WANTED! New bladder. Bloody garage.

[GROWLER]

I've burnt this one out.
I was actually in quite a good mood this morning....and then I woke up.

I decided to take all the wheels off the car to check the pads and generally furkle about checking everything before the big trip to Geeeermany in 4 weeks, you know, head under the wheel archs to keep the bloody rain off me.

I've just managed to completely destroy a metal tent pole that was the only form of leverage that I have to get the bloody wheel nuts off.
I've bent the standard wheel brace bouncing up and down on it.

The garage that put the wheels back on following its last service 6 weeks ago are going to get the biggest ever bollocking I can muster tomorrow.
I've even managed to strip the thread off the locking wheel nut 'key' that you place inside the wheel nut.

Why do they use these bastard air driven jack hammers to put the nuts back on?
That's actually not a question, cus the answer is that they are all just too damned bone idle to use a 'spider''
Absolutely spiffing if I'd had a puncture on the motorway you greasy slimy arse wipe turdy grease monkeys.

I'm bloody livid.

[Nick]

 

[GROWLER]

DON'T bloody patronise me.
Their is actually steam coming off my jacket presently.

[Nick]

You should come for a drive past our house!! The amount of scaffolding is scarey.

Oh, of course, your car has no wheels!

[GROWLER]

You should come for a drive past our house!! The amount of scaffolding is scarey.

Oh, of course, your car has no wheels!

But it HAS. Not even the best trained wheel nickin' scouser could get these off ffs.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. SCREAM!

[GROWLER]

I WILL be coming past your mansion later to try and obtain a new key for the mein entrance to 'The Swamp' from Mr... oh so bloody happy, lets play pretend soldiers ...' next door. Couldn't get in the place the other night as the padlock's been changed.
Another hour of my life wasted.

[Snoopy]

I know this is going to be termed a "******** STUPID QUESTION" but actually I have two questions
(i) Why take the fvcking wheels off if the vehicle was only serviced 6 weeks ago ~ if you think you can do better than the guy who did the service why pay him money in the first place?

OK that was two questions in one
NEXT

(ii) Why not buy an air "hammer" yourself. They are cheap and will run either off the mains or via your vehicle electrics system?







Reaches for tin bowler and retires to a safe distance.

[Nick]

 

[Snoopy]

Is it safe to come out yet?

[Barman]

I sympathise on this one…

I had a puncture the other day… in fact the Pajero has been plagued by them ever since we got it. I guess it is the combination of loads of building here (discarded nails and screws) and the deep tread on the tyres that ‘holds’ the offending object ‘til it works its way through…

Anyway…

Even tho the local tyre place only charges €7 to remove a wheel, fix a puncture and replace it, I prefer to jack it up, remove the wheel, put the spare on drop the tyre off to the garage (still €7) and reverse the process later in the day rather than let them fit it.

That way I know I’ll be able to take the bloody thing off if I have to stop at the side of a road somewhere with a puncture.

Also… When I picked up my repaired tyre on Saturday it was wedged between  two vast tractor tyres – at least 8 feet in diameter… we’re talking huge tyres. I asked the garage guy how much one of those costs (assuming €squillions) and it is Just €550!

Why?

[Snoopy]

They cost more here in rip-off GB

[GROWLER]

I know this is going to be termed a "******** STUPID QUESTION" but actually I have two questions
(i) Why take the fvcking wheels off if the vehicle was only serviced 6 weeks ago ~ if you think you can do better than the guy who did the service why pay him money in the first place?

OK that was two questions in one
NEXT

(ii) Why not buy an air "hammer" yourself. They are cheap and will run either off the mains or via your vehicle electrics system?







Reaches for tin bowler and retires to a safe distance.

1! ) I DON'T trust or believe ANYTHING a garage tells me, and where brakes are concerned, I like to make my own mind up by personally inspecting them. The calipers needed cleaning and polishing too, and I took the opportunity to jet wash all the crud off from under 3 of the 4 arches while I was at it.
The car was serviced by the 'stealer' to maintain the guarantee.

Just as well I tried anyway, cus a puncture on the autobauhn 600 miles from home would NOT have gone down well in it's present state of wheel nut unlockiness.

2!) I agree. These lecky hammer things are great, but these bolts were obviously put on with air, at a setting of 10 squillion psi. I really don't believe it would have helped tbh. If a 10' long metal pole acting as a lever won't shift it, then a 12v electric thingy certainly wouldn't have.

[GROWLER]

Is it safe to come out yet?

I've calmed down now. The Growlers united got the full force of my fury over lunch.
Got indigestion now, and I'm unhappy.

[Snoopy]

[GROWLER]

Big walk up me favorite big 'ill in the swirling fog and drizzle, gale force wind accompanied by a barely above freezing temparture with virtually no one else up there, and I feel so much better now.
No, I don't know either.

Bloody warmer up there last December and January tbh., and here we are, May NEXT week!