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Title: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 10:53:05 AM
Is is necessarily a bad thing when, while you are driving along, like, the car suddenly fills with acrid smoke and all the electrics go haywire, like?  rubschin:

They will be here in half an hour, like  scared2:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 10:55:57 AM
Oh noes... that's a good sign!  angel1

I shouldn't bother the AA with it...  noooo:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 11:28:47 AM
He's here  scared2:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Snoopy on January 27, 2011, 11:33:08 AM
The car is fooked ~ prolly.
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 11:33:32 AM
 sad24:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Snoopy on January 27, 2011, 11:39:09 AM
By coincidence a fire engine with siren blaring and blue lights flashing has just sped past my window.

An omen do you suppose?
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 11:46:23 AM
AA man now seeking advice from HQ  scared2:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 11:49:09 AM
AA man now seeking advice from HQ  scared2:

Not a good sign...  noooo:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 11:52:05 AM
He's prolly asking which way round the little black cap goes...  whistle:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 11:53:43 AM
 sad32:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 12:10:32 PM
AA man says take it to a Ford main stealer  noooo:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 12:14:33 PM
AA man says take it to a Ford main stealer  noooo:

For them to dispose of it like...?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 12:16:01 PM
 evil:

Have just called the local stealer.

"Your call is important to us. Please leave a message"  Banghead
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 12:19:19 PM
£90 per hour or part thereof  cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 12:27:55 PM
£90 per hour or part thereof  cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing:

Take it somewhere independent like... Ask Growler for advice...  whistle:

Don't ask here - we'll rip the piss out of you....  redface:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Snoopy on January 27, 2011, 12:54:23 PM
Accept the inevitable ~ go home by train after arranging  for the car to be scrapped and then buy another car.
It's obviously the 'lectrics that are fooked and the cost of replacing them is prolly more than the car is worth. I know you are sentimentally attached to it but the value of the car is not much in £££££s, probably more like ££s. Time to cut your losses and p*ss off Mrs Nick by having a new (OK 'Used') car she doesn't know about. whistle:

Seriously I forget how old it is but it has done a fair few miles and another Focus will not cost much more than a couple of grand, if indeed you need another Focus. Something else might better suit your new life.

As for

Take it somewhere independent like... Ask Growler for advice...  whistle:

Don't ask here - we'll rip the piss out of you....  redface:

I doubt that Growler has contacts in the Winchester area and from the sound of it there is no way it will be safe to drive it all the way from Hampshire to the Wirral ~ unless you want it to burst into flames and enable an insurance claim, which will prolly be disallowed now that the AA know that it is likely to "flame" on you.
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: apc2010 on January 27, 2011, 01:13:35 PM
oh oh can I tell my Nelson main dealer joke now ..?? rubschin:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 01:14:40 PM
Yes!  lol: lol: lol:

As long as you haven't just spoilt the punchline like!  evil:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 01:17:33 PM
It is now in for "diagnosis" at the main stealer not far from JOM's me 'ut.

Christ, my sister drives like the Stig  scared2:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 01:25:41 PM
It is now in for "diagnosis" at the main stealer not far from JOM's me 'ut.

Christ, my sister drives like the Stig  scared2:

She wears a white crash helmet...?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: apc2010 on January 27, 2011, 01:39:21 PM
Yes!  lol: lol: lol:

As long as you haven't just spoilt the punchline like!  evil:



 redface:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Snoopy on January 27, 2011, 01:40:41 PM
Could JOM have not simply swept it up with a JCB and tipped it over a cliff like?
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 01:41:40 PM
 Angry9:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 01:42:37 PM
Could JOM have not simply swept it up with a JCB and tipped it over a cliff like?

Buried in a hole on the motorway!  eveilgrin:

You could have a little mourn-a-rama on the side of the road!  ;D
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 02:26:30 PM
So could you  evil:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 02:46:53 PM
So could you  evil:

 eeek:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 04:30:47 PM
Bastard garage hasn't called yet  cussing:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Snoopy on January 27, 2011, 04:31:37 PM
That's bad news.
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 05:05:50 PM
Fingers crossed the greasy oik has written it off in Tesco's car park...  whistle:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 05:08:37 PM
I just called them. They asked me what was wrong with it  cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 05:11:13 PM
I just called them. They asked me what was wrong with it  cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing:

happy001
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 05:45:01 PM
Garage have now closed  cussing: No car  cussing:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 27, 2011, 05:53:53 PM
Garage have now closed  cussing: No car  cussing:

Well, well, well.... nobody here expected THAT outcome...  noooo:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Snoopy on January 27, 2011, 07:34:22 PM
Inevitable!
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Just One More on January 27, 2011, 08:40:57 PM
Seriously Nick, I would not let Hendy's touch it. It took them six weeks to sort the electrics problem out on my old Mondeo

Oh, and Barman's prolly right about the oik in Tesco's car park, it's only 150yds away. Bundle of laughs ain't I  redface:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 08:57:22 PM
Too late. SHe is locked in with them now  sad24:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on January 27, 2011, 09:47:23 PM
Auto Electrician + price of new loom + fitting?  Then hot foot with down to a car auction and get rid.  cloud9:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 09:49:00 PM
 rubschin:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Miss Demeanour on January 27, 2011, 10:14:10 PM
Auto Electrician + price of new loom + fitting?  Then hot foot with down to a car auction and get rid.  cloud9:

Or hot wire another and get going  whistle:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 10:24:07 PM
But what's a loom?
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on January 27, 2011, 10:26:54 PM
Good plan Miss D.  lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKqCtOUeXbY&feature=related

Beware of men and plant.
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 10:28:06 PM
What have my plants got to do with it?
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on January 27, 2011, 10:31:12 PM
But what's a loom?

A loom is a frame on which to weave rugs.  whistle:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 27, 2011, 10:33:46 PM
But my car doesn't need a rug. Oh, why do I bother  noooo:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on January 27, 2011, 10:35:23 PM
 point:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Darwins Selection on January 28, 2011, 09:10:54 AM
But what's a loom?
A place in Shanghai with a view.
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: apc2010 on January 28, 2011, 09:21:03 AM
But what's a loom?
A place in Shanghai with a view.




 drumroll: ;D
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 28, 2011, 09:53:06 AM
Car retrieved. Garage have no ideas what is wrong with it  ::)

No charge  eeek:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Snoopy on January 28, 2011, 11:37:27 AM
OK ~ so they didn't bother to look because they knew you weren't about to pay them to repair it.
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 28, 2011, 11:50:22 AM
OK ~ so they didn't bother to look because they knew you weren't about to pay them to repair it.

Wot Snoopy said... ^^^
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Snoopy on January 28, 2011, 05:22:03 PM
We still await news of Nick's safe return to Nottingham    tunble:





Tho' I confess I personally would not attempt the M3, M25 and M1 with an iffy motor on a Friday afternoon/evening.
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 28, 2011, 05:23:05 PM
We still await news of Nick's safe return to Nottingham    tunble:

But we won't be holding our breath like...  whistle:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 28, 2011, 06:13:25 PM
 angel1
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Just One More on January 28, 2011, 06:14:41 PM
Just to recap...

You smelt burning and pulled over
You called the AA and they said take it to the main dealer
You drove it to the main dealer??????
They've found bugger all wrong with it
You've driven it all the way back to Nottingham with no problem????

Did you pass any gyppo site where they may have been burning sheathing off copper wire  rubschin:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 28, 2011, 06:15:43 PM
Just to recap...

You smelt burning and pulled over
You called the AA and they said take it to the main dealer
You drove it to the main dealer??????
They've found bugger all wrong with it
You've driven it all the way back to Nottingham with no problem????

Did you pass any gyppo site where they may have been burning sheathing off copper wire  rubschin:

 lol: lol: lol:

Or he dropped his fag in his lap! happy001
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 28, 2011, 06:17:04 PM
No, they knew it was not werking, but couldn't find the source of the prob. Hence no charge  cloud9:

Dashboard fooked. No speedo, no rev counter, no temp gauge, all warning lights flashing like Christmas tree. Later, no heater fan  evil: Oh, and no odometer  eveilgrin:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Just One More on January 28, 2011, 06:17:46 PM
Just to recap...

You smelt burning and pulled over
You called the AA and they said take it to the main dealer
You drove it to the main dealer??????
They've found bugger all wrong with it
You've driven it all the way back to Nottingham with no problem????

Did you pass any gyppo site where they may have been burning sheathing off copper wire  rubschin:

 lol: lol: lol:

Or he dropped his fag in his lap! happy001

I think that may have been in Brighton  ;)
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 28, 2011, 06:19:11 PM
Just to recap...

You smelt burning and pulled over
You called the AA and they said take it to the main dealer
You drove it to the main dealer??????
They've found bugger all wrong with it
You've driven it all the way back to Nottingham with no problem????

Did you pass any gyppo site where they may have been burning sheathing off copper wire  rubschin:

 lol: lol: lol:

Or he dropped his fag in his lap! happy001

I think that may have been in Brighton  ;)

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Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 28, 2011, 06:19:31 PM
 cussing:

Anyhoo, had lunch with my mate Sparkey earlier in Andover.

Sparkey is quite a gal  eyes:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Just One More on January 28, 2011, 06:19:43 PM
No, they knew it was not werking, but couldn't find the source of the prob. Hence no charge  cloud9:

Dashboard fooked. No speedo, no rev counter, no temp gauge, all warning lights flashing like Christmas tree. Later, no heater fan  evil: Oh, and no odometer  eveilgrin:

Another ticket on its way then (minimum)  point:
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 28, 2011, 06:21:04 PM
cussing:

Anyhoo, had lunch with my mate Sparkey earlier in Andover.

Sparkey is quite a gal  eyes:

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Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 28, 2011, 06:26:06 PM
 whacky115

SHe is a laydee helichopper mechanic........


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in an uniform
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 28, 2011, 06:46:21 PM
whacky115

SHe is a laydee helichopper mechanic........


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in an uniform


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Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Nick on January 28, 2011, 06:59:53 PM
Child  ::)

I do not have a helichopper. And we were having lunch, not a knobs and wires consultation  ::)
Title: Re: Waiting for the AA
Post by: Barman on January 28, 2011, 07:12:05 PM
Child  ::)

I do not have a helichopper. And we were having lunch, not a knobs and wires consultation  ::)

 lol: lol: lol: