Chubbs
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« on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 12:52:10 » |
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Took my car in to the garage for a simple MOT, and now it comes out with a 500 quid bill.
Fucking french cars.
I knew there was lots of stuff wrong with it but thought it would sneak past the MOT but no,
At the end of the day if they can fix it and stop it from constantly over heating(thats my main issue with the car) then i have no quarms in keeping it, but im not holding my breath.
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 12:58:15 » |
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What do you need done for it to pass the MOT?
The overheating shouldn't affect the MOT.
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Chubbs
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:07:35 » |
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that was my thoughts exactly, but its got so bad recently, when they put it on the emmisions machine they cant complete it coz it overheats
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:10:39 » |
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is this the new car you were looking for recently?what is it a renault?
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:11:46 » |
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The joys of owning a car.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:13:43 » |
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I'm glad they do walking mot's because I'd me fucked.
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:15:43 » |
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Could be a number of things. Simplest would be the thermostat. Worst would be head gasket.
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Chubbs
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:18:32 » |
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Could be a number of things. Simplest would be the thermostat. Worst would be head gasket. i know what it is, and i know he's not fobbing me off coz i've allready had it looked at 3 times before just to see if i could find out what it was and now he's telling me the same thing. The two fans at the front of the car originaly siezed up, i took it to a garage about a year ago and they told me exactly what this guy has told me, but he managed to free them up and got em working again, he said it wont last but will be ok for a while, and now along with the fans the motors have totaly burnt out aswell. |
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Chubbs
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:21:52 » |
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is this the new car you were looking for recently?what is it a renault? no, its my pug, i mean i love the car, its just a heap of shit, if this fixes it for good, i'll keep it. also does anyone know any good bodyshop's as i wouldnt mind getting the body work fixed up aswell |
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:23:33 » |
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i reckon you could get those parts from a breakers cheapish.get your yellow pages out.some will even post you it.wont be hard to fit get a haynes and away you go
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:24:17 » |
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I bought a Korean effort after I finally passed my test just to get me through a year of driving before I get some beast of a machine but I bloody love it.
Not only do they eat dogs they make surprisingly good cars. Thing is solid and reliable as a brick and has a boot of scoot about it as well.
Hyudai Coupe Evolution it gets me hard.
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Chubbs
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:31:14 » |
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i reckon you could get those parts from a breakers cheapish.get your yellow pages out.some will even post you it.wont be hard to fit get a haynes and away you go i like your thinking, but it means totaly stipping down the front end of the car for starters, i'll leave it to the people who know what they are doing |
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Arriba
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 13:46:32 » |
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are you sure chubbs?aren't they just screw on removable parts?
i changed mine on an a sierra a few years ago.it cant be that different?
that or i'm totally wrong about pugs?
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Chubbs
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 14:01:54 » |
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nothing is ever simple on my pug, everything is always more compllicated that it fist seems, it took em 2 hours to find the exhaust to fit my car, coz there wasnt one in their manual,
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 14:25:29 » |
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Have a look at eurocarparts.com
If it's just the radiator fan it should be a piece of piss to do it yourself. You might have to unbolt the radiator to move it out of the way but you shouldn't need to disconnect any hoses.
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