The grumpy thread

[reb]

2 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

very easy to do yourself

What kind of phones are you buying that changing the battery doesn't involve fucking around with bonded glass?

[Split_Pin]

1 minute ago, reb said:

What kind of phones are you buying that changing the battery doesn't involve fucking around with bonded glass?

Just a basic Samsung thing, I dont know the model number. 

[reb]

Just now, Split_Pin said:

Just a basic Samsung thing, I dont know the model number. 

Must be fairly old then, even the billy basic A series involves removing glass that's not really designed to be removed without specialist equipment these days.

[Marina door handles]

32 minutes ago, Westbay said:

In the true spirit of AS - fit a new battery !

I have done that around 3 years ago, I was tempted to do it again.... But I find myself sat naving a lot with the phone, it struggles to keep a good GPS lock and can be a bit wacky at times.  Also the camera is crap and I use that a lot. So it really is time to man up and get a new one. 

[castros_bro]

33 minutes ago, Marina door handles said:

I need a new  mobile phone, my old phone wont hold charge anymore. I hate phone shopping even more than I hate clothes shopping mostly because I find phones tedious... Wish me luck! 

Hi,

What's the phone ?    Some have battery glued in (warm with hair dryer and prize out with old credit card/guitar pic) and connected by flat cable n plug so worth trying yourself.  Even if you get a new phone it's worth trying on the old one just to learn stuff.  Or sent it to me.

[Marina door handles]

Just now, castros_bro said:

Hi,

What's the phone ?    Some have battery glued in (warm with hair dryer and prize out with old credit card/guitar pic) and connected by flat cable n plug so worth trying yourself.  Even if you get a new phone it's worth trying on the old one just to learn stuff.  Or sent it to me.

Cough! See reply just above yours! 

[castros_bro]

2 minutes ago, Marina door handles said:

Cough! See reply just above yours! 

My excuse is It took me 4.5 mins to write that.

[Westbay]

While my original post was a bit 'tongue in cheek' there is a more annoying aspect nobody has mentioned ... the operating system changes and some of the apps no longer work as they should/used to - the company named after a fruit are 'good' at this ...😡

[chaseracer]

It's the AS conundrum: try as we may to keep things going long past their intended lifespan, sometimes the only option is replacement.

 

[Sir Chocolate Teapot]

17 hours ago, Jazoli said:

Either buy off here or privately if you have to, I didn’t think a dealer supplied £1400 car existed any longer.

there’s an XC90, a Corsa, a Blingo, an X Type, a Polo, a Panda, an SX4 etc, I’d take a chance on any of them rather than a 1500 bombsite banger.

So very correct.

And I need at some point a panda in my life.

I have bought 2 from here, both been fine steeds and as expected

It was a car I have wanted to try for a long time and looked good in the ad and over the phone, in keeping with the title of this site, a mk1 skoda fabia estate with the 1.9 tdi.