Knights in shining armour!!
Knights in shining armour!!
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rude girl

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6,937 posts

287 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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Just wanted to say thanks to all the great people at VW today who helped when my Griff caught a cold.

It was the 100amp fuse to the battery that had blown, leaving me stranded, unable to open the boot in quick time to put the roof on (just as it started to rain), or of course to start the car or get at my limited tool kit

So, the good guys - Psychobert (a gentleman as always), Shnozz, Edt for doing the boot thing while we were searching for tools, the really nice chap who offered me his roof cover to keep the insides dry until I could get to the roof, various people who contributed tools, Joolz who did the diagnostics on the end of the phone and offered to wait at the workshop all Sunday afternoon for if I had to put the car on a transporter. And last but most definitely not least...RACING GREEN, who came across with their techy bloke, did a fix and offered to go and open up their workshop to replace the fuse for me.

To you all - thanks, it's an honour to know you.





Pies

13,116 posts

284 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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Missed you but got some pics of the car,nobody aroud at the time.

Glad to hear people helped a lady in distress

rude girl

Original Poster:

6,937 posts

287 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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Pies said:
Missed you but got some pics of the car,nobody aroud at the time.


I saw the pics - very nice, you've picked up the super-shine! It had been rained on when you saw it but BCA noticed the difference straight away when I got it out of the garage. Sorry I missed you - went in to the pub to warm up and get something to eat.

The way people rallied round was brilliant - real community spirit

apprentice

1,219 posts

288 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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rude girl said:
Just wanted to say thanks to all the great people at VW today who helped when my Griff caught a cold.



Caught a cold....my arse!

I reckon you purposely substituted a blown fuse, batted those eyelids, adopted a Penelope Pitstop like demeanour and subsequently lapped up all that close male attention.

rude girl

Original Poster:

6,937 posts

287 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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Busted!

The alternative theory is that you crept in, undid the battery bolts and broke the fuse in half just to punish me for buying it from someone else

Why do they always have to do it in public? It's not like it's a massive fault on a 9 year old car, but I was cringing at the prospect of the 'ooh, aren't they unreliable' brigade turning up. Fortunately they didn't, because I'd have had to lamp them, in true fluttery Penelope Pitstop fashion

B19GRR

1,980 posts

284 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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Hurrah! Glad you got everything sorted a dn such good help was on hand.

The griff is looking lush, at least the one that I presume is yours from Pies pics

BTW where the hell is Virginia Waters? A move south is extremely iminent so I may well be able to make it to a meet there somewhen!

Cheers,
Rob

Psychobert

6,318 posts

284 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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rude girl said:

So, the good guys - Psychobert (a gentleman as always)





G;ad top have almost helped. Thats 3 different TVRs I'd had my tools out for this weekend, and my strike rate of getting them into the state they need4ed to be in was precisiely 0.

Excellent day all round though. Some fantastic people there, (and the cars were pretty good too).

And I demonstraed to a few folks that I'm not always pissed as a newt and babbling incoherently.

>> Edited by Psychobert on Sunday 22 February 21:52

cosmoschick

7,977 posts

277 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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Psychobert said:
And I demonstraed to a few folks that I'm not always pissed as a newt and babbling incoherently.



On the contrary, I thought you came across as being quite sane!



>> Edited by cosmoschick on Sunday 22 February 23:05

Big Al.

69,336 posts

286 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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Psychobert said:


And I demonstraed to a few folks that I'm not always pissed as a newt and babbling incoherently.


So we'll put that down to the freezing weather then?

Nice to see you again.

BCA

8,651 posts

285 months

Sunday 22nd February 2004
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rude girl said:

I saw the pics - very nice, you've picked up the super-shine! It had been rained on when you saw it but BCA noticed the difference straight away when I got it out of the garage.

Verrrry shiny indeed!! caused quite a stir on the motorway too

Arriving top down in a Griffith, one has to arrive in style

Thanks again Corinne,
A few are in order at PF for that!

burriana500

16,556 posts

282 months

Monday 23rd February 2004
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cosmoschick said:

On the contrary, I thought you came across as being quite sane!


Christ... he must've been really drunk then

Psychobert

6,318 posts

284 months

Monday 23rd February 2004
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Well, I sure walked into that one..

BTW Al, nice gloves..