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What's made you grumpy today?
So much time ‘out of the game’ and it seems whatever skills I had at it have been lost ... or at least life is so different I don’t seem to meet as many new people these days. Still, appreciate your condolences over it
There's no manual for this sort of thing...
If there was it'd be entitled "arguments no sane person should ever have and ridiculous things you shouldn't do.."
Just a taste of the joy would be taking my old car to get serviced about 5 years ago. My Mrs, then girlfriend was going to pick me up and bring me home. She refused to follow me because I apparently I was going to drive to slow. I was like "ok see you there" 40 minutes of standing outside the garage later I receive an absolutely frantic phone call the gist of which "I've got no clue where I am I'm outside of a Staples". At this point in the reversal of the natural role of the person on foot is reversed as she's absolutely up a height, so I end up saying "ok stay there I'll find you" except of course I'm on foot and there's 3 branches of staples in this town..so I ended up pegging it around town looking for a silver Micra containing my girlfriend.
I found her! Let the ridiculous end! No actually it continues..now that I've found her she's in such a state she's determined to leave me (with her car which I'm insured on and can drive back) there and get the bus home. There is a flaw in this plan, as well as leaving me and her car in staples car park she's left her handbag and phone. Now I could have drove the **** off at this point..but I ended up following her storm off with the helpful advice of "darling you might need money if you want to get a bus home"..
Anyway she's chilled a lot in the intervening time..
If there was it'd be entitled "arguments no sane person should ever have and ridiculous things you shouldn't do.."
Just a taste of the joy would be taking my old car to get serviced about 5 years ago. My Mrs, then girlfriend was going to pick me up and bring me home. She refused to follow me because I apparently I was going to drive to slow. I was like "ok see you there" 40 minutes of standing outside the garage later I receive an absolutely frantic phone call the gist of which "I've got no clue where I am I'm outside of a Staples". At this point in the reversal of the natural role of the person on foot is reversed as she's absolutely up a height, so I end up saying "ok stay there I'll find you" except of course I'm on foot and there's 3 branches of staples in this town..so I ended up pegging it around town looking for a silver Micra containing my girlfriend.
I found her! Let the ridiculous end! No actually it continues..now that I've found her she's in such a state she's determined to leave me (with her car which I'm insured on and can drive back) there and get the bus home. There is a flaw in this plan, as well as leaving me and her car in staples car park she's left her handbag and phone. Now I could have drove the **** off at this point..but I ended up following her storm off with the helpful advice of "darling you might need money if you want to get a bus home"..
Anyway she's chilled a lot in the intervening time..
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As above, best advice is to let things calm down and then try to talk like sane people
Remember why you love eachother in the first place, give her time.
The comment above is oh so familiar, on more than one occasion.
But I love her and would go to the ends of the earth to bring her home.
Remember why you love eachother in the first place, give her time.
The comment above is oh so familiar, on more than one occasion.
But I love her and would go to the ends of the earth to bring her home.
05:30 in the works car park, finishing night shift and just want to go home, but all the doors on my panda are frozen solid and I can't get in! Manage to open the tailgate, remove the parcel shelf, climb through and force the drivers door open from inside. Seems that condensation on the door frame has frozen and welded the doors closed, will make sure to wipe it all down with a dry cloth when I get to work tonight!
Spray/coat the rubber seals with some silicone grease the night before, this is kind to the rubber and should help to prevent that from happening!
Spray/coat the rubber seals with some silicone grease the night before, this is kind to the rubber and should help to prevent that from happening!
Thanks for the advice, I think I've got some silicon spray somewhere but I'm not entirely convinced that it was the rubber as there were large dollops of ice on the actual metal surfaces both of the car and the inside of the door. But it won't hurt to give it a spray, anyway it's raining now so hopefully there won't be the same problem tonight.
Thanks for the advice, I think I've got some silicon spray somewhere but I'm not entirely convinced that it was the rubber as there were large dollops of ice on the actual metal surfaces both of the car and the inside of the door. But it won't hurt to give it a spray, anyway it's raining now so hopefully there won't be the same problem tonight.
People driving on the main roads as if they are in fear of skidding off a cliff. It's just a wet road.
1. Are you the first vehicle along here today? No.
2. Are there any crashed cars along here? No.
3. Is there any evidence of crashed cars, such as furrows in the snow/grass, demolished walls, debris, etc.? No.
It is fine then, drive normally. Or stay indoors.
1. Are you the first vehicle along here today? No.
2. Are there any crashed cars along here? No.
3. Is there any evidence of crashed cars, such as furrows in the snow/grass, demolished walls, debris, etc.? No.
It is fine then, drive normally. Or stay indoors.
My heater fan is blowing it's last breath.
One of those jobs that I wish I'd done this summer, or even last summer.
Have a spare, in a spare car, but that's two dashboards to strip out and one to refit, in the snow, wind and rain.
I think I'll drive the Uno tomorow.
One of those jobs that I wish I'd done this summer, or even last summer.
Have a spare, in a spare car, but that's two dashboards to strip out and one to refit, in the snow, wind and rain.
I think I'll drive the Uno tomorow.
Silicone spray does work, I do all my cars at the start of winter, doors open easily even when it's -15.
I've had the ice problem too, it's normally when snow has melted and refrozen during the day. Only prevention is to make sure to sweep the car clear of snow in the morning.
Newer "gutterless" cars are worse for this, another step backwards in practicality in the name of "style".
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While gutterless is worse for freezing, the removal of gutters is driven more by nose reduction and fuel economy than style.
I understood that the gutterless design was to create a more consistent build.
Older cars with gutters were made of lots of pieces welded together, and with small errors at each joint, door fit and other panels fit was random. The side of the car had sills, front, centre and rear pillars, and roof, all as separate panels.
One of the Japanese manufacturers, Toyota or Nissan I think, pressed the side panel as one piece. If the first was correct, then every car will be correct. So the doors fit properly, every time. Multi-panel cars had the doors adjusted on the production line, often poorly, and I remember the pre-delivery inspection on mid-70s Rover Group cars being more than a day, much of which was to adjust doors, bonnet and boot. The Japanese side panels have marks at the hinges, and the door fits on the production line, with marks on the hinges aligning with the side panel, for a perfect fit every time.
Reason for it was consistency in production, other benefits were cleaner lines, less wind noise, but did sometimes create a leak point at the seams.
Downsides, rain dropping onto passengers as they get in/out, and more difficult to attach a roof rack.
VW Polos, or more appropriately their owners.
Leaving Oxford in the evening peak, the journey home was slow. Three occasions the traffic was moving significantly slower than normal (which is already slower than necessary), each time the queue was headed by a Polo, apparently afraid of the dark.
Leaving Oxford in the evening peak, the journey home was slow. Three occasions the traffic was moving significantly slower than normal (which is already slower than necessary), each time the queue was headed by a Polo, apparently afraid of the dark.
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Maybe it's a design of the windscreen which means they get dazzled more easily?
You could still leave the gutters in place, or fit plastic strips with the newer panel alignment techniques so I don't think that is the reason for their removal.
Wife has a lovely video of a guy managing to spin 180 degrees in a 30 zone front of our house. Just as well she had stopped at the house rather than going to the junction 100 yards further on. Love this time of year so many bell ends on bald tyres driving like dicks in freezing conditions..
The gutter was just the seam between the roof and side panels. If the one-piece panel curves onto the roof, to join further in from the edge, leaving a gutter would be an extra piece attached, to add expense. Can't see any manufacturer doing that just to keep a few drips off their loyal customers.
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Wanted to save progress on gt sport today but facing this...
Quick search online tells that the servers are down!!! Pisstake.
Quick search online tells that the servers are down!!! Pisstake.
It wouldn't be Christmas without psn problems.
