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Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« on: 16 January 2009, 16:18:34 »
Wife just off phone, wanted to know what to pay for oil for Pug 306  :o

Her business partners car was, according to her, sounding rough.

When she questioned when it was last serviced and when the oil was checked ( yknow the 1-2-3 basics of motoring) she was advised he had NEVER put oil in it. He has had the car 4 years.

Same fool only knows he drives a Pug 306 because its written on the back, doesnt know how old the car is as it has a private plate and is currently using the handbrake to stop the car as the brakes are kaput and he cant afford to buy new ones untill Payday!!!!!!

Ive told her not to travel in his vehicle and he`s driving a death trap!

The guy whilst decent nice and an honest enough bloke isnt into cars, or girls for that matter and really is a bit of an airhead  ;D

Anyone heard of a bigger idiot in charge of a vehicle !? :-[
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Re: Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2009, 16:34:06 »
that dude who put redex in the engine, rather than the fuel tank....
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Re: Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« Reply #2 on: 16 January 2009, 16:39:21 »
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that dude who put redex in the engine, rather than the fuel tank....


 ;D ;D forgot about him - so we have two on our list :y
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Re: Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« Reply #3 on: 16 January 2009, 16:44:18 »
Not car related, but just had to rebuild 2 servers as I'd built them with wrong name...  :-[

Hence, amongst my colleagues, I'm the Friday Dunce...
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Re: Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« Reply #4 on: 16 January 2009, 16:48:59 »
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Not car related, but just had to rebuild 2 servers as I'd built them with wrong name...  :-[

Hence, amongst my colleagues, I'm the Friday Dunce...


Ah well we`ll let you make a mistake, most of us have made one in our lifes... ;D
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Re: Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« Reply #5 on: 16 January 2009, 16:49:46 »
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Wife just off phone, wanted to know what to pay for oil for Pug 306  :o

Her business partners car was, according to her, sounding rough.

When she questioned when it was last serviced and when the oil was checked ( yknow the 1-2-3 basics of motoring) she was advised he had NEVER put oil in it. He has had the car 4 years.

Same fool only knows he drives a Pug 306 because its written on the back, doesnt know how old the car is as it has a private plate and is currently using the handbrake to stop the car as the brakes are kaput and he cant afford to buy new ones untill Payday!!!!!!

Ive told her not to travel in his vehicle and he`s driving a death trap!

The guy whilst decent nice and an honest enough bloke isnt into cars, or girls for that matter and really is a bit of an airhead  ;D

Anyone heard of a bigger idiot in charge of a vehicle !? :-[

Sticking a butty in his hand is the only way to get him stopped.
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Re: Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« Reply #6 on: 16 January 2009, 16:50:21 »
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Not car related, but just had to rebuild 2 servers as I'd built them with wrong name...  :-[

Hence, amongst my colleagues, I'm the Friday Dunce...


Ah well we`ll let you make a mistake, most of us have made one in our lifes... ;D
2 in a day, you can imagine the p-taking going on here...  
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Re: Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« Reply #7 on: 16 January 2009, 18:16:41 »
i put diesel in the radiator of a dumpre truck yrs ago. was only 20 didnt have a clue and the bloke was a right c**t so didnt like to ask him anything, wasnt very happy but hard luck  ;D ;D
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« Reply #8 on: 16 January 2009, 18:17:31 »
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Not car related, but just had to rebuild 2 servers as I'd built them with wrong name...  :-[

Hence, amongst my colleagues, I'm the Friday Dunce...

you cant beat a good piiss take can you. its all part of the fun at work


Ah well we`ll let you make a mistake, most of us have made one in our lifes... ;D
2 in a day, you can imagine the p-taking going on here...  
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Re: Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« Reply #9 on: 16 January 2009, 19:32:27 »
to be fair before I joined this forum I knew nothing about cars. I had a ford mondeo, I never checked the oil knew nothing about cambelts. I did 25k in it without doing anything!
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« Reply #10 on: 16 January 2009, 19:41:12 »
A while ago on another forum about a mate;

A friend I work with was complaining today how he has to change the tyres on his car again today. Not odd as all cars need tyres now and then. He does drive like a mad man sometimes however this will have been his 5th pair this year!

Asked him why would he change them that often and he said he changes when they get to 2.5mm so when wet etc he gets more grip [his parents have drummed this into him]. Fair enough however outside before he drives off I said to him theres way more than 2.5mm on them, he says nah they just look like that. Anyway out comes the tyre gauge and shows me.

He places the gauge on the tyre 1.6mm moulding and shows me just under 2.5mm. .

So for the last 2 years he has been replacing his tyres at ~4mm, the look on his face .
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« Reply #11 on: 16 January 2009, 19:41:23 »
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to be fair before I joined this forum I knew nothing about cars. I had a ford mondeo, I never checked the oil knew nothing about cambelts. I did 25k in it without doing anything!

I still dont... ;D

And i cant reverse....never mind parrel park. ;D ;D

Cant abide getting my hands dirty.... :y
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« Reply #12 on: 16 January 2009, 20:13:29 »
I borrowed on of these http://www.laguna.co.uk/ashford/Triumph-2009-range/Rocket%20III.asp of me brother and went to garage to put some fuel in it and and put diesel in it .... what a dope i felt when i phoned him up at work (well i drive a truck and a oilburner car so i didnt think about putting petrol in bike ,just put deisel in it instictavly )The air was a multi shade of blue when i told him ,but luckily i relised what i had done and didnt start bike up ...phew  wonder if he'll lend me a bike this year  ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Some People Shouldnt be allowed to drive
« Reply #13 on: 16 January 2009, 20:18:41 »
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that dude who put redex in the engine, rather than the fuel tank....

What's wrong with that :-? :-? :-? we used to pour it down the carb to give a good clean out.............
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« Reply #14 on: 16 January 2009, 20:22:14 »
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I borrowed on of these http://www.laguna.co.uk/ashford/Triumph-2009-range/Rocket%20III.asp of me brother and went to garage to put some fuel in it and and put diesel in it .... what a dope i felt when i phoned him up at work (well i drive a truck and a oilburner car so i didnt think about putting petrol in bike ,just put deisel in it instictavly )The air was a multi shade of blue when i told him ,but luckily i relised what i had done and didnt start bike up ...phew  wonder if he'll lend me a bike this year  ;) ;) ;) ;)

Sounds like what my dad did with my VW Scirocco...lent him it so he could take his wife and her son down too Duxford.

Phones me up and says ""You engine sounds like its had a bag of spanners dropped in it......oh and ive filled up for you.""

Turns out he had filled up with diesel (escort van driver) and than sat on the A14/M11 at 70/80mph for about 30 odd miles...wondering why it was coughing and farting...amazingly the car still ran. ;D
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