First the tear. To all those families affected by the senseless tragic incident in St Louis. My heart goes out to all of you. May he rot in hell. Enough said.
The rant.
So the family van has been acting up and I guessed that as it's a diesel that at least one of the glow plugs was kaput. Normally I'd just swap them myself even though they are $£&(%$£ difficult to get to without special tools. With the tools it takes about 20 mins tops. This morning was minus 15deg C and I was reluctant to freeze my arse off, so I eventually got it going and drove it the dealer....
'Sure sir, we can do it while you wait............£186.00'
'Er, how much are just the glow plugs?'
'£9.50 each sir' ( I need 4 )
'I'll just take the plugs then please'
'Sorry we are out of stock sir'
The gloat part one. Then I drive down the road to the auto shoppe...Got the plugs, a snazzy full set of long reach sockets, a flexi drive for them, a whole herd of other nifty tools that I really 'needed' and even went past the resin shop and got 5 litres of PR and some pigments.
Total cost......£143.00:biggrin: Eat that, Renault!!!! No wonder your guys are standing around with nothing to do!!:tongue:
The gloat part two. :biggrin: I dropped into our local branch for coffee and to say 'Happy New Year' to some colleagues. An old mate says 'You still making those junkie stainless pens Jackson? Cos we were cleaning up and I saved you some....'
See pic. :biggrin::biggrin: I guess I owe him another pen or two!!!!
The rant.
So the family van has been acting up and I guessed that as it's a diesel that at least one of the glow plugs was kaput. Normally I'd just swap them myself even though they are $£&(%$£ difficult to get to without special tools. With the tools it takes about 20 mins tops. This morning was minus 15deg C and I was reluctant to freeze my arse off, so I eventually got it going and drove it the dealer....'Sure sir, we can do it while you wait............£186.00'
'Er, how much are just the glow plugs?'
'£9.50 each sir' ( I need 4 )
'I'll just take the plugs then please'
'Sorry we are out of stock sir'
The gloat part one. Then I drive down the road to the auto shoppe...Got the plugs, a snazzy full set of long reach sockets, a flexi drive for them, a whole herd of other nifty tools that I really 'needed' and even went past the resin shop and got 5 litres of PR and some pigments.
Total cost......£143.00:biggrin: Eat that, Renault!!!! No wonder your guys are standing around with nothing to do!!:tongue:
The gloat part two. :biggrin: I dropped into our local branch for coffee and to say 'Happy New Year' to some colleagues. An old mate says 'You still making those junkie stainless pens Jackson? Cos we were cleaning up and I saved you some....'
See pic. :biggrin:
:biggrin: I guess I owe him another pen or two!!!!
