Boom bang slide
Discussion
Some comments if you please.
Thursday night coming home in the "S" and just about to turn right and there's one almighty bang - the steering stops functioning and the car slides to a halt without any brake application - Mmmm
Turns out the driver's side shock absorber has decided to go AWOL, spits out the upper casing and drops front of car on to tyre and road.
Phone AA - erm HELP!!! - so 45mins later big tilt and slide truck arrives - OH! says the driver can't move that its too low down at the front sorry and bye bye -
AA - erm we will send a specialist - give us an hour - one hour passes and lo and behold one big tilt and slide truck..OH! says the driver can't move that its too low down at the front sorry and bye bye -
AA - erm we will have tosend a specialist hang on there - and it will cost you £225 because its a specialist pick up -
after much argueing about this and realising my balls are in a vice I have no option and agree to pay - the car is picked up and away to the garage it goes.
So
First question
The suspension was all fitted new about three months ago as some of you will know - I have been informed by the repairer that this just sometimes happens and it can be the result of small stones getting caught between the spring and the cap - which leads to the cap splitting and the whole thing collapsing. I am really concerned - I was doing 90 mph down the motorway only two hours earlier - I have lost a lot of confidence in the safety of the car and would like to hear some of your opinions - at the end of the day when I drive the car from now on I will be thinking is it going to happen again - the car had the whole supension fitted brand new not four months ago - and its been off the road for a month of that due to a break in
Secondly - opinions please on being charged £264 incl VAT for towing the buggar away.
Many thanks in advance
Thursday night coming home in the "S" and just about to turn right and there's one almighty bang - the steering stops functioning and the car slides to a halt without any brake application - Mmmm
Turns out the driver's side shock absorber has decided to go AWOL, spits out the upper casing and drops front of car on to tyre and road.
Phone AA - erm HELP!!! - so 45mins later big tilt and slide truck arrives - OH! says the driver can't move that its too low down at the front sorry and bye bye -
AA - erm we will send a specialist - give us an hour - one hour passes and lo and behold one big tilt and slide truck..OH! says the driver can't move that its too low down at the front sorry and bye bye -
AA - erm we will have tosend a specialist hang on there - and it will cost you £225 because its a specialist pick up -
after much argueing about this and realising my balls are in a vice I have no option and agree to pay - the car is picked up and away to the garage it goes. So
First question
The suspension was all fitted new about three months ago as some of you will know - I have been informed by the repairer that this just sometimes happens and it can be the result of small stones getting caught between the spring and the cap - which leads to the cap splitting and the whole thing collapsing. I am really concerned - I was doing 90 mph down the motorway only two hours earlier - I have lost a lot of confidence in the safety of the car and would like to hear some of your opinions - at the end of the day when I drive the car from now on I will be thinking is it going to happen again - the car had the whole supension fitted brand new not four months ago - and its been off the road for a month of that due to a break in
Secondly - opinions please on being charged £264 incl VAT for towing the buggar away.
Many thanks in advance
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