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[ernesto]

Found out last night our local mechanic died last week. Only in his 40s. left behind wife and kids. Lovely fellah aswell.
Also I hope my car didnt kill him

Went up to his garage as herself's car is still there, now over a year. Turns out he's not done .... most of the things we left it in with him for. Chatting to his mechanic mate and gave him all the details and he has to go looking now for all the parts ordered, KEY(!) and then call us. Poor fellah that died had zero organisational skills so he left his garage all over the place



Also my car's head gasket is gone/going;
Losing 1L of coolant every 100km or something and burning oil aswell so that needs doing. €200 of tools and parts and a weekend of DIY ahead of me soon

 

[ann post]

Went up to his garage as herself's car is still there, now over a year. Turns out he's not done .... most of the things we left it in with him for. Chatting to his mechanic mate and gave him all the details and he has to go looking now for all the parts ordered, KEY(!) and then call us. Poor fellah that died had zero organisational skills so he left his garage all over the place



Also my car's head gasket is gone/going;
Losing 1L of coolant every 100km or something and burning oil aswell so that needs doing. €200 of tools and parts and a weekend of DIY ahead of me soon

Being in my 40's i defintely think i will organise things when i'm older. Poor fellah. Are you gonna do the gasket yourself?

 

[ernesto]

Being in my 40's i defintely think i will organise things when i'm older. Poor fellah. Are you gonna do the gasket yourself?

I reckon so. Fuck it.


@therealjohnny do you still have the mini?
Who are you insured with for your classic policy?

I'm having a shite time trying to reinsure a car

 

[therealjohnny]

I reckon so. Fuck it.


@therealjohnny do you still have the mini?
Who are you insured with for your classic policy?

I'm having a shite time trying to reinsure a car

Long gone.
Have you tried Classic Car Insurance | Carole Nash Ireland

 

[ernesto]

Long gone.
Have you tried Classic Car Insurance | Carole Nash Ireland

i used to be with them but now they are underwritten by some cunts:

in order to take out a policy i have to submit my other 'daily' policy.
I dont have another policy for a daily / regular car. last time i took out a policy with them a letter from my boss saying i was insured on a company van was enough. apparently that wont do any more which is a fucking nightmare

 

[therealjohnny]

That's shite

 

[pete]

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[ann post]

Last week, halfway between donegal and galway an issue with an injector arose.
TLDR: some fuel goes in the engine, some goes on the ground.
The fuel consumption is WILD. You go up a hill and you might burn out ten miles of diesel in a few seconds.
I was the only person with a car and had to do a run to dublin, a load of donegal commutes and a get back to the west and get to work the past few days.
I think i've topped 250eu in diesel in a week.
Garage booked for the morning.

I cant wait till its over.

 

[ilovehoovering]

I haven't been driving long and hired a car for the first time at the weekend. Requested a small manual to match my own car and ended up being given a massive automatic hybrid despite never having driven an automatic.

Anyway - I will be a bit depressed next time I drive my own car because the hybrid felt more like playing Forza or Mario Kart rather than real life driving.

 

[ann post]

Last week, halfway between donegal and galway an issue with an injector arose.
TLDR: some fuel goes in the engine, some goes on the ground.
The fuel consumption is WILD. You go up a hill and you might burn out ten miles of diesel in a few seconds.
I was the only person with a car and had to do a run to dublin, a load of donegal commutes and a get back to the west and get to work the past few days.
I think i've topped 250eu in diesel in a week.
Garage booked for the morning.

I cant wait till its over.

I'd kinda guessed but the last repair on it was done slightly wrong and the fix was done for free.

NCT tomorrow ftw.

 

[ann post]

I haven't been driving long and hired a car for the first time at the weekend. Requested a small manual to match my own car and ended up being given a massive automatic hybrid despite never having driven an automatic.

Anyway - I will be a bit depressed next time I drive my own car because the hybrid felt more like playing Forza or Mario Kart rather than real life driving.

I have never rented a car and gotten even close to the car I asked for. I was in scotland last year and asked for the smallest thing they had because I was going rural and it would suit the roads better. They gave me a giant SUV with more or less delivery miles on it.

 

[ann post]

NCT tomorrow ftw.

Fail. FFS.

 

[magicbastarder]

on what issues?

 

[ann post]

on what issues?

Ah a bit of mess. I had that whole engine seal drama last week and then maybe 800 miles to cover over a few days so no time to return to a garage. The check engine light came on which i'm 95% certain is actually just the timed one for the oil change. Anywho because of this light being on the guy couldn't test it for emmissions. Then i'd accidentally left the 6th/7th seats folded and he failed those seatbelts because he didn't want to unfold the seats to check. Rebooked already, garage booked to sort that light out and we'll see. On the basis that i'm on about 550km a week at the minute i'm pretty sure it's absolutely fine.

 

[therealjohnny]

Ah a bit of mess. I had that whole engine seal drama last week and then maybe 800 miles to cover over a few days so no time to return to a garage. The check engine light came on which i'm 95% certain is actually just the timed one for the oil change. Anywho because of this light being on the guy couldn't test it for emmissions. Then i'd accidentally left the 6th/7th seats folded and he failed those seatbelts because he didn't want to unfold the seats to check. Rebooked already, garage booked to sort that light out and we'll see. On the basis that i'm on about 550km a week at the minute i'm pretty sure it's absolutely fine.

Fucks sake. None of these things indicate the vehicle is unsafe.

 

[magicbastarder]

I've heard a couple of stories about the rear seatbelt anchors not being visible resulting in a fail, even though it'd be literally less than five seconds for the tester to confirm if they're there or not.

 

[ann post]

He totally could have. The seatbelts are fine like. Also i didn't RTFM.

 

[therealjohnny]

I've heard a couple of stories about the rear seatbelt anchors not being visible resulting in a fail, even though it'd be literally less than five seconds for the tester to confirm if they're there or not.

Yep. My girlfriend took her new (used) car to the NCT and it failed because the rear seat belts (never used) were not sticking out of the holders/holes properly.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Yep. My girlfriend took her new (used) car to the NCT and it failed because the rear seat belts (never used) were not sticking out of the holders/holes properly.

How often does it happen that the rear seatbelts have been removed? I’ve been in cars where they don’t actually buckle but I’ve never seen a missing one.

 

[ernesto]

Yep. My girlfriend took her new (used) car to the NCT and it failed because the rear seat belts (never used) were not sticking out of the holders/holes properly.

Yeah you need to have them sticking out. They're probably just buried under since they probably weren't used much