The Thumped Motoring Forum (3 Viewers)

[therealjohnny]

man in lingerie with penis in exhaust pipe.jpeg?

 

[magicbastarder]

great minds.

 

[Unknown Convict]

that calls for a jpeg that you shoul dbe glad i'm not gonna share.

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[dudley]

clutch should be 400 tops. shop around, dude

 

[dudley]

THIS REMINDS ME.

Couple of years ago, I had a very slow run in with a pillar as I was reversing out a driveway, front left panel just barely caught the corner, but the body work damage was mighty.

Shopped around garages in the area and the quotes ranged from 600 or so, up to nearly 2 grand.

Mark suggested I go to "Harry" in Crumlin for a quote. Harry's garage was down this dirty wee lane behind a Centra or something, loads of wooden pallets strewn around, tons of rubbish and flies. Harry comes out with his facemask dangling around his neck, and his face covered in silver spray paint. Quoted me a hundred or something for the whole job!

Was delighted, and left him to it. After collecting was driving away when I heard something fall off the car....

Drove back into his garage, and he'd neglected to put a pin back in properly on the under panel. No problem, he gets his wee flamethrower, heats up a screwdriver til it's white hot, melts a hole in the panel and used a cable tie to fix it. Been grand ever since.

I think Harry's dead now.

 

[ann post]

Apparently our car needs a new clutch or something like that. €1,500.

If it's a German car sometimes it costs more because they love to sardine things into tiny spaces then the staff have to spend a day dismantling stuff just to find the thing. If it smells of burning and doesn't go right that's the clutch. If it's Japanese/pacific rim 400/800. If it's from anywhere else it's the beginning of a planned obsolescence sitcom.

 

[pete]

If it's a German car sometimes it costs more because they love to sardine things into tiny spaces then the staff have to spend a day dismantling stuff just to find the thing. If it smells of burning and doesn't go right that's the clutch. If it's Japanese/pacific rim 400/800. If it's from anywhere else it's the beginning of a planned obsolescence sitcom.

it's a nissan.

 

[ann post]

it's a nissan.

That's pacific rim up till the early 2000s and I think they sub contracted to France after that

 

[nooleen]

they should teach this shit in school

'how to live'

 

[therealjohnny]

I'm not sure if the mechanic that fixed the brakes did something they shouldn't have but the battery light came on as I was driving the following day. On Saturday night driving home from a gig all the electrics started to fail. By the time I got home the headlights were about as bright as a candle.


So this morning this happened on the way to the auto-electrician.

The general consensus is that the alternator is fucked.

 

[pete]

I'm not sure if the mechanic that fixed the brakes did something they shouldn't have but the battery light came on as I was driving the following day. On Saturday night driving home from a gig all the electrics started to fail. By the time I got home the headlights were about as bright as a candle.


So this morning this happened on the way to the auto-electrician.

The general consensus is that the alternator is fucked.

your triangulator fell off?

 

[therealjohnny]

On closer inspection, I think you're right!

 

[Unknown Convict]

I'm not sure if the mechanic that fixed the brakes did something they shouldn't have but the battery light came on as I was driving the following day. On Saturday night driving home from a gig all the electrics started to fail. By the time I got home the headlights were about as bright as a candle.


So this morning this happened on the way to the auto-electrician.

The general consensus is that the alternator is fucked.

ouch

 

[hermie]

So, car insurance. I think I actually have to give up driving for a bit it's so expensive right now.

 

[therealjohnny]

So, car insurance. I think I actually have to give up driving for a bit it's so expensive right now.

that's shite

 

[magicbastarder]

The general consensus is that the alternator is fucked.

not that i know anything about cars, but i don't think the brakes are connected to the electrical system are they? or did he have to go near a servo or summat?

 

[therealjohnny]

not that i know anything about cars, but i don't think the brakes are connected to the electrical system are they? or did he have to go near a servo or summat?

They're not connected. It just seemed odd that right after they had their hands on it this problem surfaced.

Just looking for someone to blame I guess.

 

[Unknown Convict]

They're not connected. It just seemed odd that right after they had their hands on it this problem surfaced.

Just looking for someone to blame I guess.

blame issigonis

 

[therealjohnny]

 

[ann post]

My car just passed 180,000 miles. It never breaks down. Think i need a wiper blade soon though.