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From: Clive George on 5 Apr 2010 14:01 On 05/04/2010 14:29, Ret. wrote: > Clive George wrote: >> On 05/04/2010 14:07, Shaun wrote: >> >>>> Why does that need a mechanic rather than someone with a spanner? >>>> >>> Take the steering wheel off your car and you'll find out. >> >> Remove central cover. Apply appropriate spanner. Turn nut. What's hard >> about that? >> >> (though I'll agree Brim's car will require more care :-) ) > > Remove central cover, pick up broken spectacles smashed by exploding > air-bag... On my car? I think not...
From: Clive George on 5 Apr 2010 15:45 On 05/04/2010 20:01, harry wrote: > I was in a scrapyard a month ago. Nothing has changed. I'm glad about that. Unfortunately I'm a) 15 miles from the nearest scrappy and b) my car is no longer at all mainstream so finding any parts in a non-specialist is too hard. So I run my own one-car breaker with the predecessor :-). I remember them being very variable 15 years ago - there were decent ones who let you loose with a spanner and charged fair prices, break-it-yourself ones who wanted to charge extra for the glass in a door, and ones which wouldn't let you near the cars. Obviously I preferred the first kind, but I did wonder how long they would be allowed to run. (similar to MOT stations - I prefer ones who let me watch and talk about what's happening, not just confined to a viewing area).
From: Ian on 18 Apr 2010 13:01 "ARWadsworth" <adamwadsworth(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:GInun.194343$ti6.82338(a)newsfe24.ams2... > > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:81ue48Fu7gU7(a)mid.individual.net... >> Simon Dean <sjdean(a)home.cubeone.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding >> much like >> they were saying: >> >>> If that's true, that's quite disgraceful. They could easily be >>> sold on >>> to someone with a really really bad car, or perhaps given to some >>> charities or something, even auctioned off. But stripped and >>> crushed? >> >> That was kinda the whole _point_ of the scrappage scheme... > > These green ideas eh? > > Next there will be subsidies for new boilers and solar > power...........oh dear > Boiler Scrappage scheme just ended. We got one of the last payouts.. �400. Ta.
From: JNugent on 18 Apr 2010 20:20 Ian wrote: > "ARWadsworth" <adamwadsworth(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > news:GInun.194343$ti6.82338(a)newsfe24.ams2... >> "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:81ue48Fu7gU7(a)mid.individual.net... >>> Simon Dean <sjdean(a)home.cubeone.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding >>> much like >>> they were saying: >>> >>>> If that's true, that's quite disgraceful. They could easily be >>>> sold on >>>> to someone with a really really bad car, or perhaps given to some >>>> charities or something, even auctioned off. But stripped and >>>> crushed? >>> That was kinda the whole _point_ of the scrappage scheme... >> These green ideas eh? >> >> Next there will be subsidies for new boilers and solar >> power...........oh dear >> > Boiler Scrappage scheme just ended. We got one of the last payouts.. > �400. > > Ta. Still waiting for my �400. The new boiler is great.
From: AlanG on 19 Apr 2010 03:20
On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:20:16 +0100, JNugent <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote: >Ian wrote: >> "ARWadsworth" <adamwadsworth(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:GInun.194343$ti6.82338(a)newsfe24.ams2... >>> "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:81ue48Fu7gU7(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> Simon Dean <sjdean(a)home.cubeone.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding >>>> much like >>>> they were saying: >>>> >>>>> If that's true, that's quite disgraceful. They could easily be >>>>> sold on >>>>> to someone with a really really bad car, or perhaps given to some >>>>> charities or something, even auctioned off. But stripped and >>>>> crushed? >>>> That was kinda the whole _point_ of the scrappage scheme... >>> These green ideas eh? >>> >>> Next there will be subsidies for new boilers and solar >>> power...........oh dear >>> >> Boiler Scrappage scheme just ended. We got one of the last payouts.. >> �400. >> >> Ta. > >Still waiting for my �400. > >The new boiler is great. Wait until it breaks down. I've tried to find a report on this I read last year. It recommended keeping an older boiler if it was in good condition because newer boilers, while more efficient, are more likely to break down. Some have needed complete replacement after as little as 5 years. |