit in top of the battery was a good idea? 

A 5 min job to change the slowly dying battery becomes 30 thanks to hidden bastard plastic clips. 

[fairkens]

3 hours ago, Jazoli said:

Because no one really cares other than the French affected.

UK news is generally UK centric for obvious reasons.

Except if something is happening in the US, in which case we have to hear about it in microscopic detail

[Yoss]

I once had a puncture on my ZT-T. I got the space saver out and it wouldn't fit because being a 190 they had fitted bigger front brakes. As we were only two miles from home I put the flat back on and drove very carefully home. 

When I looked in the handbook if you have a front puncture you are expected to put the space saver on the rear then put the rear on the front. Typical half arsed job from Rover. 

[Pieman]

1 hour ago, fairkens said:

Except if something is happening in the US, in which case we have to hear about it in microscopic detail

I said that the other day - if ever there's a hurricane anywhere else in the world, even the Caribbean islands, it barely gets a mention here, yet the second it makes landfall in the US....

[myglaren]

Oddly enough I frequently find that the Swedish news sites (Dagens Nyheter principally) often report UK news ahead of UK sites.  And are way ahead globally.

[reb]

I have a sore head.

It may have something to do with this text last night:

[warch]

The last time I was properly sick (last year's Cricket Christmas dinner) was down to er downing tequila). 

What's pissed me off this morning is flood water driving dramatics. 

There is absolutely no need to carefully pick your way up the exact centre of the road (blocking it off for oncoming traffic) unless the road has a very pronounced camber. Especially if you've just seen a 308 drive through unscathed and you're driving a Landcruiser. 

[Remspoor]

3 hours ago, myglaren said:

Oddly enough I frequently find that the Swedish news sites (Dagens Nyheter principally) often report UK news ahead of UK sites.  And are way ahead globally.

Dutch news sites are the same.

[New POD]

3 hours ago, Yoss said:

I once had a puncture on my ZT-T. I got the space saver out and it wouldn't fit because being a 190 they had fitted bigger front brakes. As we were only two miles from home I put the flat back on and drove very carefully home. 

When I looked in the handbook if you have a front puncture you are expected to put the space saver on the rear then put the rear on the front. Typical half arsed job from Rover. 

I had that issue on a 1.6 mk2 cavalier with 14 inch SRi Alloys and mk3 cavalier Gsi front brakes. Only issue was that one of the alloys was from an mk2 astra GTe  and the casting was thicker so it wouldn't fit on the front. So I'd have to remember to swap the alloy off the other one on the back, for the 13 inch spare.  Not good when your tyres are one direction of rotation only.  But hey. If it gets you home.  But I'm not a major player in the automotive world, just an idiot that wanted better brakes on my car. 

[myglaren]

3 a.m. the phone burped.  Presuming it was one of the kids in difficulty  took a look.

Bloody Google saying it has improved location accuracy

 

And from me excursion to the doctor's today, it bloody hasn't.

[richardmorris]

Just cleaned the windows. Now the sun is on them, they look worse!

 

[myglaren]

^ I'm in good company then.  Mine are usually worse after I clean them.  I should stop bothering.

[richardmorris]

On 18/10/2024 at 12:42, horriblemercedes said:

The spare tyre isn't tested on MOT

I have a historic* 1988 spare in the x1/9. It’s like polished coal. And never been on the road.

[Stinkwheel]

Exploding pressure brake bleeder (yes I only put in the allowed pressure) and brake fluid in the eyes and all over my bloody garage makes me very grumpy indeed. I nearly put a hammer through the bloody windscreen because the car was obviously doing it on purpose - bastard!!!! 
 

and breathe. 

[reb]

I ordered an armchair from amazon, delivered by DPD. It's just been delivered... to someone else! You can even see in the picture that it's not even the right number on the door!

[reb]

3 minutes ago, reb said:

I ordered an armchair from amazon, delivered by DPD. It's just been delivered... to someone else! You can even see in the picture that it's not even the right number on the door!

Amazon support is fucking useless. I click through the options for "I didn't get this" which eventually says "contact 3rd party seller" which gives me a different chatbot, which then tells me "contact amazon" then dumps me back to the first chatbot. Rinse and repeat.

[New POD]

9 minutes ago, reb said:

I ordered an armchair from amazon, delivered by DPD. It's just been delivered... to someone else! You can even see in the picture that it's not even the right number on the door!

My brother in law once ordered a 3 piece suite and a different one arrived.  As he didn't have any seating, he took delivery and kept it in the packaging whilst he spoke to the company.  Eventually his wife, decided to check out the retail price for what they had been delivered. Twice the price.  And it was so much nicer too. So they decided to stop phoning the company, who never got back in touch to rearrange delivery of their chosen suite and take that one back.  They went out of business 4 months later. 

[reb]

I figured out how to speak to a human, who immediately gave me a refund.

Obviously I'd rather they'd just delivered my fucking chair though!

[richardmorris]

10 minutes ago, reb said:

Amazon support is fucking useless. I click through the options for "I didn't get this" which eventually says "contact 3rd party seller" which gives me a different chatbot, which then tells me "contact amazon" then dumps me back to the first chatbot. Rinse and repeat.

I went through this with Amazon before. Never arrived despite saying delivered. No proof of delivery though and they did refund. Turned up out of the blue 6 months later, so the brio railway track for my niece was a free Christmas present not a birthday one.

11 minutes ago, reb said:

Amazon support is fucking useless. I click through the options for "I didn't get this" which eventually says "contact 3rd party seller" which gives me a different chatbot, which then tells me "contact amazon" then dumps me back to the first chatbot. Rinse and repeat.