donut
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 08:40 PM |
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What the lord giveth etc......
Took my VW Sharan in today to have a new cambelt and have the A/C re gassed and they loaned me a nice little black Polo.
While having a look i found a £10 note on the floor in the back!! Sweeeet i thought. But thought i would give it in when i picked up my car.
Went to pick up the car and was greeted with a bill for over £570 
So i kept the tenner!!!!!!
Am i a bad bad man?
[Edited on 16/6/06 by donut]
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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Ketchup
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 08:45 PM |
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heck no!
but was the cambelt made of unicorn hair and did they fill the ac up with pixie dust?
ouch.
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owelly
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 08:45 PM |
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My name is Earl........?
Have you seen the programme 'My name is Earl'?
It's Karma, you see??
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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Fozzie
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 08:50 PM |
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Andy-mate, you a bad, bad man?
Absolutely........................NOT! 
Fozzie
I doubt very much that it belonged to the mechanics..........
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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gary gsx
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 08:59 PM |
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Shit thats a tad steep was it a main dealer by chance.
But hay ho i would of kept the tenner too
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donut
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 09:02 PM |
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Chris: yeah right!!
It was a main dealer and i will not go back if anything else needs doing!!!! Except for usual service.
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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RazMan
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 09:25 PM |
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Jeeeez - how much of that was the re-gas? My BMW has started to blast out hot air so I suspect I am going to get a similar job done.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 09:26 PM |
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its a £20 job in most places. At least, it was last time i checked....
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Ketchup
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 09:57 PM |
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razman, im in colchester if u want ya system tested out of hours so to speak for a very reasonable price 
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UncleFista
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 10:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
its a £20 job in most places. At least, it was last time i checked....
Dunno about a top-up, but a proper vacuum/re-gas is £60-ish.
Has anyone had any experience of the "top up" cans available from ebay/Halfords ?
The air-con on the Mondeo isn't as cold as it used to be and I'm a true Yorkshireman and so, I'm loath to shell out £60
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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muzchap
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 10:41 PM |
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I'd go with the proper discharge and refil with A/C systems.
You also need to make sure you have the correct gas version - apparently there are 2 versions of gas? Mixing them is lethal apparently...
£60 isn't too much to pay when you consider it - well worth it.
Plus - some of the cheaper end gasses have a tendancy to smell like cheesy feet (honest)
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owelly
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 10:50 PM |
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£35+vat seems to be the going rate around here for a pressure test, evacuation and re-gas.
The top-up cans are ok if you are certain you have some pressure still in the system. If you have no pressure then water/moisture could have got in
and thats not good! Thats why you'd need a evac and re-gas.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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RazMan
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 11:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ketchup
razman, im in colchester if u want ya system tested out of hours so to speak for a very reasonable price
U have U2U
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Ketchup
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 11:37 PM |
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top ups are pants, there are two types of gas, not dangerous to mix but both neutralise oxygen so not good to be around if any vents, old type is r12,
they have different connectors to the r134a gassed motors .. its been r134a since about 91/92 its not a cfc and thats about the only difference
lesson endeth
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viatron
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| posted on 17/6/06 at 06:35 AM |
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dont forget that if your system has been low or emoty for a while you may need a new filter/dryer as well, they normally have a tell tale on them to
indicate if moisture has got into the system, if it needs changing that will add a bit as well.
Mac
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donut
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| posted on 17/6/06 at 08:03 AM |
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The re gas was just under £70. It's the labour thats the killer at these dealerships!!
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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