fyfie5 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 its one of those jobs that I will probably end up f**king up and not have a working car (especially since its would be my first attempt) so going to get it priced to see how much it will cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyfie5 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 just got another years tax and now MOT next week it all comes at once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtec2011 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Yep, that happens to me all the time... Sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Mine all seemed to come at once too, annoying isn't it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyfie5 Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 yes, very annoying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyfie5 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Well my car failed it's MOT for the first time ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Oh no! What on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyfie5 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 both track rod ends need replaced, so nothing major and they are doing it this afternoon so they wont charge me for a retest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krzys Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Ah nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyfie5 Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 Well where do I start, this is what happened. Went to pick up my car from the garage just as normal paid and took it away everything felt fine and as soon as I got out of the village I was stuck behind a slow moving Volvo at about 40mph (which Im glad I was now) and just as that Volvo turned off I started speeding up got to about 50mph and then BANG! bonnet flew up and battered the windscreen so hard I nearly jumped out of my skin, had to absolutely slam the brakes on as I couldn't see s**t! and there was glass everywhere it was brutal! managed to stop just before a corner I was coming to. So windscreen smashed, bonnet crumpled, bent roof also dented and my wipers got crushed. luckily a police car was passing and stopped traffic so I could drive to a layby. Turns out the bonnet wasn't shut correctly by a silly mechanic, don't even think it was on the safety catch! and it had just finished a mot! I was pretty shook up and phoned the garage and told them what happened, they came and picked the car up straight away and took it back to the garage. They phoned in the morning saying if they put it through their insurance it would be written off so they are taking full responsibility and fixing everything for me for free and the owner of the garage was very apologetic and was glad no one was hurt. So yeah such bad luck on top of my oil leak and failing mot but they said it will be fixed by Monday or Tuesday. she looks in such a sorry state Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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