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From: Douglas Payne on 14 Mar 2010 17:55
Adrian wrote:
> "Bob Sherunckle" <zilspeed(a)beeteeopenworld.com> gurgled happily, sounding
> much like they were saying:
>
>> All I know is that when I was buying the bits, I had to give them the
>> reg. no.
>> If the car had been registered too late, they wouldn't have sold me the
>> bits.
>>
>> There are, of course, ways around this. Like giving them the reg no. of
>> the earlier but identical car accross the street :-)
>
> Then you'll moan when they don't fit, since they've used the reg no to
> look up the VIN to look up the correct part - no more, no less.

Ha! I've owned too many French cars (i.e. more than 1) to believe that
you get the right parts by quoting registrations/chassis numbers to
parts people.

--
Douglas
From: Adrian on 14 Mar 2010 17:58
Douglas Payne <douggie(a)cheerful.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

>>> All I know is that when I was buying the bits, I had to give them the
>>> reg. no.
>>> If the car had been registered too late, they wouldn't have sold me
>>> the bits.
>>>
>>> There are, of course, ways around this. Like giving them the reg no.
>>> of the earlier but identical car accross the street :-)

>> Then you'll moan when they don't fit, since they've used the reg no to
>> look up the VIN to look up the correct part - no more, no less.

> Ha! I've owned too many French cars (i.e. more than 1) to believe that
> you get the right parts by quoting registrations/chassis numbers to
> parts people.

Peugeot rear brakes certainly are... special... <grin>
From: Mike P on 14 Mar 2010 18:04
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:58:01 +0000, Adrian sang, in the style of Bill
Bailey:

> Douglas Payne <douggie(a)cheerful.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
> they were saying:
>
>>>> All I know is that when I was buying the bits, I had to give them the
>>>> reg. no.
>>>> If the car had been registered too late, they wouldn't have sold me
>>>> the bits.
>>>>
>>>> There are, of course, ways around this. Like giving them the reg no.
>>>> of the earlier but identical car accross the street :-)
>
>>> Then you'll moan when they don't fit, since they've used the reg no to
>>> look up the VIN to look up the correct part - no more, no less.
>
>> Ha! I've owned too many French cars (i.e. more than 1) to believe that
>> you get the right parts by quoting registrations/chassis numbers to
>> parts people.
>
> Peugeot rear brakes certainly are... special... <grin>

Dealer can't work out which pads are needed for my 306 off the reg or
VIN...

--

Mike P
From: Adrian on 14 Mar 2010 18:09
Mike P <frenchtat(a)googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

>>> Ha! I've owned too many French cars (i.e. more than 1) to believe
>>> that you get the right parts by quoting registrations/chassis numbers
>>> to parts people.

>> Peugeot rear brakes certainly are... special... <grin>

> Dealer can't work out which pads are needed for my 306 off the reg or
> VIN...

There really is only one way to tell. Look.

I swear there were two sets of boxes beside Jean-Claude on the line, and
he just grabbed from one at random.

Wouldn't surprise me one bit if there were Pugs out there with mis-
matched brakes from new.
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