Stupid things non petrolheads say....

[vincegail]

sparkyhx said:

NotDave said:

My supervisor hasn't had her BINI done in 3years/45,000+ miles. She "plans" to get it serviced when she gets her bonus in January.

£70 for bits and her fella offered to do it.. Iphone5 was more important.

Before Christmas she's taking it to Wales, Cornwall and lame district.

Apparently now she wants a company car as the BINI costs too much, because it needed 1 tyre at £85 in 3 years despite never being washed or serviced

a company car will probably cost her more than keeping the mini

Yeah, but then she won't have to pay for her tyres 'herself'.
Ignorance is bliss!

[Blown2CV]

EDLT said:

sparkyhx said:

NotDave said:

My supervisor hasn't had her BINI done in 3years/45,000+ miles. She "plans" to get it serviced when she gets her bonus in January.

£70 for bits and her fella offered to do it.. Iphone5 was more important.

Before Christmas she's taking it to Wales, Cornwall and lame district.

Apparently now she wants a company car as the BINI costs too much, because it needed 1 tyre at £85 in 3 years despite never being washed or serviced

a company car will probably cost her more than keeping the mini

But it'll be new.

and therefore more reliable. I mean, when it doesn't need a tyre within the first 3 months, NotDave will clearly be wrong to have even mentioned it!

[Benbay001]

NotDave said:

My supervisor hasn't had her BINI done in 3years/45,000+ miles. She "plans" to get it serviced when she gets her bonus in January.

£70 for bits and her fella offered to do it.. Iphone5 was more important.

Before Christmas she's taking it to Wales, Cornwall and lame district.

Apparently now she wants a company car as the BINI costs too much, because it needed 1 tyre at £85 in 3 years despite never being washed or serviced

Catch 22.
Part of me would like it to go bang to teach her a lesson (why no smiley for :Devil: ??)
Part of me would worry that would force her into a company car even more so.

[vsonix]

Cotty said:

From kids passing. "thats a really cool car", "would be better if it was a ferrari", "what is it?".

I was a little confused by this. They think my car is cool but would look better with differnt badges?

They will be the type of people who stick Halfords 'M' badges on a 118d a few years from now.... or 'Brabus' on a B-Class.

[Cotty]

Benbay001 said:

(why no smiley for :Devil: ??)

its evil not devil

[ADM06]

vsonix said:

They will be the type of people who stick Halfords 'M' badges on a 118d a few years from now.... or 'Brabus' on a B-Class.

I've seen a few "S4 2.0 TDI" audis knocking about too.

[Twincam16]

sparkyhx said:

NotDave said:

My supervisor hasn't had her BINI done in 3years/45,000+ miles. She "plans" to get it serviced when she gets her bonus in January.

£70 for bits and her fella offered to do it.. Iphone5 was more important.

Before Christmas she's taking it to Wales, Cornwall and lame district.

Apparently now she wants a company car as the BINI costs too much, because it needed 1 tyre at £85 in 3 years despite never being washed or serviced

a company car will probably cost her more than keeping the mini

I've found people like that just don't understand the concept of money they have to hand over to actual people. If it's extracted from their bank account on a monthly basis in great big gobbets they don't actually care, but if they are hit with the reality of paying for something relatively routine upfront - Gah!

It seems to be a similar mentality to the people who don't know that meat comes from animals. Far too many people are living in marketing-supported bubbles, oblivious to the realities of the world, contributing to screwing the economy.

And watch them kick and scream like spoilt little toddlers when reality punches them in the face and they've got to give it all up. In some ways I'm actually glad of this financial crisis. It's forced a lot of people to grow up sharpish.

[folos]

vsonix said:

They will be the type of people who stick Halfords 'M' badges on a 118d a few years from now.... or 'Brabus' on a B-Class.

I saw a good one today being driven by a new driver (P stickers anyway) -

It was a ford focus RS sport motorsport 16v v8 Lx tdci. What a beast!

Also caught a glimpse of the rare and elusive mercedes C180 AMG S-Line. Was behind it in a bus so couldn't get a snap :-(

Edited by folos on Tuesday 9th October 16:59

[havoc]

There's a Rover 620i that I sometimes see on the A46 which is festooned with badges, all on the rhs of the boot lid, and many contradicting the others. I'm hoping/assuming that it's been done with a strong sense of irony.

[folos]

havoc said:

There's a Rover 620i that I sometimes see on the A46 which is festooned with badges, all on the rhs of the boot lid, and many contradicting the others. I'm hoping/assuming that it's been done with a strong sense of irony.

There's alot around one area of cardiff with completely random badges like I posted above, all the same demographic of driver and apparently not ironic!

Among others there's a 318i m3 with M3 wings (e46) and a M-power golf tdi r32. Muppets!

[john2443]

Pesty said:

Wouldnt the rest of the disk have snapped off like a big ring therefore still there rattling around making a right racket?

Or has the disc completly worn down until the last bits broke up and fell off. No sure how you do that!

Although, if she could ignore the noise from no pads/metal on meal grinding noise she could also ignore the noise of the disc clattering round. Somehow!

OP - she isn't deaf is she? That's a semi serious question, it's the only sensible explanation why she couldn't hear anything, unless she's a Motorhead fan with a very loud stereo.

[MGJohn]

folos said:

vsonix said:

They will be the type of people who stick Halfords 'M' badges on a 118d a few years from now.... or 'Brabus' on a B-Class.

I saw a good one today being driven by a new driver (P stickers anyway) -

It was a ford focus RS sport motorsport 16v v8 Lx tdci. What a beast!

Also caught a glimpse of the rare and elusive mercedes C180 AMG S-Line. Was behind it in a bus so couldn't get a snap :-(

There's also the converse of that with one of my son's many cars. We still have a Rover Metro bought new in the family in 1993. It was handed down to my son a good few years back. He along with several mates are Rover and MG mad ( where he gets that from .. ) and a few years ago fitted a 1.8 VVC K-Series unit into the car. Car is a hoot to drive as can be imagined.

However, the car left the production line with the 8 valve Carb 1.1 K-series unit. The little car still has the 1.1C on the hatch.

One day, whilst filling up with fuel another car driver came over and said "I've just been trying to keep up with you in my car. No way is that a 1.1 !"...

No flies on him. He was right about that ...

[Blown2CV]

john2443 said:

Pesty said:

Wouldnt the rest of the disk have snapped off like a big ring therefore still there rattling around making a right racket?

Or has the disc completly worn down until the last bits broke up and fell off. No sure how you do that!

Although, if she could ignore the noise from no pads/metal on meal grinding noise she could also ignore the noise of the disc clattering round. Somehow!

OP - she isn't deaf is she? That's a semi serious question, it's the only sensible explanation why she couldn't hear anything, unless she's a Motorhead fan with a very loud stereo.

it prob came off in bits. At some point the pads contacted each other rather than the disc, and whilst closed they bashed off the rest of the disc, probably in a small number of rotations.

[NotDave]

Twincam16 said:

sparkyhx said:

NotDave said:

My supervisor hasn't had her BINI done in 3years/45,000+ miles. She "plans" to get it serviced when she gets her bonus in January.

£70 for bits and her fella offered to do it.. Iphone5 was more important.

Before Christmas she's taking it to Wales, Cornwall and lame district.

Apparently now she wants a company car as the BINI costs too much, because it needed 1 tyre at £85 in 3 years despite never being washed or serviced

a company car will probably cost her more than keeping the mini

I've found people like that just don't understand the concept of money they have to hand over to actual people. If it's extracted from their bank account on a monthly basis in great big gobbets they don't actually care, but if they are hit with the reality of paying for something relatively routine upfront - Gah!

It seems to be a similar mentality to the people who don't know that meat comes from animals. Far too many people are living in marketing-supported bubbles, oblivious to the realities of the world, contributing to screwing the economy.

And watch them kick and scream like spoilt little toddlers when reality punches them in the face and they've got to give it all up. In some ways I'm actually glad of this financial crisis. It's forced a lot of people to grow up sharpish.

This was her whole point/mentality....

She'd rather pay £200PCM-£250PCM on Direct Debit, than the "risk" of needing an £85 tyre.


I was going to offer to service her BINI, but the fact that common sense was being left out the equation made me think: "fk it".


She can afford iPhone5, SkyHD, holiday abroad, but servicing her car for £70 is just too much money

[Howard-]

NotDave said:

This was her whole point/mentality....

She'd rather pay £200PCM-£250PCM on Direct Debit, than the "risk" of needing an £85 tyre.


I was going to offer to service her BINI, but the fact that common sense was being left out the equation made me think: "fk it".


She can afford iPhone5, SkyHD, holiday abroad, but servicing her car for £70 is just too much money

I hate people.

[NotDave]

Howard- said:

I hate stupid people.

EFA

[NotDave]

Sat in the Saab waiting for our lass, and woman comes to Ka parked in front of me.

Crunch. She's reversed into the front bumper. Low speed, no damage. Fair enough... No.

As I get out the car to inspect she replies to my "woah" with:

"was only low speed, not like it's a new car"

Then proceeds to slip of the clutch doing the exact same thing again.

She sees me inspecting my front end, says: "what's your problem? It's just an old car"

Then says "I'll have your name and insurance"

WTF???

It's a 2006 Saab 9-3 VS TID ... Immaculately kept, hardly a fking beater!

Oh hold up, my fking insurance details???? My name??

You just reversed into my car and want my details?

[thinfourth2]

NotDave said:

Sat in the Saab waiting for our lass, and woman comes to Ka parked in front of me.

Crunch. She's reversed into the front bumper. Low speed, no damage. Fair enough... No.

As I get out the car to inspect she replies to my "woah" with:

"was only low speed, not like it's a new car"

Then proceeds to slip of the clutch doing the exact same thing again.

She sees me inspecting my front end, says: "what's your problem? It's just an old car"

Then says "I'll have your name and insurance"

WTF???

It's a 2006 Saab 9-3 VS TID ... Immaculately kept, hardly a fking beater!

Oh hold up, my fking insurance details???? My name??

You just reversed into my car and want my details?

Insurance you say

I see 50/50 at best but more then likely 100% your fault and a nice whiplash claim

[vincegail]

thinfourth2 said:

NotDave said:

Sat in the Saab waiting for our lass, and woman comes to Ka parked in front of me.

Crunch. She's reversed into the front bumper. Low speed, no damage. Fair enough... No.

As I get out the car to inspect she replies to my "woah" with:

"was only low speed, not like it's a new car"

Then proceeds to slip of the clutch doing the exact same thing again.

She sees me inspecting my front end, says: "what's your problem? It's just an old car"

Then says "I'll have your name and insurance"

WTF???

It's a 2006 Saab 9-3 VS TID ... Immaculately kept, hardly a fking beater!

Oh hold up, my fking insurance details???? My name??

You just reversed into my car and want my details?

Insurance you say

I see 50/50 at best but more then likely 100% your fault and a nice whiplash claim

Then this should moved to the 'fraudulous scams' thread. The nerve of some people!

[Rostfritt]

thinfourth2 said:

Insurance you say

I see 50/50 at best but more then likely 100% your fault and a nice whiplash claim

Make sure it is perfectly clear to the insurers that your engine wasn't running at the time. Unfortunately insurers seem to let obvious frauds like this go all the time.