What's annoying me today

Technically that's two words

Top draw Loafing.

Got new tyres today. Turns out I also need new brake pads and rotors, which is an annoying cost I could live without. For what the shop wants to install mediocre aftermarket units I can buy ceramic coated performance parts and install them myself.

“Small, newly tattooed, middle-aged Brit found dead in car at bottom of mountain road”

They're brake pads and rotors. If you can change a wheel and change your oil, you can change the pads and rotors. It's one of the most simple mechanical repairs you can do to a vehicle. In fact, I'd argue that you should be able to do it - I don't understand why people are so willing to delegate the responsibility for such things to the cheapest, grubbiest back street business they can find. Not to mention, it's quite good fun.

It's a shame you're not near Dave Rave as he's a dab hand at that sort of thing now.

Iqbal is sad.

I hope this guy starts rocking up at Dave's house now with all his motoring woes. "Timing belt's gone, Rave" "No dramas, I'll fetch me boiler suit".

I don't actually own a boiler suit. Anyone got a contact for that Green Frog bloke?

I am the guy who would be on an attempted murder charge if I changed brake type things. My incompetence is legendary.

It's almost impossible to change a tyre nowadays as the fucking things are mechanically bolted to the wheel. The bolts are so tight that you cannot even get them off with elbow grease. You need an electric lug nut loosener. This is very very annoying as you have to call someone who has one of these devices as I don't carry one in the car. So if you are in the middle of nowhere with a flat you are fooked basically.

It used to be easy to manually loosen the bolts and change the thing with a manual jack. Everything is designed nowadays for other people to profit from your inability to be able to do it yourself.

Like apple changing software every two seconds. Things aren't designed for the user nowadays. Either that or I am weak as shit and dying.

Chicago: Creaky.

The majority of that post was complete bollocks, but this particular line stood out.

A fucking what now? I presume given the rest of your gibberish you're talking about an impact wrench.

Lug nut not strut.

Other than that. Completely cogent.

Chicago: In-between clients.

Wrong thread halfwittery. Nothing to see.

So an impact wrench. And if your nuts are on so tight that you can't remove them even with a breaker bar, find a new garage. Wheel nuts should be torqued to a specific tightness, and thus you should be able to remove them with an equal amount of force.

Coalville is absolutely full of England flags. Pretty much every lamp post on the bypass and through the centre.

Wankers