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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #30 on: 19 February 2018, 15:23:59 »

ALL the breakdown companies have areas where the service is shockingly poor. AA and RAC will always try to use their own staff before a subcontractor, even if that means a wait. Green Flag used to be the best of the bunch but now they don’t use local garages they’re not always so hot.

I would be looking at something underwritten by Britannia Rescue or AXA. The ones handled by a company called Call Assist are pretty good too :y Basically, anything handled by local garages and preferably a company that doesn’t have any of its own breakdown staff/vehicles ;)


Britannia would be top of my list: they send the job, and expect the contractor to just deal with it.
Green Flag's service got a lot worse when they went to just one contractor covering a large area a few years ago.


we regularly used to get a dozen RAC jobs sent at 18:00 when they realised that their own people were due to finish and couldn't get to them without another 3 hours wait.


And 2 1/2 years after quitting the job, I'd still like to stick red hot needles in Call Assist's controllers - I don't think I ever did one of their jobs that wasn't grief from start to finish.

Yep. I believe Green Flag are looking at returning to smaller operators.

RAC are just a law unto themselves.

Call Assist aren’t too bad now, but we only deal with misfuel issues.
Hi all,how the fick do you miss fuel.It's diesel or petrol. ;D

Well it happens about once every 3 minutes so....
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #31 on: 19 February 2018, 17:59:32 »

Well it happens about once every 3 minutes so....
Rather than repeat what I said on another thread, can't your misfuel technicians just carry a rifle?


And what cars are the most popular for misfuelling?
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #32 on: 19 February 2018, 18:18:43 »

Well it happens about once every 3 minutes so....
Rather than repeat what I said on another thread, can't your misfuel technicians just carry a rifle?


And what cars are the most popular for misfuelling?


Police cars......
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #33 on: 19 February 2018, 20:58:23 »

Well it happens about once every 3 minutes so....
Rather than repeat what I said on another thread, can't your misfuel technicians just carry a rifle?


And what cars are the most popular for misfuelling?


Police cars......

JLR products, Merc, BMW, just about all of them to be dair ;)
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #34 on: 19 February 2018, 21:07:26 »

I put 5 litres of petrol in my old Merc C250TD once before I realised what I was doing....  :-[

So I brimmed it with diesel and I'm sure it went better!  :y  ;D
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #35 on: 19 February 2018, 22:10:41 »

The handbook of my 190 states its ok to use 30% petrol in cold weather. I tend to use less then 10% mixed in with the wvo.
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #36 on: 20 February 2018, 19:27:43 »

Well it happens about once every 3 minutes so....
Rather than repeat what I said on another thread, can't your misfuel technicians just carry a rifle?


And what cars are the most popular for misfuelling?


Police cars......

JLR products, Merc, BMW, just about all of them to be dair ;)
To quote Mrs TB, something she picked up at work...

"Landrover. Designed by computers. Built by Robots. Driven by Idiiots."

(I think same applies to Jaguar, but she hasn't said that to me...  ...yet ;D)
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #37 on: 20 February 2018, 19:28:08 »

BTW, "Idiots" was not quite what she said ;D
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #38 on: 20 February 2018, 19:36:09 »

Well it happens about once every 3 minutes so....
Rather than repeat what I said on another thread, can't your misfuel technicians just carry a rifle?


And what cars are the most popular for misfuelling?


Police cars......

JLR products, Merc, BMW, just about all of them to be dair ;)
To quote Mrs TB, something she picked up at work...

"Landrover. Designed by computers. Built by Robots. Driven by Idiiots."

(I think same applies to Jaguar, but she hasn't said that to me...  ...yet ;D)

She is absolutely right as I have had more rows with the prats, male and female, who (try) to drive them.  One again one almost ran me off the road today; and yes it was a female driver! Cow!! >:(
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #39 on: 20 February 2018, 20:15:14 »

Top marks to the blue light brigade for making sure you were OK! Shame the RAC took three hours (or more) to turn up, though..

Fairly typical of the RAC. Last summer my brakes failed due to the rear discs being solid and not vented. I waited 1.5 hours for a bloke to come and agree that, oh like you said, you'll be needing recovery, and another 2 hours for a recovery truck and then 2 hours to do what would have taken me one hour. 
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #40 on: 20 February 2018, 22:01:08 »

Top marks to the blue light brigade for making sure you were OK! Shame the RAC took three hours (or more) to turn up, though..

Fairly typical of the RAC. Last summer my brakes failed due to the rear discs being solid and not vented. I waited 1.5 hours for a bloke to come and agree that, oh like you said, you'll be needing recovery, and another 2 hours for a recovery truck and then 2 hours to do what would have taken me one hour.

Seems standard these days. They must have so many retards call them out when they've run out of petrol that it makes sense wasting your time sending a bloke in a van out first.

Either that or they employ muppets to do no more than turn up in a van so they've met their response time, then you have to wait for hours for something of actual help. ::)
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #41 on: 20 February 2018, 22:32:25 »

Years ago...I had a Vauxhall FD Victor.......engine stopped whilst in outside lane at Maidenhead on the M4. Phoned RAC told him the wire from the condenser had come off. If I held it to the connection the car ran fine. 'It may not be that' was the reply. I said if I had some tape or some way of holding the connection, I would be able to get going. I need another condenser, just bring one.
When they turned up, I said have you got a condenser. 'No' was the reply, 'We have to treat you like idiots that don't know what you are talking about' !!!!!!!!!
Fair enough, some people do say they think its something, and RAC man would be inundated with unrequired spares, but come on....I gave a flippin' good description to the bloke on the phone, who also said..'If you do get it attached, don't move in case it comes off again' !! Whaaaat  :o
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #42 on: 21 February 2018, 02:12:06 »

Top marks to the blue light brigade for making sure you were OK! Shame the RAC took three hours (or more) to turn up, though..

Fairly typical of the RAC. Last summer my brakes failed due to the rear discs being solid and not vented. I waited 1.5 hours for a bloke to come and agree that, oh like you said, you'll be needing recovery, and another 2 hours for a recovery truck and then 2 hours to do what would have taken me one hour.
Although some credit must be given to the complete oppstarding tunc that fitted solid discs with a vented caliper >:(
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #43 on: 21 February 2018, 15:33:39 »

I rang the RAC a few years back as the fanbelt had shredded itself.

an hour later when he turned up, was he carrying a belt?  er no "it might not have been that" said he.

off he went to buy one, about £20 iirc for a belt anyone else could buy for £3.
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Re: Everything going wrong part 2
« Reply #44 on: 21 February 2018, 16:59:39 »

I rang the RAC a few years back as the fanbelt had shredded itself.

an hour later when he turned up, was he carrying a belt?  er no "it might not have been that" said he.

off he went to buy one, about £20 iirc for a belt anyone else could buy for £3.
Not that daft then ,are they. ;)
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