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The main gang also has Mk1 pre-facelift BMW X5s..a car that went out of production in 03...on 66 plates as well. Oh and the first dramatic scene..featured a Mazda Demio/2 a car again from early 00s..on a 66.

This sort of stuff probably more telling about my level of OCD than anything else but distracting as hell.
That did make me laugh! [emoji23]
 
My recycled U-boat gas thrown another bill at me.

Door lock has stopped working.

Of course, this is after the car has gone into sleep mode, so I can’t get into it now!

So... the list of stuff needed.

2 window regulators
Driver’s door lock
2 oxygen sensors
Torque converter lock-up solenoid

Any guesses as to the cost of all this? I’m dreading it.
My brother his Wrote his off
 
My brother his Wrote his off

I have to be honest here - I've had it 5 years. It never sees a specialist, just gets an oil change every year, lives on my drive, and gets thrashed on track days a few times a year.

In 5 years, outside of tyres, brakes and oil, all it has cost me is 2 keys (although this was £300) and an alternator (under £200 incl. fitting).

I may have to splurge £2-£2.5k on getting it back to how it should be. But it's at least holding value, if not appreciating, as it's a non-turbo flat-6.

I sometimes think I should have bought a Barchetta, Alfa GTV or Honda S2000 - but none of those allow you to tell people you have a Porsche. And none have a flat 6 wailing away behind your shoulders.
 
I don't watch the program but my wife does, walked in the other day to see an old range rover sport on a 66 plate and was very confused.

The main gang also has Mk1 pre-facelift BMW X5s..a car that went out of production in 03...on 66 plates as well. Oh and the first dramatic scene..featured a Mazda Demio/2 a car again from early 00s..on a 66.

This sort of stuff probably more telling about my level of OCD than anything else but distracting as hell.

I'm guessing that as it is filmed in Belfast, they are sourcing locally, but fitting English plates as it is 'based' in London. If the OCD really bites, put the reg into DVLA site and check tax and MOT, or even insurance. Probably comes up as a reg that does not exist.
 
I'm guessing that as it is filmed in Belfast, they are sourcing locally, but fitting English plates as it is 'based' in London. If the OCD really bites, put the reg into DVLA site and check tax and MOT, or even insurance. Probably comes up as a reg that does not exist.



My Panda was originally from Bristol with a WM55 reg but brought to NI in 2007. It was re plated to PUI the 2007 Londonderry prefix at the time.

Strange why they’d bother? As I see lots of people who get the car with the spec they want from the mainland still drive around with English format plates
 
I'm guessing that as it is filmed in Belfast, they are sourcing locally, but fitting English plates as it is 'based' in London. If the OCD really bites, put the reg into DVLA site and check tax and MOT, or even insurance. Probably comes up as a reg that does not exist.

It's not that I don't realise they are fake, it's more a feeling similar to watching a second world war drama and they call for air support on an iPhone. It just breaks the immersion/believability.
 
I have to be honest here - I've had it 5 years. It never sees a specialist, just gets an oil change every year, lives on my drive, and gets thrashed on track days a few times a year.

In 5 years, outside of tyres, brakes and oil, all it has cost me is 2 keys (although this was £300) and an alternator (under £200 incl. fitting).

I may have to splurge £2-£2.5k on getting it back to how it should be. But it's at least holding value, if not appreciating, as it's a non-turbo flat-6.

I sometimes think I should have bought a Barchetta, Alfa GTV or Honda S2000 - but none of those allow you to tell people you have a Porsche. And none have a flat 6 wailing away behind your shoulders.

His was a very low mileage and very good condition 2003 model (about 50k on the clock when he got it last year) claims that someone drove into it when it was parked on the street, but he doesn’t usually park on the street and I’m not convinced ;)

This was only a couple of weeks ago, he’s replaced it with an Audi A5, I think his missus wouldn’t let him get another one as it’s not very handy for moving a family of 4 about
 
I'm guessing that as it is filmed in Belfast, they are sourcing locally, but fitting English plates as it is 'based' in London. If the OCD really bites, put the reg into DVLA site and check tax and MOT, or even insurance. Probably comes up as a reg that does not exist.

Not filmed in Ireland as far as I know but like has already been said, it’s such a glaring thing it doesn’t look right, they are supposed to be secret high end criminal gangs so stands to reason they would have flashy black 4x4s but not a 10 year old car with a new plate. Would be a bit like tony stark in iron man driving a 10 year old Hyundai coupe with a new number plate and portraying he’s a billionaire.

My Panda was originally from Bristol with a WM55 reg but brought to NI in 2007. It was re plated to PUI the 2007 Londonderry prefix at the time.

Strange why they’d bother? As I see lots of people who get the car with the spec they want from the mainland still drive around with English format plates

I think I’ve said before one of my brothers has a camper van company and he’s bought a lot of NI VW vans (because they are cheaper in NI) brings them over and reregisters them with a U.K. plate, also very handy as they don’t have an MOT History when anyone checks the U.K. plate and no hpi history :devil:
 
I'm thinking the cars are not registered as UK cars. DVLA allocates reg numbers to the TV and film industry using possibly prefixes that are not normally used, so cars on TV will never show up on the street. Similarly, no-one will watch and say, "that's my reg".

So tomorrow night, while watching the final episode, we'll have to have a notepad handy to write down the reg numbers and check tax/MOT status later. Or perhaps not?
 
It's also quite possible for number plates to be changed in post production. It's fiction for goodness sake, don't worry about it!

That's easy for you to say. Some of us may not be able to let go that easily.

Only one car tonight, last three letters CIE. Don't think we use I, so that confirms fictitious plates for the film industry.
 
I'll start this rant with a little bit of background...yesterday did not go well it started with getting up at 6am and finished after 11pm with a trip back from A and E in torrential rain so I was not in the best of moods.

But my chariot for this particular **** show was the citroen...and it did it's level best to annoy me. So auto wipers that aren't.. is always a good opener...followed by a demist that has 2 settings, hearing damage or blindness and even on hearing damage can only demist the front windows..coupled with a heated rear window that after ten minutes reached stripey.

Just what you need when your tired and want to get home really...peering out the window with a vague clue as to what's going on.

I imagine it would be because it's an efficient heating and electrical system but it just has no additional capacity. So add 3 people in wet clothes on a wet day..and its hopeless.

Perhaps I'm just spoiled by the AGA under the bonnet of my car and the apparently 3 bar fire it has for back window and auto wipers that work. Theres nowt worse than needing to concentrate on the driving because the weather is terrible, you're on a road you don't really know looking for deep water and bits of tree and instead of doing that you're pissing about with ancillary controls that should just work.
 
I'll start this rant with a little bit of background...yesterday did not go well it started with getting up at 6am and finished after 11pm with a trip back from A and E in torrential rain so I was not in the best of moods.

But my chariot for this particular **** show was the citroen...and it did it's level best to annoy me. So auto wipers that aren't.. is always a good opener...followed by a demist that has 2 settings, hearing damage or blindness and even on hearing damage can only demist the front windows..coupled with a heated rear window that after ten minutes reached stripey.

Just what you need when your tired and want to get home really...peering out the window with a vague clue as to what's going on.

I imagine it would be because it's an efficient heating and electrical system but it just has no additional capacity. So add 3 people in wet clothes on a wet day..and its hopeless.

Perhaps I'm just spoiled by the AGA under the bonnet of my car and the apparently 3 bar fire it has for back window and auto wipers that work. Theres nowt worse than needing to concentrate on the driving because the weather is terrible, you're on a road you don't really know looking for deep water and bits of tree and instead of doing that you're pissing about with ancillary controls that should just work.

Is this on a DS3?
 
Is this on a DS3?

C3...Tbf on any other day it may not have wound me up so much. But after full day at work and 5 hours waiting time I was not in a forgiving mood. One of those times you just want a car to work for you without a fuss and get it done. Character is fine..but somedays absolute efficiency and competence is better.
 
So what made me grumpy and a weeee bit ticked off was that I was in an underground carpark and about to enter an intersection where I had right of way, and a van came speeding through from the left of me almost took me out, but this is where I got more annoyed because I wanted to use my epic GP horn and blow the mofo away, but it isn't working at the moment, ffs,
 
So what made me grumpy and a weeee bit ticked off was that I was in an underground carpark and about to enter an intersection where I had right of way, and a van came speeding through from the left of me almost took me out, but this is where I got more annoyed because I wanted to use my epic GP horn and blow the mofo away, but it isn't working at the moment, ffs,

I've been watching Aussie dashcam footage on YouTube recently so I suspect, despite the lack of horn, there was some colourful language ;)
 
Indeed there was, also I had the missus and the kids in the car too,
So a bonus there ay,
 
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