MOT, 2 tyres, windscreen washer pump fixed and collection/delivery of car for only £40
MOT, 2 tyres, windscreen washer pump fixed and collection/delivery of car for only £40
My car needs a service. Fitting it in round work is a pain in the arse, plus last time the courtesy car had 4 miles worth of fuel in it, which was only just enough to get it to the petrol station. Might lie to work and say there was no courtesy car available, and have the morning off.
The walk home after dropping it off, and then back to pick it up, is long as hell but half of it is through a nice park.Beats driving round in a shitty Fiesta doing work.
It's the service that's the thorough one, right? Or is that MOT?
I'm a twit
That reminds me I'd just had it serviced and put two new tyres on it
Got a 2015 Vauxhall Mokka 1.7 CDTI SE in the end chaps, picked it up from Glasgow and drove the near 250 miles trip back to Barrow on quarter of a tank
My car was booked in for it's service at 8:30 morning but they rang yesterday to say they've no courtesy cars. They said if I go at 8:20 they'll rush it through and have it done in an hour. Knowing there's a McDonalds over the road, I agreed and said I'd go for some breakfast and get some computer work done there while I wait.
So here I am in McDonalds waiting for a phonecall - he rang about 10 minutes ago to say he's having a disaster; it needs new brakes and the front tyres are illegally bare. Great. They won't do the tyres either so I've gotta wait another hour for the brakes to be changed, then I've got to take it to Kwik Fit to have the tyres changed. How long's that likely to take?
Annoying because I've still gotta do work after all this, because a few people have been "promised" I'd get to them today. One person has been told before 12 but I can't see that happening.
I'm a twit
A disaster? I bet you've worn the pads down to the bloody metal you nonce.
If kwik-fit can get started on your car straight away then it'd take around half an hour for a couple of tyres. I'd give them a phone though unless you know they're already expecting you/not busy.
Maybe. I didn't get any paperwork this time, and they haven't signed the service log book - just stamped and dated it. Probably don't trust me to actually get the tyres sorted. Went to Kwik Fit and told them what happened and he had a fancy keyring to see how bare the tyres are. He knelt down next to my car, and just started laughing; didn't even need his keyring. Definitely illegal! Kwik Fit is better than Trust Ford cos I'm sat in a comfy chair with a free cup of tea while I wait.
Oh my biggest gripe of today is Ford didn't wash my car. They ALWAYS wash it after a service/MOT. Was counting on it too cos it's dirty as anything.
I'm a twit
I've had a look this is all I can come up with that's roundabout £18-£22,000:
Mondeo Hatch - 94co2
Civic Estate - 99co2
Megane Sport Tourer - 93co2
Qashqai - 99co2
308SW Blue - 85-88co2
Leon TDI Tourer - 94c02
Octavia Estate - 90co2
Auris Touring - 81co2
Astra Tourer - 92co2
Golf Estate Bluemotion - 92co2
I'd take the Mondeo out of those, though they Qashqai doesn't look as bad these days.Originally Posted by Magic
I've had a look this is all I can come up with that's roundabout £18-£22,000:
Mondeo Hatch - 94co2
Civic Estate - 99co2
Megane Sport Tourer - 93co2
Qashqai - 99co2
308SW Blue - 85-88co2
Leon TDI Tourer - 94c02
Octavia Estate - 90co2
Auris Touring - 81co2
Astra Tourer - 92co2
Golf Estate Bluemotion - 92co2
Problem is it really needs to be 94 or under, though I appreciate that could change at anytime.
Don't think I'll get the Mondeo because my boss has one.
Quite liking the Octavia 1.6 TDI CR SE Business GreenLine III 5dr. Very well spec'd and economical. Huge as well.
Here's a few from my long weekend in the Highlands. On the way back over the Bealach na Bá (Pass of the Cattle) we were driving through the clouds, so no amazing views from there unfortunately.
Loch Maree from Glen Docherty-
Bealach na Gaoithe (Pass of the Winds)-
Early enough in the year for hardly any dawdlers too. That'll change in the next couple of months.
Looks good, shame about the aging rustbucket spoiling the view.
I didn't see your wife in the pics?
I'm a twit
The highlands
My radiator fan is broken.
What's our thoughts on indicating?
Why do some people indicate going onto a roundabout but not when they're going off? If they continue their original indication then it makes it look like they're not exiting and I can't just sail onto what should be a clear roundabout. Really annoys me.
Not to mention the people who indicate seconds before they turn off a road. The whole point is that you're indicating to everyone what your intentions are in advance, it's not something you do just because you're turning.
People that indicate right to take the second exit on roundabouts are the worst kind.
While not a fan of the death penalty in principle I quite often think it should be introduced for people who don't indicate at roundabouts.
There must be a large of number of people who think you don't need to indicate if you're turning left.
Or that mini roundabouts don't really count.
There's a special place in hell reserved for those utter idiots who come to a complete stop at a roundabout that has plenty of visibility. It's like they don't even consider checking traffic flow or anything until they have halted. Cunts.
Nothing like 4 cars stopping at a mini roundabout. Chaos.
I've quit indicating left on roundabouts because no other cunt does it.
That is literally worse than Hitler.
I concur.
I think my most irritating roundabout scenario is the cunt in the right hand lane who goes straight on with either no indication or indicating right while doing so.
I have my driving test tomorrow. Should go well but you never know.
Saw a big HGV stall on a small roundabout the other day. It occurred to me I'd never seen that before. It caused momentary chaos.
Ive been seeing some decent looking vauxhall cars lately. Turns out, they are not even vauxhall's. They are skoda's. They have changed their badge and it looks similar to vauxhall when you drive passed them
I had my car INSPECTED by our new Nazi operations manager who is a clown. He's been pissing everyone off by forcing them to get every tiny dent/scratch repaired (everyone is just ignoring him).
He inspected mine and asked me to top up the coolant (LOL) and also to wash my front bumper as it had too many flies on it.
What a fucking clown.
What? They look nothing alike.
Hot weather and motorway miles have turned my front bumper into a fly mass grave.
They do from a distance. The new skoda badge can easily be mistaken for a vauxhall.
Car wont start \0/.
I hear a couple of clicks and then nothing.
Battery?
If its a diesel, it might be a glow plug issue as ive just had mine changed after difficult starts.
Aye sounds like battery click click nothing. Could be flat because of a duff alternator or age, if it's the former £££ lol.
Yeah it's most likely the battery.
Petrol, I hate diesels.
Probably age and corrosion.
It's a 99.
Has it corroded due to your acidic, seeping personality?
Push start it.
Your car must be a complete wreck.
Finally got round to getting the AA to come and look at it.
The battery is fine but the ignition barrel is fucked. He did a temporary fix though by pulling all the ignition switches out and I can at least use it with a screwdriver (proper redneck style) so that's not too bad.
I've been starting my car with a screwdriver since someone tried to steal it. That's how we dons roll.
LoL @ having a car shit enough to let you do that.
Lol at having to put your pants down in the dealership for any minor malfunction.
Lol at the leasing company paying for it.
Lol at not being able to afford your own car.
Lol at our developed v developing world banter.
Don't worry, Scotlol will get there one day.
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