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What have you done today thread?
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Re: What have you done today thread?
That's unusual?? It should have lit the dash up like a Xmas tree to stop it cooking solid?irie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.
Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.
Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
There's this thing called maintenance......irie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.
Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.
Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
I only toppled over once today. Hit big rock, stopped, feet flailing. Down.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Or even a temperature gauge...David wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:50 pmThere's this thing called maintenance......irie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.
Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.
Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
I can't find one anywhere in my car, I've had it three years and still get irritated by the lack of.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
I would have thought so but hey, what do I know? Oil level was spot on btw.Taipan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:47 pmThat's unusual?? It should have lit the dash up like a Xmas tree to stop it cooking solid?irie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.
Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.
Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
I suspect the coolant exited "fairly quickly".David wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:50 pmThere's this thing called maintenance......irie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 7 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.
Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. Had if for 10 years from new and 128,000 miles. Regularly serviced. Shit.
Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Probably a 2-3 year old Ford Kuga that will:KungFooBob wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:37 pmCould have been worse, could have been a D22 Nissan. That might have managed 3 years and 10k.irie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 5 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.
Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. 10 years old and 128,000 miles. Shit.
Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
What you gonna buy?
1. Get serviced within walking distance.
2. Carry my kitesurfing gear.
3. Carry my mtb.
4. Carry garden waste.
5. Pull a caravan.
and other equally mundane things.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
I've just been looking at cheap(ish and 2nd hand) 4X4's including the Kuga, but I think I prefer the Rav4.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Drive one first. I had one a few years ago and the turbo diesels suffer from a really bad dead throttle. E/G? Waiting at a roundabout, see a gap, floor it and nothing happens! Maybe they've cured it on later models but my Sons 2016 Transit Connect still does it.irie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:52 pmProbably a 2-3 year old Ford Kuga that will:KungFooBob wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:37 pmCould have been worse, could have been a D22 Nissan. That might have managed 3 years and 10k.irie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:33 pm Collected Mrs irie from the garage after she took her A3 in for a service. On the 5 minute journey back home the L200 engine just stopped so I immediately put it into neutral and coasted onto the verge.
Couldn't restart the engine so got a recovery early afternoon. Got a call later on today to say that all the coolant was gone and the engine had seized and it's a write off. 10 years old and 128,000 miles. Shit.
Gotta buy some new wheels tomorrow. Bummer.
What you gonna buy?
1. Get serviced within walking distance.
2. Carry my kitesurfing gear.
3. Carry my mtb.
4. Carry garden waste.
5. Pull a caravan.
and other equally mundane things.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
I have garage envy!!! (My apartment would fit in there with room to spare!! LOL)
Nice house too
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
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Very swish. Your good health to enjoy Nidge.
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Been continuing on the 'sorting of stuff'!! Damn I've kept a lot of random things. Trouble is that, if (when?) I manage to get a bigger place, then a lot of it will be useful (photos, pictures, nicnacks). So I don't want to get rid!
I have found a massive folder of recipe cuttings - from before we all used google!! So I've been through and thrown loads away, filed some in clear wallets to go in a recipe file. Also sorted some cook books to get rid of ( rarely do that, but these I won't ever use!)
That made me feel good
The bit that didn't make me feel good was realising that a box of photos and books were stored somewhere damp at some point Cue a lots of wallets of photos that are now a block of photos and a couple of very old books that aren't in a block, but the pages aren't all loose
I have found a massive folder of recipe cuttings - from before we all used google!! So I've been through and thrown loads away, filed some in clear wallets to go in a recipe file. Also sorted some cook books to get rid of ( rarely do that, but these I won't ever use!)
That made me feel good
The bit that didn't make me feel good was realising that a box of photos and books were stored somewhere damp at some point Cue a lots of wallets of photos that are now a block of photos and a couple of very old books that aren't in a block, but the pages aren't all loose
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
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Re: What have you done today thread?
Bought my first angle grinder, not going out robbing though.
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