What Grinds My Gears.

[Budowski]

wgmg

 

Commodores.

 

Burn them all.

 

Every

Single

Last

One.

finally! i fully support this action

[7shades]

The thing is though, they're not such a bad thing when they're new... y'know, when all the reviewers get their hands on them and rave on about how 'this is the best one ever' blah blah

 

What they DON'T tell you about is how the harmonic balancer has a usable life of 60 thou, the cam journals flog out, the steering rack will fall off, the power steering pump will leak, the window switches will crap out, the regulators will f@$k up, the interior will fall to bits....

 

ugh

 

Its interesting to look back on, for example, Wheels magazine's car of the year. Once upon a time they awarded it to the TR Magna!

[SoulSearcher]

WGMG?! Feeling stupid because of stupid cars.... ok, so the rolla is in getting repaired (a whole other story), and a couple of months ago I paid an unholy amount to get the crapbird fixed (the car I hate) ANYWAY I'm driving along today (it's an auto), driving along, put my foot down it chugged a bit, then it clunked a bit..... then I went around a round-a-bout and accelerated out of it and it just died, the check engine light came on, the oil and the battery, and it took me a couple of seconds to realise that the engine wasn't running, hence the reason I was slowing down...ANYWAY I popped the bonnet and really had no clue what I was looking for, but a couple of weeks ago I degreased the engine bay and I noticed that there was thick grease splattered above the CV joint and that there was no boot on the CV joint ... the car wouldn't start, it would catch, but not turn over...I was in an industrial area, in a not so sanguine area and it was getting dark, and I'm a girl....anyway I decided that bollocks waiting for the RAA and THEN for a tow truck so I told them don't send a patrol, just send a truck, ... no problems (thumbs up!) but they told me it was still going to be an hour wait (this was at 5.20pm ish).

 

So, some time passed maybe 40 minutes , and *husbands voice pops into head* always double check that the car won't start cause you don't want to look like a dick-head... so tried to start the car, AND IT STARTED! I thought to myself that's weird...but I cancelled the RAA rang hubby, started for home...well, drove about 1/2 towards home, went around a corner, the car started chugging, I backed off and kept in the lefthand lane.. got about 400 meters up the road, stuck in traffic and it died AGAIN... I put on my hazards and some stupid cow behind me flashes her lights WTF?! so I thought, well the side street is only about 10 meters that way so I'll push the car around the corner and get it off the main road... so I pushed and pushed, almost got squished by a truck, then by a person who was trying to get around me, and a man stopped and helped me push it around the corner (BIG THANK YOU!!!) anyway rang hubby again and had a bit of a cry because I hurt my wrist when I pushed the car (it's WAY heavier than the rolla!) .......ANYWAY hubby said just get it towed and don't worry about it....so rang the RAA again (still kind of blubbering - but assuring the lady I was ok :y: ) and she decided that I needed the patrol...so I waited .... for 55 minutes......explained it to the RAA guy and he said what will happen now.... I said well now it will probably start! AND IT DID! So he got me to drive it up the road and he followed me ....and he thinks there is NO WAY it can be CV joint related, it's either fuel or electrical, I babied it all the way home, and now I'm achey and sore and tired and GRUMPY! But there's no boot on the CV joint?!

 

 

 

OH, what doesn't grind my gears? IE8 it has spell-check built in!

[7shades]

OH, what doesn't grind my gears? IE8 it has spell-check built in!

 

Firefox has too... and has done for years :y:

[towe001]

Sounds like there's crap in the fuel, either that or something, like the coil, is overheating and shutting down till it cools down.

 

Another thing to check out is if there's water around the plugs or ignition.

[Rich_Rolla]

WGMG - How everyone seems to be an expert on how my crash happened when me and my mate were the only one that saw it. Yeah I took the corner quick for the weather, but the conditions of the road and the fact I had shredded tires on the front added to the crash. I wasn't trying to drift or anything. I hate how people laugh about it. I hate how people tell me my car isn't a sports car...I know It's not...but it's set up like one. I hate how little fat 16 year olds claim their $800 unmodded vl is faster than my R31 and they're better drivers even though they've had their licence 3 weeks and already been the cause of an accident. I hate how my misses can't drive for shit and hasn't learnt from my mistakes with speeding and continues to speed through built up areas.

 

EDIT: I hate how I try so hard in life just to get shit on every f@$king time. I always have a positive attitude but...I don't think I can have one at the moment.

Edited May 18, 2009 by Rich_Rolla

[Timmeh]

I hate new p platers driving their daddys car thinking they are top shit or driving some piece of shit commo thinking they are the best drivers in the world

[trav_555]

don't we all...

[BReNt]

EDIT: I hate how I try so hard in life just to get shit on every f@$king time. I always have a positive attitude but...I don't think I can have one at the moment.

 

You mustn't be trying very hard if you drive around with bald tires on the front of your car in the wet. A positive attitude isn't going to fix bald tires.

Edited May 18, 2009 by BReNt

[Lexxi[ke35]]

EDIT: Quoting Trav and Timmeh

 

I love it. I think its hot.

 

hahahahahahhahaa no.

 

What grinds my gears is hardcore dancing. Seriously, why?

Edited May 18, 2009 by Lexxi[ke35]

[towe001]

I hate how my misses can't drive for shit and hasn't learnt from my mistakes with speeding and continues to speed through built up areas.

I tend to give mine a clip to the back of the head (or at least have a go at her) if she tries to something rather dumb.

 

Today the latest with my dumb arse supervisor - In the morning our delivery driver had to run out a pallet of 25 rolls of plastic wrap so both my supervisor and i unpacked a full pallet (50 rolls) of the stuff and where do we put it..... on to another pallet that already had 10 rolls of the stuff on it. :)

In the afternoon i had to drop the order i was doing just to give him a hand which he could have done by himself. Went back to what i was doing, and then he asks my to take what i had grabbed for him and follow him down the back to place the stuff on a pallet, he walks back up to front ups on the forklift scoots back down the back to grab the pallet and brings it back up the front...... :fuzz:

 

It all of a sudden dawned on me that the idiot doesn't know any better - it doesn't bother him if he double or triple handles something cause thats just how he operates.

Thinking about it, i now feel sorry for the poor sod. No wonder he's such a dumb idiot at times :)

[trav_555]

EDIT: Quoting Trav and Timmeh

 

I love it. I think its hot.

 

hahahahahahhahaa no.

 

What grinds my gears is hardcore dancing. Seriously, why?

 

EH?

 

O and what is "hardcore dancing"?

 

Cause Melbourne Shuffle is so cool.

[Lexxi[ke35]]

YouTube it. It's so shit its unexplainable.

[towe001]

I guess its the drugs their on :) :)

[Timmeh]

EDIT: Quoting Trav and Timmeh

 

I love it. I think its hot.

 

hahahahahahhahaa no.

 

What grinds my gears is hardcore dancing. Seriously, why?

 

I every now and then have a "mosh" at a gig.

 

And I know I must look like a complete unco idiot but its pretty fun and I don't normally aim for people..

 

but like if you go to a gig and you do stand near the pit/mosh/whatever do expect to get a hit every now and then.