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is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?
For tyres, they have to provide the vehicle mileage, the tyre's DOT codes, and a general condition report.
For tracking, they first need to check alignment, and then report the results. From experience, the leasing company won't authorise wheel alignment unless one side is out by at least 4 degrees.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
When I got my BWM I thought I was going to cause a rift in the space-time continuum. I didn't stop using my mirrors or indicators, I even let people out of junctions and kept to the speed limits.
Reminds me of a great tune by Paul Gilbert though:
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
I would call them cheapskates were it not for the fact that they've put GoodYear on. They could have insisted on the cheapest crap possible.
What a difference... the twitchy front end has gone, I don't have to constantly make micro-corrections on the motorway, it's a different car. I didn't have time for them to check the alignment today, but I'll take it in next week.
All's well that ends well.
p.s. - it's not an incorrect pressure problem. The car won't let me have any tyre more than a couple of PSI out without nagging the arse off me until I can't take it anymore (which is usually about thirty seconds !) and sort it out.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
God that boy can play. Not a bad tone either.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Generally that's fine, because they tend to wear equally. But on the few occasions that I've had an unrepairable puncture, I've still replaced the other (good) tyre too. £150s worth of rubber is all that's keeping me on the road, and £150 every 20k miles is pennies compared to the other running costs.
I haven't always replaced tyres in pairs, but I do make sure I have pairs of the same brand and with similar wear on the same axle. I usually try to get a proper spare wheel (as well as the low-profile thing they give you in most modern cars) so it makes it easier to swap them round and keep matching pairs if I've needed to actually replace only one.
It worries me how much some people skimp on tyres - especially if they're driving the car behind you in the wet...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Yet all these numpties in their shiny mobile armchairs cutting everyone up, overtaking you when you've pulled over for an ambulance, roaring past you at 95mph and constantly moaning that it's everyone else's fault on the roads because they are perfect drivers, condemning anyone who hurts or kills someone on the road or any van, HGV or truck driver because obviously they don't know how to drive because they are so perfect, mostly all don't even check their tyres.
It really pisses me off to be frank. VOSA and the police should clamp down more on it. Third offence and then they swing you from the gallows, no if's but's or maybe's. Death.
I don't worry about the car behind me unless they are overtaking, hitting the tipper tray would be their instant death, it's their problem for not checking their tyres.
Sorry for hijaking your thread @Emp_Fab
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
Today I went to the guys at a place near my work (Hi-Q Burgess Hill) and asked them to do the job. They said, "That will be £96". I said, "Cool. OK.". Went to pick it up and they said, "Was quicker than expected so that will be £66." I paid £66.
People who get repairs done at branded. approved garages are mugs. MUGS.
Like any scam, they only have to get a small proportion of people who don't know better to fall for it and they're laughing.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
Was most of the 49K on the motorway?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein