The "I've just got back from the pub" thread
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If any of you don't know where you left your BMW last night, there was one parked in the Basingstooke Canal this morning, nose down. In drlodge's neck of the woods, about 200 m from the nearest road access Two PCs were on site, "wondering where to put the parking ticket"0
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mrfpb wrote:If any of you don't know where you left your BMW last night, there was one parked in the Basingstooke Canal this morning, nose down. In drlodge's neck of the woods, about 200 m from the nearest road access Two PCs were on site, "wondering where to put the parking ticket"
Lol
For a moment I thought of HD but then remembered that BMW don't make vans.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Just back and someone has turned the wife into grumpy mode0
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Just got back, not seen the wife yet so no idea what mode she'll be in. Hopefully sound asleep and I won't change that.
Thankfully I don't have a BMW and haven't been to Basingstoke lately.0 -
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The realisation (not for the first time) that t'inernet is a waste of time and that I'd have been better off staying in the pub. Sounds like a good idea, Bye y'all.......The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Well go on then. What are you waiting for?!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Hmm, I appear to be several sheets to the wind. How did that happen?
Good night with some old friends, comedy bus trip back.0 -
I was gone.Pinno wrote:Well go on then. What are you waiting for?!
I'm having the same realisation now that I am sober though...The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Veronese68 wrote:
What does it need? If servicing wouldn't have prevented the problem you may be able to argue the case.homers double wrote:I need the pub. Works van is looking at a 3k repair job as someone "forgot" to get the bloody thing serviced so the fleet warrantly is invalid.
I'm off to the pub momentarily.
02 Dec 2016 O M C Ford Rochdale Investigate & Report - checks 30.00
Cylinder head assy (one) - defective 360.00
Engine assy and transmission - number 4 piston siezed and picked up on bore due to engine getting very hot 3,517.43
Engine - complete exchange unit - swop over parts 312.00
Engine - separate from transmission (unit removed) 42.00
Odo Reading 59381
Invoice No.
Authority Ref. 6338421
Job Ref. 81107215 Total Job Cost 4,261.43
Copied from the vehicle log...Advocate of disc brakes.0 -
There should be a sizeable discount as they can't spell the word "swap"Advocate of disc brakes.0
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Hmm, difficult to prove without paying for a report. The question that would have to be answered is why did it overheat? Would servicing have prevented it. If those things can be proved you might have grounds to argue the case. The manufacturers do all they can to wriggle out of paying warranty.0
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Thanks for that, I've just fired off an email to them asking the above.
I doubt we will get anywhere but an email costs nowt!Advocate of disc brakes.0 -
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homers double wrote:Veronese68 wrote:homers double wrote:
4,261.43
Holy Batsh1t.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
homers double wrote:Thanks for that, I've just fired off an email to them asking the above.
I doubt we will get anywhere but an email costs nowt!
Not wishing to piddle on anyone's chips but 4 grand is a lot of good will to ask for.
Must confess that I was a garage proprietor, I wouldn't budge much.0 -
Ballysmate wrote:homers double wrote:Thanks for that, I've just fired off an email to them asking the above.
I doubt we will get anywhere but an email costs nowt!
Not wishing to piddle on anyone's chips but 4 grand is a lot of good will to ask for.
Must confess that I was a garage proprietor, I wouldn't budge much.
I've paid out more for feckwits that can't tell they have picked up the wrong filter0 -
TLW1 wrote:Ballysmate wrote:homers double wrote:Thanks for that, I've just fired off an email to them asking the above.
I doubt we will get anywhere but an email costs nowt!
Not wishing to piddle on anyone's chips but 4 grand is a lot of good will to ask for.
Must confess that I was a garage proprietor, I wouldn't budge much.
I've paid out more for feckwits that can't tell they have picked up the wrong filter
You must be one of the good guys.
Bet it wasn't following a non pub day was it, which may have put you in a bad mood. 0 -
The garage doesn't pay. They are the intermediary between the owner and the manufacturer. The warranty is with the manufacturer. The manufacturer wants repeat business so may be more flexible and take a long view. Its worth keeping the dealer on side.Ballysmate wrote:homers double wrote:Thanks for that, I've just fired off an email to them asking the above.
I doubt we will get anywhere but an email costs nowt!
Not wishing to piddle on anyone's chips but 4 grand is a lot of good will to ask for.
Must confess that I was a garage proprietor, I wouldn't budge much.0 -
Solved.
Lease co pay 75% with a 25% contribution from Ford Fleet. Ford fleet declined their 25% because of servicing meaning that's the bit we need to fund so £4261.43 is now £1065.36.
Not ideal but better than the kick in the balls we were expecting.
Now to kick the works manager in his balls.Advocate of disc brakes.0 -
Have the works manager's ball been suitably re-aligned yet?
POIDH.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Just back from the pub
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In for a penny......0
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Veronese68 wrote:Day off ended in the pub, whoops.
A day off ending in the pub is no issue at all. When it starts in the pub however then it may well be a problem.0 -
That's what TLW did yesterday...verylonglegs wrote:Veronese68 wrote:Day off ended in the pub, whoops.
A day off ending in the pub is no issue at all. When it starts in the pub however then it may well be a problem."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
