T21SVJ
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Registered: 14th Sep 06
Location: formby Drives: Company Cars
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Broke down coming onto the m6 in my old corsa overtaking a lorry when the cam belt snaped wasnt much fun.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Ive lost count the amount of time ive broke down.
All ranging from running out of fuel (diesel and petrol) to timing belts snapping (x2).
I used to get breakdown cover through Lloyds tsb when i was with them.Used up all 5 callouts in 1 year, then it was cut to 3 callouts a year when i changed to a Platinum account, used all 3 of them too.
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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back in June time I was 40ish miles from home on my way to work. put the clutch down and it didn't return. thought it was the slave but had to get towed home (140 quid for rac as my Citroλn breakdown had expired). picked up a new slave on trade, not the fault, was a hydrolic pipe that had worn against a water pipe. picked that up, got it fitted and I was sorted. only cost me 2 days pay, 140 quid tow, 68 for the slave, fiver brake fluid, 60 for the pipe  
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Boost hose on a Freelander, was able to drive to the next services, RAC came out and taped it up. £11 for a new one the following Monday.
Fuel pump on the Freelander, was being temperamental anyway and I wasn't sure what it was, guessed immobiliser. RAC diagnoses fuel pump and gave it a knock with a screwdriver, got going. Didn't ever fix that, just started carrying a screwdriver.
Tyre on the M74, drove home on a space saver limited to 50mph. Took 5 hours to do just over 200 miles, 40mpg 
Only ever needed a car recovering when I crashed it, bent the wheel under my first car, £80 cash delivery to my house where the insurance covered the rest.
Never left the house without a wallet or a phone or most of the time a coat.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Something broke in my Nova Sr once but I was only 3 miles from home so my Dad came and towed me back.
The end.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Ive only ever run out of fuel once, and i was on my way to the petrol station at the time.
2 petrol stations on my way to work, one about 2 mile away, the other about 10 mile away. Had no cash on me, just card, the one 2 miles away were under investigation for card fraud thought fuck that, go to the other, just going towards the other one, feeling car spluttering, lights changed to red, i stopped and couldnt get going again.
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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I've never broken down luckely...ran out of fuel a few hundred metres from a petrol station I was going to though...bastard thing said I still had 20 odd miles left.
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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Oh and it ran out of fuel at a set of lights so used the starter motor to drive me to the side...people were beeping at me 
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jameswalshe1990
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Registered: 7th May 09
Location: dunstable
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I've broke down a few times luckily for me my mates always come to the rescue and I always have my toe rope in the boot just in case the joys of owning an xe powered car
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tom130691
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Registered: 13th Sep 08
Location: Daventry
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wheel bearing seized and stube axle sheared, rac fixed at the roadside
dont think i could live with out breakdown cover now,
full cover with greenflag now £20 (via my dads caravan club policy )
[Edited on 21-08-2011 by tom130691]
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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Broke down on my bike today, Battery decided to die on me, had to wait an hour and half for the RAC to turn up boiling in my leathers and dying for a shit. When he came and got it going again i rode home like a bat out of hell and straight to the toilet!
Only other time was in my corsa after the cambelt tensioner failed on it, Luckily the belt didn't come off just made a horrible sound, Pulled over and waited for my dad to come with a tow rope. They don't like it when you try and over take them whilst you are towing
Don't pay a penny for the breakdown cover, As it comes free with my bank account. 
[Edited on 21-08-2011 by Bonney]
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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quote:
Originally posted by geordie_corsa
how the fuck do u run out of fuel 35 miles from home with no money or fuk all with u are ppl stupid these days
I had my bank card and i was on my way to the petrol station. Unfortunately the guy who drove the recovery truck didnt take visa hence why he took my car to his yard.
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tom130691
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Registered: 13th Sep 08
Location: Daventry
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quote:
Originally posted by Bonney
Don't pay a penny for the breakdown cover, As it comes free with my bank account.
will only be base cover tow for 15miles free and that it ect....
i had it free on insurance policy which was base cover was crap
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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Ive also broke down a further 2 times due to fuel but the other 2 were about a mile from home and both times i ended up pushing it into the exact same spot. All of which was in my old 12v corsa.
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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quote:
Originally posted by tom130691
quote:
Originally posted by Bonney
Don't pay a penny for the breakdown cover, As it comes free with my bank account.
will only be base cover tow for 15miles free and that it ect....
i had it free on insurance policy which was base cover was crap
Did its job for me today, Only used it because i was really stuck, could get a breakdown to me as my dad works in a garage, Only thing was the bike wont go on the flatbed without damaging it!
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tom130691
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Registered: 13th Sep 08
Location: Daventry
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Did its job for me today, Only used it because i was really stuck, could get a breakdown to me as my dad works in a garage, Only thing was the bike wont go on the flatbed without damaging it!
big companys now have front wheel clamps like ferries
mate r6 had to do it when his quickshifter went pissy possibly the biggest flat bed i had ever seen aswell with just a bike on it, wouldnt let me stick the corsa on too
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
I broke down last week for the first time also. The roll pin fell out of my gear selector on the gear box (106 GTi) 20 miles from home at 11pm
Lost all gears, armed with only a flat blade screw driver and a phillips screwdriver, i took off the air intake, found a wood screw in my mates car, bent it on the kurb, and slotted it through, got 3rd and 4th gear only, and limped it home like that
Next day at work, order the roll pin from Peugeot, £0.32+ VAT, then after discount it was £0.29 inc VAT. And they delivered it 7 miles to my work
Hammered it in the selector, and its good as new.
Although i do have RAC cover aswell.
My corsa did the same thing a couple of weeks back on a air port run at 4 in the morning 
I put it into third (by hand) and drove home pretty slow. I put a M6 nut+bolt through mine and it is better than it has ever been
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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i've run out of petrol once, dad saved me. was 10 miles from home.
also battery died when i was 1 mile away from my house, again dad saved me.
i get rac cover with my bank though so need to start using it really. i pay for it every month and i get homestart and some other decent bits with it so it's not just the basic crap.
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makincorsac
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Registered: 13th Jul 11
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
Makincorsac, i broke down 35 miles from home on a motorway / hard shoulder. I ran out of petrol. Had no money, no cover.
Had to use the emergency phone to let the police know. Told them my situation and how my mate was coming through to give me petrol.
Next thing i know some recovery truck comes along which the police had arranged. Cost me £172 the next day because i didnt have that money on me in cash.
Had to take the train the following day with an old school bag which had a jerry can full of petrol in it
I don't feel so hard done by now 
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makincorsac
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Registered: 13th Jul 11
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Originally posted by Mike B
I thought everyone knew that you don't have an XE without having breakdown cover
no mate funnily enough i didnt know this seriously
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makincorsac
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Registered: 13th Jul 11
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Originally posted by DanielJamieCobb
Me & my brother in law broke down a few weeks ago on the motorway in his escort. Turned out it was his tesioner, we slowly lost power ina matter of minuets
That sounds similar to what happened to my car last night but i havn't had it looked at yet 
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makincorsac
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Registered: 13th Jul 11
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Ive lost count the amount of time ive broke down.
All ranging from running out of fuel (diesel and petrol) to timing belts snapping (x2).
I used to get breakdown cover through Lloyds tsb when i was with them.Used up all 5 callouts in 1 year, then it was cut to 3 callouts a year when i changed to a Platinum account, used all 3 of them too.
gutted for u lad
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Twiggy
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Registered: 15th Oct 04
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I used to break down every week when i had the corsa and more recently the vectra
Best one was at the mersey tunnel!
Put the money in, barrier goes up and car dies and refuses to start!
Had to push the fucker over 4-5 lanes of traffic burning off out the toll booths! Propper scarey!
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makincorsac
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Registered: 13th Jul 11
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quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
I used to break down every week when i had the corsa and more recently the vectra
Best one was at the mersey tunnel!
Put the money in, barrier goes up and car dies and refuses to start!
Had to push the fucker over 4-5 lanes of traffic burning off out the toll booths! Propper scarey!
ive been there aswell everybody burns off from them booths bet that was dodgy as fuck!!!
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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quote:
Originally posted by tom130691
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Originally posted by Bonney
Don't pay a penny for the breakdown cover, As it comes free with my bank account.
will only be base cover tow for 15miles free and that it ect....
i had it free on insurance policy which was base cover was crap
The breakdown cover depends on what bank your with and the account you hold.
The lower accounts will only tow you 7 miles maximum.
But the higher accounts will take you home from anywhere in the UK or put you up in accomodation and supply a hire car for 72hrs etc.
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