Car radio
It works perfectly almost all the time. One notable exception was on a 464 mile drive from Dumfries to Newquay this summer. The radio got stuck on radio four during the birdwatching programme. It would not turn off or down. An hour of "And THIS is a black headed gull" *CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW CRAW* is capable of turning the mind to mush. I pulled in and switched off the car after twenty miles. No effect.

I got to Newquay in a little under seven hours. I did not stop again.

The radio was fine the next day...
( MatJ LOOK, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:06, 37 replies)

The radio continued to play with the engine off?
I'm no expert, but it sounds like your car is haunted.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:11, closed)

I know
But its not that odd. Radios don't have any internal batteries so if your radio doesn't require you to reset the clock every time you get into the car, it will be wired up directly to the battery too.
( MatJ LOOK, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:31, closed)

That
Must have stuck in your craw...

#illgetmycoat
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:19, closed)

It must have nearly drove him raven mad.

(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:21, closed)

would have got on my tits

(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:24, closed)

Am I heron you correctly? You have boobies?
(Freakmandu, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:33, closed)

I get the feeling now
That it's gulling me into a false sense of security.
( MatJ LOOK, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:33, closed)

which of course will be very emusing
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:40, closed)

You'll have to duck after that one!

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:12, closed)

you quack me up

(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:19, closed)

Hey!
toucan play at that game.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:23, closed)

Puns dont kill people, pullets do

(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:24, closed)

I saw it on a documentary
on BBC-cockatoo

I am so sorry
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:41, closed)

must have been a phesent way to spend an evening
..your tern
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:58, closed)

Careful. He'll stork you.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 17:35, closed)

Those sorts of programmes
never go on for more than half an hour. I'm going with the haunted car theory, too.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:34, closed)

Oh there were other programs on afterwards
But they were nearly as bad.
( MatJ LOOK, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 20:18, closed)

Having the car radio stuck on Radio 4 is a bad thing???
As long as it’s not Woman’s (the misery of hysterectomy) Hour it's better than the alternatives.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:36, closed)

Women's Hour is mostly fine, and sometimes great.
It's just the hours and hours of shit drama. And the Archers.

If they stopped doing fiction altogether, I'd probably never switch it off.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:41, closed)

Fool.
Without the Archers, R4 has no soul.

I was slowly converting my old office away from shitty local radio, through use of the Afternoon Play. Simply put, everything on R4 is listenable, with the following exceptions:
- Open Country
- Ramblings
- Something Understood
- Count Arthur Strong
- Saturday Live (until Fi Glover left)
- PM (when Eddie Mair is presenting)

The sound of Sailing By is one of utter joy, and a reason to be proud of our country (I'd make it the national anthem, just so it could be played at sports events, thus chilling everyone out).
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:49, closed)

I suppose I would like to hear Sailing By sung from the terraces
and to be honest, I've tended to switch off all the plays and haven't really given them a chance. But if they weren't so damn good at journalism and commentary, I wouldn't resent them scheduling everything else.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:00, closed)

R7
must be hell for you!
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:17, closed)

Oh Eddie Mair is great.
But You and Yours must be destroyed, as must Quote Unquote - and that "medieval" sitcom they're running on Wednesday evenings at the moment, which is about as funny as mesothelioma.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 1 Oct 2011, 14:06, closed)

Do not diss The Archers.
My friend emigrated to Australia after finding a stray one over here that would allow him to do sex onto it. He's got the Archers as his ringtone on his mobile, and it really winds everyone he works with up hahahahaha
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:15, closed)

This
is so romantic.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:23, closed)

I hate Radio 4
Too smug for its own good
(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:58, closed)

Radio 4 hates you too

(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:01, closed)

yes, it probably does, I'm too working class for it

(IHateSprouts is baking a huge pie shaped like an enormous pie, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:05, closed)

Yeah, that's probably true.

(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:22, closed)

ISIHAC, for all it's smugness
is the funniest thing ever

I miss Humph though
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:03, closed)

Not that odd at all - not all stereo power plugs are wired into the ignition circuit
My old VW Polo only carried the bare minimum of stereo cabling and as such the stereo would continue to play with the ignition off.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:08, closed)

So why not just pull the fuse out for the stereo? It should be labelled clearly in the fusebox!
(Jester_, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:46, closed)

Because the fuse for the stereo is usually shared with something like the brake lights. The reasoning behind this is that you could go along for ages with the fuse blown in your brake lights and not notice (how many cars did you see today with at least one brake light out), but you'd notice that the stereo wasn't working.

Volvo 340s had the fuse shared between the switched ignition feed for the brake lights, the stereo and the idle stop solenoid. If the fuse for the brake lights went, the radio wouldn't work and the engine would cut out every time you stopped at traffic lights.
(gordonjcp, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 12:19, closed)

that
would lead to the car being sold immediately, or said feature being disabled in some way
(anonymouse sitting in front of a screen since 1989, Sun 2 Oct 2011, 21:22, closed)

Sounds reasonable. I've learned something new today :)
(Jester_, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 14:16, closed)

Is anyone else reminded of "Four Men In A Car"?
With the evil 80's CD?

Indestructible...Indestructible...Indestructible...Indestructible...Indestructible...Indestructible...Indestructible...Indestructible...
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 10:48, closed)

Indeed I was.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who's seen that -- people have looked at me strangely when I've said "indestructible... indestructible... indestructible... " in response to similar stories.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 12:06, closed)