Local garage breaks our cat during an MOT. Why always us?

Handy tip. Any others?

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Mike Barnard saying something like:

Not your fault, either. They have a responsibility to take each vehicle on its own merits and take care as they load it/unload it on the ramp. Doesn't matter whether it was an 'official' Ford part or not.

Not even I refer to SWMBO as that...! :o)

PDH

This branch, don't know about the others but rots usually sets in across the board.

PDH

If they MOT other makes of cars it could be interesting as none of them will have "standard ford parts".

krystnors

As long as by "it wasn't our fault" they don't mean "we're not paying to fix it", then fine. (Except clearly it _was_ their fault.)

Everyone makes mistakes. I'd rather go somewhere that admits and fixes their mistakes than somewhere that covers them up...

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They may have understood the distinction between "our fault" and "our responsibility".

they cant be that bad, as the OP stated that they replaced it free of charge, with out him/her having to go there and complain about it.

Just what does one have to do to crack a cat on a mondeo? Drive it at the ramp at 40mph??

Most definitely, and places that refuses to fix their mess.

Handy stuff, tippex. I used to use it on timing marks so you could see them better when strobing ignition timing. And when I had the breakdown truck, after changing wheels I used to put a blob of tippex on each wheelnut where it met the wheel, so I knew if the blob broke, the wheel nut was coming undone. I know you can get yellow plastic arrow thingies for that, but I know of too many cases of them being nicked/ tastefully rearranged.

And did you know (he said, going into nerd mode), that Tippex was invented by the mother of one of the Monkees? IIRC it was Micky Dolenz's mum, who was an industrial chemist.

Steve

Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street'. :-)

now i feel old :~)

And Bob Holness of Blockbusters fame played the sax on Gerry Rafferty's 'Baker Street'. :-)

Noooooo. That was Raff Ravenscroft - wasn't it?

Anyway, I left out my current favourite use for Tippex. Right next to you right now you've probably got one of those multi-plug adaptors for all your computer kit. I've seen them with about 10 sockets on them, and you're never quite sure if you're unplugging the right one, yes? Well, paint the back of each plug with a line of Tippex, and write on it what the plug is for. Brilliant, no? I wish I could claim the credit, but a 13 year old told me that. Smartarse little git.

Steve

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Of course, if they make the plugs white...

Interesting thread. I had similar experiences with tyre replacement outfits.

Hi-Q in Slough (just off the A4 Bath Road) managed to scratch my alloy wheels but told me no way could it have been their fault. When I asked to see the manager, they sent a fellow monkey down to spout the same rubbish as his good friend did.

I knew who the manager was and it certainly wasn't this monkey, so they lied to me again!

Anyway, a year or so later I had to buy a new car due to some plonker crashing into the back of my previous one. I needed the tyres replaced, so I thought.. let's not bother with those dishonest cowboys at Hi-Q. Let's give Kwik Fit a try. These guys, based in Bath Road Slough, scratched the alloys after replacing the tyres! I couldn't believe it happened again.

I pointed this out to the chap doing the work and he admitted it straight away! There was no need for me to get annoyed as he happily admitted he messed up. They arranged for someone to come to my work place at a later date and respray the alloys to get rid of the scratches.

So well done Kwik-Fit for being honest and sorting it out.

Otherwise, please DON'T go to Hi-Q in Slough!!!!

Hope this helps someone out there.

M.