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  • Meat-Head
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    1) SMMT are incapable of replying to Tweets
    2) SMMT have no idea of their opening hours
    3) SMMT have no car parking spaces
    4) Would you really want to fit a ECP part to a hybrid drive train
    5) “insulated rescue pole” hrrm lets think

    A) your expecting someone to get a zap – but they cant enter the safe sone
    If you get a zap from DC at that voltage chances are your fried before you know it. If your heart stops not long before you get brain damage and become
    Paralised.

    B) if your trained by IMI approved test centre. Why do you need rescue pole?

    in reply to: Land Rover celebrates 50 years of Range Rover at Goodwood #202365
    Meat-Head
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    As per normal knew nothing about it until afterwards.

    What are the chances of the dealer having all the parts available for them
    Any of the really older or really newer ones!

    JLR dont answer the phone when you ring anyway.

    Was there a total carbon footprint for the event and fuel used figure to hand?

    in reply to: Peugeot opens classic restoration service #202225
    Meat-Head
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    How cool is that, when dealer says no parts available.

    So what about the brown plug that rots over the bellhousing?

    The doors that flex as you shut them etc

    in reply to: BMW recalls plug-in hybrid models over battery fire risk #202224
    Meat-Head
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    Great so what is the fix?

    Clio bonnet flying open. Greased and sent on way

    Vauxhall handbrake sticker saying check brakes on etc.

    So if they end up changing millions of batteries how do they deal with it?

    in reply to: Consultation launched into future of Block Exemption #202223
    Meat-Head
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    Ok, so manufacturers are required to supply parts, ring Mercedes
    And try and order full lockset, they will ONLY supply certain parts to their dealer network.

    As for block exception why should it be discontinued!

    Can understand oil/filters having to be genuine for warranty
    Purposes but the rest, you brought it, do what you like.

    If you want to put paper ears on your cat, you dont need its mothers
    Input, likewise its your car you paid for it.

    in reply to: The symptoms and causes of exhaust gas temp sensor failures #201990
    Meat-Head
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    Neal Shoemaker hianddry santa fe

    Ram it back in and repeat, be surprised if it is.

    Does it cut dead, or like my dreams fade and die?

    in reply to: Carbon Clean technology vital across Europe, says specialist #201967
    Meat-Head
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    Great, what goes around comes around, 100 years ago engine needed stripping ever 20,000 miles for a decoke.

    So what has changed in last 100 years?

    As for DPF & EGR somebodies has made millions off such dumb ideas

    £1 profit off each one!

    Meat-Head
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    Where ever possible get clothing removed if on fire. As its already
    Soft and warm. Yet when it cools down it will be hard and solid and more difficult to remove.

    So try not to wear shellsuits when working on cars.

    As for what caused the fire, what was the job he was doing?
    Brake pipes? Or fuel leak #ethnol

    in reply to: Euro Car Parts confirms leadership changes #201962
    Meat-Head
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    Where possable avoid them, but odd item only them that can get.

    GSP were unable to get a part, had numbers of old, euro got one bect day
    £10 dearer than eBay but was same part and worked.

    Was the rubber band for a power assisted ashtray

    Meat-Head
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    Is there any signs these are going to catch fire?

    Last thing you want is one at front of workshop with no way of getting out
    Or anymore space to put some citroens or a rotten Reno.

    As for the offer, decline it, if your lucky enough for it to torch an entire multi-storey carpark, taken the offer cant sue them as accepted as compsation.

    Meat-Head
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    Sounds an interesting thing, so is the microphone always on!

    Leave radio one playing, will think the big ends hanging out

    Meat-Head
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    There are companies that dont have a telephone number
    (Xero accounting people) for a start, or some companies
    That just use faketube and fakebook as their contact details

    Often seen company van with just a company name no address no phone number
    No website, no DK profile etc.

    You tried getting hold of these companies to say something, very difficult.

    As for feedback often find Tweet a company instead of taking it onboard just block you.

    For example the motorombdusman service, nothing nasty and blocjed me
    Same with Delphi and all the Bosch automotive folks.

    Meat-Head
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    Great, just need ex-peugoet folks, as they are just rebadged peugets

    Battery price, hope it included fitting on a remote Scottish Island with
    3 week holiday included.

    As for main dealer services sometimes rear brakes dont get checked for beards.

    Meat-Head
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    Theres the IGA breaking ofcom regs.

    No mention of Premium phone number, no mention of access charges
    Or call charges, most unprofessional.

    #say no to 0845

    Meat-Head
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    Normally I would jump on a link like that and read it top to bottom 3 times.

    Yet as the link is smmt and mentions imi not even going to bother.

    Smmt are incapable of

    1) replying to a Tweeted question (simple couple of times) without blocking
    2) in capable of replying to an email
    3) not really sure what there opening hours are when telephoned

    Imi are also incapable of

    1) replying to a ‘mis tweet’ you dont block someone for a mistake
    You sell them something they dont want or need

    2) incapable of a sensible fire evacuation plan

    3) incapable of giving a name/number of ANY garage
    That can look at a car with warning light on in a given
    Location.

    EDIT. LINK mentions second. Most confusing

    Meat.

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    in reply to: Customer thanks garage owner for saving his life #201594
    Meat-Head
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    Never had the misfortune to have anything like that , but my
    Mate had a customer with an elpitic fit, as the guy was in the door way, he just stepped over the man and carried on working, he quite rightly pointed out if he didn’t his boss would have been upset as how do you invoice for medical repairs
    When covered by the NHS.

    As for modern heart surgery, routine as fitting a turbo charger to anything with a HDI 16 engine or heater motor in a corsa/punto!

    Meat-Head
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    Once upon a time you could mix and match, t’ same dynamo and control
    Box, yer could, swap from one make/model t’ another.

    Nowadays you got t’ use t’ computer t’ tell compu’er it has one of them new fangled alternator things.

    Some cars you have t’ tell t’ computer it got a new belt 😮
    On them ones with the ‘Dyna-Starter’

    Then the extra weight and cost of these ‘stop-start’ batteries.

    Your stop-start special self starter solenoid to save 0.5 seconds on restart.

    Dont think the 1985 Volkswagen Polo C Formula E had the extra solenoid!

    in reply to: DVLA launches online replacement logbook service #201420
    Meat-Head
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    Used to be free to replace, to apply for log book when car just aquired
    Should be free, its a piece of paper the dvla super computer just dont care

    Owners that have lost theirs yes charge but if with other documents then discounted

    Meat-Head
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    Interesting to know how the consumer group got hold of JLR when they don’t answer the phone. The engeering dept according to Jok dont have a blower.

    Tesla, I did start a thread in the forum section but never got approved
    So let others find out what that was.

    Meat-Head
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    Looking on companies house they been around since 2016

    Also looking at the website and companies house, the directors
    Seem to have plenty of companies to their names.

    As for video a college doing something, taking up extra time
    Yes, ok the odd job you photo/video and Tweet to the punter to demonstrate
    Something.

    in reply to: SHORTAGE OF VINAL/LATEX GLOVES? #201308
    Meat-Head
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    😮 I was in local motor factors, £15 +VAT for disposable gloves

    Thats like loads of beer tokens

    Meat-Head
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    Sounds like hassle, the boss is the only person with access to that email
    Account, he/she is on their 6th holiday of the year, currently on a yacht in the gulf of mekkico With no internet access.

    As for the ‘key’ does each machine store it?
    What happens if machine fails?
    If everything is connecting by Bluetooth® can be hacked
    #blue snarfing.

    Just for reference the new electronic passports were hacked on day of release!

    If Bob Marley comes along and starts jamming, does test get stopped?

    Also on MOT history don’t show brake results anyway!

    Meat-Head
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    Automatic parking brakes are a bad idea, the amount of times get out of a car and its not applied.

    Did see a document moaning about fully electric brakes being the worst

    As for handbrake turns or as an emergency, lift switch, hold and hope

    in reply to: Opinion: Not all cars are obviously electric #201202
    Meat-Head
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    This was on that TV show, be interesting to stick a £20 trolley jack
    Under one corner, see if you can open the back doors still.

    As requards battery powered ‘anything’ vacuum cleaner, drill
    Kids toy car, bicycle lights, mobile phone etc, the batteries
    Degrade.

    Once battery gets tired they fail rapid, everything is in series,
    So you get reversed cells and ‘boiled cells’

    Flatten a lorry battery by tapping off first 12v battery, then you will
    Quite soon end up with TWO dud batteries, as first wont charge and second will be
    Fizzing away at 16 volts.

    In an ideal world a 2 volt 1000ah cell would be great, but the terminals
    Would be the size of a cat.

    If your in some dessert somewhere, delivering pizzas at night
    Leaving it to charge on solar by day, do it.

    But the losses in electric network, when the power starts in belguim
    Turned into dc, across channel then turned back into ac, then up
    The country, to a power socket that’s drawing about 10 amps
    Why do that?

    As for “100% torque at zero rpm”. Great spin that clutch centre out.
    As for “no gearbox” drilling a hole in a tree with your black & wrecker drill, stick it low box, same for cycling uphill!

    Get a bad connection, clean it, now changed resiance of terminal thats 5nm tight
    Draws 900 amps not 90!

    Electric bicycle the same 18650 cells, sone guy on YouTube did 25 miles bike ride, stopped 60 seconds, burnt his hoose doown.

    Meat-Head
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    What is it with this #cornovirus

    People just keep walking into the workshop and start talking to like your their best buddies.

    When they do that, get told next week before can look at it, if they park in middle of yard, get told week after next

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