doobie
Part of things
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Oct 11, 2014 14:19:40 GMT
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Circlips, why oh why? Maybe it's just my incompetence, but any job I have to do, when greeted with a Circlip I know it will be half an hour or so of cursing and wrestling with a pair of pliers before the inevitable 'ping' and then the hour long search for said clip. Once found, the clip is invariably bent out of all recognition and of no use to man nor beast. Circlip pliers are your friend .... special ones with little points on the end so you don't lose the circlip.... i used to feel the same way about circlips until i found these proper pliers...
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luckyseven
Posted a lot
Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970
Posts: 3,839
Club RR Member Number: 45
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Pet Peeves...luckyseven
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Oct 11, 2014 16:38:05 GMT
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Approached with the correct sense of humour, this thread could be a winner ... but I suspect it'll get relegated to the death bucket of the internet. Anyway, it seems that we are actually willing to forgive our cars almost anything up until some random "norman" gets involved. For example, my first though on the topic of pet peeves was pop-up headlights because; but then I realised it's no so much the pop-ups that then won't pop down that annoy as much as the fool that wanders into the depot and says "I saw your car in the car park, is it supposed to still have one headlight up?" Yes, yes of course it is. I'm training myself to recognise the symptoms of stroke ...
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luckyseven
Posted a lot
Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970
Posts: 3,839
Club RR Member Number: 45
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Pet Peeves...luckyseven
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Oct 11, 2014 16:44:58 GMT
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..actually, is it too late to put in a pet peeve against the Pro Boards "angry bear"? I'd dearly love to go on a bear hunt. With a .50-cal
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Oct 11, 2014 18:26:19 GMT
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One of my pet peeves ... No matter what car i've had, the Haynes manual always has a photo from the model that isn't mine .............
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Del
South East
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Oct 11, 2014 18:49:02 GMT
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..actually, is it too late to put in a pet peeve against the Pro Boards "angry bear"? I'd dearly love to go on a bear hunt. With a .50-cal Wasn't it EmDee whose signature was something like 'No, ProBoards, it wasn't a bear. It was YOU'?
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Pet Peeves...Deleted
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Oct 11, 2014 19:03:52 GMT
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One of my pet peeves ... No matter what car i've had, the Haynes manual always has a photo from the model that isn't mine ............. My last toy was a Bedford CF2. The Haynes manual was for the CF(1) but with updates. Totally different van really, bit even the extra chapters they'd added for the two bore no resemblance at all to the van. I think they just had some spare Austin Allegro pages in stock so they bunged them in to get rid of them. What's the angry bear?
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luckyseven
Posted a lot
Owning sneering dismissive pedantry since 1970
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Club RR Member Number: 45
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Pet Peeves...luckyseven
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Oct 11, 2014 19:08:53 GMT
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Web designer "humour"
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Oct 11, 2014 19:28:36 GMT
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Why is it that when i bump the fuel switch with my knee getting into the car, and ofcourse switching it in the neutral position so the car cant get any fuel, and i am starting and starting and starting and ..... there is always someone who has to ask if i have start problems and have to make the do you have enough fuel remark. Most of the times that happens i look at the fuel switch, say some not so nice words on the inside of my mouth, switch to the fuel on position and starting and starting and starting and... and just before it wants to run the battery dies out on me, and then you know that its at least an hour of looking how the charger fills up up the battery, time that i pass praying backwards of how stupid i am .
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Pet Peeves...Deleted
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Oct 11, 2014 19:37:13 GMT
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Few of my R5 related pet peeves from stuff people say to me "Why is your car so low" "Where are the doorhandles" "Why don't the windows go down by themselves" And most commonly, "What was that noise, did something fall off?" followed by a worried expression..
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Last Edit: Oct 11, 2014 19:37:36 GMT by Deleted
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Del
South East
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Oct 11, 2014 19:41:44 GMT
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I'm sure we've all had 'Why didn't you buy something newer?'.
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Oct 11, 2014 20:19:06 GMT
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Ahahahaha, this stuff is gold.
My car came without car keys. A kind fellow called James, who I believe is also a regular here sorted me out with some replacements which I finally fitted today. Sadly I offended him when I mistook his post-payment silence as a possible sign I'd been ripped off (I hadn't, and they came the day after I'd emailed him again to express my concern). Anyway, I digress, for the last two weeks I've been pounded by the exact same confused question by Normans.... Why on earth did I buy a car that doesn't have any keys.
BECAUSE LOOK AT IT, LISTEN TO IT, FEEL IT PULLING AT YOU... WHO GIVES A SHIP ABOUT KEYS FOR CRYING OUT LOUD? Its not a Nissan Almera Tipo, it has other qualities that make the absense of keys a piffling inconvenience.
But they couldn't understand because you can't have a car that doesn't have any keys... That's crazy.
(PS Thanks James. I owe you one and I'm sorry I doubted you)
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Oct 11, 2014 20:21:30 GMT
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Why is it that when i bump the fuel switch with my knee getting into the car, and ofcourse switching it in the neutral position so the car cant get any fuel, and i am starting and starting and starting and ..... there is always someone who has to ask if i have start problems and have to make the do you have enough fuel remark. Most of the times that happens i look at the fuel switch, say some not so nice words on the inside of my mouth, switch to the fuel on position and starting and starting and starting and... and just before it wants to run the battery dies out on me, and then you know that its at least an hour of looking how the charger fills up up the battery, time that i pass praying backwards of how stupid i am . This has made me laugh....my 924 has a hot start issue (even the switch trick doesn''t work ) but I know it always starts on the 3rd turn of the key but I always get folks telling me to put the pedal to the floor and try it......yes I know that!!!
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Oct 11, 2014 20:26:12 GMT
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People saying I should turn my van into a camper...why would I want to throw all my tools and a tonne of timber into a camper on a daily basis? The London Emisions Zone, come the revolution brothers it'll be the first against the wall. And about the jag just tell them you don't need to worry about fuel consumption since the lottery win
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fred
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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Oct 11, 2014 21:06:01 GMT
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Another one - which wrinkles my prunes - 'Bet that drinks some gas' 'Yes it does mate - but not as much as your monthly payments on that Mokka thingy'
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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fred
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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Oct 11, 2014 21:15:37 GMT
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Oh and another one rebounds off my jaded Memory Banks I went to Fast Car (In Bloxwich Walsall) many years ago - merely to purchase a headlight bulb for my Ventora 'I need a Headlight bulb for a '69 Ventora' Spotty faced Sales 'person' 'You mean a Frontera?' 'No a Ventora' 'You sure sir?' 'Yes pretty sure on that fact mate' 'Sir, I think you mean Frontera, theres nothing on the computer saying Ventora' 'Look out of your window, its parked THERE' 'Ohhhh Its a Cortina' 'For F...ks sake' Walks out....
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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Pet Peeves...Deleted
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Oct 11, 2014 21:19:43 GMT
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^ AHahahahahaha made me choke on my cuppa.
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Oct 11, 2014 21:23:51 GMT
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Haynes manuals, that weren't proof read - in a couple of the wiring diagrams for the Rover 220, if you tried to use them to fault-find the relay pack, you'd end up scratching your head for hours, as it's got a few fairly major wires in the wrong places.... Putting off minor jobs, as "it's only a small thing" - until you realise all these minor faults will now cost a fortune to put right, and will take the best part of a weekend to actually sort Making your only form of transport undriveable (to make a repair/service it), then needing to go to a motorfactors/etc after everything's in bits People that don't understand, if you're up to your elbows in grease, that you're simply not going to be able to answer the phone, or hold a text conversation - or even want to The fact that Halfords bulbs, on trade, now cost about £2, rather than the 30p they used to a few months ago
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You're like a crazy backyard genius!
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JohnK
North East
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I think my biggest peeve is anybody who makes a comment along the lines of 'why do you need that many cars? You can only drive one at a time you know?'
Really? I mean it actually is totally impossible to drive 4 cars ALL at the same time?!
My typical reply is 'well why not?' Which is then met by my next annoyance - 'you could get something a lot newer and better'
Yes I know that. I have a 6yr old BMW which, for this particular journey I've decided against using because I like driving an old bloody car! Now sod off and mind your own business!
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------------------------------------------- 1999 'V' Rover 620Ti 1999 'T' Mercedes E55 AMG 1997 'R' Ford Probe 24v 1994 'M' Nissan Maxima 3.0 1992 'J' Honda Prelude 2.0iS 1986 'C' BMW 728i Auto 1985 'C' Talbot Solara 1.6 Minx 1984 'A' Talbot Horizon LE Ultra 1.3 1978 'S' Ford Cortina 1.6 GL
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JohnK
North East
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Oh and another one 'it must cost you a fortune to run all of these. They are insured aren't they?'
No I'm a master criminal who chucks two kids into an uninsured, untaxed car with no MOT. Am I really going to admit that to somebody?? Obviously people who aren't up to speed with the joys of classic car insurance (hence why I have a few - re my last post)
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Last Edit: Oct 12, 2014 6:08:50 GMT by JohnK
------------------------------------------- 1999 'V' Rover 620Ti 1999 'T' Mercedes E55 AMG 1997 'R' Ford Probe 24v 1994 'M' Nissan Maxima 3.0 1992 'J' Honda Prelude 2.0iS 1986 'C' BMW 728i Auto 1985 'C' Talbot Solara 1.6 Minx 1984 'A' Talbot Horizon LE Ultra 1.3 1978 'S' Ford Cortina 1.6 GL
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When tapping in a bearing you always think of things like, don't look at the thumb when whacking on the tool to drive the bearing in, and then of course place the hammer with extreme precision on the cuticle of that thumb, resulting in a lot of loud curse words and a greasy thumb disappearing in you're mouth, and then someone HAS to ask if it hurts. ........!##(@*$*@($@()>>>....hole ! And you know you will be reminded of the stupidity for months as the black spot on the nail slowly grows towards the end of the nail.
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Last Edit: Oct 12, 2014 7:28:34 GMT by collector
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