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So what have you done to your car today?

Started by Loo-knee, 28 April 2011, 21:20:22

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TheBoy

Quote from: Viral_Jim on 06 December 2023, 10:58:34
Took pity on the Evoque and inflated the tyres. Found out the passenger side central locking has gone lazy.

Should have stayed inside.  ::) ;D
Its JLR, I'm guess about 4+ years old. The door locks are designed to fail.

I tried cheap chinky ones in mine, neither lasted the warranty period, so go back to being arse-raped £130 a pop by the dealer.  One of the 2 chinky ones only lasted 3 months...   ...and being from ebay, no comeback

So guess it depends how quickly you want shot of it :y
Grumpy old man

TheBoy

Refitted the injector sound deadening, and dreamt up new names for that scottish idiot designer.  Granted, he didn't design the engine (did anybody?) but he still signed off, thus ultimately responsible. Tosspot.
Grumpy old man

TheBoy

And now the chinky headlight washer I fitted only a few weeks ago isn't squirting.  FFS.

What the chances of it being a fault in pump or one way valve...
Grumpy old man

Raeturbo

Laying a rubber road.

Viral_Jim

Quote from: TheBoy on 06 December 2023, 13:48:59
Its JLR, I'm guess about 4+ years old. The door locks are designed to fail.
Its a 2015 one, so either its lasted well beyond its intended design life, or its about to get its second replacement  ;D

Quote from: TheBoy on 06 December 2023, 13:48:59
So guess it depends how quickly you want shot of it :y

The correct question is, how long can I withstand the nagging to do the job, then add that to how long it will last....

On balance I think the eBay one will do just fine  ;D


TheBoy

Mrs TheBoy has an itch for an Evoque. God knows why.
Grumpy old man

Field Marshal Dr. Opti

Quote from: TheBoy on 06 December 2023, 15:57:22
Mrs TheBoy has an itch for an Evoque. God knows why.

That should last for about a week before some shithead with a box of electronic tricks opens the doors and has it away. :)

Rangie

Quote from: TheBoy on 06 December 2023, 15:57:22
Mrs TheBoy has an itch for an Evoque. God knows why.
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Why does she want a vehicle that looks like an Elephant has sat on the roof ? ( a strikingly true observation made by my youngest grandson) 😂
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level & beat you with their experience.

TheBoy

Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 December 2023, 16:45:25
Quote from: TheBoy on 06 December 2023, 15:57:22
Mrs TheBoy has an itch for an Evoque. God knows why.

That should last for about a week before some shithead with a box of electronic tricks opens the doors and has it away. :)
No different to mine, which I'm sure is the same technology anyway. And I don't fret.  Any car is easily nickable.  Certain car types just get the BBC-esque media all creamed up ;)
Grumpy old man

TheBoy

Quote from: Rangie on 06 December 2023, 17:48:27
Quote from: TheBoy on 06 December 2023, 15:57:22
Mrs TheBoy has an itch for an Evoque. God knows why.
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Why does she want a vehicle that looks like an Elephant has sat on the roof ? ( a strikingly true observation made by my youngest grandson) 😂
Who knows what goes on in the mind of a woman.  But being a modern man, I don't dictate to her what she can and can't have. Much.
Grumpy old man

Rangie

Quote from: TheBoy on 07 December 2023, 13:47:48
Quote from: Rangie on 06 December 2023, 17:48:27
Quote from: TheBoy on 06 December 2023, 15:57:22
Mrs TheBoy has an itch for an Evoque. God knows why.
.


Why does she want a vehicle that looks like an Elephant has sat on the roof ? ( a strikingly true observation made by my youngest grandson) 😂
Who knows what goes on in the mind of a woman.  But being a modern man, I don't dictate to her what she can and can't have. Much.
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I'm in total agreement with you mine will not part with her Subaru Forester, it's 18 years old now we've owned it for six but have known it from new nothing will convince her to part with it, the new MX5 we bought a few months back was hardly used so that went back to the dealership I've given up now.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level & beat you with their experience.

TheBoy

Quote from: Rangie on 07 December 2023, 14:46:13
I've given up now.
A fool for even trying, Rangie ;D.  But we never learn, do we ;D
Grumpy old man

Viral_Jim

Quote from: TheBoy on 06 December 2023, 15:57:22
Mrs TheBoy has an itch for an Evoque. God knows why.

I know of a very good used one, coming available soon... ;D

Doctor Gollum

Quote from: Viral_Jim on 07 December 2023, 20:08:59
Quote from: TheBoy on 06 December 2023, 15:57:22
Mrs TheBoy has an itch for an Evoque. God knows why.

I know of a very good used one, coming available soon... ;D
Three good tyres :D
Onanists always think outside the box.

Sir Tigger KC

Had the stone chip on the Mondeos windscreen repaired today, but unfortunately it was too big and deep to get an invisible repair and as it's in the field of vision looks like I'll need a new windscreen before MOT time.  :-\

Moral of the story is, get your windscreen chips sorted pronto before the moisture seeps in. The windscreen fella said it would have been a better outcome if I hadn't left it a couple of months.  :-[
RIP Paul 'Luvvie' Lovejoy

Politically homeless ......