Car transporter

[tobeee]

Possibly not the correct place for this message, but I need to get my Chimaera from home (St.Albans) down to David Batty's (Guildford) for a service. I don't want to risk driving it as the radiator has a serious leak!

Does anyone know of a reasonably-priced haulage company I could use? I'm not sure that my rescue service (Britannia) will help, as the service is pre-planned, and so not an emergency.

[nicholas blair]

No harm in giving them a try, I've done the same sort of thing with 'The AA' defore.

Hope you get there.

[.Mark]

RAC too. We have home start and the radiator gave up on New Years Eve, RAC came to look at it but it really needed recovering to the garage.
Garage was closed until 3rd Jan but the RAC arranged to come back then, pick it up and transport it for me.

Excellent service.

[plastic pig]

Might sound a daft question, but why travel all that way, when there are more local dealers on your doorstep??

[simpo two]

tobeee said:

so not an emergency.

Pretend you've lost your keys!

[nubbin]

Why not just drive it a mile down the road, and then call them out?

[tobeee]

I booked Batty as I've not had the car long and he seemed to have the best reputation. - Very helpful and professional on the phone too.
I actually just dicovered Offords do a free collection service (not sure whether their reputation is as good as David Batty's though). Never mind. Closest really is TVR Centre Barnet though, but they're a bit pricey, being a main dealer.

Reckon I might call my standard rescuer on Friday to tell them it's broken down, then say I've booked it into a specialist place and see if they'll take me there... can't hurt to ask.

[zebede]

Would hire you acar trailer and all the straps......if you like mail me

[Pies]

The phone call should go as follows

"i'm on my way for a service and the rad sprang a large leak"

[Incorrigible]

Are you that bad with the spanners that you can't change a radiator ?

I'm sure there must be a local PHer that'll give you a hand, will take much less time than driving down to Guildford and back

[Pies]

Yes but Ben its due for a service at David Batty's

[Incorrigible]

Pies said:

Yes but Ben its due for a service at David Batty's

[pirate mode]

Curse my speed reading, aaaarrgh

[/pirate mode]

Would still be cheaper

[tobeee]

Actually I'm not 100% certain it's the rad. It was pressure-tested a couple of weeks ago at ****** but they said it was fine, and just bled some air out. It overheated and needed a big top up just a few days later, and then got worse, until it just wasn't holding the coolant as I poured it in!

It's due for a service, and there's a few other bits required, so two birds with one stone and all that. And yes, I am that crap with a spanner!

I would mail you zebede, but your profile doesn't give your address! Please can you mail me with a price.

Thanks all.

[colinrob]

Just phone your breakdown service provider and say your radiator has sprung a leak (drive a mile from home) tell them your normal service garage is David Batty and that is where you want it taken, should'nt be a problem, anyway that's what I would do.
Why pay for a trailer etc when it could be done for free, you don't need to tell them its booked in for a service

[tovey]

topcats at aylesbury pick up for free

[ncs]

Toby

YHM

Nick

[zebede]

you have mail

[tobeee]

Sorry to drag this one up from the bottom of the stack, but thought I should write to thank you all for your suggestions and offers. Also, apart from personal offers of help, there were a couple of businesses mentioned, one of which was
www.cartransportbroker.co.uk (020 7419 8430) who gave a very swift and reasonable quote, and so others might find them useful...

[anonymous-user]

The AA took my Cerbera all the way from Surrey to Blackpool This was from work though, not from home.

Good work AA fellas