The grumpy thread

[Pete-M]

Ho yuss. Dammit.

[Danblez]

Had a day off work to get the turbo back on the 924 so I can enjoy some sunshine razzing about. Mission accomplished until I got to start it when there is the mother of all oil leaks from the turbo oil feed. Looks like it is all coming off again.

 

FUGGNUTS!

[Guest]

TOP TWAT COMMENT REGARDING THE VOLVO:

 

TWAT: 'That's out of tax soon'.

 

Me: 'Cheers for that. What the fuck's it to you anyway?'

[barrett]

This delivery fella sounds pretty dismal. May I formally suggest going on the Pat from work tomorrow, perhpas telling them you've had an allergic reaction to something which you think might be the paper in the office? Then you can sit in your front room glancing longingly out of the window waiting for said car to arrive with a blank new message opened on here so you can tell us about it when it gets there. Obv. bog breaks need to be kept to a minimum, though you can take up smoking in the front garden even if it lobs it down.

 

I think he's having trouble getting in touch with the 'eccentric old car perv' previous owner to arrange pick-up. Have exchanged emails today though so at least he's not gone to ground or owt. He reckons he's picking it up next thursday, delivered here friday morning. That's 6 more fuggin' days of working myself up into a total mess wondering where the heck it is, but if it actually works out and I get it when he says I will then I'll be well pleased, considering the pittance I'm paying him. I'm going to ignore the massive hole in the roof and the lack of floors and just sit in it for a few days sniffing the vinyl and getting much too excited than I should be. I'm sure you all understand how I'm feeling right now!

 

Edit: just checked my email and he recons he might be able to do it even sooner! Bonus!

[Cavcraft]

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Is it quite a distance away chief, or just a struggle to get someone to shift it for you?

[Rusty Pelican]

Just done the exhaust on my stepdaughters Clio , Never in the history of motoring have i seen such a crap design .

Exhaust mount has to unbolt from the chassis rail , those have captive nuts and theres three of them , this also holds a rain deflector on to keep water off the rear discs MADE OF CARDBOARD FFS !!!!. this soaks up water like a sponge and rots the bolts to hell and back , one came out , one snapped of and the third sheared off the captive nut so it wouldn't come out or go back in , all three are boxed in so you can't get at said captive nuts , after much beating i decided a grinder was the answer , wheel has to come off for access ,

Saga two started , the nut cover has a weird bolt and she's got no key , cue beating shit out of it until it came out , although rather bent by this time , then the wheel bolts wouldn't shift , done up by a 30 stone monkey no doubt , then finally got it all off and had to rethread and drill new mounts then refit the zorst.

What a crock of crap , If i ever even think of buying a French car just kill me please .

Rant over .

[Cavcraft]

Just done the exhaust on my stepdaughters Clio , Never in the history of motoring have i seen such a crap design .

 

I challenge you to buy a 'classic' Min then try and replace the whole exhaust and repeat your above statement.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I've fucked my phone up trying to install some more modern software. Probably going to spend most of next week trying to get a transfer cable that works, and then praying it'll synchronise with Activesync which is only supposed to work with XP Service Pack 2 and not the SP3 which I have (of course, that didn't seem to be a problem when running the utility that wiped the shit out of it). My back-up laptop runs Vista, but the activesync equivalent there seems to be even more wank...

[mattblack]

rear discs MADE OF CARDBOARD

 

That does sound like a pretty serious design flaw.

[FredTransit]

Have we had the Olympics yet? I went back three pages and couldn't find anything. Can't wait for it to be over. That is all....

[vulgalour]

Since moving away from Sheffield sport interrupting my life has been less of an issue. Try as hard as I might, I still can't avoid the Olympics creeping into my life, it's doing it now. I wouldn't mind so much if there was something of interest to me that got the same ecstatic level of coverage like, say, Touring Cars circa 1990 or Racing Trucks or international rally driving or even some sort of celebration of the history of important stuff.

 

I do 'get' the Olympics, I just don't see why it has to smother so much of everything once every four years when it comes around. Perhaps if it were only an annual thing it wouldn't be such a big deal... but then I remember Football.

[myglaren]

rear discs MADE OF CARDBOARD

 

That does sound like a pretty serious design flaw.

 

Environmentally friendly though.

[myglaren]

Have we had the Olympics yet? I went back three pages and couldn't find anything. Can't wait for it to be over. That is all....

 

Yeah, they had it last night and let Spain win so they can host the next one.

[Guest]

I am sick to the FUCKING BACK TEETH of people trying it on \ pissing around \ crying off when trying to buy my Black Racings. I am fuming.

 

Let's see. I've had five people piss me around on Retro Rides along the lines of 'I want them and I love them but I only have 6p and a fizzy chewit' or 'I've seen a knackered set in Cunthole-On-Sea that my mate pulled out of Shergar's arsehole for £100, why won't you take that?'

 

Another bloke on another forum came within ten minutes of collecting them and then bailed by way of an appallingly worded text message. I turned down cover at work because our little exchange would have made me more money. Did I mention I need the money?

 

I stick them on eBay and state 'you will have to sort out your own courier', mainly because I'm all over the place next week with work and won't have chance to mess around. Dub mong PMs 'can you sort postage? Will you take £80?' CAN YOU EVEN READ YOU UNTERMENSCH PIECE OF TIMEWASTING SHIT?

 

Another bloke from France starts messaging. He wants them. Can I take the tyres off, can I measure them for his courier, blah blah, seems promising. Alas, no. Now he's trying to negotiate the price [way] down after I spent nearly an hour on the phone before work sorting the logistics out for him. Suddenly he's found a better set and the postage is now 'too expensive'. I also went and had the tyres taken off the wheels for him at my expense. I am not fucking impressed.

 

Fuck off, fuck off, FUCK OFF!

 

Buy the wheels or FUCK OFF. I'm not interested in some half arsed sad sob story.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

I'd start with selling the tyres on e-bay.

[Wilko220]

RIP Onslow

 

 

Always thought he was a very good actor. Sad news.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19032928

[Guest]

RIP Onslow

 

 

Always thought he was a very good actor. Sad news.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19032928

 

I wholeheartedly agree, that's a huge loss. It was on Radio Merseyside a few hours ago.

 

Me and the French twonk are now trading insults on eBay. I politely told him to buy the other wheels he was banging on about [i.e. fuck off] and now for some reason he's the high bidder on my auction. Called your bluff did I?

 

Then again, he could be trying to wreck the auction, or trying to 'teach me a lesson' by winning the wheels at a throwaway price. He's going to be pissed off when he finds out the reserve................

[chaseracer]

rear discs MADE OF CARDBOARD

 

That does sound like a pretty serious design flaw.

Sounds about average for a Clio...

[Ross_K]

Another great Clio/Kangoo design feature is the starter motor down the back of the engine. They seize up with amazing regularity.

[autofive]

 

Me and the French twonk are now trading insults on eBay. I politely told him to buy the other wheels he was banging on about [i.e. fuck off] and now for some reason he's the high bidder on my auction. Called your bluff did I?

 

Then again, he could be trying to wreck the auction, or trying to 'teach me a lesson' by winning the wheels at a throwaway price. He's going to be pissed off when he finds out the reserve................

 

you can reduce the reserve, (one penny at a time if you like) and everytime you reduce it he will get an email telling him of the reduction (but not the ammount) - that should piss him off a bit if he receives email notifications to his phone

[Guest]

 

Me and the French twonk are now trading insults on eBay. I politely told him to buy the other wheels he was banging on about [i.e. fuck off] and now for some reason he's the high bidder on my auction. Called your bluff did I?

 

Then again, he could be trying to wreck the auction, or trying to 'teach me a lesson' by winning the wheels at a throwaway price. He's going to be pissed off when he finds out the reserve................

 

you can reduce the reserve, (one penny at a time if you like) and everytime you reduce it he will get an email telling him of the reduction (but not the ammount) - that should piss him off a bit if he receives email notifications to his phone

 

You evil bastard. That's a great idea.

 

He's definitely out to fuck the auction up. Why else would he be the high bidder?

 

I fucking hate people.

[trigger]

I fucking hate people.

 

But your such a peoples person...

[Lord Sterling]

RIP Onslow

 

 

Always thought he was a very good actor. Sad news.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19032928

 

Fuggin 'ell! I've only just found that out

 

I guess thats what happens when you dont listen to TV/radio for the whole day. Kind of bliss but a shocker when you see something like that.

 

Keeping up Appearences is one of favourite shows, it was filmed largely around Coventry.

 

RIP Onslow.

[Guest]

I fucking hate people.

 

But your such a peoples person...

 

Only on Tuesdays at 1.29 pm.

[Albert Ross]

Could we have an "Onslow" day/Photoshoot thingy.... you know, next to a Satin Black Triumph.. erm no.. find a car on bricks or whatever, but pictured in a string vest with a can of cheap lager and a shit hat..... Should be no effort for me. It describes my weekend life as Priscilla.

[Wilko220]

Could we have an "Onslow" day/Photoshoot thingy.... you know, next to a Satin Black Triumph.. erm no.. find a car on bricks or whatever, but pictured in a string vest with a can of cheap lager and a shit hat..... Should be no effort for me. It describes my weekend life as Priscilla.

 

No satin black Triumphs, but here's a quick Onslow / Cortina photo gallery...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Cavcraft]

 

Me and the French twonk are now trading insults on eBay. I politely told him to buy the other wheels he was banging on about [i.e. fuck off] and now for some reason he's the high bidder on my auction. Called your bluff did I?

 

Then again, he could be trying to wreck the auction, or trying to 'teach me a lesson' by winning the wheels at a throwaway price. He's going to be pissed off when he finds out the reserve................

 

you can reduce the reserve, (one penny at a time if you like) and everytime you reduce it he will get an email telling him of the reduction (but not the ammount) - that should piss him off a bit if he receives email notifications to his phone

 

You evil bastard. That's a great idea.

 

He's definitely out to fuck the auction up. Why else would he be the high bidder?

 

I fucking hate people.[/quotes)

 

If it's not at reserve yet then just add him to your blocked bidders list immediately. His current bids will stand (unless he removes them) and he'll be even more pissed off when he goes to bid again at sone point and gets fucked off by eBay.

[Negative Creep]

The enquiry is complete.The vehicle details for VSD 389S are:

Date of Liability 28 07 1995

Date of First Registration 31 05 1978

Year of Manufacture 1978

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1593cc

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type PETROL

Export Marker N

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour BLUE

Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle

6 Months Rate £121.00

12 Months Rate £220.00

 

 

 

Seems like it died with the show

[autofive]

The enquiry is complete.The vehicle details for VSD 389S are:

Date of Liability 28 07 1995

Date of First Registration 31 05 1978

Year of Manufacture 1978

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1593cc

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type PETROL

Export Marker N

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour BLUE

Vehicle Type Approval Not Available

Vehicle Excise Duty rate for vehicle

6 Months Rate £121.00

12 Months Rate £220.00

 

 

 

Seems like it died with the show

 

 

apparently the cortina went banger racing

[willswitchengage]

£3 down, grrrrrrr. The accuracy of that little "WOT BULBS FIT UR CAR" flipbook in Halfords cannot be trusted!

 

MOAR grump... Paul "Hitler" Dacre couldn't resist a headline about the olympics being "left-wing propaganda".

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... ified.html

 

Quite glad I had 24 hours of no internet over that day as I came back to see people "tweeting" things like A £27MILLION LABOUR PARTY ADVERT!! and THERE ARE TOO MANY COLOUREDS IN THE CAST!!1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19029510

 

Well I guess we could celebrate proper British achievements like the Mau Mau rebellion and Bloody Sunday but I think universal healthcare and fifty years of the world's most influential popular music have probably had a more positive impact on people's lives. Of course we could always a US style healthcare system that's three times as expensive and takes two years off your life expectancy like Mr Romney wants, too.