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Post by Humph on Sept 1, 2023 13:24:46 GMT
Good news! I quite like Capturs. Not sure why, but they seem like useful little things.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 1, 2023 13:35:25 GMT
I know! Sod's Law.
This garage is mainly a commercial vehicle garage that is part of a family group that also has a car, van and light truck rental business. They maintain the fleets for several large businesses locally so have decent mechanics who given enough time are good at diagnosing faults without firing the shotgun of parts at a vehicle.
It is a five minute walk at most from my office. THey are not expensive but charge a fair hourly rate and don't stretch the time. Also they look after repeat customers well, of whom I have been one for about eight years sending at least four cars a year there for service and MoT. I even require my son in London to come back home in July to have his car serviced and MoT'd there. I don't trust other garages now.
In other news the Admiral has reduced the premium on both boys cars' by about 25%. I tried to get a better quote elsewhere but nothing doing. I'm happy with that.
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 22, 2023 16:23:34 GMT
Hmmm.. Car still not right although no warning lights on the dash. To cut a very long story short, but based upon a drive through the Peak District and back for work, my son announced there was a clutch issue, which culminated in smoke in the cabin and a burning smell. He nursed the car to our garage and a new clutch has been ordered.
In the meantime the car is 8 1/2 years old with 55,000 miles. He will be doing 12,000 miles a year now he has started work. Just wondering if now is the time to change cars once it is fixed. He doesn't need anything larger, but a little more powerful and sophisticated. Thinking about a three or four year old car.
His brother's Seat Ibiza with a less powerful engine seems more lively and the whole car is just that bit less flimsy it feels. Wonder if a Seat Arona would be a good replacement for the Captur? Any thoughts or suggestions.
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Post by Humph on Sept 22, 2023 18:06:28 GMT
Had a Skoda Kamiq as a rental. (Which I think is more or less an Arona) Quite a nice thing. Having said that, if fixed, the Captur would probably be good for a while yet.
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Post by Rob on Sept 22, 2023 20:42:46 GMT
You said it was getting a new clutch when the flywheel was done - did they 'forget' to do that? Or maybe just fit it wrong? What damage could have happened to the flywheel?
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Post by EspadaIII on Sept 23, 2023 10:27:21 GMT
They didn't replace the flywheel in the end. The new cam position sensor was apparently enough, which it was initially but we now wonder if the increased stress on the clutch during the period the car was driving poorly when cold wore the clutch out prematurely.
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Post by EspadaIII on Oct 17, 2023 8:43:30 GMT
Captur now returned at a cost of £1550!
The driveshafts were corroded onto the gearbox and the time and effort involved to get them off was immense. Ten hours labour, two new driveshafts, two wheel bearings, two brake discs and two sets of pads.
At least the car drives really nicely now....
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Post by Humph on Oct 17, 2023 9:11:23 GMT
Good that it’s fixed. I always think it’s a dilemma when you’ve spent a chunk of money on a car because you then want to get your value out of it. Selling it any time soon would feel like having dropped all that cash. If your son wants to keep it for a good while yet, then it seems more palatable.
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Post by EspadaIII on Oct 17, 2023 10:39:41 GMT
Yes - he seems happy with it. It suits him. I can't see him in a lower hatch strangely whereas his older brother would not be seen dead in the Captur and loves his Ibiza. For the time being we will hold onto the Captur.
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Post by Humph on Oct 17, 2023 13:51:33 GMT
I was watching something the other day on YouTube. Various contributors were being interviewed. Anyway one of them was Mike Brewer, and to paraphrase his comments, he was sort of saying that he was of course entirely grateful to those who bail out of their cars way too early as that is the basis of car trading. His implication was that it is almost always better (financially anyway) to fix and keep the car you have, provided it does and will foreseeably do what you need it to do, than to sell it just because it needs or has needed some maintenance/repairs. If Esp Jnr likes the Captur, then he should probably just keep going with it. I had a strange dream last night in which I had traded my car in and bought a second hand fire engine. Ladders on top and all the kit. Goodness knows why, and unfortunately I woke up before I found out! One of those dreams that felt entirely real at the time. I had taken the water tanks out and was using them as bike storage lockers and was driving around with the blue lights and sirens on getting let through traffic. I’m not going to seek professional help just yet, but if it happens again… 😬
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Post by EspadaIII on Oct 17, 2023 14:36:41 GMT
Have you had your prostate checked???
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Post by Humph on Oct 17, 2023 15:00:19 GMT
What’s that got to do with imaginary fire engines? 🤔
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Post by EspadaIII on Oct 17, 2023 15:50:10 GMT
Hosing water....
Common theme apparently amongst men who should wake up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night...
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Post by Humph on Oct 17, 2023 15:58:54 GMT
Oh I see!
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Post by EspadaIII on Oct 17, 2023 17:17:41 GMT
Just been to the urologist... hopefully a minor issue spotted during an insurance medical, but needs to be checked out. Anyway having experienced for the first time a finger up the back passage I can confirm my prostate is an approproate size for a man of my age and 'nice and smooth!' So waking up at 5am to go and pee is perfectly normal ...
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