Rant

[Guest MATT jr]

i need to hav a RANT!!

 

im so p****d off!

 

ok, so i set about changing my dud side light bulb (left front one), and replacing my Main beams with the xenon ones. i started at 3pm (thinking an hour of sunlight was more then enough) HOW WRONG WAS I!!!

 

ok, to change a side light, on a ford galaxy, you have to turn your steering fully to the right, then, open a trap door in the wheel arch! - it was well stuck!!, ended up getting a hammer and bashing it,,, eventually i got it open, then, you have to put your WHOLE arm in this tiny hole, up to your elbow infact, and with your finger tips, undo a VERY tight plug thing that holds the bulb,,, got it out, new bulb in the bulb holder,,, then, putting it back in, couldnt get enough force on the plug thing, to lock it back in,,, so just struglled with it for ages, until it went back in,,, and thats just the side light!!

 

i then started on the main beam bulbs! them took even longer! T****R WHO DESIGNED THEM HEAD LIGHTS!!,, ok, 1stly theres no room for your hand,, 2ndly, theres a b*****d cover on the back of the headlamps, thats almost too big to remove,,, then, the bulb itself is held in by a wierd metal clip thingy,,, its ok taking them off, but putting the buggers back on is a work of art!! all this TIMEs TWO, (for both headlamps) --- then before i had finished, dad comes out - u need go fetch ur bro -- "i cant, me cars still in bits!"

 

anyway, finished the lights, got under the car, and give 3 bolts that hold the booster heater on, a good soaking of WD40, so when i takle that, it should, SHOULD, come off easier!

 

MJR <_<

[Guest gooner52]

<_< hi matj

 

sorry to hear about the bulbs given you all that hassel

 

and i know what you mean..

 

now i just take the headlight out its a lot faster :wacko:

[Guest MATT jr]

gooner....half way through i thought removing the headlamp would be faster!

 

its stupid to make it so difficult to replace the bulbs! iv even heard that one of the fog lights can not be changed unless some other part is removed 1st!!

 

wouldn't of been so bad, but it went dark halfway through, and every torch i tried, just went flat,, got a light out,, but thats got a dodgy wire!

 

even after i had finished, i couldn't try out my new main beams, cos the fog had rolled in!

 

just not my day at all!

 

MJR

[El Dingo]

Yes, us too. Flat battery...

The wife only does short journeys, and the battery never gets a good charge. :wacko:

 

Anyway, jump started it and gave it a good run. Got home, tried to re-start......... flat.

 

Measured voltage - duff cell.

 

Oh well, another expense just in time for Christmas. <_<

[Guest gooner52]

always the way,when you need to be saving at xmas

 

mj o found the fogs a easy job ..just remove part of the arch liner.to get access

[Guest MATT jr]

mj o found the fogs a easy job ..just remove part of the arch liner.to get access

 

..i will remember that for when them blow their tops!

 

MJR

[Guest neil_wiles]

OK so Xmas is over and good will to all men is finished.....

 

 

 

Some scroats using two levers broke into my gal to get to my leather wallet left in the dash, empty I must say but whilst in there they also stole my PSP and six games.

 

 

 

Oh FFS what is happening saw them running off and chased em, ran for about two miles before I lost em and then the blue lights arrived, just in time for me to nearly have a coronary, this would have certainly been the case had i not given up smoking last year.

 

 

 

Coppers said if they can find the brick they used (excuse me but isnt the damage to the window surround proof they used a pair of levers) they might be able to use DNA from the brick.

 

 

 

They then left and phoned me later with a crime number....woooopeeee.

 

 

 

Sod it I aint playing fair anymore just let someone upset me todayl.

[Guest MATT jr]

sorry to hear that, i hope they get the little S**ts

 

MJR

[mumof4]

hope they get em.....

 

Blimey..even i cant run 2 miles....and ive been going to the gym most days ;)

[jkspoff]

DNA off a brick for a car break in, sorry but they're having you on with that one. A fingerprint on the car at the most soco may be able to lift, and get an identification from it, but not off a brick unless it had blood on it, and was inside the vehicle to link it to the crime.

[Guest MATT jr]

...track them down yourself, and smash their car/property

 

MJR

[Bigjeeze]

Soory to hear that Neil

 

Life's a real shit sometimes!

 

Still with a little luck they'll catch AIDS and die in pain!! or if that's too drastic break a leg or two!!

[Guest gooner52]

me too neil sorry to here this

 

didnt you get something like this happen a little while back also

 

j

[Guest neil_wiles]

I did have an issue three or four weeks ago where the t***s kicked my wing mirror off, so all in all its a good reason to move and that is what i am gonna do....

 

Away and distant.

Edited December 28, 2006 by mumof4

[bigdaddy]

Need to move to the USA, where you are allowed to shot the f**kers,,,,,,,,

[Guest wolfie]

or use common sense and follow well publicised advice and dont leave valuables on show in an unattended vehicle

print it off fold it and display it on your dash teddy

[mumof4]

"Stand by for broadcast"

 

O......k...... then peeps.., quite a few of us are having a moan across all sections of the place so im bumping this thread up and pinning it so you can all post your moans on here rather than technical etc...If you post a moan/rant/gripe/, anywhere other than here then it will be moved to here.

 

Thankooooooo......

 

"End of Broadcast."

[NikpV]

"Stand by for broadcast"

 

O......k...... then peeps.., quite a few of us are having a moan

"End of Broadcast."

 

 

 

you, really nooo.... can't believe it !!!

 

 

 

[/rant mode on] BTW I hate pinned posts [/rant mode off]

:huh:

[mumof4]

Some bar steward hit my car this morning...my rear bumper now has some lovely deep grooves in it on the corner bit, i am well hacked off.no scrap that..i am well pi55ed off!!..

 

The car was parked in the co-op car park and there was no one next to me either side when i parked, the only other vehicle near it was a white delivery van..!!..there was white paint on my bumper..so i am assumeing that the van hit my car in some way and fcuked off..i know damn well there was no damage to the bumper yesterday...i am bloody fumeing. ;) :o :o :o :D the co-op doesnt have security cameras in the car park so i cant prove who did it...the manager of the co-op told me that unless i have proof it was the van driver who hit my car.....then there is nothing they can do as it was their delivery van.flippin idiotic imbeciles!!

[Bigjeeze]

If it is deep scratches then it's a paint job - but if the bumper has dents then you can get them out using one of those heat guns (that you use to get paint off) - all you do is spply heat (carefully) until it goes soft then (wearing gloves) push out the dents and hey presto they come out.

 

Hope that helps a bit!!

[mumof4]

Ive got a blow torch.......would that do?

[Bigjeeze]

No to a blow torch - you don't want or need a naked flame - it will burn the paint and plastic - you can buy the hot air guns for around a tenner - but again remember do not heat for too long or in one small point and keep testing as once the plastic becomes soft then you need to push out the dent and remove the heat to let it cool off.

[mumof4]

Ok..thanks for that..i am assumeing i can get one from halfords?

[Bigjeeze]

I would try wickes or a DIY store - I don't find Halford's prices that good - but they may do one.

[Dave-G]

I have had my front bumper reattached courtesy of Tesco after i parked in their car park and their kerb was that high that when i parked all me and the kids heard was a thump as it was taken off.......after speaking to the Manager it was decided that they would call someone out to refit it! after they admitted after looking at the kerb and my car that the kerb was a tadge too high!!..(car park had only just been built so i was told.).I was also given