The grumpy thread

[warren t claim]

Having to escape from vampire zombies and the only available vehicle is a beige Ital 1.3 estate.

 

Nightmares are horrible things, especially when you need to be in work at 6am and need to sleep.

[autofive]

Having to escape from vampire zombies and the only available vehicle is a beige Ital 1.3 estate.

 

Nightmares are horrible things, especially when you need to be in work at 6am and need to sleep.

 

beige or harvest gold ?

[Cavcraft]

Finding new threads with the name of some interesting chod, only to open it and find it says "I haven't seen any - have you?"

 

It's bloody pointless.

 

Indeed. Can't quite work out if its troll or not but its not enhancing the autoshite browsing experience..

 

Possibly troll but comes across an over enthusiastic 14 year old to me. Quite agree about the browsing experience.

[Guest]

Finding new threads with the name of some interesting chod, only to open it and find it says "I haven't seen any - have you?"

 

It's bloody pointless.

 

Indeed. Can't quite work out if its troll or not but its not enhancing the autoshite browsing experience..

 

Seconded. Yesterday a Bungchung A11 Thepaintlooksgreatisit was scrapped because no-one would cough up 73p to save it. It's the biggest tragedy of all time.

 

Also:

 

Tarra VOC forum, you won't be missed.

[maxpower]

people..

 

i had to go and collect 175 paving slabs that i won, trying to find a pair of helping hands was like the searching for lord lucan, in the end the missus who is not in the best of health offered her help (bless her) though she was knackered half way through.

family & friends.... who fuggin needs them.

 

i have a BIG BIN ready for any future favours i am asked to do for any of the above!

[meggersdog]

The old 200TDi Discovery has started to make a chuffing sound.There's a slight loss of power but no excessive exhaust smoke and it starts straight away.That'll be an exhaust gasket then...erm nope..I had a look this morning,bonnet up engine running the sound seems to be around number three.Hang on what are those wisps of smoke coming from the oil filler cap.Upon removing said cap my engine is doing an excellent impression of the smoke stack from Fred Dibner's steam engine.It's not low on oil and it's not a turbo problem.That will be the head gasket blown into the oil way then...Arse.

[dollywobbler]

The old 200TDi Discovery has started to make a chuffing sound.There's a slight loss of power but no excessive exhaust smoke and it starts straight away.That'll be an exhaust gasket then...erm nope..I had a look this morning,bonnet up engine running the sound seems to be around number three.Hang on what are those wisps of smoke coming from the oil filler cap.Upon removing said cap my engine is doing an excellent impression of the smoke stack from Fred Dibner's steam engine.It's not low on oil and it's not a turbo problem.That will be the head gasket blown into the oil way then...Arse.

 

A Defender did that when we were laning last year. Chuff, chuff, chuff! Still managed to do a couple of lanes and drive the several hours back home. I was quite impressed to be honest!

[boobydoo]

A new bloke has started at work, sitting in the same office as me.

 

He keeps breaking wind and they friggin' well stink. I had to have the air-con on all day today and sit in my coat just so I could breathe.

[Pete-M]

What pisses me off?

 

The fact that AS has turned to shit. Fuckin' ThreadKops screaming if someone posts an opinion, and a multitude of wankers posting threads about fuck all.

 

No wonder people are leaving here in their droves. I don't even know why I'm bothering any more.

[Albert Ross]

The old 200TDi Discovery has started to make a chuffing sound.There's a slight loss of power but no excessive exhaust smoke and it starts straight away.That'll be an exhaust gasket then...erm nope..I had a look this morning,bonnet up engine running the sound seems to be around number three.Hang on what are those wisps of smoke coming from the oil filler cap.Upon removing said cap my engine is doing an excellent impression of the smoke stack from Fred Dibner's steam engine.It's not low on oil and it's not a turbo problem.That will be the head gasket blown into the oil way then...Arse.

 

Pushrod tube then....

 

 

Pics nicked from another forum. Cheers Redwinch, I'll ask you if I can borrow them one day.....

[dollywobbler]

What pisses me off?

 

The fact that AS has turned to shit. Fuckin' ThreadKops screaming if someone posts an opinion, and a multitude of wankers posting threads about fuck all.

 

No wonder people are leaving here in their droves. I don't even know why I'm bothering any more.

 

Does this mean that the latest round of people complaining how crap AS is, thereby making AS seem really crap has begun? I see it's spread to Faceach and that I've been mentioned in dispatches. Amazing how open FB is at times...

[Cavcraft]

Wholeheartedly agree Ian. Sometimes the complaining is actually worse than what's being complained about, if that makes sense? Every forum goes through a 'it's shit now/not the same as it was/I miss the good old days/new people spoil it'/feet stamping/toy throwing stage at some point. You've either got to ride the storm or quietly leave imho.

 

Still haven't got FaecesBook but my daughter has, is the thread on there worth looking at?

[dollywobbler]

To be honest, I'm not sure I understand the point of the Facebook Autoshite page. People seem to post pictures there and talk about cars, but I thought that was what the forum's about?

 

Donning my hippy shawl for a moment, it'd be nice if we all agreed on every aspect of life and got along, but that's not going to happen because we're all different and all want different things from life. Forums have a life of their own so I can't see much point in whinging about how crap things have got. It'll settle down again - it always does. In a few days time, we'll probably share a laugh about Protongate and be back to ogling old tat.

[Albert Ross]

The AS FB page was set up to help during the internet connectors strikes of 2010 etc........... Some of us saddos used to go there to letch at rust and wob.

[morris_ital_lover]

After various previous occasions of similar incidents on AS. It takes one person to "turn the forum to shit", it's rarely a widespread problem; Eccentric Richard was a classic example of this, but during the course of the problem it does feel like the problem is widespread and massive. The first and most important step is to put them on the ignore list, then watch out for their threads should they crop up and then ignore them and post proper material elsewhere to boost "reel fredz".

 

Some learn, others don't that's life. Some mebers post infrequently but when they do it's class theres also been many a muppet who spams the place with weird crap (BMW Straight sixes).

[Lankytim]

Had a word with the neighbour about his handywork fucking up our driveway. "well I dug down and all there was down there was sand, so I didn't disturb anything important, some bricks came out but I put them back" I pointed out to him the sinkage, the sand that the rain was now washing away, and the quite frankly shit wooden border he had put in to hold everything together and he promished to do something about it. I bet my ass he completely ignores everything and watches our driveway slowly crumbling away, while regularly promising to fix it. Either that or he'l get a mate who is an "expert" to completely finish off the damage.

 

The best part was his wife who came out and said that the roots to the conifer tree he had planted a couple of years ago had started to grow under the drive and the house. The conifer is 5ft tall at the moment but can grow to be 30ft odd and its 3 ft away from his house.

 

Why am I the only person that seems to be bothered by this?

[red5]

Ooooer Tim. As a rule of thumb the size of the tree above is reflected in the root system below. Ouch.

 

I would suggest getting the drive dealt with now, before it's allowed to become 'forgotten/he doesn't mind' etc etc. Had a neighbour that happended with years ago at parents house, things deteriorated to the point that someone pushed someone elses brother's HA van along the path in question with a TR7 v8. Cue the following 5 years of frosty Checkpoint Charlie antics.

 

Just my tuppence worth, feel free to get real/professional/useful advice as appropriate. Or not.

[autofive]

The best part was his wife who came out and said that the roots to the conifer tree he had planted a couple of years ago had started to grow under the drive and the house. The conifer is 5ft tall at the moment but can grow to be 30ft odd and its 3 ft away from his house.

 

we had a similar thing a couple of years ago with our geriatric and nappy wearing neighbour, he said the trees in our front garden were cracking his drive. on an unrelated matter i had a visit from durham council's tree presevation officer (not work related, just a social call) and he told me that even if the roots of our trees cracked his drive, its his responsibility. Legally speaking, he can't touch us

 

so tell them to fck off and get your drive fixed, send them the bill and never speak to them again (only through solicitors letters)

[Lankytim]

I just don't get how people can bumble though life seemingly without a clue about anything and not die of starvation because they have forgotten how to eat or something. A few years ago they decided to take up some of our front lawn and gravel it because they thought it was theirs. We didn't mind though.

 

I can see the driveway being fixed by me, at my expense as it will just never get done if I leave it.

[M'coli]

A few years ago they decided to take up some of our front lawn and gravel it because they thought it was theirs.

How???? Just, how????? How can they be that ignorant???? I'd also bet that if you'd tried that sort of thing they'd have had solicitor's letters and that flying around before the gravel had a chance to settle.

[sporty-shite]

A few years ago they decided to take up some of our front lawn and gravel it because they thought it was theirs.

How???? Just, how????? How can they be that ignorant???? I'd also bet that if you'd tried that sort of thing they'd have had solicitor's letters and that flying around before the gravel had a chance to settle.

 

Act dumb and prosper.

[DSdriver]

^

Step 1: Chat to them about it and make it clear in a nice way that you expect them to put it right.

Step 2: After they have done sod all in a fortnight remind them and ask if they would like you to arrange for someone to put it right at their expense.

Step 3: Get estimates and discuss with them which is most suitable.

Step 4: Make sure that everyone understands that you are nothing to do with the payment process and that neighbours should be billed direct.

Step 5: Keep fingers crossed for a satisfactory outcome.

If they refuse to pay explain that you will get the work done and seek redress through the county court. Whatever you do, do not go to a solicitor as they will take you for a ride.

[Albert Ross]

Or I might come round and set up a peace camp on their lawn. Erm your lawn.... oh... a piece of grass.. er patch of gravel in front of their........er your house..

[Lankytim]

The thing is we get on really well with them. They are never any trouble and are completely harmless, we could do much worse as far as next door neighbours go. Something like this could cause a big falling out if it wasn't handled correctly. They just don't seem to have any common sense! I remember once he was washing his car and complaining that hot water wasn't coming out of his hosepipe! He had seen me washing my old banger and didn't realise that i'd filled a bucket with hot water from the kitchen sink .

[Des]

Where have all these dumb stupid open mouthed waste of space dicksplats come from? It's only a decade or so ago that encountering a proper idiot was a rare thing of great joy to be savored, hours of entertainment as the fools would polish their car using rags with metal buttons still attached, fill their engine with oil until it overflowed from the rockerbox, topping off brake reservoir with screenwash and suchlike comical delights. But now there are just too many of them, and their moronic excesses are just not funny anymore, I watched a more inept than usual Rav4 pilot at a petrol station trying to remove their fuel cap by twisting it clockwise, just kept turning and turning, probably not even able to wonder what all the clicking was about, I slowed for a close look as I passed because I just couldn't believe what I was seeing, and I didn't even find it funny, just anger. Who the hell is dressing these mongs, tying their laces before sending them out into the world. and pointing the dregs in my direction? All those hundreds of thousands of years spent arduously evolving from primates and these cocknuggets have reversed it all in the space of a decade.

[Volksy]

Where have all these dumb stupid open mouthed waste of space dicksplats come from?

 

Have you watched 'The Walking Dead' - It's happening, only at a very slow pace.

[Lankytim]

It's making me want to buy one of those old coaches, turn it into a shite motorhome and pack this neighbour lark in for good. Imagine that, no morgage, no council tax and if the neighbours do something daft you can just drive 300 miles away from them.

[sporty-shite]

It's making me want to buy one of those old coaches, turn it into a shite motorhome and pack this neighbour lark in for good. Imagine that, no morgage, no council tax and if the neighbours do something daft you can just drive 300 miles away from them.

 

Are you any good at laying tarmac?

[Lufthansa-Terminal]

To be honest, I'm not sure I understand the point of the Facebook Autoshite page. People seem to post pictures there and talk about cars, but I thought that was what the forum's about?

 

So theres Autoshite / Autoshite Flicker / Autoshite Facebook? This is like British Leyland badge engineering. Dont "do" Facebook any info whats happening on there for non users?

[Lord Sterling]

On SUnday as I was leaving Birmingham, I pulled at my local petrol station to fill up. For some reason it was quite busy but then I spotted a pump that was free. Just as I pulled up some twat in a new Land Rover Discovery was backing up to the pump I just pulled into. He stopped, but then continued to reverse, as if to say 'get out of my way' I refused to move. I sat there thinking about it;

 

1. I could stay there and fill my car up with the risk this dicksplash would get out of car and start on me, to which I'd just douse him in petrol and set him alight/hit him with my steering lock bar.

 

2. Move out of his way and avoid having to assualt the cock as I need to get somewhere.

 

Sadly I took option 2 and moved, flicked him a few v-signs, called him a twat. Should have stood my ground, but I'm not violent person by nature, but I tell you, I'm increasingly tempted to twat some of these areses.

 

Why the fuck must I encounter twats like these. What is it with people today? Have they no patience? Why do people feel that they are bigger/better than you because they own something bigger/newer eh?

 

Should have took the 'Hirst' option and hosed the cunt down.