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  On 24/10/2013 at 20:59, HillmanImp said:

The trick I use is to wait for the point where the long line of traffic approaches a village where the speed limit changes. Even in a small car I boot it along the outside and because the line of traffic slows down significantly I normally get the whole line. You are barely speeding by the time you get to the front car.

 

:-)

The trick you use is sadly not your own idea, hence the outside lane is full of people using the same trick....

We all* think we are getting one up on t'other drivers. Three lanes merging into two? No worries. Will just stay in lane three then push in..... No one else will. Lol.

No offence. I have just been on the M6... Horrible ...Sorry....

Posted
  On 24/10/2013 at 21:44, Bobthebeard said:

The 'no car' lanes in Newcastle caused me to be slightly grumpy today, but possibly because I don't live there and/or understand how it actually works....

Makes turning left at junctions a real bugger. The 'no car' lanes being full of taxis, pickup trucks, buses, pushbikes, vans, pedestrians and, err, cars. Turning left was rarely an option.

Anyone?

Had me stumped. Was trying to get to St James' Park. Ended up on the A1 twice. Via the bus station....

:smile:

 

The bit of road in front of the bus station (Haymarket) is fucking stupid now. Forced to return the way you came, via the pigeon-shit roundabout.

 

You wanna see the lanes in Sunderland. Not just no cars 7-7. No cars, ever. :/

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No car roads.

 

That's the future.

 

I've never had any bother through town, apart from the design of the central motorway. 90 degree bend on a steep gradient that joins straight onto the fast lane of a motorway that's also an exit lane?

That a great idea.

Posted
  On 24/10/2013 at 15:47, Mr Livered said:

I never heard of not "agreeing" with overtaking before. Of course there are some pretty nervous drivers around so some people might not have the bottle, but some kind of objection in principle? Bizarre.

 

You wouldn't believe how angry some people get with overtakers. Especially when the car overtaking is a 2CV. Just let me past and get back to dawdling! My aunt always complains "they never get there any quicker." Er, no. They do actually and even if there's a trivial time saving, the overtaking rush is enjoyable and I no longer have to stare at the back of some horrible, slow-moving vehicle. 

 

Also, if I'm driving my community minibus (max speed 50mph on single carriageway, often slower so I don't rock the bus) and someone overtakes, I can tell how quickly they are doing so by the length of time it takes the tuts to get from the back of the bus to the front...

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I was overtaking a 205 on the Otley rd in the Daf once. Had a good run on the 205 and got out onto the other side of the road to get past it. I should have known better after riding a CBR125 to York every day for a year but as soon as i was out of the slipstream i lost all momentum.

 

Determined not to give up my mate and me did that wierd rocking back and forwards thing that you do in old cars in a futile (and probably misguided) attempt to make them go faster.

 

Thankfully the girl in the 205 found this hilarious and kindly slowed down to let us pass and we roared (rattled) into the sunset.

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Overtaking? Use a Frog Face Scorpio Cosworth. Makes the local pikeys bloody angry that their L200 or Transit won't catch it....

 

Heavy Traffic? Use a brush painted W115 Merc with no wheeltrims. It makes it look like you don't give a fuck about it. It doesn't lie.

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Nobody likes being overtaken by a beige Princess driven by a man wearing a hat and suit.  Nobody.

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No one likes being overtaken by a K11 Micra. FACT.

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Flat out Minors piss them off too, especially cunts in Audis who are still picking their nose/dreaming world domination when the lights change.   Driving slow cars means I am always checking the lights the other way, not poddling with a sat-nav....

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I also found a general dislike among the VAG-driving population of being overtaken by a battered blue Rover 200 with a silver bonnet.  Fortunately the old crate had enough grunt that the frequent desperate attempts to stop me getting past were generally futile.

 

I really must get the old girl booked into a garage to try and find out where all the horses went.

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Been outbid on a copy of Jalopy on eBay cos I was busy getting my wallet raped in Toys R Us and didn't have a chance to check my phone for emails.

Posted

Thought I'd see why one of the numberplate lights wasn't working - that's because it was cracked and the other one broke when I took it out.

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rear washer isnt working

 

while boot was open 'have a press of the stalk see if owt happens

 

whizzy whizzy etc - nope

 

why is there a puddle on the floor?

 

ahhh ffs - thatll be the pipe off inside the rear of the tailgate then and the panels come off in certain order that dont have any visible fastenings for ffs

 

oh well

 

must download manual :D

Posted

The ax just doesn't want to sell, I have had a semi-promising offer for the engine alone, and it's mighty tempting just to part the sodding thing out.

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Dropped my phone earlier, spidered the counting screen. Screens not replacable, its not insured and its not in my name so had to tell the old man so he could register it for some sort of gadget cover, wait a month then claim.

 

Fucksticks

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  On 27/10/2013 at 08:28, beko1987 said:

HTC one.

Take it to an Asian backstreet shop in a dodgy area of town. They will probably be able to replace it. Will most likely steal your bank details off it too once it is working but at least you will have your phone back so you can see someone stealing the money out of your account whilst on the move.

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That's a one x screen, I've got the one, unibody lump if once sexiness, rated 1 out of 10 from ifixit on teardown ability.

 

Abd I managed to replace the screen on my galaxy s2, so looked at that option first.

 

Will chat to some aisian bretheren at work tomorrow and see if they have any ideas though. Currently sellotaped the screen so it doesn't fall out, working well but makes me cry every time I look at it

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Auction for the Merc ended without a single bid. Guess no one wants a reliable, practical and comfy car then

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MOAR ebay fuckwittery. Sold an item, buyer supplies address with no road name, I questioned it and they replied that there was no road name. So I posted it on Wednesday. Tonight I get a message 'try XXX road, tell them to turn left after the such and such'

 

Bangs head on table. And repeat.

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Oh, and as soon as the auction ended I got a "give you £250 collect on Tuesday" message :roll:

Posted
  On 27/10/2013 at 21:55, Negative Creep said:

Oh, and as soon as the auction ended I got a "give you £250 collect on Tuesday" message :roll:

Glad it's not just me that happens to. First time I listed my 306 I had three people contact me with stupid offers within minutes of the auction ending.

At least it provides an opportunity to practice different, linguistically interesting variations on the answer no.

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Lou Reed died..i once worked for him and Laurie Anderson..long before they were married...and got caught up in a wee spat between them.Was actually quite humorous...

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I cant add up. I have bought the Visa but dont have any room. Hmmm. Something is going to have to budge.

 

The GT6 needs to stay as it is part way through a mini resto. It does need to go in the long run too as its expensive to run and surplus to requirements but is work bugger all at the mo but will bring in ££££ with a little work.  

 

The Visa looks good at first glance, is good on fuel and parts are cheap.

 

The Audi looks amazing, drives like a modern car has been 100% reliable but is very very expensive on fuel and needs a bit of TLC. Parts are pretty pricey and because its like a modern car its a pain to work on.

 

The Imp is the Imp and stays where it is.

 

Fucksticks. So it looks like a toss up between the Visa and the Audi.

 

It looks like I am going to regret this but think I am going to have to offload the Audi in a couple of weeks when I push the Visa into daily service purely on a cost of running basis. The reason I got the Visa was to replace the Audi but the idea was that I would keep it, get the things that are wrong with it sorted and then keep it as a plaything.

 

I am not sure how I managed this. I do mathamatical shizzle for a living but seem to have difficulty counting up to 4. :oops:  

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