The grumpy thread

[vulgalour]

Beige Princess has burst a sphere and now cannot be driven.  I knew a burst sphere was going to be a risk, but I really hoped it'd hold off doing it for just a bit longer, it's an expensive job to put right and while I could, I don't really want to rob a sphere off the HLS.

[Brent_Crude]

  On 29/09/2013 at 17:45, Cavette said:

The seller of this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-RENAULT-MEGANE-SCENIC-AUTHENTIQUE-BRONZE-/200967132951?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2eca931717

 

and this...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-FORD-FIESTA-GHIA-X-RED-TAX-AND-TEST-NON-STARTER-/290983636672?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item43bff9eec0

 

who are probably the same people. eBay is littered with shit adverts from these two and their 'This car would be priced on a forecourt at £XXX and a trader would pay over £XX from an auction house' bollocks.

I always thought liquidators had to auction stuff, not sell at a fixed price, and on top of that I'f ducking love to find a car auction where dealers are paying £295 for a on-running, ancient Fiesta or the same for a Scenic with no MOT or tax, as I'd fill the place full of hopelessly shit cars and retire a few weeks afterwards.

 

I am also always wary of any company, eBay seller, website etc. with '4U' in their title. Because invariably, it is not 'for me' and it about some toe-rag trying to screw ME over with some horseshit about 'bargain' unroadworthy cars. Usually it is absolutely not 'for me'. 

[Brent_Crude]

  On 29/09/2013 at 12:18, dollywobbler said:

Sorry to admit it, but I like Strictly. Apart from Bruce. And Vanessa Feltz. I love the band, who learn a load of new songs every week. It's worth putting up with the sequins just for that. I've no idea why Bruce Forsyth is still involved. I can only assume that the Beeb are terrified of sacking him in case they're seen as ageist. No, it's not because he's old, it's because he's shit.

 

It's worth tolerating just to see that lovely blonde sort from Countdown strutting around the dancefloor

[RichardMoss]

  On 18/08/2008 at 13:27, Mash said:

.Are there people out there that need this kind of guidance??

Sadly the answer is "yes". They are called "The Gullible" and "The Terminally Stupid" (the two terms often being interchangeable).

 

However, we must also be glad that they are there because they are the sort of people who fall for the saleman's patter in the car dealerships and buy crap like a 1L Ford Fiesta mk2 Popular, FSO Caro or mk1 Metro City - and without them we would be seriously short of shite 30 years later

[RedSparrow]

Hey that's a very good point. If everyone had a brain no-one would've bought a CityRover new for us to buy 5 years later for £300.

 

Imagine in a few years you'll be able to buy those MG3s and 6s for next to nothing secondhand.

[oman5]

  On 30/09/2013 at 12:02, vulgalour said:

Beige Princess has burst a sphere and now cannot be driven.  I knew a burst sphere was going to be a risk, but I really hoped it'd hold off doing it for just a bit longer, it's an expensive job to put right and while I could, I don't really want to rob a sphere off the HLS.

could be worth robbing the set of displacers off that 6 pot princess in the breakers, given how scarce they are these days.

[vulgalour]

I have contacted said breakers yard and a plan has been hatched. The spheres are available and price reasonably. I'll go over and see what else I can blag off it too, turn it into a day out with Dad's car and trailer.

[Junkman]

Be a real man and get the entire car. Then fix both of your 'cesses.

[RedSparrow]

Actually yeah, now you have 2 of the things it might pay to get a scrapper to keep them going. If it's practical to do so that is!
Much cheaper in the long run than buying little bits all the time.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

You know he'll just end up repairing the third one and be needing a fourth for spares, which he will acquire end up repairing. 

[vulgalour]

There are reasons I won't collect it as a third car, the main one is a lack of sufficient funds, the minor one is a lack of space (though it could go where the BX briefly lived) and Conrad's point which is quite valid.

 

No, I'm going to be good and I'm only going to get the bits I actually need. I'm not collecting a third one... yet.

[Partridge]

Left my car in a car park, and came back after half and hour to find it missing one chevron.

Why do something so stupid and pointless?

 

[trigger]

I was told by a ex racer that the calipers on the old Princess and Ambassadors were worth mega bucks as they were more powerful than normal ones and would fit a lot of 70's stuff used for racing?. I recall him saying they were worth more than the cars at the time (although this must be getting on for 15 years ago)

[RedSparrow]

Aye. Got Princess brake bits on my TR7.

[Sigmund Fraud]

  On 30/09/2013 at 14:47, trigger said:

I was told by a ex racer that the calipers on the old Princess and Ambassadors were worth mega bucks as they were more powerful than normal ones and would fit a lot of 70's stuff used for racing?. I recall him saying they were worth more than the cars at the time (although this must be getting on for 15 years ago)

 

Correct, Princess had four-pot calipers made by AP. They were a popular performance upgrade in the 1980s and 1990s, but more or less obsolete nowadays.

[Partridge]

Crikey, snagging parts off BL stuff to make your car stop better. Although I do recall people used to put SD1 brakes on Datsun 240Zs, to make them stop better.

[Richard]

They had four pistons instead of the then usual two and the now usual one.

[Wilko220]

Inspired by Vulgalour's Princess heroics, I decided I would set about stripping the dashboard out of my Sceptre so that I could do something with the shagged veneer.

 

 

So far, so good then.

 

Unfortunately though, unlike Vulgalour, I'm not actually very good at anything, so it didn't take long for me to come up against a problem in the form of this conundrum.

 

 

I know, I'll just take apart the glove box opening mechanism, take the wood panel off, and then put it all back together.

 

 

Can I work out how to put the bastard thing back together so it actually works? Can I bollocks.

 

FUCKING FUCK.

 

 

[chaseracer]

The AFTER pics are illuminating. Did you take any BEFORE...?

 

 

[Wilko220]

  On 30/09/2013 at 16:48, chaseracer said:

The AFTER pics are illuminating. Did you take any BEFORE...?

 

 

 

Of course not. That would have been far too sensible.

[chaseracer]

Valid point, well made. Just not the AS way...

[vulgalour]

I will not be held responsible for your actions.  You've only yourself to blame.  Just so you know, the HLS dash insert is taking FOREVER to clean up but it is cleaning up nicely.  Gonna look lovely when it's all revarnished and back together in a week or so.

[Cavcraft]

To the driver of the black Audi with the reg plate ending 'NFG' on the M56 earlier: hand the keys in son, you're either pissed or tired, but you definitely cannot drive well enough to have a full licence. 

[hairnet]

lotto going up to too poond yet the jackpots arent doubling and 25 instead of tenner fer 3 numbers

 

shows how much chance you have innit

 

health lottery would be good if there wasnt only 4 places selling the tickets

 

and it was more than 200k

 

/rant

[TimothyClaypole]

Too many games diluting the money... no one gives a monkey's about winning a million when you can pay the £2.00 already for the Euromillions.

[autofive]

National Lottery = a tax on the poor

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That 'Health lottery' thing is a fuggin disgrace

[Barry Cade]

  On 30/09/2013 at 18:54, Cavette said:

To the driver of every black Audi with a reg plate on the road: hand the keys in son, you're either pissed or tired, but you definitely cannot drive well enough to have a full licence. 

EFA.

[cort16]

As the previous owner of a black Audi A6 I can confirm this is true.

[Jim Bell]

  On 30/09/2013 at 20:04, autofive said:

National Lottery = a tax on the poor

 

Not just the poor.

 

Its a hope tax.

 

Dont forget, the rich are greedy too.