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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Paddy Flannery on 22 January 2015, 08:59:23
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Yesterday was Friday at work so we went for beers and curry. I got the train home and the wife picked me up to tell me that she'd used the Omega earlier and got a puncture. As she was parked next to Kwik Fit, she asked for help. Out came a young lad who rummaged around in my boot for a while, ignoring the spare wheel shaped bulge on the nearside, before announcing that these cars didn't have a spare wheel and he couldn't find the can of foam that Vauxhall would have supplied !!
He did redeem himself by filling the tyre with air to get her home and not trying to flog her 4 tyres and new shocks. ;D
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You can't thicker than a Kwik S**T fitter :)
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Oh, this needs putting on a billboard across the land. ::)
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Can't stand them,also Halfrauds another crap company who have just gone on my list as well (long story >:()
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The thick bugger!
I think I'd have to go & find him to show him where the spare lives.
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She tells me he even looked under the car for the spare. Surprised he didn't give the glovebox a quick check........ Just in case ;D
I showed the wife where it was when I got home as she didn't have a clue either.
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A few years ago I was in my VW garage and there was a lot of management activity. A Touareg owner not liking VW prices took his car to Kwikfit for a service. Within minutes of leaving Kwikfit the engine seized - sump plug nowhere to be found and oil over everywhere. Kwikfit bosses were at VW dealer to sort out new engine circa £12000 at retail I am told.
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My son is the manager of a similar setup to Kwikcrap and they are in direct competition to them,his branch is consistently the top performer in the south east,and the way they do it is by giving sound advice and not bulls****ing the customers and only doing agreed work (unlike our local VX dealer....who were told NOT to fit new brake pads to the wife's Astra during a service as I had a set in the shed and was going to do them the following weekend) large boll**king dished out and item was taken off the bill :y. I guess it's the old adage of "Buyer beware" as there are a lot of so called reputable companies out there who are really just a load of bulls****ing scammers!! and customer service is just an illusion not a reality......... Mr Angry, W okingham >:( >:(
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She tells me he even looked under the car for the spare. Surprised he didn't give the glovebox a quick check........ Just in case ;D
I showed the wife where it was when I got home as she didn't have a clue either.
We expect this of our women. However, a half decent tyre chappie should have been able to figure it out. :-\
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Please read the manual springs to mind ::)
But you should reasonably expect a tyre fitter to have a rough idea ::)
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I'm just astounded a tyre fitter would think of spraying the can of gunk in a tyre if he couldn't find a spare..
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Really against the things, myself. Just think it's a case of going backwards. Mind, I suppose from the accountants viewpoint, why fit a spare tyre which no-one will know how to use, or what to do with? People don't think to do anything themselves, and don't want to, don't care, let someone else get mucky. That said, I'm one of them people that thinks that breakdown companies shouldn't attend a flat tyre - when there's a perfectly good spare in the boot - you know how to fit it, do it yourself! And let the breakdown companies get on with rescuing the people who have serious car/engine maladies, not 'run our of fuel/flat tyre/lost my car keys, oh, sorry, they're in the ignition, sorry Mr AA man' etc... I don't ring my house insurance if I run out of food in my own home! :D
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Probably just as well he couldn't find it, if it had ended up on the ramp, you would have ended up with a bill for new Pads and Disks around and a complete Cat Back System. ::)
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Really against the things, myself. Just think it's a case of going backwards. Mind, I suppose from the accountants viewpoint, why fit a spare tyre which no-one will know how to use, or what to do with? People don't think to do anything themselves, and don't want to, don't care, let someone else get mucky. That said, I'm one of them people that thinks that breakdown companies shouldn't attend a flat tyre - when there's a perfectly good spare in the boot - you know how to fit it, do it yourself! And let the breakdown companies get on with rescuing the people who have serious car/engine maladies, not 'run our of fuel/flat tyre/lost my car keys, oh, sorry, they're in the ignition, sorry Mr AA man' etc... I don't ring my house insurance if I run out of food in my own home! :D
Two things.
According to the manufacturers, there is no spare tyre to save weight, thus decreasing the exhaust emissions. Once one did it, the rest followed suit.
My wife wouldn't know how to change a spare wheel and I wouldn't want her to try. That's why we pay our subscription, you see. Plus, we are unlikely to break down because we have modern, reliable cars. I personally think anyone who drives an omega should pay a premium, because the patrolman is likely to be giving the kiss of life to some clapped out old barge when he could be changing her wheel. :)
Also, thinking about it, if I got a puncture in one of the offside wheels whilst driving on a motorway, I would call them out. I don't really want to be disembowelled on the hard shoulder by some pissed-up foreign truck driver who's having a wank while looking at his laptop.
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Really against the things, myself. Just think it's a case of going backwards. Mind, I suppose from the accountants viewpoint, why fit a spare tyre which no-one will know how to use, or what to do with? People don't think to do anything themselves, and don't want to, don't care, let someone else get mucky. That said, I'm one of them people that thinks that breakdown companies shouldn't attend a flat tyre - when there's a perfectly good spare in the boot - you know how to fit it, do it yourself! And let the breakdown companies get on with rescuing the people who have serious car/engine maladies, not 'run our of fuel/flat tyre/lost my car keys, oh, sorry, they're in the ignition, sorry Mr AA man' etc... I don't ring my house insurance if I run out of food in my own home! :D
Two things.
According to the manufacturers, there is no spare tyre to save weight, thus decreasing the exhaust emissions. Once one did it, the rest followed suit.
My wife wouldn't know how to change a spare wheel and I wouldn't want her to try. That's why we pay our subscription, you see. Plus, we are unlikely to break down because we have modern, reliable cars. I personally think anyone who drives an omega should pay a premium, because the patrolman is likely to be giving the kiss of life to some clapped out old barge when he could be changing her wheel. :)
Also, thinking about it, if I got a puncture in one of the offside wheels whilst driving on a motorway, I would call them out. I don't really want to be disembowelled on the hard shoulder by some pissed-up foreign truck driver who's having a wank while looking at his laptop.
I say we ban him. ;D
The poxy can of foam that comes with most cars these days in never going to fix a blowout.
How can we remedy this?
Ah yes......a spare wheel.
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Really against the things, myself. Just think it's a case of going backwards. Mind, I suppose from the accountants viewpoint, why fit a spare tyre which no-one will know how to use, or what to do with? People don't think to do anything themselves, and don't want to, don't care, let someone else get mucky. That said, I'm one of them people that thinks that breakdown companies shouldn't attend a flat tyre - when there's a perfectly good spare in the boot - you know how to fit it, do it yourself! And let the breakdown companies get on with rescuing the people who have serious car/engine maladies, not 'run our of fuel/flat tyre/lost my car keys, oh, sorry, they're in the ignition, sorry Mr AA man' etc... I don't ring my house insurance if I run out of food in my own home! :D
Two things.
According to the manufacturers, there is no spare tyre to save weight, thus decreasing the exhaust emissions. Once one did it, the rest followed suit.
My wife wouldn't know how to change a spare wheel and I wouldn't want her to try. That's why we pay our subscription, you see. Plus, we are unlikely to break down because we have modern, reliable cars. I personally think anyone who drives an omega should pay a premium, because the patrolman is likely to be giving the kiss of life to some clapped out old barge when he could be changing her wheel. :)
Also, thinking about it, if I got a puncture in one of the offside wheels whilst driving on a motorway, I would call them out. I don't really want to be disembowelled on the hard shoulder by some pissed-up foreign truck driver who's having a wank while looking at his laptop.
Agreed.....a pissed-up and wanking British truck driver would be far more considerate...... ;D ;D ;D
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Im not one for Q'Fit but ringing around yesterday for new tyres , they beat the quotes i got elsewhere by £40 per tyre :o So went along an must admit this time they were very good , gave me more discount at the end plus £5 off the next shop . Going to get 2 more fitted there again :y Oh and waiter service cups of coffee while waiting :) :) :) :)
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But you should reasonably expect a tyre fitter to have a rough idea ::)
A few years ago I took our Isuzu Bighorn (Jap version of the Trooper) to our local Kwik Shit in Aldershot to have the one of the rear wheel valves replaced as it was leaking moderately badly after a kerb had been clipped by the old lady.
The so called tyre fitter removed 5 wheelnuts and then spent the best part of 10 minutes beating the crap out of the rear wheel before announcing that it was stuck to the hub and there was nothing he could do.
He looked truly amazed when I pointed out there was actually 6 wheelnuts that needed to be removed in order to get the wheel off, and still to this day I can't work out how he missed that fact......still, you get what you pay for I guess.
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But you should reasonably expect a tyre fitter to have a rough idea ::)
A few years ago I took our Isuzu Bighorn (Jap version of the Trooper) to our local Kwik Shit in Aldershot to have the one of the rear wheel valves replaced as it was leaking moderately badly after a kerb had been clipped by the old lady.
The so called tyre fitter removed 5 wheelnuts and then spent the best part of 10 minutes beating the crap out of the rear wheel before announcing that it was stuck to the hub and there was nothing he could do.
He looked truly amazed when I pointed out there was actually 6 wheelnuts that needed to be removed in order to get the wheel off, and still to this day I can't work out how he missed that fact......still, you get what you pay for I guess.
So how many wheelnuts did he put back on then. ::)
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Really against the things, myself. Just think it's a case of going backwards. Mind, I suppose from the accountants viewpoint, why fit a spare tyre which no-one will know how to use, or what to do with? People don't think to do anything themselves, and don't want to, don't care, let someone else get mucky. That said, I'm one of them people that thinks that breakdown companies shouldn't attend a flat tyre - when there's a perfectly good spare in the boot - you know how to fit it, do it yourself! And let the breakdown companies get on with rescuing the people who have serious car/engine maladies, not 'run our of fuel/flat tyre/lost my car keys, oh, sorry, they're in the ignition, sorry Mr AA man' etc... I don't ring my house insurance if I run out of food in my own home! :D
Two things.
According to the manufacturers, there is no spare tyre to save weight, thus decreasing the exhaust emissions. Once one did it, the rest followed suit.
My wife wouldn't know how to change a spare wheel and I wouldn't want her to try. That's why we pay our subscription, you see. Plus, we are unlikely to break down because we have modern, reliable cars. I personally think anyone who drives an omega should pay a premium, because the patrolman is likely to be giving the kiss of life to some clapped out old barge when he could be changing her wheel. :)
Also, thinking about it, if I got a puncture in one of the offside wheels whilst driving on a motorway, I would call them out. I don't really want to be disembowelled on the hard shoulder by some pissed-up foreign truck driver who's having a wank while looking at his laptop.
Agreed.....a pissed-up and wanking British truck driver would be far more considerate...... ;D ;D ;D
I was going to say I'm glad he said foreign.......
I might be a truck driver. And no I don't
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So how many wheelnuts did he put back on then. ::)
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I was watching him like a hawk all the way through the job, and also made sure the nuts (or rather bolts) were put back on with a torque wrench as opposed to the gun.
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It's not just Quick Fit. I took SWMBOs Hyundai to Charlie Browns (are they still trading? :-\) for a puncture repair. The 'tyre fitter' then proceeded to pull & tug at the trim trying to get it off. He too looked amazed when I pointed out that the trim was held on by plastic 'circlips' on the nuts. It must've been the first Lantra he'd seen ::)
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It's not just Quick Fit. I took SWMBOs Hyundai to Charlie Browns (are they still trading? :-\) for a puncture repair. The 'tyre fitter' then proceeded to pull & tug at the trim trying to get it off. He too looked amazed when I pointed out that the trim was held on by plastic 'circlips' on the nuts. It must've been the first Lantra he'd seen ::)
Haha I did the exact same thing on a kia sedona I had. I actually tapped them to make sure they weren't alloys even though I new they were wheel caps. Stumped me to I noticed the wheel bolts seemed suspiciously real.....