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[vulgalour]

Highview Parking, as predicted, have sent me a parking fine for exceeding the 3 hour limit at the retail park.  Hilariously, their photo of the back of the Princess shows it leaving on the back of the recovery truck.  I reckon this is just an automated thing really, I was there for four hours and eleven minutes which is about four hours longer than I intended to be.  At least I've got proof via my own photos, my insurer, and the breakdown company that I wasn't actually parked but had, in fact, FTP'd.

They're going to try to fine me £100 (or £60 if I pay now!) regardless aren't they?  This isn't going to be one of those things where a human being looks at the situation and goes "oh yeah, extenuating circumstances, no fine." is it?  That'd be too much to ask for in 2023.

[dozeydustman]

Having been on the extra early (3:30am) start today I have managed to do a job on the Saab I have been waiting a good few weeks to sort, that of sorting the leaking cabin filter box and suspected blocked scuttle drain.

I changed the cabin filter about a year ago and the filter box was still watertight but the drain was blocked. A year on the drain was blocked up again and the cabin filter was no longer sealing, so a self adhesive seal was installed having cleaned out the scuttle and its drain, and wiped off the now slightly brittle old seal from its mating surface. Finally a bead of silicone was placed around the new seal before installing everything back in the car. The fan also received a dose of light motor oil to stop it squealing and I’m glad to say it has!

New cabin filter hadn’t arrived at ECP by the time I finished work so hopefully I can pick that up tomorrow, and investigating the leaking rear door quarterlights on the Kia.

[Tenmil Socket]

A colleague has been looking for a cheap car. He’s found one up for £1500 and has made an offer.

It’s a 2009 model with 1 owner from new with just 1800 miles!

Any guesses?

[Stanky]

G-Wiz is my guess!

[Tenmil Socket]

1 hour ago, Stanky said:

G-Wiz is my guess!

No but just as ugly!

[Jenson Velcro]

Assume this belongs to @Mr_Bo11ox

Pleeease update us on this and the rest of your eclectic fleet.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Jenson Velcro said:

Assume this belongs to @Mr_Bo11ox

Pleeease update us on this and the rest of your eclectic fleet.

Lush

[ruffgeezer]

14 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Highview Parking, as predicted, have sent me a parking fine for exceeding the 3 hour limit at the retail park.  Hilariously, their photo of the back of the Princess shows it leaving on the back of the recovery truck.  I reckon this is just an automated thing really, I was there for four hours and eleven minutes which is about four hours longer than I intended to be.  At least I've got proof via my own photos, my insurer, and the breakdown company that I wasn't actually parked but had, in fact, FTP'd.

They're going to try to fine me £100 (or £60 if I pay now!) regardless aren't they?  This isn't going to be one of those things where a human being looks at the situation and goes "oh yeah, extenuating circumstances, no fine." is it?  That'd be too much to ask for in 2023.

Speak to the retailer's customer service, they should be able to help you.

[New POD]

13 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

A colleague has been looking for a cheap car. He’s found one up for £1500 and has made an offer.

It’s a 2009 model with 1 owner from new with just 1800 miles!

Any guesses?

A JiZz ?  

Fuck me, how tight is he that he'd make an offer on a car that's only done 1.8k?  It would have to be a shit car, for it not to be worth that. I wouldn't be wasting time haggling. 

[worldofceri]

13 hours ago, Jenson Velcro said:

Assume this belongs to @Mr_Bo11ox

Pleeease update us on this and the rest of your eclectic fleet.

Ahem!  Photo credit? 👀😉😁

[Jenson Velcro]

53 minutes ago, worldofceri said:

Ahem!  Photo credit? 👀😉😁

Oops, sorry but in the excitement I forgot. Did you try to persuade @Mr_Bo11ox to update on his exploits?

[Tenmil Socket]

5 hours ago, New POD said:

A JiZz ?  

Fuck me, how tight is he that he'd make an offer on a car that's only done 1.8k?  It would have to be a shit car, for it not to be worth that. I wouldn't be wasting time haggling. 

It’s a Perodua being sold in Birkenhead. It’s on Auto Trader. 

[vulgalour]

7 hours ago, ruffgeezer said:

Speak to the retailer's customer service, they should be able to help you.

Automated online thing for the appeal so I've submitted that with a photo of the car being lifted on to the recovery truck that also shows the recovery company's details on the side.  Even though that's about as good proof as you can get that the car was recovered and not driven out, I'm still expecting them to tell me it's not enough and I need to pay the fine.  Which I obviously don't intend to do because that would be absurd.

[ruffgeezer]

Yeah we overstayed once and I rang wickes customer service I think it was,  after I had explained we very definitely had been looking at kitchens, they got the charge dropped. 😆 

[Zelandeth]

Very much depends on the retailer and who's managing the car park.  A few have made a definite point of offloading the handling of parking disputes entirely - B&Q and Asda around here being two examples I know of. The former courtesy of me falling foul of the "No return within 2 hours" stipulation.  At a DIY store...talk about biting off your nose to spite your face.  Asda someone I know got a fine at when their partner fell ill while in the store and they left in an ambulance (called by the store).  Got someone to go and collect the car a few hours later, that fine was also upheld.  That was Parking Eye.

Sadly unless you somehow manage get hold of an actual sensible human being you're likely going to be stuck with it.  In their faceless, money-grabbing corporate view it's not their fault your vehicle broke down...and is a way they can get money out of you to line their pockets despite circumstances totally outweigh your control.  As far as they're concerned, you overstayed and that's that.  Why you did it they couldn't care less about.

[vulgalour]

We'll just have to see.  If I get stuck with it I suppose I could speak to my insurer who were apologetic about keeping me waiting for recovery for so long so maybe they'd help out if it comes to it.  Just got to wait and see really.

[PhilA]

It's things like that which makes me glad I left.

Obviously that doesn't outweigh the good things but it's nonsense like that which makes me worry about the way our future generations will come to accept these things as normal.

That's the second time a story of retail woe has got under my skin. 

Phil

[DeanH]

30 minutes ago, PhilA said:

It's things like that which makes me glad I left.

Obviously that doesn't outweigh the good things but it's nonsense like that which makes me worry about the way our future generations will come to accept these things as normal.

That's the second time a story of retail woe has got under my skin. 

Phil

Is there not an equivalent in the United States of capitalist freedom?

[wesacosa]

One tiny step on the mojo recovery plan today.  I haven't looked at my cars since August.  I got depressed about the ULEZ, my half arsed attempts to sell some of them came to naught and 3 of them decide to break in a short space of time, closely followed by a 4th. I also started to feel a bit overwhelmed by having 6 needy cars (although I did buy a 7th last week but out of ULEZ/commuting necessity)I have hardly been able to look at them in months let alone do any work.

Anyway today I bailed the Estelle out which seems to have taken water onboard since I last looked at it. Finding out from where is for another day. Only a 15 min job but it feels significant and hopefully its a small step on the way to pulling myself out of it and not letting the fleet go under

[Zelandeth]

20 hours ago, Jenson Velcro said:

Assume this belongs to @Mr_Bo11ox

Pleeease update us on this and the rest of your eclectic fleet.

Okay, I give up...What IS it?  Don't often find myself totally stumped and not even able to pin down the maker, but this one has me at a loss.

[Jenson Velcro]

4 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Okay, I give up...What IS it?  Don't often find myself totally stumped and not even able to pin down the maker, but this one has me at a loss.

According to @worldofceri (credit) post it’s a 1978 Mazda 929

[Zelandeth]

19 minutes ago, Jenson Velcro said:

According to @worldofceri (credit) post it’s a 1978 Mazda 929

That must be one heck of a rarity these days...Must have been in its day, never mind today.  Very 80s/early 90s Jag XJ look to the tail lights.  Knowing what higher end Jap cars of that era were like it's probably just as if not more comfortable than the aforementioned Jag too.

Hopefully we'll see more of it, I'm curious now.  Definitely not a car I've ever seen before, or to be honest realised was a model that even went back that far.

[captain_70s]

This is a new one on me:

1971 Bedford MultiCruiser. Parked on a drive near the Western General Infirmary in Edinburgh. StreetView suggests it was in decent condition in 2008 but now it's had most of it's windows/lights smashed and all the loose bits like mirrors, the grille etc snapped off/nicked.

Certainly a weird one and I'm guessing unique and based a CF chassis.

[worldofceri]

39 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Hopefully we'll see more of it…

Here’s a bit more:

 

[captain_70s]

It gives me Japanese vibes

[brownnova]

Some wins today.

Wing mirror glass randomly fell off the XC90 on Tuesday. Amazon delivered a new one yesterday and fitted between rain showers.

Then I did a wheel swap on the 940, as one wheel was damaged and sporting a rather old tyre, whilst the spare was in good condition and had a younger tyre on. Four safe tyres again now, so back in action! 

Then jacked the 9000 up to try and find the source of the exhaust blow which has slowly been getting worse, and discovered two small holes which were gun gummed up for now whilst I locate a new section of exhaust…. Or more likely until they fall off again and I remember to locate a new section of exhaust. The 9000 needs a little bit of love as the brake discs need doing, and there is definitely a water leak somewhere too. 😕 

[dome]

911 engine removal day today. I'll update my thread at some point but here's a couple of pics for now of how the day went.

 

[Matty]

1 hour ago, dome said:

911 engine removal day today. I'll update my thread at some point but here's a couple of pics for now of how the day went.

 

Like a big beetle!

 

 

(Bloody glad you were doing it, not me 🫡)

[PhilA]

7 hours ago, DeanH said:

Is there not an equivalent in the United States of capitalist freedom?

The retailers want people to be able to come and use the parking lots.

Difference is the average Walmart parking lot is the size of Oxford.

[richardmorris]