This is now the cycling thread.

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I just hate being at the mercy of garages. There a guys I was at school with who left with one CSE in metalwork and now own their own garages. Fair play, but I don’t trust them when they suck air through their teeth and tell me I have to leave my car with them all day

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Love having a company car for this stuff. I don’t care what it costs - fix it and send the bill to anyone who isn’t me, ta.

fortunately gf’s dad was a mechanic so he can sort most car dickheadery out for us but the wing mirror we needed was a toyota part so we had to go there anyway. tbf they gave us a jump start when the battery was being a twat but i dont know why the power steerings dickheading around now

we did sit in it for half an hr with the engine off listening to the radio waiting for them to open like a pair of dickheads

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In August I will be getting back onto the company car bus (weird metaphor there) having had my own for the last 5 years. The tax people are going to shaft me again but I think it will be worth it

What was that Armando Ianucci sketch, where he’s getting his car fixed and the mechanic says “Sorry mate, you’ve got asbestos in there”.

That’s pretty much me. Totally clueless.

dunno

'Ere you are.

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good that

I’ll be getting off the company car bus at the end of the lease (two more years) and I’m going to have no clue how to get anything fixed sensibly.

turns out it cant be done sensibly im afraid

It’s mostly the same, but with your own money.

The fuckers.

I just had to pay ££ for a broken electric window clip

Wouldnt have happened with a manual windy window

Cars r pricks


(Sorry this Simpsons reference is a bit mean)

at least i dont recognise it

Service + Bearing (and now wheel hub) and I’m 500 sheets worse off, fuck cars

I’m driving my dad’s car at the moment because my brakes have gone. Taking it in tomorrow to get it fixed (wfhftw). Presumably using all the money I’ve scraped to save this month.

I get mine serviced by a main dealer these days and as part of the process they have started sending a video of the mechanic doing his inspection and pointing out what needs sorting out. Not sure if this is better or worse tbqh

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sounds like a dodgy alternator

I only know this as similar stuff happened to me once

hate cars