Reasons to feel miserable.. 1, 2, 3...

[TooT]

Reasons to feel miserable -
Meg needs a service = £££
Meg needs road tax at end of month = £££
Dads 60th birthday soon = £££
Bathroom radiator pissing out water = £££
Christmas is coming ££££££££

Aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

[Doggy]

Now that petrol & diesel prices have finally dropped a bit, I discover coal's up to £15 a cwt

(I have to use it when I'm too lazy to get enough logs for the wood burner)

[teamster1975]

Now that petrol & diesel prices have finally dropped a bit

Unleaded 89.9 at my local Morrisons!
Edit: Erm...Wrong thread. Doh!

[mjb]

Now that petrol & diesel prices have finally dropped a bit

Unleaded 89.9 at my local Morrisons!
Edit: Erm...Wrong thread. Doh!

Numbnuts, this is the thread that quote came from

I wouldn't touch Morrisons with a barge pole though, nowhere near as bad as Asda petrol (always the cheapest) but still bad and a false economy

[steve_earwig]

Why is that though? I can't imagine Morrisons or Asda have their own refineries somewhere for knocking out cheap fuel Or do they "water" it down with vinegar??

[teamster1975]

I've never had a problem with it, the car & bike have always been happy after a fill up.

Numbnuts, this is the thread that quote came from

Erm yes, but it's a reason to cheerful!

[mjb]

Why is that though? I can't imagine Morrisons or Asda have their own refineries somewhere for knocking out cheap fuel Or do they "water" it down with vinegar??

It's probably down to the additives - whereas BP or Shell put magic pixie dust in their premium fuels, they probably put dog crap in for asda

[teamster1975]

Sorry to hear that, it'd be a good gig too

[DaiRees]

Sorry Soops, that's really shyte. With friends like yours eh......? I'd demand the money off all three of them myself! Then again I'd like to think my mates wouldn't entertain leaving me out of pocket over something like that, the one time it happened my mate stated that if we failed to sell the spare ticket he'd stump up the cash, but we sold it OK for face value so no probs.

[teamster1975]

Well after the fun with the Astra last Friday I got a call from my wife today saying that the tubby had died on her while she was driving to the gym
I immediately though cambelt and my heart sank but thank god it turns out the battery was flat as a pancake.
I got the battery home and stuck it on the Optimate ; it had been charging for 3 hours and we had a powercut which lasted for 4 hours
Power came back on around 6 and the optimate said the battery was good after another hour so I whipped over to where the car was abandoned, dropped the battery in to find that one of the threaded caps on the battery terminal was missing F*ck!
Shot back home again & I found the cap still in one of the charging clamps
Back to the car, hammered the clamp on & reconnected it all, it fired up first turn!
Drive tubby home and walk back to collect the other car

Oh on top of all that the motherboard has fried in my laptop and I had to buy a new one yesterday (At least I can write some of it off through the business )

[Doggy]

Feel for you - we all have days like that, but it sounds like you're more or less sorted

Not wanting to sound negative, but do you know why it went flat?
I only mention it in the hope you might avoid another episode of, 'Teamy to the Rescue'.

[teamster1975]

Not wanting to sound negative, but do you know why it went flat?

No not yet, it was dark when I got the car home so I'll be out with the multimeter tomorrow!
The aux belt is virtually shot for sure, I have bought a replacement to go on. I'm just hoping the alternator is ok!
I can't believe the coincidence, the same thing happenning to both cars within less than a week

[Welly]

walk back to collect the other car

Great isn't it? as soon as the car breaks down it's YOUR problem. My misuss won't run me anywhere to pick a car up or whatever

Last time I was stuck I had to get my Mum to pick me up

[teamster1975]

Great isn't it? as soon as the car breaks down it's YOUR problem. My misuss won't run me anywhere to pick a car up or whatever

Last time I was stuck I had to get my Mum to pick me up

The things we do eh?
Actually I didn't have a lot of choice last night, the kids were in bed and there was no way I was leaving the car where it was parked overnight.

[teamster1975]

The bloody bearings have gone in the alternator
£130 + VAT and old alternator
Why does this sh1t always happen before Christmas?

Still, at least I'll have finally fitted the new aux belt. I may as well do the timing belt while I've got it in bits, I've got all the gear and the forecast is good for tomorrow