A friend who's broken down
Poll: A friend who's broken down
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sim16v said:
Would always go and help.
Last one was last month.
A mate heading from London to the Nurburgring alone and his gearbox packed in somewhere in Belgium.
I was already at the 'ring, and got the phone call 5 minutes before the track was due to open!
It was a mk2 Golf GTI, so I had a good idea what the problem would be, and asked him to check for oil in the gearbox.
It was dry, so I knew I would either tow him, or go and buy some gearbox oil and try to free it off and get it working with the new oil.
Headed off, found him about an hour and a half later , put the oil in and it started to work.
Happy days, I didn't have to tow him to the 'ring!
I did do a lap of the ring before I headed out though.....;)
He's a great friend, who would definitely do the same for me, and I did sell him the Golf last year, so I couldn't have just left him!
It reads like you sold your mate a car with a major gearbox leak.Last one was last month.
A mate heading from London to the Nurburgring alone and his gearbox packed in somewhere in Belgium.
I was already at the 'ring, and got the phone call 5 minutes before the track was due to open!
It was a mk2 Golf GTI, so I had a good idea what the problem would be, and asked him to check for oil in the gearbox.
It was dry, so I knew I would either tow him, or go and buy some gearbox oil and try to free it off and get it working with the new oil.
Headed off, found him about an hour and a half later , put the oil in and it started to work.
Happy days, I didn't have to tow him to the 'ring!
I did do a lap of the ring before I headed out though.....;)
He's a great friend, who would definitely do the same for me, and I did sell him the Golf last year, so I couldn't have just left him!
PositronicRay said:
sim16v said:
Would always go and help.
Last one was last month.
A mate heading from London to the Nurburgring alone and his gearbox packed in somewhere in Belgium.
I was already at the 'ring, and got the phone call 5 minutes before the track was due to open!
It was a mk2 Golf GTI, so I had a good idea what the problem would be, and asked him to check for oil in the gearbox.
It was dry, so I knew I would either tow him, or go and buy some gearbox oil and try to free it off and get it working with the new oil.
Headed off, found him about an hour and a half later , put the oil in and it started to work.
Happy days, I didn't have to tow him to the 'ring!
I did do a lap of the ring before I headed out though.....;)
He's a great friend, who would definitely do the same for me, and I did sell him the Golf last year, so I couldn't have just left him!
It reads like you sold your mate a car with a major gearbox leak.Last one was last month.
A mate heading from London to the Nurburgring alone and his gearbox packed in somewhere in Belgium.
I was already at the 'ring, and got the phone call 5 minutes before the track was due to open!
It was a mk2 Golf GTI, so I had a good idea what the problem would be, and asked him to check for oil in the gearbox.
It was dry, so I knew I would either tow him, or go and buy some gearbox oil and try to free it off and get it working with the new oil.
Headed off, found him about an hour and a half later , put the oil in and it started to work.
Happy days, I didn't have to tow him to the 'ring!
I did do a lap of the ring before I headed out though.....;)
He's a great friend, who would definitely do the same for me, and I did sell him the Golf last year, so I couldn't have just left him!
TheBALDpuma said:
£240 is mental! I've just paid £95 for personal cover for myself and my other half with the RAC. Doesn't include homestart, but does include recovery to anywhere in the country and roadside assistance.
Your telling me, I didn't even get an AA person either just a local garage with a flatbed. in hindsight I should have just phoned them straight off and missed out the middleman. It stung when the renewal came through at £50 the following year compared to what I'd been forced to pay the year before. But it did include everything including homestart etc.I am also "the bloke that knows about cars" amongst friends and am often being pestered to "come and have a look at my car". Most of the time I don't mind, I get a lot of free beers out of it and sometimes I learn something as well. There are, however, a few friends who take the piss slightly.
So anyway, a couple of months back, it was 10.30pm on a Friday night and my mobile rings, and it is one of the above-mentioned people. SWMBO asks who it is, I tell her, she says ignore it. I am going to, but then at the last second think "no, I'll answer it, and if he's taking the piss I'll just say I've been drinking so can't come out". Picked up the phone, mate in a panic, his father's just been rushed to hospital with a serious stroke and he can't get there as he's been drinking. I got him there (35 miles away) in 45 minutes.
I won't ignore a call again (though I might invoke the "sorry I'm pissed" defence).
So anyway, a couple of months back, it was 10.30pm on a Friday night and my mobile rings, and it is one of the above-mentioned people. SWMBO asks who it is, I tell her, she says ignore it. I am going to, but then at the last second think "no, I'll answer it, and if he's taking the piss I'll just say I've been drinking so can't come out". Picked up the phone, mate in a panic, his father's just been rushed to hospital with a serious stroke and he can't get there as he's been drinking. I got him there (35 miles away) in 45 minutes.
I won't ignore a call again (though I might invoke the "sorry I'm pissed" defence).
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