Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[Red Herring]

An oily sludge? Unless you've developed a very soft brake it's most likely to be the outer cv gaiter.

[Sir Trev]

Brakes are fine - the reservoir is still full and none of the finish on the wheel barrel was affected so pretty sure it's not brake fluid.

[SV650rules]

Wipe it all clean and then go for a drive to see if anything obvious, shock absorber leaking ?

[Sir Trev]

The CV gaiter is only couple of inches away from the track rod adjuster nut that the muppets at
Kwik Fit heated with a torch a couple of months ago when tweaking my tracking. What's the betting they weren't very careful about what else got hot and/or melted. If the workshop finds evidence of it I will be having (probably wasted) words with their area manager.

[Heorot]

Trying to negotiate the new one way system in the centre of Norwich and then trying to find a parking spot near where I needed to be. The last time I tried the one way system, I ended up paying a fine for driving down a road that no longer allowed access to cars. Every few years NCC change the city centre one way system and every time the traffic flow is worse than before.

[Littlepeahead]

Watching the Brits. I now feel old. And I've got that Little Mix song in my head.

Which follows on from another gripe, which is Nick Cave playing the O2. I just won't go there for gigs, it's soulless.

[daktulos]

Fake news

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39051213

[Red Herring]

Originally Posted by daktulos

Fake news

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39051213

Because you and me would have just sat there in our drivers seat whilst some prima donna set about ripping our wing mirror off with her bare hands......

I don't regard anything I see in or on the media as "news" or believe anything until I've got to the actual facts, it's simply entertainment.

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

I don't regard anything I see in or on the media as "news" or believe anything until I've got to the actual facts, it's simply entertainment.

I'm the same. As bad as it is, it then gets 20 times worse if someone is talking about what they saw or read on the news. I think the media get away with it because less than 10% actually sinks in, and only half of that is actually what was reported, which might still be a load of old cobblers anyway.

Especially bad are "science" articles - because "NEW PROVEN FACT" is more interesting than "recent study suggests..."

Regular arguments over this in my house. Winds me up.

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by Sir Trev

Oily gunge in the wrong place

Washed my car for the first time in months this morning only to find the front offside alloy was covered in an oily sludge. Once off the car I found it was coating the entire barrel and was just starting to ooze through the spokes to the front. None on the sidewalls that I could see, which was one comfort. Took me over half an hour with Gunk and an old paintbrush to get it all off. Seems to be all over the lower shock mount and the back of the hub so possibly the drive shaft seal has failed. Other side just had usual brake debris on the back of the spokes and barrel thankfully.

Time for open wallet surgery it seems. Bugger.

Well that was expensive... Got my car back late yesterday with a new CV gaiter which has hopefully done the trick. Will keep an eye on it obviously. The workshop said there was a tear and no signs of melting so there is no way I can prove that Kwik Fit caused the damage. At least I had the car back in time for an 8am interview this morning.