A right now thread

[slowsider]

My brain is starting to turn back to normal. Registered my Mum's death today. I have started clearing her house of all the medical supplies/drugs so it looks like a home, rather than a hospital and we can start remembering her when she was well and full of life. My two sons have been great, we're all helping each other along. My brother is coming down on Monday and we'll start the funeral arrangements. Thank you all for your thoughts and words

There will be lots of companies/agencies/people you need to register her death with, most will be done fairly quickly. You'll think it's all done and a couple of weeks later another will pop up reopening the wound, it takes a while.

Brace yourself if dealing with Vodafone, by all accounts.

[mangocrazy]

My brain is starting to turn back to normal. Registered my Mum's death today. I have started clearing her house of all the medical supplies/drugs so it looks like a home, rather than a hospital and we can start remembering her when she was well and full of life. My two sons have been great, we're all helping each other along. My brother is coming down on Monday and we'll start the funeral arrangements. Thank you all for your thoughts and words

There will be lots of companies/agencies/people you need to register her death with, most will be done fairly quickly. You'll think it's all done and a couple of weeks later another will pop up reopening the wound, it takes a while.

Brace yourself if dealing with Vodafone, by all accounts.

Very true If George Monbiot's article is anything to go by.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... h-vodafone

[Mr. Dazzle]

Sat in Trowell services on the M1 with a suspected broken timing chain. Well I haven't got one, my car has.

They're supposed to be fit for life and this one wasn't making any rattles etc. Engine just completely died out of the blue.

[mangocrazy]

Sat in Trowell services on the M1 with a suspected broken timing chain. Well I haven't got one, my car has.

They're supposed to be fit for life and this one wasn't making any rattles etc. Engine just completely died out of the blue.

Has this been diagnosed by rescue services, and if so what are the teli-tale signs (apart from engine stopping precipitately. of course)? Presumably the engine didn't die at the services...?

Commiserations, any way.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Dashboard lit up with a generic "engine dying stop now" warning followed by total loss of power 2s later. No PAS or power brakes either.

Blind luck that I was half a mile 'upstream' of the services.

Sat in the service car park, the engine will turn over happily but it's got no chug-chug. Just spins. It's a diesel so normally its got proper chugs and engine shakes when starting.

RAC man's OBD reader shows "chamshaft position unknown" and "exhaust gas flow inconsistent with engine speed" failures.

[mangocrazy]

That certainly doesn't sound healthy. But it does sound expensive... Is the low-loader there yet?

[Mr. Dazzle]

No.

Google reckons anywhere between 2k and 7k to fix, if that is the problem. Car is realistically only worth 3 or 4k.

Luckily the employee purchase scheme goes live tomorrow I work for one of the premium German OEMs and can get cars better than half price.

[Yorick]

Not too bothered but heard all the fans in the square cheering coz England scored.

Great atmosphere

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[mangocrazy]

No.

Google reckons anywhere between 2k and 7k to fix, if that is the problem. Car is realistically only worth 3 or 4k.

Luckily the employee purchase scheme goes live tomorrow I work for one of the premium German OEMs and can get cars better than half price.

If I was a cynical man I'd say this was pre-planned... Can you take out extended timing chain warranties?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Some might say it was pushing it anyway. BMW claim they're fit and forget and last at least 200k. The received wisdom of the Internet says timing chains last 100k. This car has done 120k but has always been serviced on the button by either BMW or an indy specialist.

There were no classic rattles or anything like that though.

I'll send it to the local indy in the week and see what they reckon. Not holding my breath though, just changing the chain on a functional engine is more than a grand.

[mangocrazy]

The real kicker will be whether there has been valve/piston contact. I presume it's an interference type design? Most are these days. When an incompetent French garagiste Donald Ducked my Beta motor fitting a timing belt I never asked him to, 7 out of 8 valves were bent.

And that was only at tickover.

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[Mr. Dazzle]

16v diesel with lots of valve interference, doing 70mph at the point of failure

[mangocrazy]

I'm sure someone will be along soon with a suitable GIF or emoji...

Hope the journey home is prompt and swift...

[Mr. Dazzle]

Me and valves just don't get on.

Fingers crossed there are some leccy cars available on the company scheme

[Mussels]

Me and valves just don't get on.

Fingers crossed there are some leccy cars available on the company scheme

What do you reckon will be available at short notice?
Cycle to work scheme?

[Mr. Dazzle]

I really don't know, been asking myself the same. If you went to a dealer and ordered a car you'd have several month's wait....

Perhaps I'll get some god awful car no other bugger wants

I can see myself with a short term lease to cover a gap at this rate. The company scheme examples I've seen are crazy good, better than half price loke I said, so fingers crossed something pans out.

[cheb]

Just piggy back off weeksy's car or van thread, there must be some good deals on there by now.

Or just buy the one he wants out of badness.

[Mussels]

Just piggy back off weeksy's car or van thread, there must be some good deals on there by now.

Or just buy the one he wants out of badness.

There will be a recently fixed QQ that should be reliable for a few years

[Felix]

Just piggy back off weeksy's car or van thread, there must be some good deals on there by now.

Or just buy the one he wants out of badness.

Just pick one quicker that Weeksy

[MingtheMerciless]

Sat in Trowell services on the M1 with a suspected broken timing chain. Well I haven't got one, my car has.

They're supposed to be fit for life and this one wasn't making any rattles etc. Engine just completely died out of the blue.

BMW?