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I install fine art for a living so this takes me to where the rich people are. I was in my van, I was late, I was in a hurry, I followed the guy in front of me through an intersection in the City of Beverly Hills knowing it wasn't the right thing to do. Now I have this. I am pissed off at myself, for doing something stupid and for all the decisions I made throughout my life that led to my being anywhere near that place that day.

The picture is pretty funny though.
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Long story short, as the latest chapter in my series of Vespa-owner-in-Oakland fun: overnight, I had somebody sit on my Vespa seat and proceed to relieve themselves on and through the body of the Vespa from that position. Then proceed to similarly decorate the area around it.

So yes...truly pissed off.
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Long story short, as the latest chapter in my series of Vespa-owner-in-Oakland fun: overnight, I had somebody sit on my Vespa seat and proceed to relieve themselves on and through the body of the Vespa from that position. Then proceed to similarly decorate the area around it.

So yes...truly pissed off.
Wha? emoticon

This is supposed to be the pissed off thread, not the pissed on thread.
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This is supposed to be the pissed off thread, not the pissed on thread.


I didn't want to risk the potential posts if I started that new thread--might get weird(er).
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GBaby, you look like an Extra in a 80's High Concept Movie.
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GBaby, you look like an Extra in a 80's High Concept Movie.
I considered fighting it, my defense being, "Clearly that's not me behind the wheel, Your Honor" but then I was informed that I really do look like that. So don't mess with me in my unmarked van.
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I install fine art for a living so this takes me to where the rich people are. I was in my van, I was late, I was in a hurry, I followed the guy in front of me through an intersection in the City of Beverly Hills knowing it wasn't the right thing to do. Now I have this. I am pissed off at myself, for doing something stupid and for all the decisions I made throughout my life that led to my being anywhere near that place that day.

The picture is pretty funny though.
I got one of these in BH, too, for going through an intersection half a second late early on a Sunday morning with absolutely no other vehicles in sight in any direction.
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Two days ago.

I hate it when the bus pukes coolant and strands me at a truck stop halfway to my destination.

The good news is that after shutting off several strategic system valves (leaking heater coil to the front of the bus), and tossing in nine gallons of coolant, it finished the trip nicely...except for the part about driving 100 miles back later that evening with zero heat or defrost in 25 F temperatures.
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I got one of these in BH, too, for going through an intersection half a second late early on a Sunday morning with absolutely no other vehicles in sight in any direction.
In which case - why did the lights change against you? I thought purely timed lights went out years ago.
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In which case - why did the lights change against you? I thought purely timed lights went out years ago.
Not around here. I'm always cussing out lights that turn red when no-one is crossing. No speed sensors, and even if I'm below the speed limit. (See below.)

There are lights around here that sense your speed, and if it's too high, turn red to stop you. There's one in particular that, many years ago, I figured that out. It's on a long straight road in the middle of nowhere, and I figured out the if I slowed down where the sensor was, the light wouldn't go red on me. Why a traffic light in the middle of nowhere, I dunno. Probably just for speed control.
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Last month I won £1100 and as I'm off to Germany in a couple of weeks I was hoping to spend it on that but in the least two weeks I've had to pay for -

A new Cell Phone - It died

New tear tyres

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Not around here. I'm always cussing out lights that turn red when no-one is crossing. No speed sensors, and even if I'm below the speed limit. (See below.)

There are lights around here that sense your speed, and if it's too high, turn red to stop you. There's one in particular that, many years ago, I figured that out. It's on a long straight road in the middle of nowhere, and I figured out the if I slowed down where the sensor was, the light wouldn't go red on me. Why a traffic light in the middle of nowhere, I dunno. Probably just for speed control.
They do that in nearly every small village in Portugal! Once you're aware, it actually works very well to protect the inhabitants.
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The GTI is having intermittent misfires in cylinder 1. plug looks okay (albeit rich, but i'm also stage 2 so that's to be expected) and all four plugs look pretty much identical. New plugs arrive tomorrow but for now I swapped the coil pack for cylinders 1 and 2. if it comes back and shows up on cylinder 2 then I'll be ordering a fresh quartet of ignition coils.

it does have 135k (almost 136k) miles so it wouldn't surprise me if the packs were starting to let go.
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The GTI is having intermittent misfires in cylinder 1. plug looks okay (albeit rich, but i'm also stage 2 so that's to be expected) and all four plugs look pretty much identical. New plugs arrive tomorrow but for now I swapped the coil pack for cylinders 1 and 2. if it comes back and shows up on cylinder 2 then I'll be ordering a fresh quartet of ignition coils.

it does have 135k (almost 136k) miles so it wouldn't surprise me if the packs were starting to let go.
I just changed an ignition coil today, on a 2014 car with ~115,000 miles on it.
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I just changed an ignition coil today, on a 2014 car with ~115,000 miles on it.
Credit where it's due this car has been phenomenal. Not having a payment also makes the occasional parts purchase (since I DIY everything on it) super easy to stomach. And with 135k+ miles, i wholly expect this sort of thing.

Just really frustrating to be showing a friend how much hilarious power the thing makes with its downpipe and tune, and then the EPC light says "oh hey what's up, yeah all that turbo fun is over for a while friend."
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It's a VW, of course the Coil Pack was going to fail:-)

The Passats of that period were especially vulnerable to shutting down entirely even if only one cylinder was failing.
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of what period?

this is the worst issue the car has had and it'll be fixed for $60. /shrug

coil packs fail on all vehicles. i heard BL made a good car once. once. Razz emoticon
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The B6/B7, so around 2005 to 2015.

The number of good cars that British Leyland made I could count on the fingers of one hand.

The Triumph Stag maybe, but even that had major over heating problems.

The Unions did their very best to ruin that particular Industry. Well done them.
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this isn't of that generation.

oops.
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This might give you nightmares
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Keep it in mind when thinking about safety gear
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At this moment I am questioning why I continue to run this site.
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At this moment I am questioning why I continue to run this site.
It certainly can't be the first time.
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The repeating phenomena of meeting up with a friend for breakfast every other week where we choose to sit in the same seat each time but within minutes families with children will sit either side of you and basically behave like families. Like they do.

So today just for a change I ask the delightful Waitress if we could have the window seat at the far end of the bar, right in the corner, as for the last 5 years we've been going there I've never seen anyone sit there.

Sure she says. Within minutes a family with children sit at the table next to ours while leaving all the others vacant.
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It certainly can't be the first time.
It's the first time I've been this pissed off.
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"I am of those who like to stay late at the café," the older waiter said. "With
all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the
night."
"I want to go home and into bed."
"We are of two different kinds," the older waiter said. He was now dressed
to go home. "It is not only a question of youth and confidence although those
things are very beautiful. Each night I am reluctant to close up because there
may be some one who needs the café."
"Hombre, there are bodegas open all night long."
"You do not understand. This is a clean and pleasant café. It is well lighted.
The light is very good and also, now, there are shadows of the leaves."

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The repeating phenomena of meeting up with a friend for breakfast every other week where we choose to sit in the same seat each time but within minutes families with children will sit either side of you and basically behave like families. Like they do.

So today just for a change I ask the delightful Waitress if we could have the window seat at the far end of the bar, right in the corner, as for the last 5 years we've been going there I've never seen anyone sit there.

Sure she says. Within minutes a family with children sit at the table next to ours while leaving all the others vacant.
Same phenomenon as when you are the only one in a vast car park, and the next few people to arrive park adjacent to your car. Even if you park far from the pedestrian exit. Herd animals...
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It's uncanny just how often this happens.

Off to the Supermarket ? Park by the Recycling Bins.

I agree. Sheep.
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The GTI is having intermittent misfires in cylinder 1. plug looks okay (albeit rich, but i'm also stage 2 so that's to be expected) and all four plugs look pretty much identical. New plugs arrive tomorrow but for now I swapped the coil pack for cylinders 1 and 2. if it comes back and shows up on cylinder 2 then I'll be ordering a fresh quartet of ignition coils.

it does have 135k (almost 136k) miles so it wouldn't surprise me if the packs were starting to let go.
I had a Passat with the 1.8L turbo with a dead cylinder. Not intermittent, just dead. After shutting it off in the driveway for less than two minutes. Shop had it for several weeks and gave it back with the excuse it would cost them more to buy the tools to work on the head than it was worth. (long story, shop is no longer in business, I was pi$$ed).

Turns out it was the ignition control module. Right on top of the intake, took me about ten minutes to diagnose and $300 to replace.

Don't know if it applies, but it's right in there with "Things that go wrong with VWs".

I don't know if they can fail intermittently.
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And yet a B5 Passat 1.9 TDI will last longer than Cher's Career.

There's no logic to it.

A VW Lupo is basically indestructible.

Early DCT's not so much.
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And yet a B5 Passat 1.9 TDI will last longer than Cher's Career.

There's no logic to it.

A VW Lupo is basically indestructible.

Early DCT's not so much.
Except for that stupid front suspension with eight control arms and sixteen little ball joints. Works great until it doesn't. It wound up being the reason I switched to Volvos after 15 years and 8 VWs.
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I didn't say it was perfect. It drove like a dream.

Lets leave the W8 out of this shall we ?
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I didn't say it was perfect. It drive like a dream.

Lets leave the W8 out of this shall we ?
I'd still drive a Phaeton.
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I did. A V10 and a V6. Audi A8 was better to drive though
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I'd still drive a Phaeton.
I still drive a Käfer.

Chris from CLE
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I still drive a Käfer.

Chris from CLE
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Inconsiderate drivers. Seems to be on the increase. I'm very much a flow of traffic driver. On my morning commute I have about two miles on 28th St. It's 45mph, five lanes. I know I'm turning right at Breton, so I get in the right lane early and just settle in.

Invariably, people rush up in the left lane and try to cut in at the last minute to make the same right turn.

This morning someone in a Jeep rode almost beside me in the left lane until, at the last minute, they pulled forward and hit their signal to get in front of me. There was literally nobody behind me for at least half a mile.

Why can't people just plan ahead and be nice on the road? My goal is always to get from point A to point B without anyone noticing me.

Last weekend I had someone pass me in the left turn lane in a 25mph zone only to stop and wait for the next red light. What could they possibly have thought they were accomplishing? Just run the freaking red light already; you've already established you're an ass with no regard for traffic laws. Sheesh!

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A week ago Sunday we ordered a new bed. We've had 19 good years with our current mattress, and we are 19 years older. It's time.
Follow up.

We found a factory defect in the base, the massage motor in the base squeaks, and I was fed up. I ranted at the sales manager who forwarded all the information to the regional manager and the director. Long story short, we've been trying to return this bed for a month, but on the delivery service side nobody knows what anyone else is doing. We'd gotten appointment confirmations that were then changed, all of them were early morning until finally I sent a flaming email directly to the company.

Finally I was confirmed for today after 4:00 which would have worked fine, but that didn't wok for the delivery company and they rescheduled me for yesterday. Because it was yesterday I left work an hour early to make sure I could be there.

It could take up to ten days for a refund, because they have to "inspect" the bed upon its return. The mattress which they threw unwrapped into the back of a box truck in January. I have plenty of pictures.

I questioned the sales manager saying, "So because you take the bed and hold our money, we have to shell out another $X for a second bed or sleep on the floor?"

Company policy.

I would never ever ever recommend going through Tempurpedic.

We had already bought another mattress that was waiting in the next room for the open bed frame. Fifteen minutes and our new-new mattress is on. I slept better last night than I have in a month just knowing that other bed was out of the house.
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I'm going to suggest getting hold of a mechanically sound Beater Car, such as a Volvo 740, which will give the impression that you really don't give a shit what you run into and when you do their car will come off worse.

I avoid these kind of cars.
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1979 P200E (sold) / ZNEN Amore 150 (sold) / Genuine Buddy 170i / Genuine Stella 4T /Aprilia Sportcity One 50
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1979 P200E (sold) / ZNEN Amore 150 (sold) / Genuine Buddy 170i / Genuine Stella 4T /Aprilia Sportcity One 50
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Bill Dog wrote:
I'm going to suggest getting hold of a mechanically sound Beater Car, such as a Volvo 740, which will give the impression that you really don't give a shit what you run into and when you do their car will come off worse.

I avoid these kind of cars.
Law of economics.

Funny you mention that, my recently deceased 240 was a gem in this situations. Even had one wobbly hubcap.

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