The grumpy thread

[simmo]

Oh no have I accidently started some football banter, don't really follow it so my only come back is going to be. So there are now two Welsh teams in the Premership Swansea and Bale, no idea if that makes any sense or not

[freebird]

Oh no have I accidently started some football banter, don't really follow it so my only come back is going to be. So there are now two Welsh teams in the Premership Swansea and Bale, no idea if that makes any sense or not

Hahaha!!

It sort of does, except for the fact that there will be Swansea AND Cardiff there next season so the joke should have been " There are going to be three....."

I wish i didnt follow football either, it wouldnt have cost me a bloody fortune over the years to go and watch my team.

[RedSparrow]

I was hoping tick a marina off the bucket list, i bid £800 (all i've got to spend bearing in mind it'd want taxing and insurance as well) I didn't meet the reserve.....are marinas really worth this much now?

Seller said if it didn't sell it'll get bummed as a moggie minor donor......seems a shame, but hopefully it'll be back on next week for less.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281134041078?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

Email him and offer the £800, seems like a reasonable amount for it to me. You can only ask.

[Lord Sterling]

I domt usually wade into arguements and stuff, but....

 

What the hell has been going on? I read this site on Friday evening whilst drifting in and out of consciousness, in fact at one point whilst I was asleep, I'm sure I dreamt I was reading some of the replies and that some 'banger racers' joining up or summat, kind of felt like I was drugs or whatever. Today I have spent most of the day doing 'best man' wedding stuff and kipping in between (fasting can take a fair bit of energy/arsed out of you) now I come back and find there are no mods and now big Dave seems rather unhappy.

 

Actually, you know what, I'm not interested in what happend. Let it lie, forget about it and move on.

 

Anyhow, nowt much to report car wise. Had a fair few more nice comments from people than usual about my R-reg KV6, many seem to think its a 'classic' apart fro some little passenger twat in an A3 who said something like '100 scrap mayte', though I'm sure the driver of the A3 said 'its one of them nice Rovers' as they pulled up next to me.

 

KV6 has been ferrying the groom, some bridesmaids and latterly bride about the Dudley area but for goodness sakes don't think it was the official wedding car, it wasn't. Mustard mitt, it did feel nice to drive it on wearkng my wedding gear.

 

Whats not made me happy is the glovebox decided to break, why? Whats the point in breaking ffs? Then, as I tried to catch some shut eye in it, the passenger seat decided to go on strike just as I wanted to use it as the sun waz beating down on the drivers side. I suppose though, above all, its a Rover.

 

I have a spare glovebox in the boot so it'll be fitted tomorrow if I can be arsed. The passenger seat, well, I'm not that talented tbh. Seems to work ok when the car is fully started and in motion.

[fotorabia]

Ive just finished my CBT therapy for my Post Traumatic Stress..was feeling good about returning to AS..but last nights tirades have made me decide that Im outta here.Once i had a common dominator here..now all im good for is a bashing..so..naw..its all yours.Im not coming back.Thanks to all in the past that offered support and interest.

[maxpower]

I domt usually wade into arguements and stuff, but....

 

What the hell has been going on? I read this site on Friday evening whilst drifting in and out of consciousness, in fact at one point whilst I was asleep, I'm sure I dreamt I was reading some of the replies and that some 'banger racers' joining up or summat, kind of felt like I was drugs or whatever. Today I have spent most of the day doing 'best man' wedding stuff and kipping in between (fasting can take a fair bit of energy/arsed out of you) now I come back and find there are no mods and now big Dave seems rather unhappy.

 

Actually, you know what, I'm not interested in what happend. Let it lie, forget about it and move on.

 

Anyhow, nowt much to report car wise. Had a fair few more nice comments from people than usual about my R-reg KV6, many seem to think its a 'classic' apart fro some little passenger twat in an A3 who said something like '100 scrap mayte', though I'm sure the driver of the A3 said 'its one of them nice Rovers' as they pulled up next to me.

 

KV6 has been ferrying the groom, some bridesmaids and latterly bride about the Dudley area but for goodness sakes don't think it was the official wedding car, it wasn't. Mustard mitt, it did feel nice to drive it on wearkng my wedding gear.

 

Whats not made me happy is the glovebox decided to break, why? Whats the point in breaking ffs? Then, as I tried to catch some shut eye in it, the passenger seat decided to go on strike just as I wanted to use it as the sun waz beating down on the drivers side. I suppose though, above all, its a Rover.

 

I have a spare glovebox in the boot so it'll be fitted tomorrow if I can be arsed. The passenger seat, well, I'm not that talented tbh. Seems to work ok when the car is fully started and in motion.

"'100 scrap mayte" minus queensbury rules? no fuggin probs..... that might have shut him up

[Angrydicky]

The Nissan Juke driving prick you had a run in before?

[Lankytim]

Don't go Rab. Just ignore the egos in here.

[RedSparrow]

Ive just finished my CBT therapy for my Post Traumatic Stress..was feeling good about returning to AS..but last nights tirades have made me decide that Im outta here.Once i had a common dominator here..now all im good for is a bashing..so..naw..its all yours.Im not coming back.Thanks to all in the past that offered support and interest.

 

Don't leave. You are one of the better contributors IMO.

Just put the annoying users on ignore.

[Cavcraft]

Sodding rear brake adjusters on a Mk6 Escort. No pattern parts were made apparently, so a dealer only job and sixty three effing quid from Ford. Bollocks to that, old ones thoroughly cleaned up and now working fine.

Oh, just to help* matters further, they also had two different sized rear drums and the first set of shoes I got were of course the wrong ones. 

[Richard]

I had no end of bother with the back brakes on my Escort. On one side I had to replace the adjuster, shoes (twice), stub axle (stripped threads), drum (worn into a wedge shape), wheel cylinder (destroyed when the wedge shape drum made the shoes move off the piston), wheel bearing and cable- all on a car well under 10 years old.

[Wilko220]

I hope not, else his Juke's getting a restyled bonnet courtesy of my jack handle.

 

 

It would be difficult to make it look much worse.

 

Joking aside though, sorry about your troubles. Massively frustrating I can imagine.

[oldford]

Reply from Rotherham MBC - "Yes they are correct at the tip, you can only take 3 bags of soil there every SIX MONTHS."

 

  Sod that, just dig a hole and bury it.

[vulgalour]

But what do you do with the earth you dug out of the hole?

[Albert Ross]

Wat, the nearside mirror is not a testable item. Only the offside and one other.....

[oldford]

But what do you do with the earth you dug out of the hole?

  I didn't say that it was the perfect solution, but it is the Autoshite way.

[Station]

Abuse of waste disposal in my local waste centres is treated like a war crime near me. I'm sure they're good money spinners though. Irritating you can't lift the odd pc or old stereos and whatnot - are these privately owned? They're very aggressively controlled.

[warren t claim]

The best job I've ever had was collecting the waste electrical skips from the tips to get shipped to India . I made decent money out of the computers I recycled but I'm still gutted that I drove a 26 tonne wagon over a small bag that contained about a dozen Nintendo game and watches.

[Spiny Norman]

Don't go Rab. Just ignore the egos in here.

 

THIS.

There are sadly some people on here (& the internet as a whole) who seem incapable of formulating a coherent argument without being a dick about it. I've never yet met one of them who would have the balls to say the same to your face.

 

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

 

 

 

Regarding the waste thing.....

What's difficult about disposing of soil?

I'm genuinely baffled by this one, surely you just drive out to someplace where there's lots of the stuff like the countryside and just add your 3 bags to the eleventy billion tons that are already sitting there?

 

Obviously I'm missing something important ...

[skattrd]

Wat - your tester was wrong, I've had cars pass with just one wing mirror.

[Spiny Norman]

An Amazon only needs the rear internal view mirror, doesn't even need ONE door mirror. I trust you told him what you thought of his skillz....

 

EDIT, yup pre 78 needs only one mirror. http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_810.htm

[oldford]

A car first used before 01/08/78 only needs one mirror, which can be an internal one.

[myglaren]

My driver's seat is cabbaged and the MOT is due in a couple of weeks.

Had it welded a year ago but another bit has broken that dumps you in the back seat if not careful.

It was bodged with cable ties until Thursday, when they broke.

I bought a full set of electric leather seats on eBay.  Drove down to Ware to get them yesterday and spent the afternoon at the CCC meeting in Kettering.

The seats were filthy.  Spent most of the day cleaning them and fitting the back seats. Came to the front passenger seat, half fitted but it doesn't work.  Checked all fuses but no movement so can't get it to motor back to secure the front bolts.  Didn't want to attempt the driver's seat and make matters worse.

 

Had a headlight off last week, tried to change the bulb with no success so pulled the bumper of and removed the headlight.

Bulb is fine but can't seem to find what the fault is.

The guy selling the leathers had a air of headlights that I bought for a very reasonable price.

Had a look at them this evening and find they are Xenons.  Not sure if they will fit and work in my lowly SX.

 

At least it isn't so hot and keeping busy prevented me from cleaning the house and going shopping.

Unfortunately the cupboards are bare and it is a good thing the Queen won't be paying a visit this week.

[Station]

Strangely, your car doesn't even need doors, as long as it's got wing mirrors.

 

(ps. possibly dreamt this MOT fact).

[Wilko220]

The Royal baby is nearly here - which is fine in itself.

The grump is that we're now in for a week of the most boring news coverage of evar.

[daveb47]

For once Wilko i am in full agreement with you.

But then i got no time for the royals anyway.

[dollywobbler]

I know some people like the Royals, but I don't and shall attempt to hide from the news for a week or so.

[RobT]

Time for a mega rant from me….

 

Noisy neighbours.  We live on the ground floor and every day we have to put up with excessive noise from the cretins that live two floors up – namely their little shits running around shouting and screaming, with the Dad also being a pain in the ass shouting his head off stoking the kids up into a frenzy.  The mother never leaves the flat so when he’s off working doing shifts in his cab the kids just go mental and she never seems to give them any sort of discipline, or take them out to burn off a bit of energy.  They can go a whole weekend never leaving the flat which is not only bad for the kids, but bad for my sanity!  You can never relax as they might kick off at any moment, and they are often up late even on a school night (by late I mean 10pm).

 

I’ve been up several times to have a word, as have the poor sods who live directly beneath them – they have kids too but I hardly ever hear theirs, which just goes to show how noisy the feral fuckers are on the top floor.  All you get met with is indifference, or they just don’t open the door, which makes you feel even more annoyed/frustrated.  Kids makes noise, yes, but this is beyond acceptable.  Other people moan too, and they live in the block adjacent to ours which isn’t even connected so it’s not just me.

 

What to do though?  Legally the council can’t do anything, I’ve asked the managing agents of the flats but they can’t get involved, or as I see it they can’t be arsed doing any more work than they need to.  The only resolutions are to either move out or bludgeon them to death, and although the last option appeals (both me and the missus really are at our wits end) I’m gonna start saving in order to buy a plot of land in the middle of nowhere and live like a hermit.  I’m consumed with hate for these people which isn’t good for the old ticker, and being at work these days is actually preferable to being at home, which shows how desperate things get.

 

On the plus side, I find tinkering with shite offers me some kind of therapy and escape from all that shit, and evening drives in either the Sierra or the Vitesse recently has proved a sanctuary, although a 19mpg average in the Rover doesn’t make that a long-term solution!

[Station]

I don't watch the news, switched telly on this morning, put the news on as it was all teleshopping, and they were going ballistic. I hate 24 hour news, it's just 99% crap.

[Danblez]

 

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