The grumpy thread

[Lufthansa-Terminal]

Get a room ladies

[eddyramrod]

I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed. Here I am, brain the size of a planet, reduced to......... Oh sorry, that was Marvin, not me. Still applies though.

 

The weather's bloody miserable today.

Yes, this is Cyprus. Limassol, 4pm. Bloody hell.

Nobody's buying any of my cars, or even phoning to ask about them, and I really really need to sell at least one immediately, like half an hour ago.

I've got my dream job, but had to delay starting, and now even if I do start, I don't think I''ll be able to stay, see below.

It's looking more and more like we will have to declare Cyprus over and return to UK, to live in a two-bedroom mid-terrace in Barrow.

Wife is still recovering, which is one of the few bright spots, but it's going to be a long haul.

Dog's pregnant, which is the other bright spot, but is going to cost a small fortune in vet fees. Which I haven't got.

Rent's due and I haven't got it.

I think I'm going deaf.

Granada is on its knees at the garage, waiting for a supply of balljoints. Which I can't afford.

Credit card is maxed out. Bugger.

My esteemed friend Mr Watanabe is looking after a pile of stuff from ebay for me, bought for my friends mostly, and I can't really claim any money from them until it arrives.

My computer, or connection, is going down time and time again, it's just taken me over an hour to reply to an email and will probably take 673 attempts to post this, accompanied by rather a lot of fluent swearing at increasing volume.

 

As someone once said... I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.

[Guest]

chin up son

 

greece is on its arse . you should be able to live like a king on £100 a week . plus weve got fog and m1/m18 traffic to deal with on a daily basis

[Timewaster]

Chin up Ed.

3 weeks ago you would have happily taken all the other crap to know that your Mrs. would be home and recovering.

[eddyramrod]

3 weeks ago I WAS taking all the other crap! Although to be fair, at least I could drive the Granada then, and I only suspected the dog was pregnant.

 

As for Greece, that affects Cyprus about as much as Westminster affects Dublin.

[eddyramrod]

Fucking computer. It should take me about 5 minutes to post a four-pic update to a spot thread. It's just taken me 40. Fucking thing keeps dropping and resetting the connection, almost always in the middle of me doing something, and even if it does "try" to do what I want it to, it takes forever. I thought Raymond Baxter told us these things were going to make life easier? He really should have been in politics...

[Guest]

are you re typing these posts ? try right clicking and copy and paste it if you have been ?

 

or mash f5 on your keyboard til something starts to change

[Cavcraft]

Could whoever is admin please ban this 'bangerfan' dickheads account? I've got him on ignore but he's getting quoted here and there and appears to bring the square root of sod all to the party.

[wuvvum]

amesereL is a spambot - there's no point responding to it, it can't see what you're typing.

[autofive]

amesereL is a spambot - there's no point responding to it, it can't see what you're typing.

 

http://www.antifraudintl.org/member.php ... b4&u=17220

 

i just googled the username and found this

[Craig the Princess]

Could whoever is admin please ban this 'bangerfan' dickheads account? I've got him on ignore but he's getting quoted here and there and appears to bring the square root of sod all to the party.

 

He is increasing the value of your posts so stop whining!

[Guest]

Could whoever is admin please ban this 'bangerfan' dickheads account? I've got him on ignore but he's getting quoted here and there and appears to bring the square root of sod all to the party.

 

 

ignored so much you feel the need to look in threads iv started ?

 

like the belgium shite thread ???

[Pete-M]

Just done the lethal mpg maths thing.

 

The Heep, since I've owned it appears to have averaged 17.2 mpg. Considering the towing and city driving it has had to put up with, the fact Its not had anything done to it other than change a tyre until today and that it runs on LPG I've not been that unhappy with it as 95% of the time it has been running on gas anyway so financially it has averaged 32 mpg ish. This has been constant since I bought it, never changed, always worked out around 17 mpg.

 

Today I serviced it, plugs, filters, belt, and a general fettling. Cost me £8 for the serpentine belt, £8 for an air filter, £14 for plugs and a couple of hours messing about. If my calculations are right, and the fuel computer backs them up, then it is now doing 22 mpg. Financially 41 mpg.

 

I've wasted the best part of £200 in fuel over 6000 miles by leaving it til now to service it. (and that's taking the cost of the service out...) D'oh.

[cobblers]

Went today with a bloke I work with to buy a rusty old heap of crap in the shape of a '58 vw splitty. We are quiet at work (converting campers) and need something long term to keep us busy over winter.

Off the road for 25 years, The roof had 2" of rot all round it (to the extent where it would have probably separated from the vehicle on the trailer home, we would have had to strap it down).

 

This picture is a decent example of its overall condition:

 

Both sills were 100% fibreglass and I mean 100%, not in any way resembling the original shape. Just 4 inches thick of 30 year old fibreglass and filler.- Infact, the bottom 8" of it was pretty much wob. There was no engine, and all four doors were pretty much scrap.

 

Any other vehicle and it would have been over the bridge years ago, but since its an early RHD splitty its worth mega money. So my mate reluctantly offered the asking price, of £5500. I almost shit myself.

 

The seller now told us that he was going to wait while sunday to let us know, because he had some other people coming to look at it.

 

So we drove many miles over there, spent two hours looking over it and ringing up making sure we could get panels and the missing parts, only for the bloke to turn down an offer of the full asking price, in cash. For a pile of scrap which he paid £50 for 37 years ago, and the only reason it's worth any more than that now is because of the badge on the front.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I hope, if he does get back to you, that you knock the price down a bit! Surely the golden rule of car buying is money talks, is he trying to get a fuggin auction going or something?

[cobblers]

I hope, if he does get back to you, that you knock the price down a bit! Surely the golden rule of car buying is money talks, is he trying to get a fuggin auction going or something?

 

 

Yeah, I assume he's just going to use my mates offer as a "well, I've been offered x amount for it, so you'll have to do better" to all the other viewers (who frankly will have to have rocks in their head if they pay any more than we offered for it!)

 

To be fair I hope we don't end up with it, it looks a mega ballache and I'd be the poor bugger doing all the fiddly work on it!

[Cavcraft]

I hope, if he does get back to you, that you knock the price down a bit! Surely the golden rule of car buying is money talks, is he trying to get a fuggin auction going or something?

 

 

Yeah, I assume he's just going to use my mates offer as a "well, I've been offered x amount for it, so you'll have to do better" to all the other viewers (who frankly will have to have rocks in their head if they pay any more than we offered for it!)

 

To be fair I hope we don't end up with it, it looks a mega ballache and I'd be the poor bugger doing all the fiddly work on it!

 

Have you got his mobile number? If so pm it to a few people and we can send him a text message offering £350 COLECT 2NITE CASH.

[qwerty]

 

Was it being sold by PandaSelecta?

 

Actually Laughed out Loud!

[cobblers]

 

Was it being sold by PandaSelecta?

 

Actually Laughed out Loud!

 

+1.

 

That said, he wouldn't be selling this, its got vinyl seats.

[Guest]

 

Any other vehicle and it would have been over the bridge years ago, but since its an early RHD splitty its worth mega money. So my mate reluctantly offered the asking price, of £5500. I almost shit myself.

 

The seller now told us that he was going to wait while sunday to let us know, because he had some other people coming to look at it.

 

So we drove many miles over there, spent two hours looking over it and ringing up making sure we could get panels and the missing parts, only for the bloke to turn down an offer of the full asking price, in cash. For a pile of scrap which he paid £50 for 37 years ago, and the only reason it's worth any more than that now is because of the badge on the front.

 

The seller is a bell end. Who the fuck turns down the full asking price for a 'classic' van with the biggest amount of scene tax mark up known to man?

 

I'd have ripped your mate's hand off and run down the path giggling to myself. Then again, I don't get VWs. What's not to get about them, man? Everyone loves VWs Jon, you fucking weirdo.

[Negative Creep]

Genuine question but what could realistically be saved on a Splitty in that condition?

[Pete-M]

The whole thing could be saved. Provided someone is willing to spend one hell of a lot of time putting the thing right.

 

Funnily enough, with it being a '58 splittie, it'd probably pay for itself and this 57 Samba Deluxe is now up and running after 36 years in a Norweigian lake.

 

I like Splitties. Especially when they're doing close to 90 on the M6.

 

[Cavcraft]

Which begs the question 'is there nothing you can't restore if you have enough money?'

 

Answers on a postcard to: The Great Holden Competition, Lame Excuse House, Change-Your-Mind Lane, VE6 4N.

[eddyramrod]

I don't get VWs. What's not to get about them, man? Everyone loves VWs Jon, you fucking weirdo.

 

Chin up Jon, I'm with you all the way. I don't get them either, possibly because I used to drive Bay and T25 models for my living. Bay was foul, T25 was acceptable, but less than half the van it needed to be. Why people go potty over these things I have no idea. But then I've always been the only one in step...

[Negative Creep]

I really don't get them either. But then again I don't wear surf shorts in the middle of winter

[morris_ital_lover]

Answers on a postcard to: The Great Holden Competition, Lame Excuse House, Change-Your-Mind Lane, VE6 4N.

 

[Guest]

 

Funnily enough, with it being a '58 splittie, it'd probably pay for itself and this 57 Samba Deluxe is now up and running after 36 years in a Norweigian lake.

 

I like Splitties. Especially when they're doing close to 90 on the M6.

 

 

Actually Pete, that thread is incredible, and well worth a read if you get chance.

I'll admit the Porsche engined Splitty hammering up the outside lane of the M6 was rather good.

[alf892]

a friend/ex work mate of mine has been into the VW thing for a few years but always seems to manage avoiding the scene tax thing - he builds some beautifully engineered stuff and then paints it matt black. Mind you everything he has owned has copped matt black for the last 20 years or so.

 

He bought a splitty van (scene tax free) which he restored except for the floor........then widened and lengthened it and mounted it onto a home built (again fantastically designed and finished) chassis with dodge viper running gear. Body then painted matt black - type in 'viper powered splitty' on you tube........ it is fuggin ace.

[dollywobbler]

And there-in lies the problem. To make a Splitty good, you've got to basically throw away everything but the basic body and install some proper mechanicals.

 

To be fair though, most classic vans are utter shite. They were designed for pottering around towns and villages, so they're often horrific anywhere else. Wasn't until the Mk1 Transit that things started to get a lot better. Having leaped from a Citroen H van to a Transit, the difference is extraordinary. Especially given that the Transit Mk1 went out of production before the H van...

 

Mind you, not all classic vans are worth stupid amounts of money just because they're fashionable. I'll admit, a Splitty is a fine looking thing, but I wouldn't buy one. A model would be much cheaper.

[M'coli]

I'd rather a Spacevan than a splitty, but even they need some "adjustment" - the one that was mentioned in PC a few years ago with the Cartlon 2.0 engine and box springs to mind. My biggest problem with that type of van is that your feet provide the impact zone...