Stupid things non petrolheads say... Vol 2
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Not so much 'say', but 'do'... or in this case, 'done'.
Girl at one of my sites asked me where the best place to get tyres from. Her three year old Audi A3 had just come back from a service and she'd been told the tyres would need changing before the MOT.
Told her I always use Blackcircles, but told her to shop around and I'd recommend choosing midrange or premium tyres considering she uses her car to ferry her kids around. I relayed my story of trying budget tyres, and how I'd not recommend using them - I was a lot younger and naively thought cheap tyres would do the same job as expensive tyres on the Astra I had at the time. One VERY scary moment in wet weather less than 2000 miles in and I'll not entertain them again. Anyway, she agreed that cheap tyres wouldn't be ideal.
Few days later I was back at her site. Asked her how she got on. 'I went to the garage down the road, only cost me £30 for each tyre!'. Apparently she was told there was no point in getting brand new tyres when you can get second hand ones from the extremely dodgy garage she went to.
On my way out I had a look to see what she'd purchased. One very worn Pirelli with a massive gouge on the sidewall on the front near side, one Landsail on the front offside which did look to have a fair amount of tread but a cracked sidewall and two part worn 'Wanli' (a new one on me) tyres on the back, one with a very dubious plug near the sidewall.
Mad how someone will spend £2k on a new iPhone, obscene amounts of money for her hair doing every few weeks, new clothes, nails, etc. Yet when it comes to tyres they'll go for the absolute cheapest thing they can find.
Girl at one of my sites asked me where the best place to get tyres from. Her three year old Audi A3 had just come back from a service and she'd been told the tyres would need changing before the MOT.
Told her I always use Blackcircles, but told her to shop around and I'd recommend choosing midrange or premium tyres considering she uses her car to ferry her kids around. I relayed my story of trying budget tyres, and how I'd not recommend using them - I was a lot younger and naively thought cheap tyres would do the same job as expensive tyres on the Astra I had at the time. One VERY scary moment in wet weather less than 2000 miles in and I'll not entertain them again. Anyway, she agreed that cheap tyres wouldn't be ideal.
Few days later I was back at her site. Asked her how she got on. 'I went to the garage down the road, only cost me £30 for each tyre!'. Apparently she was told there was no point in getting brand new tyres when you can get second hand ones from the extremely dodgy garage she went to.
On my way out I had a look to see what she'd purchased. One very worn Pirelli with a massive gouge on the sidewall on the front near side, one Landsail on the front offside which did look to have a fair amount of tread but a cracked sidewall and two part worn 'Wanli' (a new one on me) tyres on the back, one with a very dubious plug near the sidewall.
Mad how someone will spend £2k on a new iPhone, obscene amounts of money for her hair doing every few weeks, new clothes, nails, etc. Yet when it comes to tyres they'll go for the absolute cheapest thing they can find.
daqinggregg said:
While searching for information on the Far East during time of the ‘Vietnam War’I found the following website ‘HubPage’.
The website has a section titled ‘AxelAddict’
'How to Get Rid of the "Check Engine" Light: 4 Techniques' Has the following advice.
“The first and easiest method for clearing the check engine light is driving and time. Most onboard computers will recheck whatever problem caused the check engine light to activate multiple times. Drive your car as you normally would.
If the check engine light is still on after three days, your problem may not have been fixed or you may need to try some of the methods below to reset it.”
FFS, are they serious.
Driving it around and ignoring it will get rid of the orange engine light, they just forgot to mention that it will eventually turn red. The website has a section titled ‘AxelAddict’
'How to Get Rid of the "Check Engine" Light: 4 Techniques' Has the following advice.
“The first and easiest method for clearing the check engine light is driving and time. Most onboard computers will recheck whatever problem caused the check engine light to activate multiple times. Drive your car as you normally would.
If the check engine light is still on after three days, your problem may not have been fixed or you may need to try some of the methods below to reset it.”
FFS, are they serious.
Mr Penguin said:
daqinggregg said:
While searching for information on the Far East during time of the ‘Vietnam War’I found the following website ‘HubPage’.
The website has a section titled ‘AxelAddict’
'How to Get Rid of the "Check Engine" Light: 4 Techniques' Has the following advice.
“The first and easiest method for clearing the check engine light is driving and time. Most onboard computers will recheck whatever problem caused the check engine light to activate multiple times. Drive your car as you normally would.
If the check engine light is still on after three days, your problem may not have been fixed or you may need to try some of the methods below to reset it.”
FFS, are they serious.
Driving it around and ignoring it will get rid of the orange engine light, they just forgot to mention that it will eventually turn red. The website has a section titled ‘AxelAddict’
'How to Get Rid of the "Check Engine" Light: 4 Techniques' Has the following advice.
“The first and easiest method for clearing the check engine light is driving and time. Most onboard computers will recheck whatever problem caused the check engine light to activate multiple times. Drive your car as you normally would.
If the check engine light is still on after three days, your problem may not have been fixed or you may need to try some of the methods below to reset it.”
FFS, are they serious.
On some cars, it is when the check engine light starts flashing, that the indicated fault is serious, and requires stopping the engine as fast as possible.
On others, if the light has not turned red, or is not flashing it is `possible' to drive for thousands of miles once the fault code has been checked, and the fault identified and fixed.
It must be born in mind that if the check engine light is on, when a vehicle is taken for its MOT, it will definitely fail, even if the fault is a minor one.
Edited by Pan Pan Pan on Saturday 6th April 10:25
Pan Pan Pan said:
Mr Penguin said:
daqinggregg said:
While searching for information on the Far East during time of the ‘Vietnam War’I found the following website ‘HubPage’.
The website has a section titled ‘AxelAddict’
'How to Get Rid of the "Check Engine" Light: 4 Techniques' Has the following advice.
“The first and easiest method for clearing the check engine light is driving and time. Most onboard computers will recheck whatever problem caused the check engine light to activate multiple times. Drive your car as you normally would.
If the check engine light is still on after three days, your problem may not have been fixed or you may need to try some of the methods below to reset it.”
FFS, are they serious.
Driving it around and ignoring it will get rid of the orange engine light, they just forgot to mention that it will eventually turn red. The website has a section titled ‘AxelAddict’
'How to Get Rid of the "Check Engine" Light: 4 Techniques' Has the following advice.
“The first and easiest method for clearing the check engine light is driving and time. Most onboard computers will recheck whatever problem caused the check engine light to activate multiple times. Drive your car as you normally would.
If the check engine light is still on after three days, your problem may not have been fixed or you may need to try some of the methods below to reset it.”
FFS, are they serious.
On some cars, it is when the check engine light starts flashing, that the indicated fault is serious, and requires stopping the engine as fast as possible.
On others, if the light has not turned red, or is not flashing it is `possible' to drive for thousands of miles once the fault code has been checked, and the fault identified and fixed.
It must be born in mind that if the check engine light is on, when a vehicle is taken for its MOT, it will definitely fail, even if the fault is a minor one.
Edited by Pan Pan Pan on Saturday 6th April 10:25
My sons Rover 25 occasionally comes up Amber. That needs a reset (but my reader doesn't see any faults), and it will stay off for a long time. Last time I had to reset it was about 18 months ago and its been fine since.
98elise said:
Pan Pan Pan said:
Mr Penguin said:
daqinggregg said:
While searching for information on the Far East during time of the ‘Vietnam War’I found the following website ‘HubPage’.
The website has a section titled ‘AxelAddict’
'How to Get Rid of the "Check Engine" Light: 4 Techniques' Has the following advice.
“The first and easiest method for clearing the check engine light is driving and time. Most onboard computers will recheck whatever problem caused the check engine light to activate multiple times. Drive your car as you normally would.
If the check engine light is still on after three days, your problem may not have been fixed or you may need to try some of the methods below to reset it.”
FFS, are they serious.
Driving it around and ignoring it will get rid of the orange engine light, they just forgot to mention that it will eventually turn red. The website has a section titled ‘AxelAddict’
'How to Get Rid of the "Check Engine" Light: 4 Techniques' Has the following advice.
“The first and easiest method for clearing the check engine light is driving and time. Most onboard computers will recheck whatever problem caused the check engine light to activate multiple times. Drive your car as you normally would.
If the check engine light is still on after three days, your problem may not have been fixed or you may need to try some of the methods below to reset it.”
FFS, are they serious.
On some cars, it is when the check engine light starts flashing, that the indicated fault is serious, and requires stopping the engine as fast as possible.
On others, if the light has not turned red, or is not flashing it is `possible' to drive for thousands of miles once the fault code has been checked, and the fault identified and fixed.
It must be born in mind that if the check engine light is on, when a vehicle is taken for its MOT, it will definitely fail, even if the fault is a minor one.
Edited by Pan Pan Pan on Saturday 6th April 10:25
My sons Rover 25 occasionally comes up Amber. That needs a reset (but my reader doesn't see any faults), and it will stay off for a long time. Last time I had to reset it was about 18 months ago and its been fine since.
WarrenB said:
Not so much 'say', but 'do'... or in this case, 'done'.
Girl at one of my sites asked me where the best place to get tyres from. Her three year old Audi A3 had just come back from a service and she'd been told the tyres would need changing before the MOT.
Told her I always use Blackcircles, but told her to shop around and I'd recommend choosing midrange or premium tyres considering she uses her car to ferry her kids around. I relayed my story of trying budget tyres, and how I'd not recommend using them - I was a lot younger and naively thought cheap tyres would do the same job as expensive tyres on the Astra I had at the time. One VERY scary moment in wet weather less than 2000 miles in and I'll not entertain them again. Anyway, she agreed that cheap tyres wouldn't be ideal.
Few days later I was back at her site. Asked her how she got on. 'I went to the garage down the road, only cost me £30 for each tyre!'. Apparently she was told there was no point in getting brand new tyres when you can get second hand ones from the extremely dodgy garage she went to.
On my way out I had a look to see what she'd purchased. One very worn Pirelli with a massive gouge on the sidewall on the front near side, one Landsail on the front offside which did look to have a fair amount of tread but a cracked sidewall and two part worn 'Wanli' (a new one on me) tyres on the back, one with a very dubious plug near the sidewall.
Mad how someone will spend £2k on a new iPhone, obscene amounts of money for her hair doing every few weeks, new clothes, nails, etc. Yet when it comes to tyres they'll go for the absolute cheapest thing they can find.
I used to work with someone who saw no value in servicing as it doesn't make any difference and complained a lot when he had to buy tyres even though he bought the cheapest ones possible. He wouldn't think twice about dropping £200 on a night out though.Girl at one of my sites asked me where the best place to get tyres from. Her three year old Audi A3 had just come back from a service and she'd been told the tyres would need changing before the MOT.
Told her I always use Blackcircles, but told her to shop around and I'd recommend choosing midrange or premium tyres considering she uses her car to ferry her kids around. I relayed my story of trying budget tyres, and how I'd not recommend using them - I was a lot younger and naively thought cheap tyres would do the same job as expensive tyres on the Astra I had at the time. One VERY scary moment in wet weather less than 2000 miles in and I'll not entertain them again. Anyway, she agreed that cheap tyres wouldn't be ideal.
Few days later I was back at her site. Asked her how she got on. 'I went to the garage down the road, only cost me £30 for each tyre!'. Apparently she was told there was no point in getting brand new tyres when you can get second hand ones from the extremely dodgy garage she went to.
On my way out I had a look to see what she'd purchased. One very worn Pirelli with a massive gouge on the sidewall on the front near side, one Landsail on the front offside which did look to have a fair amount of tread but a cracked sidewall and two part worn 'Wanli' (a new one on me) tyres on the back, one with a very dubious plug near the sidewall.
Mad how someone will spend £2k on a new iPhone, obscene amounts of money for her hair doing every few weeks, new clothes, nails, etc. Yet when it comes to tyres they'll go for the absolute cheapest thing they can find.
Couple of workmen came to replace a door on Friday.
One of them noticed my Alfa Romeo Giulia, the conversation went like this
Worker- is the blue car yours?
Me - yes it’s an Alfa
Him- nice did you know it’s a bmw M3 underneath?
Me - it isn’t it’s an Alfa
Him - it has a bmw chassis and engine
Me - it really hasn’t
Him - talking of BMW’s did you know the V10 M5 has a Lamborghini engine?
Me - no it doesn’t, it has a BMW engine
Him- I’m really into cars, I love the Bentley continental
Me - yes I like those too, lovely engine the 12 cylinder
Him- yes, it’s a Bugatti engine straight out of a Veyron
Me - can we stop talking about cars now please.
One of them noticed my Alfa Romeo Giulia, the conversation went like this
Worker- is the blue car yours?
Me - yes it’s an Alfa
Him- nice did you know it’s a bmw M3 underneath?
Me - it isn’t it’s an Alfa
Him - it has a bmw chassis and engine
Me - it really hasn’t
Him - talking of BMW’s did you know the V10 M5 has a Lamborghini engine?
Me - no it doesn’t, it has a BMW engine
Him- I’m really into cars, I love the Bentley continental
Me - yes I like those too, lovely engine the 12 cylinder
Him- yes, it’s a Bugatti engine straight out of a Veyron
Me - can we stop talking about cars now please.
blueg33 said:
Couple of workmen came to replace a door on Friday.
One of them noticed my Alfa Romeo Giulia, the conversation went like this
Worker- is the blue car yours?
Me - yes it’s an Alfa
Him- nice did you know it’s a bmw M3 underneath?
Me - it isn’t it’s an Alfa
Him - it has a bmw chassis and engine
Me - it really hasn’t
Him - talking of BMW’s did you know the V10 M5 has a Lamborghini engine?
Me - no it doesn’t, it has a BMW engine
Him- I’m really into cars, I love the Bentley continental
Me - yes I like those too, lovely engine the 12 cylinder
Him- yes, it’s a Bugatti engine straight out of a Veyron
Me - can we stop talking about cars now please.
One of them noticed my Alfa Romeo Giulia, the conversation went like this
Worker- is the blue car yours?
Me - yes it’s an Alfa
Him- nice did you know it’s a bmw M3 underneath?
Me - it isn’t it’s an Alfa
Him - it has a bmw chassis and engine
Me - it really hasn’t
Him - talking of BMW’s did you know the V10 M5 has a Lamborghini engine?
Me - no it doesn’t, it has a BMW engine
Him- I’m really into cars, I love the Bentley continental
Me - yes I like those too, lovely engine the 12 cylinder
Him- yes, it’s a Bugatti engine straight out of a Veyron
Me - can we stop talking about cars now please.
WarrenB said:
Not so much 'say', but 'do'... or in this case, 'done'.
Girl at one of my sites asked me where the best place to get tyres from. Her three year old Audi A3 had just come back from a service and she'd been told the tyres would need changing before the MOT.
Told her I always use Blackcircles, but told her to shop around and I'd recommend choosing midrange or premium tyres considering she uses her car to ferry her kids around. I relayed my story of trying budget tyres, and how I'd not recommend using them - I was a lot younger and naively thought cheap tyres would do the same job as expensive tyres on the Astra I had at the time. One VERY scary moment in wet weather less than 2000 miles in and I'll not entertain them again. Anyway, she agreed that cheap tyres wouldn't be ideal.
Few days later I was back at her site. Asked her how she got on. 'I went to the garage down the road, only cost me £30 for each tyre!'. Apparently she was told there was no point in getting brand new tyres when you can get second hand ones from the extremely dodgy garage she went to.
On my way out I had a look to see what she'd purchased. One very worn Pirelli with a massive gouge on the sidewall on the front near side, one Landsail on the front offside which did look to have a fair amount of tread but a cracked sidewall and two part worn 'Wanli' (a new one on me) tyres on the back, one with a very dubious plug near the sidewall.
Mad how someone will spend £2k on a new iPhone, obscene amounts of money for her hair doing every few weeks, new clothes, nails, etc. Yet when it comes to tyres they'll go for the absolute cheapest thing they can find.
… and it falls down when you talk about iPhones. Even with 1TB you can’t exceed £1,500.Girl at one of my sites asked me where the best place to get tyres from. Her three year old Audi A3 had just come back from a service and she'd been told the tyres would need changing before the MOT.
Told her I always use Blackcircles, but told her to shop around and I'd recommend choosing midrange or premium tyres considering she uses her car to ferry her kids around. I relayed my story of trying budget tyres, and how I'd not recommend using them - I was a lot younger and naively thought cheap tyres would do the same job as expensive tyres on the Astra I had at the time. One VERY scary moment in wet weather less than 2000 miles in and I'll not entertain them again. Anyway, she agreed that cheap tyres wouldn't be ideal.
Few days later I was back at her site. Asked her how she got on. 'I went to the garage down the road, only cost me £30 for each tyre!'. Apparently she was told there was no point in getting brand new tyres when you can get second hand ones from the extremely dodgy garage she went to.
On my way out I had a look to see what she'd purchased. One very worn Pirelli with a massive gouge on the sidewall on the front near side, one Landsail on the front offside which did look to have a fair amount of tread but a cracked sidewall and two part worn 'Wanli' (a new one on me) tyres on the back, one with a very dubious plug near the sidewall.
Mad how someone will spend £2k on a new iPhone, obscene amounts of money for her hair doing every few weeks, new clothes, nails, etc. Yet when it comes to tyres they'll go for the absolute cheapest thing they can find.
The things PHers say, eh!
Pica-Pica said:
WarrenB said:
Not so much 'say', but 'do'... or in this case, 'done'.
Girl at one of my sites asked me where the best place to get tyres from. Her three year old Audi A3 had just come back from a service and she'd been told the tyres would need changing before the MOT.
Told her I always use Blackcircles, but told her to shop around and I'd recommend choosing midrange or premium tyres considering she uses her car to ferry her kids around. I relayed my story of trying budget tyres, and how I'd not recommend using them - I was a lot younger and naively thought cheap tyres would do the same job as expensive tyres on the Astra I had at the time. One VERY scary moment in wet weather less than 2000 miles in and I'll not entertain them again. Anyway, she agreed that cheap tyres wouldn't be ideal.
Few days later I was back at her site. Asked her how she got on. 'I went to the garage down the road, only cost me £30 for each tyre!'. Apparently she was told there was no point in getting brand new tyres when you can get second hand ones from the extremely dodgy garage she went to.
On my way out I had a look to see what she'd purchased. One very worn Pirelli with a massive gouge on the sidewall on the front near side, one Landsail on the front offside which did look to have a fair amount of tread but a cracked sidewall and two part worn 'Wanli' (a new one on me) tyres on the back, one with a very dubious plug near the sidewall.
Mad how someone will spend £2k on a new iPhone, obscene amounts of money for her hair doing every few weeks, new clothes, nails, etc. Yet when it comes to tyres they'll go for the absolute cheapest thing they can find.
… and it falls down when you talk about iPhones. Even with 1TB you can’t exceed £1,500.Girl at one of my sites asked me where the best place to get tyres from. Her three year old Audi A3 had just come back from a service and she'd been told the tyres would need changing before the MOT.
Told her I always use Blackcircles, but told her to shop around and I'd recommend choosing midrange or premium tyres considering she uses her car to ferry her kids around. I relayed my story of trying budget tyres, and how I'd not recommend using them - I was a lot younger and naively thought cheap tyres would do the same job as expensive tyres on the Astra I had at the time. One VERY scary moment in wet weather less than 2000 miles in and I'll not entertain them again. Anyway, she agreed that cheap tyres wouldn't be ideal.
Few days later I was back at her site. Asked her how she got on. 'I went to the garage down the road, only cost me £30 for each tyre!'. Apparently she was told there was no point in getting brand new tyres when you can get second hand ones from the extremely dodgy garage she went to.
On my way out I had a look to see what she'd purchased. One very worn Pirelli with a massive gouge on the sidewall on the front near side, one Landsail on the front offside which did look to have a fair amount of tread but a cracked sidewall and two part worn 'Wanli' (a new one on me) tyres on the back, one with a very dubious plug near the sidewall.
Mad how someone will spend £2k on a new iPhone, obscene amounts of money for her hair doing every few weeks, new clothes, nails, etc. Yet when it comes to tyres they'll go for the absolute cheapest thing they can find.
The things PHers say, eh!
Bungleaio said:
I used to work with someone who saw no value in servicing as it doesn't make any difference and complained a lot when he had to buy tyres even though he bought the cheapest ones possible. He wouldn't think twice about dropping £200 on a night out though.
I had a v similar conversation, he was laughing and seemed to be bragging when he said he hadn't had his last car serviced in the 40k miles he had it. We were all working away at the time which involved a three or four hour trip Monday and Friday.
I said to remind me never to buy a car off him.
blueg33 said:
Couple of workmen came to replace a door on Friday.
One of them noticed my Alfa Romeo Giulia, the conversation went like this
Worker- is the blue car yours?
Me - yes it’s an Alfa
Him- nice did you know it’s a bmw M3 underneath?
Me - it isn’t it’s an Alfa
Him - it has a bmw chassis and engine
Me - it really hasn’t
Him - talking of BMW’s did you know the V10 M5 has a Lamborghini engine?
Me - no it doesn’t, it has a BMW engine
Him- I’m really into cars, I love the Bentley continental
Me - yes I like those too, lovely engine the 12 cylinder
Him- yes, it’s a Bugatti engine straight out of a Veyron
Me - can we stop talking about cars now please.
That sinking feeling when you are right but somehow the other person makes you feel like you are wrong anyway.One of them noticed my Alfa Romeo Giulia, the conversation went like this
Worker- is the blue car yours?
Me - yes it’s an Alfa
Him- nice did you know it’s a bmw M3 underneath?
Me - it isn’t it’s an Alfa
Him - it has a bmw chassis and engine
Me - it really hasn’t
Him - talking of BMW’s did you know the V10 M5 has a Lamborghini engine?
Me - no it doesn’t, it has a BMW engine
Him- I’m really into cars, I love the Bentley continental
Me - yes I like those too, lovely engine the 12 cylinder
Him- yes, it’s a Bugatti engine straight out of a Veyron
Me - can we stop talking about cars now please.
I think it was the estimable Rich Hall who said 'Never argue with an idiot, because they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience' it's bang on for these situations.
WarrenB said:
Apologies for not asking to see her receipts, but when she was complaining about cracking the screen on her 'two grand phone' I took her at her word.
Same but different. I have a very sensible colleague, late 20's, done his PhD, three or so years into industry, paid off debts, put deposit on a house, only just bought a car as public transport was losing it's charm. He bought a super little 07 plate Astra (low miles, one owner, cared for car) for £700 and pays £35 a month for his insurance. A chum of mine who is an Apple fanboi just bought new iPhone 15 pro max etc for £1300, and still pays £40 a month on a contract.
I find it nuts that the colleague has bought and runs a perfectly acceptable car for a tangible amount less than the cost of buying and 'running' the latest phone.
catfood12 said:
Same but different. I have a very sensible colleague, late 20's, done his PhD, three or so years into industry, paid off debts, put deposit on a house, only just bought a car as public transport was losing it's charm. He bought a super little 07 plate Astra (low miles, one owner, cared for car) for £700 and pays £35 a month for his insurance.
A chum of mine who is an Apple fanboi just bought new iPhone 15 pro max etc for £1300, and still pays £40 a month on a contract.
I find it nuts that the colleague has bought and runs a perfectly acceptable car for a tangible amount less than the cost of buying and 'running' the latest phone.
O/TA chum of mine who is an Apple fanboi just bought new iPhone 15 pro max etc for £1300, and still pays £40 a month on a contract.
I find it nuts that the colleague has bought and runs a perfectly acceptable car for a tangible amount less than the cost of buying and 'running' the latest phone.
Your mate is an idiot. Or you didn’t understand what he said because the phone and the contract in total should be around 1, 1300 or less. I have the same phone and my contract costs around £1150. I then sell the phone at the end for £600+ or so because Apple devices hold their value very well. Been doing that for years now, works out to around c. £20 a month with unlimited data in total for a device my personal and work life runs off. I think that is good value.. I just sold another 6 year old well used iPhone that was £749 new, for £100.
Different strokes for different folks, maybe your mate can afford the fancy phone and a fancy car. Life’s not all about living on 5p because all the money won’t mean anything when you’re dead.. that’s not to mean spending extravagantly and not saving anything for the future/buying important things but people are entitled to live a little if they have the means ?
Edited by V 02 on Monday 29th April 09:44
WarrenB said:
Apologies for not asking to see her receipts, but when she was complaining about cracking the screen on her 'two grand phone' I took her at her word.
Most people don't buy their phones outright, so she likely has no idea how much it actually costs, just that she's paying £100 p/m over 24 months (or similar).Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff