The TPU UK Clubhouse

[Tatty_Two]

what happened to the XF??

That went last year and was replaced by the boy racer, had it for 3 or 4 years.

 

[phill]

Rover is a tank, i'm sure they have extra 400kg in there somewhere haha, my mate has a Cupra thats been mapped to 280bhp and said its fast.

Good on you tatty, seen too many retired people driving boring slow hatchbacks in my area.

Well made back in 1992 I'm not so surprised it's a little heavier than it should be, different materials and such I suppose were used. The only thing I will say for it was the 5 speed box was lovely as you could get away with nearly 80mph in 2nd gear... lol It's a different beast to the GTI and Cupra R, having owned all three, I think I actually prefer the Rover lol Certainly surprised a few cars along the way..

The Cupra isn't too bad, it's just a pain at times to get the power down, in the damp and wet you might as well forget it.. It'll just spin the wheels.. So frustrating !! lol Probably why I loved the Subaru so much, it just went

 

[FreedomEclipse]

That went last year and was replaced by the boy racer, had it for 3 or 4 years.

I smell mid life crisis

 

[Tatty_Two]

I smell mid life crisis

I'm well past that.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I'm well past that.

what a load of tosh. You're only as old as you feel. I'm sure your Mrs tells you that all the time before tucking into bed with your binkie

 

[Tatty_Two]

what a load of tosh. You're only as old as you feel. I'm sure your Mrs tells you that all the time before tucking into bed with your binkie

That's the point, I feel old, too much work which is why I am retiring early in November.

 

[kurosagi01]

I smell mid life crisis

Are you having a midlife crisis trying to catch some fish freedom?

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Are you having a midlife crisis trying to catch some fish freedom?

Can you repeat that??

Im a bit hard of herring.

 

[kurosagi01]

Can you repeat that??

Im a bit hard of herring.

ARE YOU HAVING MID-LIFE CRISIS OLD MAN!

 

[FreedomEclipse]

ARE YOU HAVING MID-LIFE CRISIS OLD MAN!

 

[dorsetknob]

Heard Rumblings of Thunder in the Distance and Saw a Rainbow
Hope it pisses it down tonight could do with some rain to help things cool down
want clear skys tomorow

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Heard Rumblings of Thunder in the Distance and Saw a Rainbow
Hope it pisses it down tonight could do with some rain to help things cool down
want clear skys tomorow

Its gonna be raining most of the day tomorrow (in london)

 

[RCoon]

Can't quite see my Bluewave at the back, but we decided to park up in Finchingfield. Mine was the rarest there (1 of 33), closely followed by the all silver Brabus Xclusive (1 of ~150) near the front.

 

[Tatty_Two]

You see, that would be a problem for me, nowhere to fit me fishing rods.

 

[ne6togadno]

stick em out of the window just dont forget to put red flag on the tip of the longest

 

[kurosagi01]

Looks like you're ready to tackle the rainbow road track from mario kart.

 

[Tatty_Two]

stick em out of the window just dont forget to put red flag on the tip of the longest

I have a pair of carp rods that cost almost £600, they are not going to be hanging out of anywhere, although it is sad that I tend to buy cars that will fit my rods as opposed to buying rods that will fir my cars

 

[Canon]

Have any of you good British folk ever had issue with Amazon Prime delivery? I ask because I'm currently going through a war with them over an item that was not delivered, despite being escalated 3 times to high priority. The driver actually got out of the van, looked through my window from across the street then got back in and pissed off. He was told whilst still on delivery to return to which he evidently refused. Now I have been promised compensation 3 times by 3 different customer service reps for 3 different amounts, none of which have materialised.

I wonder if it's a carrier issue or did I kiss this drivers girlfriend in my not so long ago youth?

 

[dorsetknob]

my Dad and uncle used to salmon fish with House bricks Back in the 60's ( at night only )

 

[kurosagi01]

Have any of you good British folk ever had issue with Amazon Prime delivery? I ask because I'm currently going through a war with them over an item that was not delivered, despite being escalated 3 times to high priority. The driver actually got out of the van, looked through my window from across the street then got back in and pissed off. He was told whilst still on delivery to return to which he evidently refused. Now I have been promised compensation 3 times by 3 different customer service reps for 3 different amounts, none of which have materialised.

I wonder if it's a carrier issue or did I kiss this drivers girlfriend in my not so long ago youth?

Sounds like whoever Amazon hired to do your delivered mugged your parcel and Amazon are just being d*cks and not offering you refund or they are waiting for after 14-31 days delivery attempt which is what I had to do get refund from shopto on ordering a game from them but that was being delivered by Royal mail.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I have a pair of carp rods that cost almost £600, they are not going to be hanging out of anywhere, although it is sad that I tend to buy cars that will fit my rods as opposed to buying rods that will fir my cars

Does that include the reel??? I remember my rods were £100-200 (various Daiwa, Shimano, Abu Garcia and some random ones picked up at a carboot sale)

My reels were about £100-130 each though they arent the 'big pit' style of reels that cost £300 each. They are the shimano baitrunners of old.

My hardware is probably almost 20 years old... though I doubt technology has changed that much as they still sell the same kit online and magazines. only real difference is, they cost more than how much I paid back then.

Have any of you good British folk ever had issue with Amazon Prime delivery? I ask because I'm currently going through a war with them over an item that was not delivered, despite being escalated 3 times to high priority. The driver actually got out of the van, looked through my window from across the street then got back in and pissed off. He was told whilst still on delivery to return to which he evidently refused. Now I have been promised compensation 3 times by 3 different customer service reps for 3 different amounts, none of which have materialised.

I wonder if it's a carrier issue or did I kiss this drivers girlfriend in my not so long ago youth?

Never had this issue. but whenever i did have an issue. Amazon support have always been good to me. Id give them a week to refund the money. If not then id go speak to your bank and get them to refund you instead as you should be covered by them and distance selling laws/regulations.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Not including reels, the major changes in the last 20 years are the strength to weight ratio's of the good rods these days, basically twice the strength to half the weight.

 

[Canon]

Never had this issue. but whenever i did have an issue. Amazon support have always been good to me. Id give them a week to refund the money. If not then id go speak to your bank and get them to refund you instead as you should be covered by them and distance selling laws/regulations.

Yeah, looks to be the most sensible course of action. I'm not so much concerned about money spent, time lost or anything like that (well a little annoyed at chasing them around in circles), it's more the reason he literally got out of the van, lifted his little doo-da, lifted my package, stood for a brief second then as soon as I got out of my seat he got back in his van and darted...bewildering.

I'm ugly, but not that ugly.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Yeah, looks to be the most sensible course of action. I'm not so much concerned about money spent, time lost or anything like that (well a little annoyed at chasing them around in circles), it's more the reason he literally got out of the van, lifted his little doo-da, lifted my package, stood for a brief second then as soon as I got out of my seat he got back in his van and darted...bewildering.

was it updated in your amazon CP as delivered though? because that's fraud/theft if he did as he's technically stolen your package. I find it strange that Amazon never offered to have another item sent out to you because the chances are quite high that someone else would be delivering it apart from that guy.

In the past when i had things that didnt turn up when they should of been next day delivery, Amazon always hired a proper courier to get it to me the very next day rather then have it pushed through their system of zero hour contract delivery folk.

 

[Canon]

was it updated in your amazon CP as delivered though? because that's fraud/theft if he did as he's technically stolen your package. I find it strange that Amazon never offered to have another item sent out to you because the chances are quite high that someone else would be delivering it apart from that guy.

In the past when i had things that didnt turn up when they should of been next day delivery, Amazon always hired a proper courier to get it to me the very next day rather then have it pushed through their system of zero hour contract delivery folk.

Well it's funny you see because it was initially rather time sensitive so I did everything I could customer end to have it super duper priority next day, which was great up until he got to the front door. It hasn't been marked as delivered though. I have also now been told that it was due to a "transportation problem" which I suppose could mean anything really.

I'm actually rather impressed with Amazon themselves for getting the item here on time, as expected but this fella just isn't sure what he's doing.

I'm in Belfast, I imagine not a whole lot of people here are using Prime and if the carrier has a dedicated team for the service I could easily imagine one employee taking care of the city but I daresay it's quartered out like it is for everything else.

Funny thing is I have another item marked "out for delivery" that was ordered a day later. I might just have to detain this guy when he gets within 100 yards, just in case.