How many man points lost?
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I dropped my SRT 10 Ram into American Vehicle Sevicing in Braintree yesterday to sort the sticking brake callipers out.
Offer of a loan car much appreciated for the day.
I wait whilst all sorts of tasty vehicles are pulled out of the garage - F150's, Rams, etc and lastly what appears to be a grey car of unknown origin, ideal for your teenage daughter who's just passed her test - this is mine for the day. Great!
I drive off after a couple of minutes trying to get the seat back further and am alerted to a problem with the car - no fuel.
OK, garage ahead - no problem.
Does this thing take diesel or petrol??? It's fairly quiet but nothing advertising 'TDi' on the back of the car or any clues elsewhere and the fuel cap is black. On the inside of the fuel filler is a picture of a pump with a line though it.
I gave in and rung the dealer.
Shall I hand in my man card and never come here again?
:-(
Offer of a loan car much appreciated for the day.
I wait whilst all sorts of tasty vehicles are pulled out of the garage - F150's, Rams, etc and lastly what appears to be a grey car of unknown origin, ideal for your teenage daughter who's just passed her test - this is mine for the day. Great!
I drive off after a couple of minutes trying to get the seat back further and am alerted to a problem with the car - no fuel.
OK, garage ahead - no problem.
Does this thing take diesel or petrol??? It's fairly quiet but nothing advertising 'TDi' on the back of the car or any clues elsewhere and the fuel cap is black. On the inside of the fuel filler is a picture of a pump with a line though it.
I gave in and rung the dealer.
Shall I hand in my man card and never come here again?
:-(
W00DY said:
Since you couldn't even figure out who manufactured it, then you should probably hand in any sharp objects you own at the same time.
What he said.I've had some random loan cars but I can tell you make and model of them all. Can't always work out the engine size but working out the fuel it's running on has never been that hard, hell you can normally do it from the rev counter before you even start the car up.
I've given it back now thankfully!
Seriously despite the doubters, I did ring them although I was 75% sure it took petrol. The chap on the phone was kind enough not to laugh too much.
I can see how filling cars with the wrong fuel is common.
I didn't photograph it as it wasn't much to look at but it did use a lot less fuel than I'm used to.
Seriously despite the doubters, I did ring them although I was 75% sure it took petrol. The chap on the phone was kind enough not to laugh too much.
I can see how filling cars with the wrong fuel is common.
I didn't photograph it as it wasn't much to look at but it did use a lot less fuel than I'm used to.
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