NovaGTE
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Got the car MOT'd and taxed yesterday,drove it for the first time. The lastnight i went to take a girl out that i met lastweek, drove to hers (about45/50miles) picked her up, got about 2miles from her house and the car was makin a funny noise and loosing drive, pulled over and the bloody back wheels had locked on.
Phoned recovery only to find out that my policy wouldnt take me home and only take me 10miles from where i was and to get home would cost £90 I was not told this when i took out the cover with my insurance Anyway the recovery bloke came out and i decided to let him take it back to there garage and get a quote done for it today; as if i didnt want them to do the work i could pick it up by trailor myself.
Got the call thismorning and its both the rear brake master cylinders, pads and handbrake cable; gonna set me back £300 and i dont get it back until 2morrow
On the plus side tho, as was so far from home went back to the girls house and stayed over and helped me take my mind of my forthcoming bill 
[Edited on 25-08-2005 by NovaGTE]
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Pablo
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U can only be talking about scrable, that game always takes my mind off things
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Jambo
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be honest u fiddled the master cylinders.
"oh no, its broken and im so far from home what shall i do  "
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Carl
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bad shit, my car decided not to start yesterday too. it tries to start but doesn't do anything else!
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
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how did it get through mot with dodgy brakes then?
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NovaGTE
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Originally posted by Kerry
how did it get through mot with dodgy brakes then?
does make you wonder, did get an advisory that the handbrake cable was starting to fray but that was it, and should have lasted more than 50 miles!!!
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Jason Iles
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
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50 miles sorry mate.
I will take the Corsa off your hands if you want though
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NovaGTE
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Yeh i know mate not good Thought i would take out the brakedown cover as i thought something would go wrong, but not this soon!
Make me an offer mate
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Jason Iles
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quote:
Originally posted by NovaGTE
Yeh i know mate not good Thought i would take out the brakedown cover as i thought something would go wrong, but not this soon!
Make me an offer mate
don't tempt me
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Teddy
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Registered: 19th Jul 04
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Sluts both of you.
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Jason Iles
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Originally posted by Teddy
Sluts both of you.
Cheers I think
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NovaGTE
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quote:
Originally posted by Teddy
Sluts both of you.
Y thank you 
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leeshez
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My escort passed it,s mot and i drove about 6 mile and the front pipe broke and the exhaust fell off
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Skinz
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£300 is very steep, master cylinders are about 40 quid each, handbrake cable 15 quid, shoes 20 quid
£115 for parts, so hes charging you £185 to fit that?
The shoes can be replaced at the same time the cylinders, should be no more than £60 labour for that, plus about 15 quid labour for the handbrake cable
£200 all in
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NovaGTE
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quote:
Originally posted by Skinz
£300 is very steep, master cylinders are about 40 quid each, handbrake cable 15 quid, shoes 20 quid
£115 for parts, so hes charging you £185 to fit that?
The shoes can be replaced at the same time the cylinders, should be no more than £60 labour for that, plus about 15 quid labour for the handbrake cable
£200 all in
Well its £225 plus VAT, so under 300. Yeh i thought i could have got it cheaper but the car is far from home and would have cost £90 to get it home latnight, then would have had the hassle of gettibg it to another garage and prob would have ended up costing the same if not more
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Tom
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That's shocking 
I bet you sell it by friday
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NovaGTE
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Was made a little better as when i got home this had come through the post for it
Cant really afford it now tho and i wanna fit it nowlol
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morty
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Nice to see it got there safely Mat. Did you get my text witht eh pass code?
Cheers
Darren
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City
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Registered: 30th Dec 03
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how much did ya pay for that?
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langey
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quote:
Originally posted by NovaGTE
quote:
Originally posted by Skinz
£300 is very steep, master cylinders are about 40 quid each, handbrake cable 15 quid, shoes 20 quid
£115 for parts, so hes charging you £185 to fit that?
The shoes can be replaced at the same time the cylinders, should be no more than £60 labour for that, plus about 15 quid labour for the handbrake cable
£200 all in
Well its £225 plus VAT, so under 300. Yeh i thought i could have got it cheaper but the car is far from home and would have cost £90 to get it home latnight, then would have had the hassle of gettibg it to another garage and prob would have ended up costing the same if not more
so its more like 200quid to be fixed, not 300
hope it gets sorted either way, redtop in it?
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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you dont have much luck with cars , though i suppose this is the first car thats broke down on you , the others you havent owned long enough to drive 
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mav
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once fixed it will be trouble free motoring all the way 
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Ben
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what you pay for screen? i am looking for one if you want to sell
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
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£300
rear brake cylindres: £7 each
rear pads: £12
full handbrake cable: £24
(just did this lot myself, so prices are fresh in my mind) so thats a total of £50 for parts, £250 for fitting
i would argue with them over that price mate, thats bordering on criminal. should take 2 hours labour max to fit that lot.
[Edited on 23-08-2005 by corsa808]
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mav
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seems dear...
what £25 hr labour x 2 = £50
parts even at £50-£100
150 at most
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