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[mitsisigma01]

7 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I've got a telephone interview for the AA call centre in the morning. 

Can you please ask them to justify the £422 per year they charged to a 76 year old man for his car recovery!!!! New member maybe...

No, 56 fkin years and they would still be skinning him now. Exploiting the elderly.... He didn't even drive for the last four years!!! 😠😠😠😠

Anyone know the email address of the bloke who does all the AA tv interviews 😠😠😠

 

[New POD]

On 28/09/2021 at 22:29, Barry Cade said:

Try headbutting a pheasant whilst on a motorbike.. unpleasant.

Try running one over on a 2 up loaded with camping equipment RD350LC at 85 mph. 

1) it's like hitting a curb.

2) my passenger slept through it.

3) my passenger asked what the smell of burnt meat was, when we arrive at the camp sight.

4) head later found trapped between belly pan and exhaust 

I once had to take a detour as a horse had jumped over the front of a car.  Poor horse was put down.  Ambulance was taking the driver away. 

Car looked like a write off. 

[Ghosty]

2 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Can you please ask them to justify the £422 per year they charged to a 76 year old man for his car recovery!!!! New member maybe...

No, 56 fkin years and they would still be skinning him now. Exploiting the elderly.... He didn't even drive for the last four years!!! 😠😠😠😠

Anyone know the email address of the bloke who does all the AA tv interviews 😠😠😠

 

If you actually argue the toss with the retentions folk they drop your quote quite a bit... my mum does this every year and Relay is about £170. 

[artdjones]

3 hours ago, Ghosty said:

If you actually argue the toss with the retentions folk they drop your quote quite a bit... my mum does this every year and Relay is about £170. 

If they can do it profitably for £170 then charging an old man £422 puts them in the same category as the overcharging scam artists who rip off old people for repairs they have done.

[Dyslexic Viking]

Audi has been delivered and will have the little things needed to pass the inspection fixed today. Then the excitement was what kind of car I got to borrow today, it became the workshop manager / owner's own Toyota Land Cruiser complete with his belongings and child seats.

 

 

[captain_70s]

14 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Okay, 50/50 as to whether the nut unscrewed or it wound the stud out, but that's irrelevant to me at this stage.

Wound out studs = pre torqued for reassembly. 👌

[Barry Cade]

9 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Can you please ask them to justify the £422 per year they charged to a 76 year old man for his car recovery!!!! New member maybe...

No, 56 fkin years and they would still be skinning him now. Exploiting the elderly.... He didn't even drive for the last four years!!! 😠😠😠😠

Anyone know the email address of the bloke who does all the AA tv interviews 😠😠😠

 

Get them on twitter,,they hate bad PR..

Got taken over earlier in the year...

 

[New POD]

5 hours ago, artdjones said:

If they can do it profitably for £170 then charging an old man £422 puts them in the same category as the overcharging scam artists who rip off old people for repairs they have done.

Especially when they know that he probably does 12 miles a week, and hasn't broken down since 1978, which is why he joined in the first place. 

[chaseracer]

Said it before and I'll say it again: the AA is now a 'financial services provider' with a breakdown outfit loosely attached for marketing purposes.

[N19]

How can swapping a radiator be so difficult?

Capri:

Unscrew bottom coolant hose, drain coolant. Unbolt fan shroud. Unscrew top coolant hose. Unbolt 4 fixing bolts, pull radiator up.

 

Mondeo:

Spend ages fighting with bloody awful spring clips, eventually drain antifreeze onto hair/clothes, unscrew mounts for electric fan, unclip a load of related and unrelated wiring, try to remove, absolutely won't move, try to move bauden cable under the bonnet which gives a reassuring >SNAP< - oh feck - give up - come home and re-read the Haynes... bloody hell you have to dismantle half the bloody cooling system to even get the electric fan out! Give up and sit in the warm/dry.

[DeeJay]

Progress. 

[Cord Fourteener]

After wheel nearly falling off Mondeo there was one wheel nut missing and the rest merely loose.

I ordered a new nut, duly went to re-fit it and...

No threaded bar. It it possible it has sheared off along with the nut and that the two of them have gone for a romantic picnic together in the grass verge?

[SiC]

Bought some 70s MG brochures, just because.



You'd think they'd have chosen a wheel that was painted properly? But it is BL and I guess they are being honest.


Suuuuuck that stomach in


Bras appear an optional accessory


Pretty certain this is captain70s piloting this.

[mitsisigma01]

Anything nasty to look out for on a 2006 Citroen C1 1.0 Rhythm please, going to c1🙄 in a while!! 

[Split_Pin]

Put the Cavalier away for the winter. Everyone knows these like to rot, except this one so I'd like to keep it that way.

I took the opportunity to picture the 2 auld dears of the fleet together as I was shuffling the cars about.

Unfortunately I still can't get the Cavaliers thermostat pipes completely watertight. It's better than it was but the moisture ends up on the subframe which I do not want.

The big pipe at the top is a new piece with new clips.  I think that's still leaking a bit. It's possibly not seated properly as it was very stiff and didn't really bend all that well.

The smaller pipe to the left of the the sender for the gauge is also dripping just a touch. I think this pipe is just old, I have a new more robust pipe left over from the Corsa engine change a few years ago.

The dark stuff on the block bottom left is Permatex,  it works very well indeed. It's backing up my home made gasket for the housing to block face.

Plenty of time to sort it over the winter.

There is also water getting into the boot which I think is from the aerial grommet. The aerial itself is electric but is almost completely seized but I have a complete replacement which I'll fit over the winter too.

Not much else needed really!

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Anything nasty to look out for on a 2006 Citroen C1 1.0 Rhythm please, going to c1🙄 in a while!! 

Clutch, clutch and clutch.

They were quite fragile on the earlier cars and several that I've driven (including mine) weren't adjusted right which in my case wrecked the release bearing.

Changing the radiator requires dropping the front crossmember which is bolted on with bolts made of cheese, so it's a question of how many you snap rather than if you snap any.

They're generally pretty hardy little cars though, so there aren't any other major pitfalls I'm aware of. 

By this age rust is obviously something you need to keep an eye out for as the factory protection wasn't great, but that's true of any car that's 15 years old really.

[Zelandeth]

Balls.  Leisure battery in the van has died.  Was on charge last week but is down to 8.1V now.  Master switch was definitely off so it's not been drained by anything onboard.

That'll be nice and cheap to replace I'm sure...

[BorniteIdentity]

5 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Anything nasty to look out for on a 2006 Citroen C1 1.0 Rhythm please, going to c1🙄 in a while!! 

Clutches generally. Otherwise they’re great little buzz boxes. 

[stuboy]

Renewed the moped insurance today... 14 quid a month... 

 

All gotta do now is put it back together and mot the bloody thing..

 

No rush..

[richardmorris]

I’m thinking the world’s gone mad, but I think reality sailed away a long time ago.

[LightBulbFun]

6 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I’m thinking the world’s gone mad, but I think reality sailed away a long time ago.

it would be interesting to know what an MGB in such condition would fetch this day and age like that if there are any left? (I know a few where put away at the end of production as investments but then eventually registered because that idea was foiled by the fact they made so many of them, but then again they made a load of 2CV's as well!)

also "real time machine" that would be very useful/handy might struggle to hit 88Mph however I think! although saying that I know @dollywobbler got 80 something out of Elly on the Autobahn!

(I wonder what the fastest someones got a 2CV with its Flat twin engine...)

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, LightBulbFun said:

it would be interesting to know what an MGB in such condition would fetch this day and age like that if there are any left? (I know a few where put away at the end of production as investments but then eventually registered because that idea was foiled by the fact they made so many of them, but then again they made a load of 2CV's as well!)

also "real time machine" that would be very useful/handy might struggle to hit 88Mph however I think! although saying that I know @dollywobbler got 80 something out of Elly on the Autobahn!

(I wonder what the fastest someones got a 2CV with its Flat twin engine...)

I had 80 on the GPs with the standard 602 cc engine. As the saying goes, nothing left on the clock but the maker’s name. 

[Fumbler]

Received a smooshed box today which turns out to reveal a twin barrel carburettor manifold. Intact, luckily. Now I've to find a carburettor that'll fit it. Not in a rush though, but at least I can get baseplate and hole centre diameters.

[JJ0063]

I seem to be broken. Last couple of days whenever I drive I go very, very dizzy and it lasts for an hour or two after I’m out of the car too.

No idea why it’s happening and it’s pissing me off.

[mintwth]

10 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

whenever I drive I go very, very dizzy and it lasts for an hour or two after I’m out of the car too.

Exhaust leak into the car? 

[JJ0063]

It doesn’t smell in the car and it passed it’s MOT a week ago so I hope not! Happened tonight even after a 5 minute drive to McDonald’s. Feels like motion dizziness.

 

I remember feeling like it once years ago when I’d first driven an automatic.. my current car is auto but I’ve obviously driven that thousands of miles without feeling like it!

 

it’s also a diesel so AFAIK very slim chance from one of those? 

[N19]

2 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

It doesn’t smell in the car and it passed it’s MOT a week ago so I hope not! Happened tonight even after a 5 minute drive to McDonald’s. Feels like motion dizziness.

 

I remember feeling like it once years ago when I’d first driven an automatic.. my current car is auto but I’ve obviously driven that thousands of miles without feeling like it!

Try borrowing another car for a spin around the block? See if it happens then

[JJ0063]

4 minutes ago, N19 said:

Try borrowing another car for a spin around the block? See if it happens then

I should be collecting a winter hack tomorrow and will have to drive an hour and a half home so will soon find out (it’s a manual too)

I also haven’t driven in the dark for bloody ages and it’s been dark both times so I wonder if it could even be something as simple as that.

[beko1987]

Thinking about the dark I haven't too... Maybe 10 times in fuck nearly/over a year... I used to like driving at night, fills me with dread now

Would be leaving home in the dark and returning in the dark in normal times at this time of year 😢

[Barry Cade]

28 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

I should be collecting a winter hack tomorrow and will have to drive an hour and a half home so will soon find out (it’s a manual too)

I also haven’t driven in the dark for bloody ages and it’s been dark both times so I wonder if it could even be something as simple as that.

Have you had your eyes tested recently?