I like this Discovery I park by in the week.
Now I know the limp mode won't be costing me anything thanks to my 1337 mechanical skillz, I'm now going to spend the imaginary money I would have given to the garage on a remap. I've mentioned this to my wife and she hasn't hit me.
Just need the imaginary money I haven't spent to become real money first though.
Just need the imaginary money I haven't spent to become real money first though.
New brakes and tyres all round and a major service. £917 
Ouch, that sucks. Sorry to hear that mate.
I assume you're going to a good BMW independent garage, not a main dealer, and using black circles?
I assume you're going to a good BMW independent garage, not a main dealer, and using black circles?
Yeah BMW specialists but I just got them to do the lot, you're right I should have done the tyres separately, it would have been about sixty odd quid cheaper.
I've just shelled out £200 for new doorstraps and £185 for a new cat (that hasn't been fitted yet). Add in £400 for a new clutch, £150 for new lambda sensors (which didn't fix the issue), £80 for a new ABS sensor and £200 for new front tyres and it's been an expensive first 10 months of owning this car.
Fucking cars. Although trying to be philosophical this car has been good to me so far, not really gone wrong in any expensive kind of way so if it keeps it ticking along for another couple of years with an oil change in between it's not too bad.
Yeah, scant consolation now of course, but Man-Maths(tm) says divide the cost over the total no. of months you're planning on keeping the car (or miles travelled). I'm guiltier than most in doing this.
That said, though, all cars seem to hit a certain age when everything seems to start fucking up at once. I know the feeling...
That said, though, all cars seem to hit a certain age when everything seems to start fucking up at once. I know the feeling...
£175 for Rover since May and a Vauxhall bounced off the front of it.
Lonewolves wrote:
I've just shelled out £200 for new doorstraps and £185 for a new cat (that hasn't been fitted yet). Add in £400 for a new clutch, £150 for new lambda sensors (which didn't fix the issue), £80 for a new ABS sensor and £200 for new front tyres and it's been an expensive first 10 months of owning this car.
So let's compare this to if I had gone ahead with the Fiesta lease.
£2900 for the Civic
+ £1100 repairs
--------
£4000
£805.50 up front for the Fiesta
+ £268.50 * 10 months = £2685
--------
£3490.50
Amazing.
Shit me, that is cheaper than i thought it would be. Is that a lease, loan or hp?
MaliA wrote:
Shit me, that is cheaper than i thought it would be. Is that a lease, loan or hp?
It was a special deal I was offered on a lease of a Fiesta ST-3. About the same price as the ST-2 normally.
MaliA wrote:
£175 for Rover since May and a Vauxhall bounced off the front of it.
Theresa's recovered well though.
Lonewolves wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
I've just shelled out £200 for new doorstraps and £185 for a new cat (that hasn't been fitted yet). Add in £400 for a new clutch, £150 for new lambda sensors (which didn't fix the issue), £80 for a new ABS sensor and £200 for new front tyres and it's been an expensive first 10 months of owning this car.
So let's compare this to if I had gone ahead with the Fiesta lease.
£2900 for the Civic
+ £1100 repairs
--------
£4000
£805.50 up front for the Fiesta
+ £268.50 * 10 months = £2685
--------
£3490.50
Amazing.
Yeah but the Civic is yours now. No handing back / balloon payment at the end. And higher revs than Cavey's Porsche.
True! 
markg wrote:
New brakes and tyres all round and a major service. £917
The Rav4 is running properly now.
Cost of repairs since buying it £1600. (Turbo recondition, MAF sensor, New solenoids, complete engine flush at Diesel Engine specialists, removal of CUNTING sheared off locking FUCKING wheelnuts, etc.)
It had better do us proud for a few years worth of motoring / camping trips to pay us back.
Zardoz wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
I've just shelled out £200 for new doorstraps and £185 for a new cat (that hasn't been fitted yet). Add in £400 for a new clutch, £150 for new lambda sensors (which didn't fix the issue), £80 for a new ABS sensor and £200 for new front tyres and it's been an expensive first 10 months of owning this car.
So let's compare this to if I had gone ahead with the Fiesta lease.
£2900 for the Civic
+ £1100 repairs
--------
£4000
£805.50 up front for the Fiesta
+ £268.50 * 10 months = £2685
--------
£3490.50
Amazing.
Yeah but the Civic is yours now. No handing back / balloon payment at the end. And higher revs than Cavey's Porsche.
Correct. Also after two years I'd have paid out a guaranteed £7249.50 on the Fiesta. I'm hoping my second year of Civic ownership is a fair bit cheaper than £4000.
The Subarhubarb has had about £1k in past 12 months (belts, clutch, heater control, oil filter) and the header pipes have begun to blow.
MaliA wrote:
The Subarhubarb
I found that funnier than I should have.
Our car has the sads again.
Snapped coil spring again. I must drive over potholes too much.
Snapped coil spring again. I must drive over potholes too much.
http://www.eibachshop.co.uk/eibach-prok ... LWdYRicaL4
#HellaFlush it if you're needing to replace one anyway.
#HellaFlush it if you're needing to replace one anyway.
Is it the same 'corner' or the opposite side to the one already replaced?
Zardoz wrote:
Is it the same 'corner' or the opposite side to the one already replaced?
I have deferred to 'the man' and as such I don't know. I think it was front driver last time and maybe front offside this time?
It's £77 to replace it and the £50 for wheel alignment. As I have no idea about these things I have just signed the piece of paper they put in front of me and they're working on it now.
Offside is the driver's side.
Nearside is "near" to the kerb.
Nearside is "near" to the kerb.
Doesn't seem right busting a new spring in that space of time. 'Shit happens' with cars though.
BUT!
Tell the man that he put a shit spring on and that he'll damn well replace it for free.
Or else you'll kick his balls off.
BUT!
Tell the man that he put a shit spring on and that he'll damn well replace it for free.
Or else you'll kick his balls off.
Grim... wrote:
Offside is the driver's side.
Nearside is "near" to the kerb.
Nearside is "near" to the kerb.
When I'm overtaking low revving Porsches my drivers side is near the kerb.
Well my car definitely feels a grand better now, the new pollen filter especially has transformed it.
Actually the tyres do feel loads better, they put on the Bridgestones that BMW use.
I'm tempting myself to buy a new car, getting quotes through carwow.
The sensible option is just to pay the balloon payment on the PCP, but.....
The sensible option is just to pay the balloon payment on the PCP, but.....
Lonewolves wrote:
I've just shelled out £200 for new doorstraps and £185 for a new cat (that hasn't been fitted yet). Add in £400 for a new clutch, £150 for new lambda sensors (which didn't fix the issue), £80 for a new ABS sensor and £200 for new front tyres and it's been an expensive first 10 months of owning this car.
This iRacing thing is getting out of hand, man.
MOT day! What will it fail on this year?
Mr Dave wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
I've just shelled out £200 for new doorstraps and £185 for a new cat (that hasn't been fitted yet). Add in £400 for a new clutch, £150 for new lambda sensors (which didn't fix the issue), £80 for a new ABS sensor and £200 for new front tyres and it's been an expensive first 10 months of owning this car.
This iRacing thing is getting out of hand, man.
You have to respect the detail level of the in-game purchases though.
Kern wrote:
MOT day! What will it fail on this year?
Mine's tomorrow. Given that I've not driven it in 6 weeks+ and has a coolant leak (again) I'm not holding out much hope
I don't think it was the same spring that busted, I think it was the one on the other side. Would just seem odd that when the first one went last year that they wouldn't replace both at the same time, but perhaps they didn't think to tell me that they often go in pairs due to being the same age.
Either way it's sorted now, and no longer sounds like I have a load of metal tent poles rattling around the car.
Either way it's sorted now, and no longer sounds like I have a load of metal tent poles rattling around the car.
Mr Russell wrote:
Either way it's sorted now, and no longer sounds like I have a load of metal tent poles rattling around the car.
They just took the tent out of the boot, right?
Jem wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
Either way it's sorted now, and no longer sounds like I have a load of metal tent poles rattling around the car.
They just took the tent out of the boot, right?
One time I took a car in because the clutch pedal was sticking every time I pressed it, and they diagnosed it as car mat stuck under pedal.
Mr Russell wrote:
Jem wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
Either way it's sorted now, and no longer sounds like I have a load of metal tent poles rattling around the car.
They just took the tent out of the boot, right?
One time I took a car in because the clutch pedal was sticking every time I pressed it, and they diagnosed it as car mat stuck under pedal.
£50 labour charge to fix it?
Jem wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
Jem wrote:
Mr Russell wrote:
Either way it's sorted now, and no longer sounds like I have a load of metal tent poles rattling around the car.
They just took the tent out of the boot, right?
One time I took a car in because the clutch pedal was sticking every time I pressed it, and they diagnosed it as car mat stuck under pedal.
£50 labour charge to fix it?
Fortunately it was in for other reasons as well*, and I just happened to mention that as another symptom on top, so it wasn't too embarrassing!
*Radiator had blown up
Might possible have told this before...
My wife once took her car into the garage as every time she turned right there was a massive THUNK at the back. The mechanic gave it a good look over around the rear wheels / struts etc and couldn't find anything wrong. When I got home I had a look myself and found my skateboard in the boot.
My wife once took her car into the garage as every time she turned right there was a massive THUNK at the back. The mechanic gave it a good look over around the rear wheels / struts etc and couldn't find anything wrong. When I got home I had a look myself and found my skateboard in the boot.
Zardoz wrote:
Might possible have told this before...
My wife once took her car into the garage as every time she turned right there was a massive THUNK at the back. The mechanic gave it a good look over around the rear wheels / struts etc and couldn't find anything wrong. When I got home I had a look myself and found my skateboard in the boot.
My wife once took her car into the garage as every time she turned right there was a massive THUNK at the back. The mechanic gave it a good look over around the rear wheels / struts etc and couldn't find anything wrong. When I got home I had a look myself and found my skateboard in the boot.
Brilliant! #Hellaflush
Zardoz wrote:
Might possible have told this before...
My wife once took her car into the garage as every time she turned right there was a massive THUNK at the back. The mechanic gave it a good look over around the rear wheels / struts etc and couldn't find anything wrong. When I got home I had a look myself and found my skateboard in the boot.
My wife once took her car into the garage as every time she turned right there was a massive THUNK at the back. The mechanic gave it a good look over around the rear wheels / struts etc and couldn't find anything wrong. When I got home I had a look myself and found my skateboard in the boot.
*Smirk*
Kern wrote:
MOT day! What will it fail on this year?
"A brake pad is missing" .
Zardoz wrote:
Might possible have told this before...
My wife once took her car into the garage as every time she turned right there was a massive THUNK at the back. The mechanic gave it a good look over around the rear wheels / struts etc and couldn't find anything wrong. When I got home I had a look myself and found my skateboard in the boot.
My wife once took her car into the garage as every time she turned right there was a massive THUNK at the back. The mechanic gave it a good look over around the rear wheels / struts etc and couldn't find anything wrong. When I got home I had a look myself and found my skateboard in the boot.
I just laughed out loud in the office... folks are looking at me
Kern wrote:
Kern wrote:
MOT day! What will it fail on this year?
"A brake pad is missing" .
That's why you have eight of them, redundancy.
Where was the last place you saw it?
Grim... wrote:
Kern wrote:
Kern wrote:
MOT day! What will it fail on this year?
"A brake pad is missing" .
It broke.
...free and is now galloping along the hard shoulder with all the other wild brake pads.
Margin of error and all that.
Kern wrote:
Kern wrote:
MOT day! What will it fail on this year?
"A brake pad is missing" .
An actual conversation I had with an ex's dad, many years ago.
Him: "I changed a spark plug today."
Me: "Wait, just one? Why?"
Him: "Well, only the one was missing."
I don't think he was joking. He might have been, but I don't think he was.
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