Minor complaints thread (5 Viewers)

[therealjohnny]

Sitting in traffic at lights.
Lights went green.
Hit the accelerator.
Forgot I was in second gear.
Car stalled.
Refused to re-start after three attempts.
Horns blaring.
Hazard lights died.
Other motorists becoming increasingly aggressive.
Panic.
Kind man got me started with jump leads.
Drove to Lidl.
Bought four packets of Crusti Croc Sour Cream and Cheese.
Car re-started ok.
Drove home.

Should I bring it to a garage?

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with eternal thanks to Jill Hives for revealing this link to me

 

[rettucs]

Sitting in traffic at lights.
Lights went green.
Hit the accelerator.
Forgot I was in second gear.
Car stalled.
Refused to re-start after three attempts.
Horns blaring.
Hazard lights died.
Other motorists becoming increasingly aggressive.
Panic.
Kind man got me started with jump leads.
Drove to Lidl.
Bought four packets of Crusti Croc Sour Cream and Cheese.
Car re-started ok.
Drove home.

Should I bring it to a garage?

I'd suggest changing the order you do things. If you buy the Crusti Croc before your car conks out then you can just sit back and enjoy them and just not care about everyone else getting mad and aggressive.

otherwise I think you did things just fine

 

[Reets]

you should move to America. Theres no such thing as hot water bottles there

Tempting

 

[ann post]

wonder could it be alternator or timing belt?

if the timing belt goes you car breaks and never works again.

it can just be as silly as the alternator getting jammed between cycles or a bit of flooding, which a jump start will sort out.

 

[Unknown Convict]

gonna run the car now.

wonder could it be alternator or timing belt?

don't just run it, you'll need to drive around too. idling doesn't necessarily charge the battery. if it's timing belt there'll be a slight delay between hitting the accelerator and the engine responding. could be sparks plugs. maybe you flooded the engine. could also be transmission. i'm no mechanic by the way.

also, never panic. paying road tax entitles you to stall and sit there and if you get beeped, give em the finger - courtesy and goodwill to all.

eta: i guess strike through doesn't work

 

[Jill Hives]

Having to fill the sprogs hot water bottle every freakin night.
I know it only takes 2 mins and it's so she gets a better sleep but FUCK!!

I fill three every night. Wondrous things.

 

[ann post]

don't just run it, you'll need to drive around too. idling doesn't necessarily charge the battery.

the ecu's on the more modern ones will push up the idle speed if the alternator is running the electrics. mine will idle at 800, or 1400 - 1700 if the battery is fucked. when i say modern, i'm talking about a 1999 here.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I fill three every night. Wondrous things.

Have you got an electric blanket?

 

[Jill Hives]

Have you got an electric blanket?

Those things scare me. I don't even have my heat on. Water bottles. Best invention ever.

 

[jonah]

I really need to buy one, we're very Scrooge with our heating here

 

[Unknown Convict]

i'm talking about a 1999 here.

get you! (i thought the ecu was money.)

i had the hi-ace jumped then idling for 20 mins today but had to jump it again.

pretty sure this is nlgbbblbth anyway:

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[pete]

don't just run it, you'll need to drive around too. idling doesn't necessarily charge the battery. if it's timing belt there'll be a slight delay between hitting the accelerator and the engine responding. could be sparks plugs. maybe you flooded the engine. could also be transmission. i'm no mechanic by the way.

also, never panic. paying road tax entitles you to stall and sit there and if you get beeped, give em the finger - courtesy and goodwill to all.

eta: i guess strike through doesn't work

you need to use [strike]strike[/strike]

 

[ann post]

get you! (i thought the ecu was money.)

i had the hi-ace jumped then idling for 20 mins today but had to jump it again.

i would love a hi-ace.

 

[Unknown Convict]

fuck blue monday

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[Unknown Convict]

i would love a hi-ace.

damn, sold my other one today to three ne'er-do-wells from finglas. held my own in the face of some hard bargaining from the two talkers but was more than worried by the silent heavy whose parting (and only) shot was "god bless". with menace.

 

[shower another shower]

I'm poorer now that I work than I was when I was a student. It doesn't make any sense.

welcome to the real world.

 

[RayRay]

Sitting in traffic at lights.
Lights went green.
Hit the accelerator.
Forgot I was in second gear.
Car stalled.
Refused to re-start after three attempts.
Horns blaring.
Hazard lights died.
Other motorists becoming increasingly aggressive.
Panic.
Kind man got me started with jump leads.
Drove to Lidl.
Bought four packets of Crusti Croc Sour Cream and Cheese.
Car re-started ok.
Drove home.

Should I bring it to a garage?

Some cars have a safty mechanism that cuts off for all electrics in the case of a crash so the sparks and she wont ignite spilling fuel like in the movies. In some cases i've heard it happening when the car is jolted suddenly (like cutting out). There is a reset type button you can press if this happens and that'll get you going again. In my car, as you face the bonnet looking in, it in the top right corner.

What car do you have?

 

[Anthony]

Had to give my ears a good rest and am now way behind on my podcasts.
That is a minor complaint and that is a minor complaint.

 

[Anthony]

Sitting in traffic at lights.
Lights went green.
Hit the accelerator.
Forgot I was in second gear.
Car stalled.
Refused to re-start after three attempts.
Horns blaring.
Hazard lights died.
Other motorists becoming increasingly aggressive.
Panic.
Kind man got me started with jump leads.
Drove to Lidl.
Bought four packets of Crusti Croc Sour Cream and Cheese.
Car re-started ok.
Drove home.

Should I bring it to a garage?

In those situations I find it helps to quote Homer Simpson to yourself aloud "yes, yes, I'd be angry too".

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

In those situations I find it helps to quote Homer Simpson to yourself aloud "yes, yes, I'd be angry too".

No, they were pricks, shit happens.

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