I'm off now and....

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36399

... going south to get the code for my car which caused me to miss the match on Saturday and which the main dealers say can't give me under the freedom of information act ...I'm gonna visit them today as they open up and may be gone some time... :evil:

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:26 am

What kind of motor have you got Snowy?
Just wondering like, cos as somebody who has worked as a Technician at a main dealer for over fifteen years, i've never heard owt like it! :uhoh:

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5095

normally what they mean is
cross our sweaty palms with 30 quid or so and we will look it up on our computer and provided you have the log book and 45 different types of photo ID we will tell you
rage

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:33 am

£30? You'll be lucky!

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5095

Mick Tait's Head Bandage wrote:

£30? You'll be lucky!

but i got the other bit right :grin:

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:39 am

no6bus wrote:

Mick Tait's Head Bandage wrote:

£30? You'll be lucky!

but i got the other bit right :grin:

You did unfortunately! confised

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36399

Mick Tait's Head Bandage wrote:

What kind of motor have you got Snowy?
Just wondering like, cos as somebody who has worked as a Technician at a main dealer for over fifteen years, i've never heard owt like it! :uhoh:

In it's short life of 3 years it has managed to do an impression of a geyser in the middle of Portsmouth, then be told that after constantly overheating, it was taken in for a couple of thorough investigations and pronounced as fault free...but like a miracle it stopped overheating :roll:

Then it would just fail to start for no apparent reason leaving you stranded till it felt like starting ...turned out to be a design fault with the ignition system on the model and they were about to get in touch just before I did to recall it :roll:

. It has various electrical 'idiosyncracies' and the passenger seat regularly refuses to move or adjust which is all down to a crap fastening system ..... and not forgetting the windscreen which just cracked down the middle without any sign of debris damage even more so as the crack appeared when the car was parked :evil:

BUT..... I've got the code, I only had to sit there for 20 minutes and look 'unhappy'

p.s. it's our lasses car by the way. rolfl

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:17 pm

Tsk tsk tsk.........main dealers eh!

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36399

Mick Tait's Head Bandage wrote:

Tsk tsk tsk.........main dealers eh!

The one I 'like' is when you go in for one tiny thing and they give you a car health check list that oddly always includes a list of fiddly, silly little cosmetic faults that aren't covered by your warrantry....odd that and a real coincidence :roll:

...especially when they don't spot the big things covered by your warrantry, how odd :roll:

Spender · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:01 pm

Jeesus.

Did you tell us it's a French thing beginning with 'P??' confised

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36399

Pooliekev wrote:

Jeesus.

Did you tell us it's a French thing beginning with 'P??' confised

NOPE...it's the fourth one she's bought, but the other three just ran and ran and ran and ran, they were utterly reliable.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22569

Garlic. The french are always reliable when it comes to bad breath.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36399

Mr I wrote:

Garlic. The french are always reliable when it comes to bad breath.

NOT FRENCH!

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:51 pm

Elvis Costellos Glasses wrote:

My French thing beginning with P has been the most reliable car I've ever had!

My other French thing beginning with R has been the most reliable VAN I've ever had!

Which French things that you own beginning with letters of the alphabet have been the most reiable things YOU'VE ever had?? confised

Mine began with a 'P@ and required the following
2 x cambelt changes
1 x Alternator
1 X Cat Convertor
1 x new wiring loom (under recall)
various tyres, blades etc etc

Mind you it did cover over 106000 miles and only refused to start once
Compare that to my first car, a British built which required a full service just to get to Redcar

Salty · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:20 pm

TalbotAvenger wrote:

Compare that to my first car, a British built which required a full service just to get to Redcar

and now I own it!!! :laugh:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36399

Salty wrote:

TalbotAvenger wrote:

Compare that to my first car, a British built which required a full service just to get to Redcar

and now I own it!!! :laugh:

parmopooly · **Posted:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:57 pm

so it obviously never made the return journey!!!

I'm off now and....

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