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[EMD]

Everything bar the kitchen sink in the estate I am using. That includes trolley jack, and axle stands. Problem is, I can barely lift the tool box, the socket sets are almost as heavy, and if I swap to one of the others for distance use, all the aforementioned gets swapped too !!!!!!!!!
I must be totally mad

Bet your fuel consumption is sh-t.

 

[05omegav6]

AA membership, not necessarily to fix or diagnose anything, simply to get it dragged home... so that I can fix the bloody thing

[flyer 0712]

No..too.much trouble to carry tools......breakdown,recovery,,me and 5 others to my destination or home....if destination and then car kaput.....buy another omega £300...or home and sort it out,,,if that fails..buy another omega at home £300 and job done..no probs.

[ted_one]

Keep a map of all the nearest breakers handy

[Andy H]

AA membership, not necessarily to fix or diagnose anything, simply to get it dragged home... so that I can fix the bloody thing

+1

The last breakdown we had was 150 miles from home on a Sunday afternoon.

On any other day of the week the 1st AA man would have supplied and fitted an alternator and that would have seen us safely home. (As it was the 2nd AA man temporarily fitted a fully charged battery and tailed us for 75 miles and the 3rd carried us the remainder of the way on a recovery truck).

[Nick W]

AA membership, not necessarily to fix or diagnose anything, simply to get it dragged home... so that I can fix the bloody thing

That's all I've ever wanted from it.


Knowing that it can be sorted with one phonecall to a known number is worth a few quid all by itself.
After all, if you breakdown at 03:00 237miles from home, who would you ring?

[STEMO]

AA membership, not necessarily to fix or diagnose anything, simply to get it dragged home... so that I can fix the bloody thing

That's all I've ever wanted from it.


Knowing that it can be sorted with one phonecall to a known number is worth a few quid all by itself.
After all, if you breakdown at 03:00 237miles from home, who would you ring?

Ghostbusters? 

[05omegav6]

AA membership, not necessarily to fix or diagnose anything, simply to get it dragged home... so that I can fix the bloody thing

That's all I've ever wanted from it.


Knowing that it can be sorted with one phonecall to a known number is worth a few quid all by itself.
After all, if you breakdown at 03:00 237miles from home, who would you ring?

Me? 

Good shout, you're about 237 miles from Nicks house

[STEMO]

AA membership, not necessarily to fix or diagnose anything, simply to get it dragged home... so that I can fix the bloody thing

That's all I've ever wanted from it.


Knowing that it can be sorted with one phonecall to a known number is worth a few quid all by itself.
After all, if you breakdown at 03:00 237miles from home, who would you ring?

Me? 

Good shout, you're about 237 miles from Nicks house

I wish he would, I could do with a good laugh.

[Mr Gav]

AA card and a telescopic wheel wrench with a 17mm socket 

[Terbs]

Everything bar the kitchen sink in the estate I am using. That includes trolley jack, and axle stands. Problem is, I can barely lift the tool box, the socket sets are almost as heavy, and if I swap to one of the others for distance use, all the aforementioned gets swapped too !!!!!!!!!
I must be totally mad

Bet your fuel consumption is sh-t.

 

To be honest....never thought about that.....soon as it hits half, I fill back up. Thats probably stupid too as the car is always pulling top weight

[STEMO]

Everything bar the kitchen sink in the estate I am using. That includes trolley jack, and axle stands. Problem is, I can barely lift the tool box, the socket sets are almost as heavy, and if I swap to one of the others for distance use, all the aforementioned gets swapped too !!!!!!!!!
I must be totally mad

Bet your fuel consumption is sh-t.

 

To be honest....never thought about that.....soon as it hits half, I fill back up. Thats probably stupid too as the car is always pulling top weight

If your the average omega driver, you'll be a fat bastid too. That won't help. 

[Terbs]

Everything bar the kitchen sink in the estate I am using. That includes trolley jack, and axle stands. Problem is, I can barely lift the tool box, the socket sets are almost as heavy, and if I swap to one of the others for distance use, all the aforementioned gets swapped too !!!!!!!!!
I must be totally mad

Bet your fuel consumption is sh-t.

 

To be honest....never thought about that.....soon as it hits half, I fill back up. Thats probably stupid too as the car is always pulling top weight

If your the average omega driver, you'll be a fat bastid too. That won't help. 

Bloody hell...STEMO the psychic......

Cracked my misses up, that one... (fat bitch)

[VXL V6]

Trouble with breakdown services is they are all completely useless.

No idea why a spend all that money every year, as invariably we sort ourselves out when something goes wrong. Faster, easier and not dealing with dickheads.

I have to spend it so that wifey has at least a fighting chance if she breaks down. Otherwise, I would have to go and rescue her, and I'll be too busy....probably.

That's why I have it. But last time she broke down and I wasn't around, she didn't bother, and walked home, after diagnosing the fault herself.

Problem is that it can cost a few quid to get towed off a motorway and it's bound to be dark / snowing / raining when you do break down!

I have always carried a crank sensor in every Omega I've owned, what I didn't carry up until one actually failed was the correct socket and ratchet!

[Nick W]

Problem is that it can cost a few quid to get towed off a motorway and it's bound to be dark / snowing / raining when you do break down!

£150 to take you to a place of safety off the motorway; paid upfront. More if the vehicle doesn't roll. You are unlikely to get a choice of destination, and the contractor doesn't have to take you any further even if you are prepared to pay the extra.


You'll get national recovery for considerably less than that and know you'll get home.