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[xtriple]

Of course the fucking heap of shit Bentley failed its MOT.

 

Fog light switch faulty. Anti roll bar link rubber boots perished. That's it... however, Bentley do not sell the fog light switch separately so it's the complete panel (5 switches) and they don't sell the rubber boots either so £135 each. But, factors sell rubber boots so they are going on and the switch is being stripped with a view to getting it working... which it did perfectly the other day.

 

Also, apparently my front brake hoses are going as there's a delay in the front brakes releasing, I do like good brakes....  and ones that are NOT going to lock on one day when I least expect it as they are breaking up inside, and advisories for cracking on three tyres.

 

Just waiting for Paul to ring back with a price for the new hoses and fitting and thinking about buying a new set of tyres! Michelin Latitude sport 3 come highly recommended and have a really good rating and they are quiet and £130 each. The 'correct' Avon things are £400 each, noisy, have lousy wet grip and lousy on fuel efficiency.

 

£372 to change the front hoses as a worse case I have just been told. Everything on this car is ridiculous!

 

Good news is: it got serviced with no bother and the diff oil was straight forward!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

372 for a pair of new hoses??? WTF

[Supernaut]

You're a fucking masochist, xtriple.

[Spottedlaurel]

Of course the fucking heap of shit Bentley failed its MOT...........

Reading that, I don’t feel so bad about my old crocks now.

[xtriple]

372 for a pair of new hoses??? WTF

That's including fitting and vat so MUCH better!

[Bobthebeard]

Of course the fucking heap of shit Bentley failed its MOT.

 

Fog light switch faulty. Anti roll bar link rubber boots perished. That's it... however, Bentley do not sell the fog light switch separately so it's the complete panel (5 switches) and they don't sell the rubber boots either so £135 each. But, factors sell rubber boots so they are going on and the switch is being stripped with a view to getting it working... which it did perfectly the other day.

 

Also, apparently my front brake hoses are going as there's a delay in the front brakes releasing, I do like good brakes.... and ones that are NOT going to lock on one day when I least expect it as they are breaking up inside, and advisories for cracking on three tyres.

 

Just waiting for Paul to ring back with a price for the new hoses and fitting and thinking about buying a new set of tyres! Michelin Latitude sport 3 come highly recommended and have a really good rating and they are quiet and £130 each. The 'correct' Avon things are £400 each, noisy, have lousy wet grip and lousy on fuel efficiency.

 

£372 to change the front hoses as a worse case I have just been told. Everything on this car is ridiculous!

 

Good news is: it got serviced with no bother and the diff oil was straight forward!

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Sort of reminds me of when I had a Rover P6 3500 when I was 18. I could afford to buy it, but running, insuring and fixing it was financial ruin. I loved that car, but was scared to park it anywhere and the petrol costs were terrible. Hence it only got driven rarely. Kind of begs the question why? I sold it and bought something less cash dependent!

[beko1987]

Fuck me, here's me worrying about the mot on the xantia, but worrying over a £100 bill... If the tester quotes £360 at me for repairs he will have the keys thrown to him with a 'your problem now m8' shout over my shoulder...

[captain_70s]

I'm worrying about the Civic's MOT, plus it is due a service and my recent 1000+ mile road-trip has taken it's toll and it no longer pulls at low rpm it just coughs and splutters like it's not getting fuel. 

 

Its still new enough and carrying enough value that I want to look after it well enough that it won't be utterly worthless by the time it comes to sell it but my fairly long commute, bumpy farm roads and the local climate are taking their toll on the thing.

 

I'd much rather sell it and buy something worthless to chug about it, something I can just replace outright with another shitter if it goes wrong or can DIY/bodge as required but am limited by the fact I didn't buy the Honda in the first place. It was bought by my parents when the Dolly 1300 broke down just before it's MOT was due so I could get to/from work without relying on them for a lift, so it's technically a free car but I'm having to deal with the fact it's getting to that sort of age where it's going wrong in potentially expensive ways for the first time. I daren't think about DIYing the thing 'cause it's newish and I risk rendering it deaded for much monies. They also paid £2.5k for it from a dealer so there is no way I can sell the thing and give them the money back because it'll be worth £1.5k at the very best.

 

There is also the fact I have no interest in it at all, it is the carest of cars, it does everything moderately well and excels at nothing while doing nothing particularly wrong either. It's just tedious and dull unless you thrash the living shit out of it and then it depreciates faster and breaks. I resent spending money on it, the Triumphs were costly and shit but I could cope with that because I liked them, the Civic is just a drag. I look at it and it doesn't feel like my car, it feels like a car I'm using, much the same as my old Corsa D did.

 

Meh, I'll pay it through this upcoming MOT and then keep working towards getting a Triumph back on the roads and entering raffles for naff AS chariots...

[Richard]

 

 

Meh, I'll pay it through this upcoming MOT and then keep working towards getting a Triumph back on the roads and entering raffles for naff AS chariots...

 

Step right this way http://autoshite.com/topic/25666-driver-for-a-fiver-1996-vw-polo-19d/

 

In all seriousness it would get you through the winter no bother, and at 50mpg. It even has winter tyres.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Of course the fucking heap of shit Bentley failed its MOT.

 

Fog light switch faulty. Anti roll bar link rubber boots perished. That's it... however, Bentley do not sell the fog light switch separately so it's the complete panel (5 switches) and they don't sell the rubber boots either so £135 each. But, factors sell rubber boots so they are going on and the switch is being stripped with a view to getting it working... which it did perfectly the other day.

 

Also, apparently my front brake hoses are going as there's a delay in the front brakes releasing, I do like good brakes....  and ones that are NOT going to lock on one day when I least expect it as they are breaking up inside, and advisories for cracking on three tyres.

 

Just waiting for Paul to ring back with a price for the new hoses and fitting and thinking about buying a new set of tyres! Michelin Latitude sport 3 come highly recommended and have a really good rating and they are quiet and £130 each. The 'correct' Avon things are £400 each, noisy, have lousy wet grip and lousy on fuel efficiency.

 

£372 to change the front hoses as a worse case I have just been told. Everything on this car is ridiculous!

 

Good news is: it got serviced with no bother and the diff oil was straight forward!

This is what happens when you let specialists* MOT your Bentley. I bet if you'd gone to a local garage this would have sailed through with maybe an advise on the switch.

Brake pipes breaking up inside? WTF ? Have they got X-Ray eyes. This sort of bollocks is why I got rid of mine. If you were doing thousands of miles a week at high speeds then maybe and then only maybe it would be worth worrying about cracks in tyres or a possible fault in a brake pipe.

These fuckers are like Pikey's knocking on an old ladies front door and systematically robbing her life savings by telling her the roof needs doing or the chimney needs pointing. If you told them, that's it I've got no more money until 2018, I bet it would miraculously not need any of these Special Bentley* things doing.

Sorry for the aggressive tone , but it pisses me off to see someone having the piss taken out of them.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'll do the hoses for £370 all-in if you like Xtripe. The parts themselves are a tenner each seemingly

 

http://brakeparts.co.uk/#!/shop/ROLLS%20ROYCE/SILVER/65-/SILVER%20SHADOW,WRAITH,SPUR%20&%20SPIRIT/Brake%20Flexible%20Hoses

[dollywobbler]

I reckon the hoses fault is utter tosh myself. It's a Citroen hydraulic system, and they're always a little low to release the pressure.

[hairnet]

tax rebate woop

 

gonna have a better holiday than i was 3 hours ago

[beko1987]

I think the best thing your car needs xtriple is some bollox time...

[richardmorris]

The flexi hoses on myx1/9 started breaking up internally. Brakes were sticking. New hoses £15.50 the pair from the specialist and I gave Dan my merc guy £40 as he changed the fluid and bled everything too.

 

The foglight switch is probably just sticking due to lack of use- a good strip down, and clean of the contacts should get it going again.

[twosmoke300]

I hate to say this mr triple but you need to find someone else to work on the dollop . They may be nice and friendly but they are taking the piss out of you

[Ghosty]

Walking home earlier on I noticed a 58 plate current shape Seat Ibiza, had a sign in the window '£2200'.

 

A look on eBay etc, and they really are that cheap. Wouldn't have thought so from how they look and what the Bini cost, but on reflection it does make sense, it's a VAG misery box.

 

I'll stick to my (prospective) Kia Pride.

[richardmorris]

My traction owning 2cv mechanic has just called with news of a 1953 11b normale for sale not 10miles away. New gearbox, unleaded head, uprated brakes and driveshafts and new interior. Paint tired. £7750. I'm going to phone the guy in the morning!

[SiC]

Is the fog light switch actually faulty or are they taking you for a ride?

 

If it was me and it was indeed faulty, I'd give it a good few on/off cycles to clean up the switch. If that didn't work, take the switch out and get electrical contact cleaner in there and a good spray.

 

If that really didn't work, I'd source a second hand one. Probably a parts bin special that you can get for a fraction of the price from another model.

[For Fiats Sake]

Been talking to the guy who's putting the modern engine in the old panda, after solving loads of little things it's now being held up by the lack of exhaust.  A bloke had been arranged to come and look at it to make a stainless system as a standard one will no longer fit who of course didn't turn up.  It's unlikely now that I will have it for the next off roading do.

 

I spent ages getting the brake servo out off the donor car only to realise I could have just undone 3 bolts instead of 7.  Poor old car is looking sadder and sadder, especially since front wheel is off and car on bricks.

 

All adds to the general atmosphere of scrap cars though.

[SiC]

Surely twosmoke isn't that far away from you to drive down there and get him to do an MOT?

 

Not insuating a dodgy deal or anything, just not biased like a "specialist".

[cort1977]

I'm worrying about the Civic's MOT, plus it is due a service and my recent 1000+ mile road-trip has taken it's toll and it no longer pulls at low rpm it just coughs and splutters like it's not getting fuel. 

 

I daren't think about DIYing the thing 'cause it's newish and I risk rendering it deaded for much monies. They also paid £2.5k for it from a dealer so there is no way I can sell the thing and give them the money back because it'll be worth £1.5k at the very best.

 

 

It's only a car man, sounds like it needs a service: oil change, new fuel and air filters and change the plugs if you're feeling posh and very likely it will be fine.  

 

You can't go too far wrong doing that, who dares wins, carpe diem and all that good stuff.

[fatharris]

 

BOLLOCKS. THE WALL JUMPED OUT BEHIND ME.

[Jim Bell]

Sue the builders!

[3VOM]

Toying with buying this to nick the tyres from, does anyone need any bits from a povvo Mk3 Golf?

May need some interior bits but skint at present. That's a 1.4 probably AEX same as mine.

[Timewaster]

BOLLOCKS. THE WALL JUMPED OUT BEHIND ME.

You scraped the parking sensor on a wall? Brilliant

[fatharris]

"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!"

 

"SHUT UP, I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING!"

 

*CRUNCH*

[Jim Bell]

The beep distracted you.

 

Sue the manufacturers!

[xtriple]

The thing that depresses me the most is I could do all the jobs on the Bentley myself just a few short years ago. Now I can barely fucking stand up and doing anything takes days and kills me. I am ripe for being ripped off as I can't check, need someone to do the stuff and I'm a fussy old bastard.

 

Specialist cars offered to put a discrete switch somewhere else for the fog lights, I declined - it would annoy me! They don't do the MOTs themselves, take it elsewhere local so not them to blame and to be fair, Paul sounds really embarrassed that it's failed. The fog light switch has been 'dodgy' ever since I've had the car (was noted on the first service report) but has always worked, just chosen now to fail. The rubber boots though, they should have been spotted and changed ages ago the amount of time the fucking car has spent on a ramp! That is the thing that's niggled me the most.

 

Brake hoses, genuine ones are £30 but there are four of them so a bit of the way and the £372 is 'worst case' if everything is seized and the brackets fail (usually do) so I hope it's less.

[cort16]

Sometime's it's a fine line between telling if a garage is trying to do the right thing by the car and the owner by keeping it in A1 condition or if they're ripping you off.