Hi Guys,
Need help. Bad. Situation not good. After abandoning modifications on the Streetwise, went back to tarting up the Metro 1000 City. Anyway, my roads fairly quiet and it's not unusual to see the other car enthusiasts hammering away on their cars whilst they are parked in the road.
Occasion had it that I had the City up on axel stands, so I could change the sparks. She had previously been misfiring hurrendously so I had to do something. The sparks were the obviously place to start.
Anyway, I am taking a detour from the story. Yesterday, around
14:00hrs a Sainsbury 2 You lorry comes CANING down the road and hits the City, knocking her off the stands and hitting the guy next door's Granada (he's not happy).However, the bloody van drove off by performing a swift about turn (handbrake?), I didn't have time to get a reg. All I know is that there was bangra music playing very loudly and an ALBA sticker on the offside passenger window.
I need to know who this guy was. I have tried phoning Sainsburys and they can't shed any light on it. It's a tricky situation.
The main problem is that on landing, the suspension of the City was HAMMERED. I mean it. Real bad. Mortar attack! The springs are knackered but I can get new ones, the real issue is that one of the shocks has become stuck in a drain cover. I really don't know how to get it out.
Has anyone had this problem before, and if so how did you get it out the drain cover?
Please let me know, I really can't afford new shocks at the moment as I've just forked out on some Back to Black to reinstate the paintwork (it's a black car so I figured about 20 cans should do it).
Furthermore I have bought some ply to fix the new hole in the floor that my highland terrier can get through!
All advice gratefully received.
Cheers,
Hamilton B Osimo
"Awight at the back" - Michael Barrymore