revtothelimit - motorbike forum

Taipan wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 5:00 pm
When we were having a new bathroom fitted, I contacted Essex and Suffolk water to see about getting it replaced ahead of it. I rang and asked for a quote and they said there no charge as the stopcock is their responsibility! They were pleased i'd rang, as they rather schedule the works than an emergency response. Sure enough 2 weeks later a crew turned up and replaced it and you'd never know they'd even been there!

A mate had a concrete drive removed and block paving installed. Except the gas pipe was too shallow.

He phoned up, to ask about getting in sorted.

"We'll only come out if it's leaking."

No, he said, I'm trying to prevent that happening.

"I said WE WILL ONLY COME OUT IF IT'S LEAKING!"

Ah.

Bang. Hissssssssss

Bring Bring We've got a broken pipe, it's leaking.

"Be there right away, sir"

Done for free.

Taipan wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:07 pm DPD. Rescheduled a delivery to today so i'd be here to accept delivery. Followed the tracking until he's minutes away and then it says he was unable to deliver as there was no answer and the parcel cant go to a collection point so redleivery will be attempted on Monday. Lying bastard. He never came here.

Was it you that did this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68025677

Horse wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:45 pm

Greenman wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:05 pm If not i am going to be a bus wanker tomorrow. My boss can sort someone else to do the school miles away...

Bus today? Or ... ?

Turned out the hand brake was just frozen. I bused it fri but is all nice and free now. I am going to remember to leave it off and leave it i first gear when it's cold from now on which will hopefully stop it from happening again...

Greenman wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:45 pm

Horse wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:45 pm

Greenman wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:05 pm If not i am going to be a bus wanker tomorrow. My boss can sort someone else to do the school miles away...

Bus today? Or ... ?

Turned out the hand brake was just frozen. I am going to remember to leave it off and leave it i first gear when it's cold from now on which will hopefully stop it from happening again...

Which is what I did until the cable was replaced.

Hope you're good at hill starts

Horse wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:49 pm

Greenman wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:45 pm

Horse wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:45 pm

Bus today? Or ... ?

Turned out the hand brake was just frozen. I am going to remember to leave it off and leave it i first gear when it's cold from now on which will hopefully stop it from happening again...

Which is what I did until the cable was replaced.

Hope you're good at hill starts

I can use it's once its warmed up by the engine/exhaust etc, just not leave on overnight...

Horse wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:49 pm

Greenman wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:45 pm

Horse wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:45 pm

Bus today? Or ... ?

Turned out the hand brake was just frozen. I am going to remember to leave it off and leave it i first gear when it's cold from now on which will hopefully stop it from happening again...

Which is what I did until the cable was replaced.

Hope you're good at hill starts

Don't cars have 'hill assist' now? Ours is 9 years old and has it.

Yodel. First time ever i have had issue with them. Parcel out for delivery today. Yodel say they deliver up to 9pm so where the fuck are you. I need my tin of glue for tomorrow you pricks. Just looked and its still out for delivery, aye right.

Insurance companies.

Wifey got a new motor so I can have my old Fabia back.

The insurance company want an extra £306 to change from my current Peugeot.

But when I go onto the Meerkats, the same company wants less than I already pay for the present motor to insure the new one.

Minimum £80 to cancel the policy.

They have the actual cheek to say that small modern cars with extra safety features are cheaper to insure. Yes, that's why you want 300 quid for changing from a 23yo French biscuit tin that doesn't even have an airbag never mind ABS or pretensioners.

They all seem to be rising. Camper bus and my work van were up for renewal last week. £200 on the bus and £300 on the van business insurance. The broker did phone to apologise and went away to find me a better deal. Few hours later he got me a company that will insure both. I am still paying more but only £100. Step Daughter was looking into insurance as she want to learn to drive in her mod 30's. Still almost £2000 Me thinks this is the start of the cunts pricing ICE off the road. Road tax up also later this year.

Some bod on the radio said it's down to increased labour and parts costs. Because of parts costs more cars are getting written off when they would have been repaired. eg £7000 for a replacement bumper (BMW iirc) because of all the sensors, lights etc. Marv. A sacrificial chunk of plastic that's there to protect the other bits is now reason to scrap a car.

I guess they spread the pain around so if you're driving an old banger you subsidise the folk with the £7000 bumper (which of course you could be responsible for hitting...that's the Fully Comp factor).

Oh yeah. Regarding 'pricing ICE cars off the road'....

"In general, electric car insurance is more expensive than insurance for fuel-powered vehicles. For many electric car drivers, this additional cost is well worth the environmental benefits and savings they gain by running an electric car instead of one that runs on petrol or diesel."

My car insurance has gone up ~50% this year. Same car, same me.

Seems to be par for the course. I can understand some of the argument about EVs, repair costs etc. but it's not like that suddenly all changed at the end of 2023.

Pricing ICE off the road though? You might want to look how much extra EV insurance is for nominally similar cars.

I think we'll look back at the period (roughly) of 1990 to 2010 as a sort of golden age of cars.

They were pretty well made/reliable/lasted quite well, prices weren't silly for something with a bit of oomph, insurance was OK/competitive, security had been vastly improved and you could still look under the bonnet and recognise everything and had a pretty good chance of getting it serviced or repaired by an independent who didn't need 93 sets of different computer diagnostics to do it, spares weren't daft prices, they didn't nag you into a state of catatonia with all the safety features, catalytic converters didn't seem to be on every scrotes 'must steal' list, GPS screens weren't as big as the front windscreen, the insurance companies didn't write them off if you cracked the 'bumper'....

....aaaaand breathe.

I miss the old days.

Mrs M's car had to be repaired after a car hit the side of it a few years ago. The costs of repair were horrendous and the place doing the work said that because it's an "insurance job" all the garages charge top whack for the work knowing the insurance companies will pay it. If we'd been paying privately the work would have been cheaper (two of the wheels needed repainting from the accident and we got the other two done at the same time for half the price, paying ourselves).

That's part of the reason our costs are going up, the money skimming merry go round.

MingtheMerciless wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:22 pm Mrs M's car had to be repaired after a car hit the side of it a few years ago. The costs of repair were horrendous and the place doing the work said that because it's an "insurance job" all the garages charge top whack for the work knowing the insurance companies will pay it. If we'd been paying privately the work would have been cheaper (two of the wheels needed repainting from the accident and we got the other two done at the same time for half the price, paying ourselves).

That's part of the reason our costs are going up, the money skimming merry go round.

Welcome to Capitalism .

Rockburner wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:26 pm

MingtheMerciless wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:22 pm Mrs M's car had to be repaired after a car hit the side of it a few years ago. The costs of repair were horrendous and the place doing the work said that because it's an "insurance job" all the garages charge top whack for the work knowing the insurance companies will pay it. If we'd been paying privately the work would have been cheaper (two of the wheels needed repainting from the accident and we got the other two done at the same time for half the price, paying ourselves).

That's part of the reason our costs are going up, the money skimming merry go round.

Welcome to Capitalism .

Works for building insurance too. I claimed for roof damage in a storm, all the work could have been done from a ladder.

Oh no, fully cover the decking with chipboard (that was a few £00s before anything else), scaffolding erected, slates fixed in about 1/2 hour, and everything dismantled again. Total 2 surveyor's, 2 blokes for boarding, 5 scaffold monkeys, and 2 roofers. Must have cost the thick end of £3000 at least.

Similar job with a local guy, £400. 3 blokes, 1 ladder.

That is why your house insurance costs so much.

Same with vets insurance, same with dental insurance, same with health insurance....

Count Steer wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:14 pm Same with vets insurance, same with dental insurance, same with health insurance....

Scaffolding for vet insurance? What they doing, Checking Giraffes ears for canker

Felix wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:55 pm

Count Steer wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:14 pm Same with vets insurance, same with dental insurance, same with health insurance....

Scaffolding for vet insurance? What they doing, Checking Giraffes ears for canker

Giraffes? When did you last get a vet to do a home visit? Phone 'em up they just tell you to call 111 who say, keep it in bed, warm and give it paracetamol.

People that seem to not understand that I am employed, not self employed!!

I’ve done a lot of miles today so a lot of hours (2 trips to GVA plus waiting for a train to do a late transfer from the valley to resort ). I got back at a bit after 9pm. My boss was in the office so when I dropped off the keys I ended up talking to him for half an hour (hasn’t been a good weekend - lots of little errors by lots of different staff )

Got home about 9:40 and within moments someone I know that also has a transfer company messaged me because he’s got a complaint about a driver (a subie, so not actually one of ours, but we did sub the job to him, so the complaint comes to us).

Thing is -
I am not the boss
I’ve just finished a 15 hour day
It’s not my business
My friend has the office and boss’ numbers

WTF is he messaging me