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Iain M
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22nd Jan 07 at 08:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Right as you can see i made it home. Took me 4 hours to get home but i made it. The Corsa is dead and sat in disgrace

Cost us £550 to get home and had to pick a calton GSI up on the way home as well as his engine mount collapsed (also done at the pod) I have picys i shall put on tonight.

Damage - Inner CV + Smashed Diff = fucked gearbox.

All in a days fun though. Think i was a bit heavy with the right foot.



[Edited on 23-01-2007 by Iain M]
VegasPhil
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22nd Jan 07 at 08:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I wondered what happened! Fucking hell

You got recovered to Wigan then? Jeeeeeeesus. What shafts you going for next time?

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Iain M
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Yeah all the way to wigan via Crewe. Got a spare set of GSI shafts in the garage i am goin to use. Then i am going to purchase the proper ones from LMF in the next couple of weeks, just need something to tie me over.

Public transport here i come
VegasPhil
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22nd Jan 07 at 09:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Any Pics?

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Iain M
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22nd Jan 07 at 09:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Picys will be on tonight. There isn't really any of the damage as you couldn't really see anything. Just a horrible noise.
Wayne
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22nd Jan 07 at 09:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Unlucky fella, i thought i had bad luck with my old one
Iain M
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22nd Jan 07 at 10:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Its been all good till yesterday. Think i need dome practice at my starts.
Wayne
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22nd Jan 07 at 10:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol.
Carl
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550 quit just to get home? take it your not in the AA or anything like that? Think i'll be renewing if thats what happens if you do break down.
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22nd Jan 07 at 11:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£550 to get home

I would have left the car there and got the train back
Matt H
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Get AA membership!!!


I've fooked my car before whilst on the pod, luckily I limped home & it broke as soon as I got back into Donny

For £80 or whatever it costs its totally worth it!
VegasPhil
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22nd Jan 07 at 11:59   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm with Green Flag. Don't know if they'd tow the fucker for that long though!

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22nd Jan 07 at 12:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hope you get her back on the road soon mate!
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quote:
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I'm with Green Flag. Don't know if they'd tow the fucker for that long though!


they are normally entitled to get you home, depends on package.
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22nd Jan 07 at 12:01   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'll check.

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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
I'm with Green Flag. Don't know if they'd tow the fucker for that long though!


If you get home recovery they tow you as long as it takes. When i was younger we once broke down in dorset and had to be towed from there.
Iain M
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22nd Jan 07 at 12:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Joined the RAC which cost £150 the £400 to get home My brother had to pay for it as i had no spare money.

We Suggested leaving it Dave but the RAC bloke who came to see if he could fix it said that if we left the car there then the chances of it been there the day after where minimal, as he used to race at santa pod and lost a car there. He told us that when he cam back the day after to get it they had put it into one of the fields and covered it in hay. He said that there is so many ways on its not worth it.
Iain M
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22nd Jan 07 at 12:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
She should be back on the road by sunday. Me and our drew gonna strip it down tonight.

a few bits of advice i picked up.

1 - Don't tell them you where on the strip when you report it
2 - Don't tell the person who comes to look at it you where on the strip. If you have the numbers on the windows that they write in chalk get rid of them a.s.a.p as they can refuse
3 - Don't tell the pick up driver you where on the strip till your car is actually on the back of the truck
4 - finally don't kick off with anyone of them that turns up as they will tell you to fuck off.
Ant
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22nd Jan 07 at 12:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats insane no one local from cs you could have left it with?
Iain M
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Oh and the first chap that came to look at it said its the fact i have 17's on this wouldn't of helped matters so that has cleared one thing up which i was undecided about and that is 16's will be going on.

[Edited on 22-01-2007 by Iain M]
Ant
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what shafts were you using?
Iain M
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22nd Jan 07 at 12:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No some of the peeps that did go who we went down with offered to help us move the car. But they had gone by the time i needed to move it.
Iain M
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22nd Jan 07 at 12:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
GSI ones i think
Joe
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22nd Jan 07 at 12:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I thought you were brave going down the strip seeing as you travelled probably about 3 hours. Oh well live and learn.
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did they know it was a 2lr that was in it ? do you have to tell such places like RAC this if they were ever to come out so they know what there looking at ?

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