Todays - What grinds my gears *ARCHIVE*

[grr666]

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Wasps.

Walking my mutt and the neighbour's mutt tonight (we have him for 10 days whilst they are away...), the two hoon down an embankment chasing a stick. Seconds later they hoon back up again surrounded by angry wasps. I get stung, my pooch gets stung but the neighbour's dog doesn't as he has the common sense to jump in the canal.

The dog is fine now, but I have a sting under one arm and a sting up my shorts, both of which are smarting.
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Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

[Riejufixing]

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Thank you for the advice. These were wasps, so no sting left in. I've gone for lemon juice and it is doing the trick...
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Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

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Feckin' rain last night battered my sweet-peas.
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Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

[Alpineandy]

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[hellkat]

Vaspeth are Vankers.
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[A100man]

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Virgin Media piss taking price increases.

Twice in 9 months totalling a 20% increase. If I put my prices up 20% in 9 months I'd be out of business. I had a letter 2 days ago telling me this increase would be another £3. It's actually gone up by £6. This happens at least twice a year as they time it with an "expiring discount".

Been on the "press 5 to cancel" line listening to shit pop music for 24 minutes so far.

Edit - after 32 minutes, they've put it down to what it was in November again, after it went up by £3, but for only another 6 months. Every sodding 6 months, you get hiked for a 15-20% increase unless you spend half an hour arguing the toss to save £6 a month. I don't mind slight increases, but don't like a company who tries it on for over 20% in a year, every year.
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TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 Sport R, VW Transporter T5 GP LWB Shuttle 140ps DSG.

[A100man]

VM can be a proper bunch of c*nts. I junked then in favour of TalkTalk (marginally better) about 18 months ago.

After a couple of failed attempts they eventually matched the TalkTalk deal but really, why? Why have you been such utter pricks up til the leave point?? Shove it up your arse..!
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Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600

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[Ribenapigeon]

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[hellkat]

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[hellkat]

Thank goodness for Google Translate
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Heavy handed MOT testers. Took the old Jag for an MOT yesterday. In preparation and after giving it a once over, I replaced all 4 drop links and 2 stabiliser bars as the dust seals were torn and this is now an instant fail.

Drive it there, all knocking noises gone and it handled a lot better.

It failed, which wasn't too much of a surprise as this is the first MOT I've taken it for, so wasn't too sure of it's history. It failed on 2 bushes, one at the bottom of the front offside damper (bought a new Jaguar damper for £70) and the other bush is in the offside rear lower wishbone, the outer bush which the hub connects to. (bought a refurbed wishbone with 3 new bushes pressed in).

Anyway, as it's still showing as MOT'd I took it around to my parents this morning. I noticed a new noise yesterday coming back from the MOT and thought the handling felt a bit different. Took it out this morning and it's handling like crap - the rear end it stepping out and jumping around corners. It certainly wasn't like that on the way to the MOT, so whatever happened, the tester must have had a right go at the bushes with a pry bar. Did he really need to destroy it to prove a point?

I also noticed the tyre on that corner was pretty flat, when it was fine before the MOT. I wonder if he's damaged something during the test, so let the tyre down a bit to mask his damage.
Had the wheel off and nothing obvious, so hopefully it's just one of the bushes in the lower wishbone he's trashed.

This place has done similar before and broke a drop link on my old car during the test. How much force are they allowed to put each bush and arm through? Seems a bit heavy handed to me. It feels like the EU regulated and stricter MOT test is just there now to put people off trying to maintain a car over 3 years old and instead keep leasing brand new German cars every 3 years to prop up their economy.

Why on Earth should a torn dust cover be a fail if the ball joint is still in perfect nick?
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TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 Sport R, VW Transporter T5 GP LWB Shuttle 140ps DSG.

[recman]

I had a tosser of an MOT tester like that years ago with an old motor of mine.
The only thing he could 'find' was a 'split' CV joint protector.
It was obvious he'd poked a screwdriver through it as he looked most disappointed when I didn't leave it there for him to replace.

Dodgy cvnt.

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