motorpunk Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Hypothetical scenario: You know when you buy a car from someone, you kind of hope that they’re, say, a retired RAF Wing Commander living in a big, posh house in the Cotswolds and has had every service done at a main dealer and has only ever used the car for, say, going to church on Sundays hence the tiny mileage and flawless condition, and, for example, insists on knocking money off the asking price which you were trying to pay, just because “you seem like a nice chap who’s really going to enjoy it”, and is only selling because he can’t get in it any more, so it sits under a dust sheet between weekly valetings, while his wife serves fresh coffee and cake and the birds sing and the sun shines, and, hypothetically, he encourages a lengthy test drive following a map he’s printed of the best local B roads, just for you, in the rare and beautiful car which you vowed to buy when it was launched almost 25 years ago and never thought you’d be able to afford, but, fuck it, you’re a long time dead and I’m sure it’s worth a load more than the asking price. Yes, please, another slice of cake, sorry I can’t stop looking at the car. That sort of hypothetical scenario? Well. Exactly that happened to me, yesterday. And I’m still pinching myself. Popsicle, Skizzer, loserone and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Elise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 TVR Cerbera. Or a Ford Ka. Definitely one of those two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Allegro vdp LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 x350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Probably not a Saxo, then. I’m going with XKR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 My credit card company have refunded the flights to Canada I had booked. AirFrance/KLM had cancelled them and were refusing to refund despite it being against EU law. I built a case, sent it through and it was refunded within a week. If anyone is in the same situation I can send you the notes/case to use as a template. myglaren and rainagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 ^^^ Good to know. Am running out of patience waiting for Aer Lingus refunds for Easter, so chargeback would be the last option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 4 hours ago, Volksy said: My credit card company have refunded the flights to Canada I had booked. AirFrance/KLM had cancelled them and were refusing to refund despite it being against EU law. I built a case, sent it through and it was refunded within a week. If anyone is in the same situation I can send you the notes/case to use as a template. Will beat this in mind, BA have cancelled my flights to Costa Rica in October. A friend booked for the four of us and she’s determined to get the monies back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 minute ago, Tayne said: Will beat this in mind, BA have cancelled my flights to Costa Rica in October. A friend booked for the four of us and she’s determined to get the monies back. FYI, B.A. will try and palm you off with a Voucher - valid for a year and refundable (only after the year has elapsed) if unused in that period. This is against EU law, what airlines are trying to do, sneakily, is get a years interest free loan from its customers. You are entitled to a refund, in full within seven days of the airline cancelling the flight. Obvs they are 'understaffed' so this is taking longer than normal. But they are dragging it out as long as possible. Remember if you accept the voucher, that it is only valid for the price you paid for your original flights. I can guarantee that international travel costs will go through the roof as airlines will be desperate to re-coup their losses. Also, if the airline goes belly up, the voucher is then worthless. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 On 6/5/2020 at 8:45 AM, catsinthewelder said: Aye he's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy! myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Volksy said: FYI, B.A. will try and palm you off with a Voucher - valid for a year and refundable (only after the year has elapsed) if unused in that period. This is against EU law, what airlines are trying to do, sneakily, is get a years interest free loan from its customers. You are entitled to a refund, in full within seven days of the airline cancelling the flight. Obvs they are 'understaffed' so this is taking longer than normal. But they are dragging it out as long as possible. Remember if you accept the voucher, that it is only valid for the price you paid for your original flights. I can guarantee that international travel costs will go through the roof as airlines will be desperate to re-coup their losses. Also, if the airline goes belly up, the voucher is then worthless. Expedia have now agreed to refund but cannot hand back monies until BA have refunded them, apparently this can take 8-12 weeks. Not sure whether or not i believe they've already paid BA or that BA isn't being really cheeky with the 8-12 week crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Just been out in the van for the first time since I started tearing apart and rebuilding the kitchen a few weeks ago. One of my goals was to reduce the amount of squeaks and rattles back there. I'm being realistic in my goals... it's still a camper van so there's a bunch of stuff in there that's going to rattle and there's only so much you can do. However it previously sounded like a tumble drier full of spoons being dropped down a flight of concrete stairs while in motion. I'd hoped my work would have at least helped (even though I've still some work in the rattle reduction department to do). I was not expecting the apparent ~90% reduction in racket in the back. That's as big a night and day difference as I've ever seen... suddenly a lot of the work seems more worthwhile! ...Even if it really has highlighted a few rattles in the cab now. privatewire, 320touring, Stevebrookman and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Watched a cracking film yesterday about Eichmann getting nabbed in the 60s called operation Finale, fantastic film but a highlight was the yank and post colonial chod on screen. Well worth a watch just for that. motorpunk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedracer Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Hypothetical scenario: You know when you buy a car from someone, you kind of hope that they’re, say, a retired RAF Wing Commander living in a big, posh house in the Cotswolds and has had every service done at a main dealer and has only ever used the car for, say, going to church on Sundays hence the tiny mileage and flawless condition, and, for example, insists on knocking money off the asking price which you were trying to pay, just because “you seem like a nice chap who’s really going to enjoy it”, and is only selling because he can’t get in it any more, so it sits under a dust sheet between weekly valetings, while his wife serves fresh coffee and cake and the birds sing and the sun shines, and, hypothetically, he encourages a lengthy test drive following a map he’s printed of the best local B roads, just for you, in the rare and beautiful car which you vowed to buy when it was launched almost 25 years ago and never thought you’d be able to afford, but, fuck it, you’re a long time dead and I’m sure it’s worth a load more than the asking price. Yes, please, another slice of cake, sorry I can’t stop looking at the car. That sort of hypothetical scenario? Well. Exactly that happened to me, yesterday. And I’m still pinching myself.And..........Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 On the back roads of County Durham this afternoon I saw a not immaculate 1972 K reg Transit coachbuilt camper out and about. My 1985 version was turning to dust 15 years ago! loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 18 hours ago, motorpunk said: Hypothetical scenario: You know when you buy a car from someone, you kind of hope that they’re, say, a retired RAF Wing Commander living in a big, posh house in the Cotswolds and has had every service done at a main dealer and has only ever used the car for, say, going to church on Sundays hence the tiny mileage and flawless condition, and, for example, insists on knocking money off the asking price which you were trying to pay, just because “you seem like a nice chap who’s really going to enjoy it”, and is only selling because he can’t get in it any more, so it sits under a dust sheet between weekly valetings, while his wife serves fresh coffee and cake and the birds sing and the sun shines, and, hypothetically, he encourages a lengthy test drive following a map he’s printed of the best local B roads, just for you, in the rare and beautiful car which you vowed to buy when it was launched almost 25 years ago and never thought you’d be able to afford, but, fuck it, you’re a long time dead and I’m sure it’s worth a load more than the asking price. Yes, please, another slice of cake, sorry I can’t stop looking at the car. That sort of hypothetical scenario? Well. Exactly that happened to me, yesterday. And I’m still pinching myself. I was going to say a Honda Accord, but realised that a retired RAF WingCo probably wouldn't buy any Japanese motor after what the Japs did in WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I was going to say a Honda Accord, but realised that a retired RAF WingCo probably wouldn't buy any Japanese motor after what the Japs did in WW2. I'm thinking traditional so Morgan, Tow Vehicle Requied or Loads of Trouble Usually Serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: I was going to say a Honda Accord, but realised that a retired RAF WingCo probably wouldn't buy any Japanese motor after what the Japs did in WW2. The car is British from top to bottom. Collection tomorrow. Pics then. BeEP, Skizzer, Tickman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 3 hours ago, 5speedracer said: And.......... Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk Hang in there, sugar tits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenson Velcro Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 9 minutes ago, motorpunk said: The car is British from top to bottom. Collection tomorrow. Pics then. If it’s not a Bristol, then probably a Jaguar, hopefully complete with supercharger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 After that description I am expecting Lord March’s blower Bentley! Remspoor and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 bluebird then somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Honda Civic from Swindon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Personally hoping for something a little more exotic. Shite Ron, richardmorris, Tickman and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 motorpunk, LightBulbFun, Roobarb and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said: Honda Civic from Swindon? First new car I ever had - Swindon built Accord. Did 60k miles a year for 2 years in it and nothing broke. Theres zero chance of the same happening with this new car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2000 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 New Wheels finally turned up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2000 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 And the choose media from a iPad is fucked so they could look like hula hoops ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Rover 620Ti? That's mostly british, especially the oil leaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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