The grumpy thread

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Barry Shitpeas IS...

 

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

A friend of mine took his 480 Celebration to be MOT'd and it failed because the tester refused to believe the clear front indicator units (with an orange bulb) were standard. He insisted the car 'wasn't made like that' and that matey had to go and get some of the earlier clear \ amber units from a scrapyard.

 

That must have been infuriating !!! Good to hear that your mate complained to the VOSA, the tester sounds like a rude, ignorant twat that deserved to be reported.

 

Perhaps you should name and shame, for the benefit of local shitters ?

[Jim Bell]

Station's experience was worse. He put in an Astra GSi for test and the bloke ripped the bodykit skirts off (i.e. snapped the lugs through) so he could look at the sills whilst repeatedly stating the car was 'only fit for the oval'

 

 

I liked this post as theres no "dislike" button.

Thats a grim tale.

 

Spose I should sthap complainment.

[Pillock]

I thought they weren't allowed to remove plastic trim, for that exact reason?

They did on my GTE, but I'm quite thankful they did since there was fuck-all metal there to the point of being pretty dangerous.

 

My grump today is that the modern daily, or rather "only car I own", has decided to be down on power, lumpy and hesitant. It was a bit iffy before so I mentioned it to the dealer who informed me there was nothing wrong with it, PHACT, since their diagnostic machine reported no faults.

Now it's pretty much like that all the time unless on full throttle.

Being a 1.6TDCI Ford, I expect the faults will be numerous, hard to find, and expensive.

[SambaS]

Having trouble finding a black bonnet for my Corsa, its not that there isn't loads on eBay, I'm just trying to find one fairly local.

 

Found one in Leeds last week, rang the seller arranged a time, rang again before I left, got there no one in. Biggest shit hole I ever visited with bike locks on the front gates on the whole street. Tried their phone for 10 minutes then thought fuck em and drove home.

 

Found another in Morgan's in Guisborough "FEW SCRATCHES" went for look today and there were more scratches then fucking paint.

 

I did see a "was mint" squashed Subaru Brat pickup that came in on COD. That made me grumpy "we get loads of interesting stuff like that"

 

Any ways I left saying they could have told me it was fucked and I would have fucking bothered coming.

 

16:30 and little time to spare I did a scrap yard cannon ball to Marske, nowt, just down the road again, nowt, Redcar or Wallerby, nowt by this time it was after 5 so I gave in.

 

Had a few comments on the Samba Cab but all in a wasted trip, but I did get to ride through Grangetown which is always fun, horror spotting.

 

The only marginally uplifting thing I saw all day was the lad who served me at Subway.

 

There was a large tracksuit clad woman parked half in half out of a side turn in the Shopping Centre car parks screaming at a car full of Asian people who were equally as reluctant to move.

 

I'm tired of life, I may turn to alcohol. My Grandad is a full on alcoholic, I don't think anyone would blame me.. not that I'd notice if they did.

[Bobthebeard]

Have just had the new* 944 dropped of at Beard Towers and started to have a look around to see just how good/bad it is.

The sills were professionally replaced a couple of years ago so no worries there.

Wrong! Just had a poke at a couple of blisters on the sills and pokey thing went straight through....

Here we go again.

On the upside, it looks like the rot is limited to a couple of small (ish) areas and will need minimal weldage.

The sills do indeed look to be replacement ones, but made from seriously thin metal*.

 

Edit. Sills apart, rest of the car seems surprisingly good! So far...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Just discovered that my Rover 25 van costs £45/year more in road tax than a car version with the same 1.4 K series. Twats!

[overrun]

Junkman repeatedly saying 'fuggin'.

[overrun]

Also, Hardly Dangerous can do what he wants with his half of the easter egg.

I may burn my half.

[Jim Bell]

I'm tired of life, I may turn to alcohol. My Grandad is a full on alcoholic, I don't think anyone would blame me.. not that I'd notice if they did.

If that's a decision you are able to choose to make, I suggest you don't.

But it's you life to pour away.

[jmsguzzi]

A friend of mine took his 480 Celebration to be MOT'd and it failed because the tester refused to believe the clear front indicator units (with an orange bulb) were standard. He insisted the car 'wasn't made like that' and that matey had to go and get some of the earlier clear \ amber units from a scrapyard. They were like that from the factory.

 

I know testers can't be expected to know every trim \ bodywork variation on every car ever made but the cluster was using an amber bulb with the right relay for fuck's sake. Some of them are just pig-headed. Mind  you his opening gambit of 'why do I have to test this piece of shit' probably wasn't a good indication....

 

In the end matey complained to VOSA and got some of his test fee refunded.

There was nothing 'else' wrong with the car.

 

My Dad had a similar fail on his BMW's indicators on Tuesday. Clear indicators with orange bulbs are fitted as standard on the E39 after 2001. He's a BMW driver so it shouldn't matter if his indicators even work or not.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

You can put whatever indicators you like on as long as they flash orange

[trigger]

I removed the amber plastic inserts to my Cortinas indicators which left them clear and fitted amber bulbs instead and that's passed 2 mots since, both at different garages.

[ruffgeezer]

Pillock; try a new fuel filter, they are a bugger for getting clogged if not changed often enough. Be warned that some fords with that engine aren't fitted with a primer bulb, which makes the impossible to bleed.

 

I have one at work I made from scrap pipes and a Xantia primer bulb.

[Cavcraft]

My old 206 1.4HDi van was the same, Bol. Makes a mockery of the emissions law really.

[Des]

Looks like there might be a LOH-UH-REE ticket boycot to protest a price hike. Now I have to buy some.

[dollywobbler]

Myself. Why do I want to get rid of the Golf again? I've got two cars that I enjoy very much, and one which is fairly pleasant to pootle about in as and when required. I've spent good money getting the Golf up to scratch. I should just keep it. Listen to yourself man!

[vulgalour]

DW:  It is a wise man who listens to his own advice.

 

I'm grumpy because the weather is appalling and it's stopping me from fixing my car because the axle has to be worked on out of doors and I have no covered area to work in.

[twosmoke300]

ref the lottery prices hike. What else hasn't risen in price over the past 17 odd years ffs!

And it's a luxury item not essential so stop moaning!

This is not directed at people on here by the way, just the twats on the Jeremy vine show.

[overrun]

A friend of mine took his 480 Celebration to be MOT'd and it failed because the tester refused to believe the clear front indicator units (with an orange bulb) were standard. He insisted the car 'wasn't made like that' and that matey had to go and get some of the earlier clear \ amber units from a scrapyard. They were like that from the factory.

 

I know testers can't be expected to know every trim \ bodywork variation on every car ever made but the cluster was using an amber bulb with the right relay for fuck's sake. Some of them are just pig-headed. Mind you his opening gambit of 'why do I have to test this piece of shit' probably wasn't a good indication....

 

In the end matey complained to VOSA and got some of his test fee refunded.

There was nothing 'else' wrong with the car.

This reminds me of some dead, stray dogs ball sack of a man that I once heard proclaiming placca wings on a Clio 'Valva' to be illegal.

 

Give. Me. Strength.

[mercrocker]

Pre-60's the way forward, stops all that knob-ache....!

[trigger]

 

Yeah thanks for that love...

[rml2345]

Jeremy vine show.

 

That's your problem right there. I can't actually listen to the Jeremy Vine show because it makes me want to put a hammer through the radio and it was getting expensive...

[Station]

Or Steve Wright!

Can a radio presenter get his tongue any further up the behinds of the mediocre guests he has on? Every interview he does he always comments on how great they look.

[dollywobbler]

Is it time for the annual/monthly rant about Radio 2? Good. It's shit and Steve Wright should be banned.

[RedSparrow]

Yeah, I was just going to say I've lost ount of how many times Steve Wright has been mentioned in this thread!

And rightly so. Every time.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I like Steve Wright, you're not supposed to take it seriously

[HillmanImp]

Whats happened to the car Trig? What a load of bollards eh?

[Wilko220]

He drives a fairly old Range Rover, if that makes any difference to people's opinions...

 

[trigger]

Wife cut the corner in the works car park and ran it down a bollard, doors deeply scratched, the arch has a fist sized dent and scratches and even the alloy has copped a tap, really annoyed about it as she only done it because she was late for work and rushing.

 

I can't see me getting much change out of £500 so I might have to go though the insurance instead.