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[pscocoa]

I mentioned my aunt was taken into hospital last week - she is still there and ?I am sorting out her car.

Body repair after she hit some bollards has been done but failed mot on a sill problem which will be fixed Monday. Bottom line she has insisted on spending £1200 on a car that is worth £600 say. Ok that is her wish but I noted that she had also paid £330 for a clutch and slave cylinder last November. Discussing the car with Evans Halshaw apparently she has a new clutch about every 2 years.

Very difficult to influence things with single minded person when you live 220 miles away.

I feel a bit annoyed with myself that I was not in tune with the situation relying on what she said over phone.

[Bigron]

Does she ride the clutch regularly? You don't say what the car is, or its mileage, but that does seem a bit too frequent!
My guess, from the tenor of your post, is that she won't listen to you whatever you say, so maybe an independent, non-related person could have a word? The garage man, for example?

Ron.

[ronnyd]

On hearing of various reports re Evans Helshaw i wouldn,t have thought that they would be giving much abjective
advice only profitable 

[pscocoa]

It is a 2000 W reg KA - low mileage of course. Heaven knows how she gets through clutches.

[pscocoa]

On hearing of various reports re Evans Helshaw i wouldn,t have thought that they would be giving much abjective
advice only profitable 

to be fair they do a basic service for her (as they have been instructed by her) for £79. Apparently it is same instruction each year. She would not do well with Omega I fear 

[Stemo]

It is a 2000 W reg KA - low mileage of course. Heaven knows how she gets through clutches.

I see it in the supermarket car park every day. Engine at about 3000 revs, car hardly moving. They are either deaf or just plain past it I'm afraid.

[chrisgixer]

Probably using the clutch pedal as a foot rest.

Old people don't like change. They like routine and to know they won't get any surprises. That often means they'd rather pay and budget for a new clutch every two years than, say, have to get used to a new car with an auto box, for example.

I don't subscribe to this theory that we don't pay out on repairs that are more than the car is worth, purely because cars get neglected. The bills roll over and then all come at once.

My sister punto being a prime example. £400 bill on a car worth £300. Why? All four tyres should of been replaced a year ago with several advisories from a favourable tester. (It does minimal miles.) So there's £200 straight away. Cam belt, well over due, lucky it hadn't failed. £100 odd iirc with the rest of the engine service.

The only new unknown fault the car actually failed on was two rear shocks. £40 in parts.

[chrisgixer]

It is a 2000 W reg KA - low mileage of course. Heaven knows how she gets through clutches.

I see it in the supermarket car park every day. Engine at about 3000 revs, car hardly moving. They are either deaf or just plain past it I'm afraid.

Yep. Sat in Muckys car park.
3 people in thar car all consumed their happy meals by the time one old lady had crossed the car park, put her zimmer and shopping in the boot, got in, started the car and negotiated the exit.

We, then watched for a further 5 mins until the resulting traffic backlog subsided.

[henryd]

My elderly uncle now departed bought a brand new Volvo 960 back in the day and had four clutches in the first 20k,the Dealer fitted three under warranty and I fitted the fourth just before he passed on,the car is still in the family and has done 140k now and had no more clutches fitted,my uncle put it down to the fact the car was very quiet and he was a little hard of hearing so was gunning the revs on take off and slipping the clutch until up to speed

[pscocoa]

 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

It is a 2000 W reg KA - low mileage of course. Heaven knows how she gets through clutches.

I see it in the supermarket car park every day. Engine at about 3000 revs, car hardly moving. They are either deaf or just plain past it I'm afraid.

Both.

[Kevin Wood]

My elderly uncle now departed bought a brand new Volvo 960 back in the day and had four clutches in the first 20k,the Dealer fitted three under warranty and I fitted the fourth just before he passed on,the car is still in the family and has done 140k now and had no more clutches fitted,my uncle put it down to the fact the car was very quiet and he was a little hard of hearing so was gunning the revs on take off and slipping the clutch until up to speed

Kid of worrying in a car with that much power. I have the same theory about quiet engines these days, but it can't really be applied to a Ka. Can't get a much more rough and agricultural engine!

[bigegg]

ExMrsEgg is deaf as a post.
She has to look at the rev counter to tell if the engine's running.
Luckily it's an auto