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Cheeky buggers, I've taken my car to them a fair few times but the mechanic was clearly taking the mic.
"your windscreen wipers are smdfggjn"
"what?"
"they're smeary, its £15"
"no, worked ok on the way to you this morning, i'll wipe them with a sponge"
"one of your washer jets is blocked, £8"
"you mean the one that squirts water over the top of the windscreen?"
"erm, yeah"
"well when I can be bothered to do it with a pin i'll do it"
"one of your tyres is down to 2mm"
"really? good for the tyre.... it was 3mm on the fronts yesterday"
"your front fog is cracked, £35"
"no, well it was cracked when I brought the car and its not an MOT failure and its not going to fail"
What a load of crap, never had this crap come from them in the past. The only thing that wasn't surprising was that my aux belt needed doing.
Dovercourts?
I used to have a very good relationship with my local Ford dealer but suddenly all the staff changed and after a service they gave me a huge list of things that neéded doing. I went elsewhere and onlY one thing needèd any attention. I've not been back.
Yeah it was dovercourt. They have always been ok in the past but it they were clearly trying it on
Justsomebloke
16-11-2006, 15:42
Malcs wiper tip of the week.
Vinegar on kitchen towel/tissue and give them a good old rub will be as good as new.
It's an old wives tale........
I know me old wife told me this morning :D
I think i nicked that off the RAC advert so the fix may only work for 5mins then leave you stranded again five minutes up the road. :D
Justsomebloke
16-11-2006, 15:58
You must be me old wife then :D
Woooooohooooooo ;D
Ok i'll give that a go. It could do with a wash but if I only need to clean the wiper blades, all the better :D
leowyatt
16-11-2006, 16:16
it's not a particular brand of vinegar, any will do. It should cut through the grease :)
*heard it on Radio City when they were doing RAC tips :) Malc we must have heard the same clip
Justsomebloke
16-11-2006, 16:20
Or have the same wife ;D
leowyatt
16-11-2006, 16:44
sssh Malc ;)
Oh ok i thought it was apple vinegar or something like that.
Oi!!! :angry: :p and nope just table vinegar should work.
Use white vinegar.
Mix it with a bit of isopropyl alcohol, some fairy liquid and water to make your own window cleaner/screen wash.
Nice tips :) I'll have to do that soon, windscreen's a mess.
Whole car needs a clean really but that's not happening for a while yet.
Justsomebloke
16-11-2006, 19:20
Use white vinegar.
Mix it with a bit of isopropyl alcohol, some fairy liquid and water to make your own window cleaner/screen wash.
Holy over complication Batman.
Just screech up outside your local Chippy, Rush in and shout Boatdrinks Emergency and grab the vinegar and a piece of that white paper they have.
Aplly said Vinegar liberally all over and wipe it frantically with the paper.
Return to the shop looking over relieved saying Thanks and telling them you really don't know what you would have done without them ;D
It's the acid in the vinegar that does the job, citric acid works fine too. Adding fairy liquid is good as that lowers the surface tension i.e. grit and much can't bond to the screen/objects as well. Often it's just the wiper blades that need a bit of TLC.
It sounds like they got it all shoved back in their face - nicely done! :D
You wait til you are told that they won't allow you to drive your car off the forecourt because its so dangerous!
Then drive it to a proper garage and they pass the car first time with not one of the mentioned 'faults'. Stupid Renault!
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