The sad consequences of a man read and being a tool
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Yes, no excuses. One man read of the instructions a certain arrogance of the current owner leads to situation which could have so easily been avoided.
I don't normally get intimate with cars but being new to the Aston marque I thought it was the least I should do. I mean how hard could it be?
Check and adjust the tyre pressures. Done. Check the oil. mmmm it's not registering on the dip stick, I look in the manaul, yep no oil means top her up.Off to Halfords for some oil. Copious amounts of pouring later I wander into the house to share with my better half how thirsty the Aston is on oil. One beer later I'm musing to myself well P is for plenty and diligently top her up to the max while at the same time making a mental note to discuss this aspect either on the forum or with the dealer.
Now the following day I'm off to Millbrook and with a early start in hand, I start the car. One for the pleasure of hearing the noise and secondly to make sure she's fine and actually starts. I'll hang my head in shame at this point for having little faith but it's been a few weeks since our last outing and a little foreplay the night before the main event would increase my anticipation as I drifted off to sleep. Now if you believe the saying " How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans" Well I must have had the chap rolling around on the floor.
Checking the oil again I was surprised to see the volume of oil that had appeared which was now attempting to drown my dipstick. At this point I actually had a proper read of the instructions. A very poor and feeble attempt of sticking a spray handle into the sump and furiously trying to pump the oil out ended in failure which meant to call to Ason assist who were very amiable and understanding as was Stratsone Hagley who have turned the car around in a day.
The best quote of the day so far goes to Rob at Hagley "I don't know which is worse the owners who don't lift the bonnet or the ones that do"!
So if this tale of self inflicted woe spares a fellow owner of the embarresment and ridicule that is wholly deserved then it's been a positive expereince and that's the straw I'm clinging too.
I don't normally get intimate with cars but being new to the Aston marque I thought it was the least I should do. I mean how hard could it be?
Check and adjust the tyre pressures. Done. Check the oil. mmmm it's not registering on the dip stick, I look in the manaul, yep no oil means top her up.Off to Halfords for some oil. Copious amounts of pouring later I wander into the house to share with my better half how thirsty the Aston is on oil. One beer later I'm musing to myself well P is for plenty and diligently top her up to the max while at the same time making a mental note to discuss this aspect either on the forum or with the dealer.
Now the following day I'm off to Millbrook and with a early start in hand, I start the car. One for the pleasure of hearing the noise and secondly to make sure she's fine and actually starts. I'll hang my head in shame at this point for having little faith but it's been a few weeks since our last outing and a little foreplay the night before the main event would increase my anticipation as I drifted off to sleep. Now if you believe the saying " How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans" Well I must have had the chap rolling around on the floor.
Checking the oil again I was surprised to see the volume of oil that had appeared which was now attempting to drown my dipstick. At this point I actually had a proper read of the instructions. A very poor and feeble attempt of sticking a spray handle into the sump and furiously trying to pump the oil out ended in failure which meant to call to Ason assist who were very amiable and understanding as was Stratsone Hagley who have turned the car around in a day.
The best quote of the day so far goes to Rob at Hagley "I don't know which is worse the owners who don't lift the bonnet or the ones that do"!
So if this tale of self inflicted woe spares a fellow owner of the embarresment and ridicule that is wholly deserved then it's been a positive expereince and that's the straw I'm clinging too.
Edited by Mr Aston Martin on Wednesday 15th June 17:18
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