Todays - What grinds my gears *ARCHIVE*

[bhinso]

What's the most beautiful thing in the world?

[JackButler]

[chickenstrip]

[Polarbear]

The cost of running a Jaguar.

A 'B' Service. Oil, air, pollen and fuel filters replaced. Oil change. Full diagnostic and the usual checks.
3 new wheel nuts (they swell or something!!!!)
2 new banana? bushes. (I'm sure he said banana) and tracking afterwards.
1 new tyre because of side wall cut.
MOT.

The price Sir, £690.

They did valet it mind and it is an indie Jag specialist so I suppose I should be glad I don't have to take it to the main dealer. That would probably require a kidney.
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[A100man]

[Shaft]

[Riejufixing]

[Polarbear]

Actual figures from the invoice.

Parts £255.69
Labour £315.00
VAT £104.54

Parts
Oil filter £7.25
Pollen filter £15.79
Air Filter £19.19
Fuel filter £31.19
oil £46.41
2 x banana arm bushes £60
3 x wheel nuts £10.86
Economy tyre £65

Labour
B Service cost £117.00
Replace bushes £75.00
Wheel alignment and tyre fitting £75.00
MOT £48.00

Good guesses all, especially Reiju
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[Easy-X]

Could argue back and forth on the individual costs a little I'm sure but £75 to fit a tyre?! If that included tracking then fine but that's not the same as "wheel alignment"
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[LustyLew]

'Craft' Beer hangovers.

I must remember that they are not Carling/Fosters and should not be imbibed with similar voracity!

[Skudd]

Bloody insurance.......... what a surprise!!!!!!!
Renewal quote £350 more than an online quote with the same company.
Ring up and they say that quote was only valid for that day (did the quote at 23.57) so was only valid for 3 minutes and not the 8 hours later when the call center opens. Still get the insurance for £290 cheaper than the renewal quote though.

Fully comp covers me to drive anyone else's car except the wife's car, that#s the only other car that I would be driving. If I got divorced I could drive it though.

You just can't make it up. The last bit about being covered to drive other vehicles, there must have been some Albanian or Nigerian who buggered it all up for everyone else.
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Famous last words of Humpty Dumpty. " Stop pushing me "
Petty Anarchists look at "1984".............. The Visionary looks at "Animal Farm".

[Sister Sledge]

Sh*tty driving by every road user today. I mean WTF? Is it people trying for insurance compo to help pay their Xmas bills?
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CCM 404 DS

[LustyLew]

[Easy-X]

Spending 20 mins trying to snag the throttle cable in the carb slide all wrong like a total n00b. And then looking at it again (with brain engaged this time) and did it in 30 seconds
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Unfunny and smug "comedian" Nish Kumar chairing Radio 4's The News Quiz. Either Kumar has some extraordinary dirt on the Director-General or he has the most skilled agent in Entertainment. Miraculously he failed to ruin the show.

[Sister Sledge]

[Polarbear]

[pepperami]

Nish Kumar Always banging the race card as well and yes he’s not particularly funny either.
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[Easy-X]

[Easy-X]

Grinding my gears today?

(This only affects classic bikes I suspect.)

They all have "enter your reg details and we'll find your bike!" on insurance websites.

Nope, my bike doesn't exist despite it being on the DVLA database and holding the V5 in my hand

"Okay, so describe your bike..."

Nope, most of them don't have a listing for it. One insurance site did have the model and then condescendingly said that the model wasn't made until 1978

I thought they all had a standardised database they draw from?
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[bhinso]

"In December 2019, Kumar performed for free at a Christmas charity lunch event for the Lord's Taverners, to mixed reception. The routine included political jokes on Brexit and colonialism, and Kumar was booed off stage.

Following the event, the Lord's Taverners released a statement emphasising the apolitical nature of the organisation and expressing that they did not support the behaviour of some members of the crowd, which included booing, heckling and the throwing of a bread roll."

Lolz.

[King29]

I've dropped the cars sump plug down the drain. I can't drive to get one as engine has no oil in it. It's too cold for the bike so I've had to catch 3 bus's to get a new sump plug and washer. Crap day.

[Easy-X]

[King29]

Its the councils fault, they don't maintain the drain grills, couldn't lift it as it was packed with crud/rust. The only lubrication it had seen was the old engine oil from my car as it splashed between the vents. Bastards.

[kolu]

are you seriously dumping your used oil to the sewers?
man, you deserve that drain plug...