Bloody typical. My clutch is fucked  I don't even know whether its the clutch or the hydraulics, and i had to take the bus into work. This is going to be epensive |
/cries
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Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Tiger_Walts 16,674 posts
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Registered 19 years agoAye, busses are a rip off these days... -
lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agoCouldn't you cycle to work, SDW?
That's what I did when my cam belt went last weekend. -
Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years ago£1.90 and they can't sell returns before 10, how stupid is that. -
Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agolost_soul wrote:
I would, if my bike worked ! It needs some gear cables put on it. Which i haven't got around to yet.
Couldn't you cycle to work, SDW?
That's what I did when my cam belt went last weekend. -
Tiger_Walts 16,674 posts
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Registered 19 years agoJudging by how your ABS worked, maybe you need to put air in the tyres or something. 
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lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI guess now's a good time to sort out those gear cables .gif)
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Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agoYour all forgetting the two most important points.
1. I can't get my bike faster than 40mph.
2. I need my car to get me and my stuff to Peej LAN !! -
mentat 5,613 posts
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pjmaybe 70,666 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSpin Dr Wolf wrote:
Your all forgetting the two most important points.
1. I can't get my bike faster than 40mph.
2. I need my car to get me and my stuff to Peej LAN !!
WAHHH!!!
Nooooo, fix it, fix it goooood!
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ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThe wife got caught in the localised flooding yesterday afternoon and the car stopped dead near the Naafi roundabout in Aldershot - near BurgerKing and the Library.
Result is the car needs a new engine - the old one only had done 29k.
Poor wife was stuck in the car with water pouring in it getting a little hysterical. -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agorhythm wrote:
Rent a car for the LAN. Hell! Rent a Transit and cart more stuff down there.
£25 a day plus £10 for some insurance from Kendall car hire right next to a Station - thinks its Ash or Ash Vale. -
lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWhat colour is her car? I saw a yellow one pulled up around there yesterday. Aldershot was a complete mess last night, traffic wise, took me ages to get home. -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThat was probably it. Its a bright yellow Fiat. It happened about 16:20 and the car was still there until almost 21:00. -
Whizzo 44,810 posts
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Registered 20 years agolost_soul wrote:
You're telling me! I thought it was bad in Ashford for surface water but getting home it was terrible on Ash Road. Plus a water main burst at the bottom of Waterloo road as well! Great timing.
What colour is her car? I saw a yellow one pulled up around there yesterday. Aldershot was a complete mess last night, traffic wise, took me ages to get home.
I had thought about transit hiring but thought for a weekend it might have been pricey, hmm this may require more thought for the Rushmoor Massive! -
Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agossuellid wrote:
Ooops that means i was hanging my head out my office window laughing indirectly at her misfortune. Sorry !!
The wife got caught in the localised flooding yesterday afternoon and the car stopped dead near the Naafi roundabout in Aldershot - near BurgerKing and the Library.
Result is the car needs a new engine - the old one only had done 29k.
Poor wife was stuck in the car with water pouring in it getting a little hysterical.
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ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoIf you are going to hire a transit then do it ASAP. Its one of the busiest weekends of the year for van hires. The place the wife got the hire car from this morning is almost booked out for this weekend.
We hired a transit size van from Kendall a few weeks ago. Very cheap and you can fit 3 people comfortably in the front. There is a free mileage limit but IIRC it does not cost a lot to up the limit. GForce in Aldershot are also worth a look. -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSpin Dr Wolf wrote:
Ooops that means i was hanging my head out my office window laughing indirectly at her misfortune. Sorry !!
I'd run next time you see her out shopping. Its the first decent car she has ever had and she is very upset. -
Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agomentat wrote:
I'm now fairly sure its something to do with the hydraulics, as the bite point has dropped right the the bottom of the travel on the pedal. Its also lost all resistance, and doesn't go into gear at all with the engine running. Its rather annoying because i saw it coming, but didn't know what it was, as i was driving around yesterday thinking 'oooh thats weird the clutch is dropping off, i hope my clutch isn't all fucked....'
what's the symptoms?
But worst comes to worst i have a back up plan, and will try to nick a Fiat Multipla off my parents ! -
lost_soul 9,372 posts
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Registered 19 years agossuellid wrote:
It certainly stood out!
Spin Dr Wolf wrote:
Ooops that means i was hanging my head out my office window laughing indirectly at her misfortune. Sorry !!
I'd run next time you see her out shopping. Its the first decent car she has ever had and she is very upset.
At least she was able to get it off the roundabout, though I don't think the police were too happy about the place she parked it.
My car broke down outside Farnborough airport and I was very paranoid that the police were going to blow it up or something. -
Spin_Dr_Wolf 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agoIs it really that bad after just getting waterlogged ? -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agolost_soul wrote:
At least she was able to get it off the roundabout, though I don't think the police were too happy about the place she parked it.
It was the Police who moved it there. They had to tow her out as the engine is totally dead. -
Oi! We'll have less. -
ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSpin Dr Wolf wrote:
Is it really that bad after just getting waterlogged ?
Water got sucked in via the air intake and the mechanic bloke said one things leads to another and basically the con-rod ends up sticking out the side of the engine. Apparently its quite common in floods. -
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Registered 20 years agoWhat sort of Fiat is it? I just hope the air intake is higher up on my Bravo... -
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Registered 19 years agoHarry wrote:
So it's all official? Congrats 'arry! \o/
The girlfriend had her rear windscreen smashed last night, woke up this morning to see someone had caved it it. That's dirty Leeds for you.
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ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agoWhizzo wrote:
What sort of Fiat is it? I just hope the air intake is higher up on my Bravo...
Punto, the air intakes are very low - we thought until yesterday they were a decorative feature of the bumper. -
mentat 5,613 posts
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Registered 20 years agossuellid wrote:
Whizzo wrote:
What sort of Fiat is it? I just hope the air intake is higher up on my Bravo...
Punto, the air intakes are very low - we thought until yesterday they were a decorative feature of the bumper.
Intakes are normally on the top right or left of the front - just behind the lights...
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ssuellid 19,142 posts
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Registered 20 years agomentat wrote:
Are you sure that the bumper intakes aren't just to pass air over the brakes perhaps?
No idea, the mechanic said that they were the ones below the number plate: -
http://www.autoweek.nl/forum/read.php?f=11&i=121814&t=121814
About a third of the way down the page is a yellow Punto. -
The poor car has been written off. All it needs is a new engine and somehow its uneconomical to repair - even tho its worth between £5.5k and £6k.
Bastards. The wife is very upset.
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