Grumpy Old Men (& Women) Thread.

[Conniff]

All my years as an engineer saw me swearing at French cars more than all the others put together - I wouldn't even take delivery of one if I won it in a competition.

 

Designed and built to a price instead of the other way around.

Edited April 16, 2012 by Conniff

[heliosuk]

So how do you justify my 249,000 mile Citroen Saxo then Conniff??? And run for in excess of 115K miles on a mix of LPG and petrol which has a habit of destroying cylinder heads.

 

Not a fan of Citroen but you have to admire some of the engineering and longevity. Not true to slate French cars but it is fair play to ridicule the French!!!

[Conniff]

I'll make a separate thread tomorrow so we can drip all over each other and just whinge in general and just to give you a flavour, I would rather have a Trabant than a French car.

[heliosuk]

You could buy a Bentley Continental Conniff. The bodys' for which are assembled on the old Trabant line at VW's Sachsen Zwickau plant. Then you will have a modern Trabant!! One of the funniest things I've seen. Bentleys coming off the Trabant line

[Conniff]

What car do you drive, is it better than the next mans or is there something else you would rather be driving?

 

The Grumpy Old Mens thread is somewhere you can moan or praise to your hearts content. No swearing at each other tho please.

 

PS Tetley tea is better than PG.

[Ell-enn]

Can grumpy old ladies join in ?

[Conniff]

I was going to say something sexist and then remembered will be seeing you in Bath.

[silverfox1961]

Can grumpy old ladies join in ?

 

In the spirit of sexual equality

 

NO!

[Conniff]

So how do you justify my 249,000 mile Citroen Saxo then Conniff??? And run for in excess of 115K miles on a mix of LPG and petrol which has a habit of destroying cylinder heads.

 

Not a fan of Citroen but you have to admire some of the engineering and longevity. Not true to slate French cars but it is fair play to ridicule the French!!!

 

i think that is the first time I have ever heard of a car being clocked by adding miles

[Gbarbm]

I was going to say something sexist and then remembered will be seeing you in Bath.

 

Crikey Phil, I read that quickly then and thought it said be seeing you In THE Bath!

Should have gone to Specsavers...

[silverfox1961]

Hmmm! Reality TV. Watching paint dry? Reality TV or watching paint dry. Simples

Why oh why do people want to air their dirty laundry in public.

 

Give me a good old film or documentary any day

 

(Is that grumpy enough)

[Conniff]

You don't have to air them in public, you can always hang them around the back of the shed behind the green beans

[heliosuk]

Sprang to my mind as well!!!

[Ell-enn]

I've got a VW Polo, had it for 3 years and loved it - but now it's got a problem that no-one seems to be able to fix - emissions warning light keeps coming on (apparently VW Polos and Golfs are well known for this). It's had just about eveything checked and still the light keeps coming on, next time it goes off I'm trading it in !!

[Conniff]

Sprang to my mind as well!!!

 

Your washing machine broken as well is it?

[Conniff]

I've got a VW Polo, had it for 3 years and loved it - but now it's got a problem that no-one seems to be able to fix - emissions warning light keeps coming on (apparently VW Polos and Golfs are well known for this). It's had just about eveything checked and still the light keeps coming on, next time it goes off I'm trading it in !!

 

So it comes and goes at will ?

 

Do I remember you bringing this up a couple of years ago and you haven't connected it to ign light yet?

[heliosuk]

i think that is the first time I have ever heard of a car being clocked by adding miles

 

Depends how you read it Conniff. Had over 100K before LPG fitted. Just eats exhausts now every 18 months so get 2 year guarantee and get 36 months!

[Ell-enn]

It was last November I think it started

[heliosuk]

I'll have it unless it's one of the poxy 3 cylinder ones. Can't beat a Polo even with XXX!

[heliosuk]

And of course if there is anything wrong with it I can drag you throught the courts because SOGA is my friend and I can go get em!! (sorry........couldn't resist!)

[Ell-enn]

I'll have it unless it's one of the poxy 3 cylinder ones. Can't beat a Polo even with XXX!

 

Afraid it's one of the poxy 3 cylinder ones

[heliosuk]

Over 55K?

[Ell-enn]

No just over 20k

[heliosuk]

Sounds like you might be posting on here soon for a new cylinder head unless it's newer than 2009.

Probably why you emissions light is on.

[Ell-enn]

It's 2007 - cylinder head been checked and is apparently ok. Any easy way to get the light off?