AA Car Checks, eh

[shadowninja]

Hmm

Apparently, according to the guy who came to check my Fiat for a potential buyer, that constant droning from the rear left wheel is the sound of a broken wheel bearing...

Me: You mean the wheel next to the Magnex Sports Exhaust Box?
AA: Yes
Me: Ok...

Wonder if replacing the standard exhaust box might fix the wheel brearing ;)

Also, he didn't actually check the wheel itself... just heard the noise. Surely if you're paying someone over £100 to check a car they'd actually look at the thing not just do what I could have done myself?

-Darren

[DanS14]

Better not let him check the TVR then, cos all four bearings would be fecked!

[Filmidget]

Knowing a TVR they are...

;) :) :D

Joking honest... don't tell anybody on PH I said that... :o

Cheers, Phil

[shadowninja]

*laffs* that reminds me of the story of some guy who asked the AA to check a Cerbera. His report highlighted the fact that it did NOT sound good when the engine was cold... fact is, anyone who knows anything about Cerberas knows the AJP engine sounds like a bag of nails when the engine's cold...

all this would suggest that the AA should stay away from modified or specialist cars... so all's well if you're looking to buy a 1.1 litre completely standard shopping cart; otherwise get someone with a clue...

[Chris]

Originally posted by shadowninja
*laffs* that reminds me of the story of some guy who asked the AA to check a Cerbera. His report highlighted the fact that it did NOT sound good when the engine was cold... fact is, anyone who knows anything about Cerberas knows the AJP engine sounds like a bag of nails when the engine's cold...

all this would suggest that the AA should stay away from modified or specialist cars... so all's well if you're looking to buy a 1.1 litre completely standard shopping cart; otherwise get someone with a clue...

they dunno feck all about shopping carts m8

[shadowninja]

Originally posted by carnut


they dunno feck all about shopping carts m8

bugger. so what are they good for? cos they certainly dont know the alphabet... I mean I thought B comes after A ;)

[Chris]

had a car pulled into my garage last year

recovery man said distributor cap but he obviously didnt notice the snapped timing belt hanging out of the timing case:eek:

i wont mention which firm it woz cos i think you can guess:D :D

[DanS14]

Ok so they're are some nutters without a clue out there. But in their defence you can get some gooduns that work out a solution other than for example the dealership procedure of "its not working replace everything that is expensive" And that they are there for tyre changing in the rain for those that need it. (My dad doesn't know what a jack is, let alone where he would find it)

Had a prob with one car - dealership response would have been to replace fuel pump/scavenger unit etc....loads of money, when all it required was a ten pound relay.

A lot of dealerships I have seen in action rely too much on their computer instructions. They tap in a fault then just carry out what the computer says should fix it. No need to engage brain.
I like it when you get a friendly garage that works things out and uses their experience.

Guess with a newish car keeping a dealer service history is important in the long run come sale time though. I'm hoping Asta Woking will be good to me!

[Vez]

I remember breaking a company car (yes It was FF and yes I was doing reverse Donuts) and managed to blow, ready for this (Vauxhall Vectra)...

The Clutch and housing
The gearbox, internals and casing
The Drive shafts
THe splined shafts

After driving approximatley 200 yards from my house the car decided to select me a whole gearbox full of nuetrals (understandably really) so I phone the company AA account and knowing that a box of neutrals is usually quite terminal (and what I had been doing to it) told them I needed it recovering.

They sent some bloke in a little van to "fix it" when I turned up he said "You've left the doors open and everything, anyone could have driven off in it"

to which I replied

"Your towing it away with that little van"

"No im gonna get you on your way" was the reply "can I have your keys"

"In the ignition"

"you left it with keys in the ignition"

"Yep its fooked, no one was going to nick it"

After lots of "tests" he told me that the gearbox was nadged! Really, I never would have guessed in a million years, hence why I asked to be recovered you muppet!

Anyway another 2 hours pass and I get a call, Im outside your vehicle sir, can you come and give me the keys. In the ignition I say (queue identicle conversation)

Just dump it at the nearest vauxhall garage I told him, to which point he said wheres that then...

ARRRRRRRGGGGGGH!