The grumpy thread

[twosmoke300]

With reference to the crv with the sinking pedal. Has it got vsa ?

because if it has, it's normal. It's to protect the vsa unit from over pressure.

No special bleeding reqd on crv's.

[retrogeezer]

M'coli, on 14 Jun 2013 - 10:09 AM, said:

Not car related but thiss morning I took the difficult decision to have the cat we've had for 21 years euthanased.  Suddenly, it hurts an awful lot.

 

 

I know exactly how you feel. Its bloody awful.

 

 

Me too, awful empty feeling.......it does get less painful over time but you never forget them.

[cobblers]

Last year I broke a t25 van and sold all the back windows, sliding door and the surrounding metal from round the windows (to weld into a panel van and make it a window van) for about £200 the lot, and that took some selling! 

 

Now I've got my own panel van in a million pieces and am sufficiently good at welding to make a nice job of cutting the sides out of it and welding window recesses in, I can't find the same stuff for anything less than £650. FFS.

 

Along those lines, not long after I sold that lot I gave away a diesel pump for a 1.9 vw engine (along with the engine!). Guess what I had to spend £100 on this afternoon after mine started pissing fuel out?

[155V6]

Really sorry to hear that M'coli,lost mine like that nearly 5 years ago & still miss him

[Lord Sterling]

Sorry to hear about your Cat M'Coli. I'm not sure it has ever really hit me how my Cat suddenly disappeared a couple of years ago, but it does hurt, I suppose not really knowing what happend to her is easier than seeing/knowing that he/she has passed away.

 

It'll get easier, but its just a question of time.

[maxpower]

I went and picked up a 1998 nissan micra, yrs ticket full service etc blah blah blah, takes the lad with me to collect the car.. which for an ® reg was spotless apart from a dent in the drivers door.

get from s.e london to one street away from my house(east london) and the knob jockey of a son decides he cant be arsed waiting behind the bus at the bus stop so pulls out even though there is on coming traffic.

doesn't judge it well enough so clips the bus, smashing the passenger side wing mirror and a big red "fuck off scrape" down the passenger side  of the car going from middle of front passenger's door, back passenger's door and ends at the rear wheel arch.

the first thing he says "oh it's just a mirror and that will t-cut out" A fckin T-CUT YOU CNUT!!!

i had to walk away before i seriously lost the plot and because his car has been off the road he says it was " a while" since he drove... well fcukin tell me that and i could have used public transport to get car. i have told i am taking the car to a mechanic mate who does resprays and he can pay the bill, even if it means selling his car which he hasn't paid me back for yet. i know it's an old car but if it means he learns not to take chances with other people's things then it is a lesson learnt..... wtf is up with young people today??....... RANT OVER.

[wuvvum]

I plugged the Alfa into an OBD2 reader this afternoon and it said "missfire on cylinder no.1".  I'd kinda worked out the missfire bit, but it was useful to know which pot was misbehaving.  I suspect the coil pack may be at fault (as is often the case on Fiat stuff), but I'll whip the plug(s) out of that cylinder tomorrow anyway just to see if they are causing the problem.  I have a feeling that oil contamination may have something to do with it - I topped the car up with oil the day after I bought it and forgot to put the fugging oil cap back on, and after I'd driven 15 miles with it off the engine bay was fairly well sprayed with oil - and cylinder 1 is the one nearest the oil filler.  We shall see.

 

Commiserations re your cat M'Coli - 21 years isn't a bad run for a moggy, but I suppose the longer they've been part of your life the harder it is when they go...

[SambaS]

I work 495ft down the road from my home, do I drive to work tonight? I'm thinking yes.

[wuvvum]

Just had my insurance renewal through.  No claims or accidents in the last year, no points on my license, and yet the premium is over £250 up on last year.  WT actual F?

[retrogeezer]

What happened with that mate that borrowed your car and stacked it Wuvvum?

[meggersdog]

With reference to the crv with the sinking pedal. Has it got vsa ?

because if it has, it's normal. It's to protect the vsa unit from over pressure.

No special bleeding reqd on crv's.

 

Don't think so as there's no light for it and it's a 1999 car.

If it is fitted then it doesn't work as there was 15 psi in one front tyre when I got it home.

[wuvvum]

 

 

What happened with that mate that borrowed your car and stacked it Wuvvum?

 

 

That was over a year ago - last year's premium went up because of it as I lost some NCB (although my insurance didn't pay out AFAIK).  This year nothing untoward has happened at all.

[retrogeezer]

blimey, time flies eh!

[RedSparrow]

Do I leave that wheel seller on eBay negative \ neutral feedback or not? I don't think I'm being unreasonable given that he deliberately didn't photograph the other two badly kerbed alloys, and conveniently forgot to mention that on one the rim's out of shape.......

 

If he goes mental I couldn't care less. He should have checked the damn things before sending them out and charging £35 to have them sent by Citylink where they've no doubt had the shit kicked out of them from the SW up to me. 

 

Have you contacted him? Try and get a few quid out of him maybe - you never know he might be feeling guilty about it!

But otherwise yeah, if he bullshits any more neg the fucker.

[Hendry]

Just had my insurance renewal through.  No claims or accidents in the last year, no points on my license, and yet the premium is over £250 up on last year.  WT actual F?

This happens to me every year, I simply go on to my insurers website, do a new quote as if I were a new customer which is not only a couple of hundred quid less than my renewal but a couple of hundred cheaper than last year, phone them up and they match my renewal to that price.

[twosmoke300]

Nope, no vsa on 99 crv. Unusual to have brake prob's with them tho.

Pull abs fuses for 30 secs to clear codes. Small under bonnet fuse box

[Skizzer]

Have you contacted him? Try and get a few quid out of him maybe - you never know he might be feeling guilty about it!

But otherwise yeah, if he bullshits any more neg the fucker.

 

You could give it a go, but don't expect much since he claimed in the Q&A that they are 'all in good nick' and that's plainly a flat out lie since one is clearly buckled.  I'd neg the fucker.  I see you wouldn't be the first.

[M'coli]

Do I leave that wheel seller on eBay negative \ neutral feedback or not? I don't think I'm being unreasonable given that he deliberately didn't photograph the other two badly kerbed alloys, and conveniently forgot to mention that on one the rim's out of shape.......

 

If he goes mental I couldn't care less. He should have checked the damn things before sending them out and charging £35 to have them sent by Citylink where they've no doubt had the shit kicked out of them from the SW up to me. 

Was there any mention in the advert that the 4 wheels would not allow you to stick some tyres on them and drive down the road? Then they deserve a stern e-mailing and then if unresolved a big f-o neg.  2 pretty wheels and 2 really scabby wheels that hold air, hold round and can be used is still a functional "set" of wheels, but if one -just one - isn't round enough then it's not a wheel, and they're not a set of wheels...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just neg his ass outta town. It'll achieve nowt as no-one looks at feedback any more, but its quite satisfying nonetheless.

[phil_lihp]

Not normally one for grumpy posts but after the restoration thread got kicked back to life for a moment, it made me think I hadn't seen my little Nova around for a while.  Did a DVLA tax check on it and wished I hadn't:

 

Vehicle details could not be found

As it has not been possible to locate the vehicle details, your enquiry cannot proceed and has been cancelled.

It's a bit depressing to think that after it had escaped being stripped and raced, after I'd bought it and saved it from its imminent appointment with the crusher, all that work, time, effort and expense getting it it's first MOT in years and repairing it to a decent standard followed up by selling it at a considerable loss...it's been crushed.  Can't really think why unless it was crashed - the engine was rock solid and it was structurally completely rust-free after the last MOT, as well as being coated in underseal and Waxoyl.  Still, it's just a car at the end of the day!

[warren t claim]

Exported to Ireland?

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

That would show up as "export marker set" though. Might have had new numberplates put on it, if you're feeling optimistic. 

[skattrd]

Far too polite Wat.

I'd have been tempted to ask for a refund, item not as described ... The item was listed as used "The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended" is the buckled wheel usable?

[phil_lihp]

Thanks for the optimism injection!  Still, both are a lot less likely than I'd hope!  Given that it only went for £400 to a guy who wanted a cheap old runabout, I'm not massively surprised, it had one final year of glory at least

[phil_lihp]

And for the record, yes you're being very polite Wat, but that's the best approach, always claim the moral high ground.  I'd still have asked for at least a partial refund, I did this recently with a laptop which was exactly as described except that the Windows and Office software were illegal copies - the seller denied it but accepted my partial refund request.

[SambaS]

Samba got a right kicking today, first shift done.

 

Not too many complaints, but there should have been 2 drivers on a Saturday not just me especially a new starter. (excuses already)

 

I was a bit too worried about peoples food going cold and where the fuck I was going to be able to enjoy having that "driving job" I always wanted.

 

But unlike the job I started on Monday I will be going back tomorrow. Yay I iz employed.

 

I guess there more I do it the easier finding places will be.

 

 

Ooh and my tips almost covered the extra petrol that my boss didnt pay for. he put a tenner in, I used double that probs.

 

Should be on his insurance tomorrow, I can give an Aygo a kicking... or a fizzle dizzle van.

 

Oh yeah and I have to drive extremely fast, I was advised to look out for Police cars whilst doing so :/

 

Not sure how I feel about that yet, but I understand why more often than not I've had a pizza van stuck up my arse near home! Or a taxi for that matter. Or a white van.... 

[warren t claim]

Samba got a right kicking today, first shift done.

 

Not too many complaints, but there should have been 2 drivers on a Saturday not just me especially a new starter. (excuses already)

 

I was a bit too worried about peoples food going cold and where the fuck I was going to be able to enjoy having that "driving job" I always wanted.

 

But unlike the job I started on Monday I will be going back tomorrow. Yay I iz employed.

 

I guess there more I do it the easier finding places will be.

I used to run a pizza shop and you'll soon get used to where your regulars live.

[eddyramrod]

 

But unlike the job I started on Monday I will be going back tomorrow. Yay I iz employed.

 

I guess there more I do it the easier finding places will be.

Welcome to my world, Edd!  Yes, it will get easier finding your way about, but there's no way you should have been using your own car.  I'd almost bet you don't have "business use" on your insurance? 

The understaffing issue is normal.  It seem to me there is no business in britain running with the correct number of front-line staff; or within two thirds of that number!  The speeding issue is also normal, and I reckon is a side-effect of the understaffing.  If they can get you to do two men's work for one minimum wage, why have two men in?  Nobody in charge of a driver - any driver, driving anything, anywhere, at all - has the first idea how long it actually takes to get from A to B.  ONLY the driver knows that, and nobody listens to him.

Best of luck though, hope you enjoy it as much as I always have (even when you're surrounded by homicidal morons).

[warren t claim]

My pizza shop had a block policy for business use only. In the carefree pre-ANPR days drivers used to use it to tax uninsured cars on the basis that they only used them for deliveries.

[SambaS]

Eddy I was going to mention the under staffing thing..... just reminded me of McDonalds where there was never enough staff, I felt the same level of stress as that job having to apologise, often, when its not my fault, I'm the guy who knocks on the door so the wait is my fault, but hey I'm pleased to be employed, the job is manageable and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

 

Yea I will say not more about the car I used today!!