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Post by Carl LaFong on May 7, 2021 20:59:15 GMT
£158 for a car battery!
That's what I had to pay today when my old one gave up the ghost!
Add £97 for someone to come and give my old one a jump start.
And while I was waiting for him to arrive some kahnt reversed into me and caused £442 worth of damage.
Heute ist nicht mein tag!
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 2:55:43 GMT
If it is a stop start battery, that's about the going rate.
If it's an old school type, you was robbed mate.
Why didn't you ask a neighbour or passing motorist for a free jump start?
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Post by Winston Wolfe on May 8, 2021 3:24:26 GMT
That's $221 in freedom dollars for us yanks.
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Post by bluerisk on May 8, 2021 7:09:10 GMT
If it is a stop start battery, that's about the going rate. If it's an old school type, you was robbed mate. Why didn't you ask a neighbour or passing motorist for a free jump start? One more reason to drive my Ford till he[sic] falls apart.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 8:13:04 GMT
If you aren't using your car very often, invest in a solar trickle battery charger. Might just prevent your battery going completely flat in future... Solar car battery chargers |
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2021 8:30:13 GMT
If it is a stop start battery, that's about the going rate. If it's an old school type, you was robbed mate. Why didn't you ask a neighbour or passing motorist for a free jump start? It is a stop start one. I hate the stop start feature! It hadn't been working but started up again after the new battery was put in. I was looking up the manual there to find out how to disengage it .. quite easy by the looks of things. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2021 8:33:24 GMT
I didn't have any jump leads with me.
Anyway I didn't want to impose.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 8:35:35 GMT
If it is a stop start battery, that's about the going rate. If it's an old school type, you was robbed mate. Why didn't you ask a neighbour or passing motorist for a free jump start? It is a stop start one. I hate the stop start feature! It hadn't been working but started up again after the new battery was put in. I was looking up the manual there to find out how to disengage it .. quite easy by the looks of things. Leave it on mate... Better for the environment, and it's saving you money. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2021 8:38:53 GMT
It is a stop start one. I hate the stop start feature! It hadn't been working but started up again after the new battery was put in. I was looking up the manual there to find out how to disengage it .. quite easy by the looks of things. Leave it on mate... Better for the environment, and it's saving you money. Meh. It drains the battery much quicker. |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 8:40:06 GMT
Leave it on mate... Better for the environment, and it's saving you money. Meh. It drains the battery much quicker. Saves up to 8% on fuel. Don't let your battery go flat then. |
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Post by Xcalatë on May 8, 2021 11:53:03 GMT
Bro that's pure robbery!
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Post by Jep Gambardella on May 8, 2021 12:44:21 GMT
£158 for a car battery! That's what I had to pay today when my old one gave up the ghost! Add £97 for someone to come and give my old one a jump start. And while I was waiting for him to arrive some kahnt reversed into me and caused £442 worth of damage. Heute ist nicht mein tag! £158 for a new car battery doesn’t seem like TOO much. £97 for a jump start is outrageous. Over here I think many taxi drivers will do it for you for $20 or so. Sorry to hear about the £442 damage. Reminds me of this one time someone hit me while I was waiting in line at a gas station. It was winter and very cold, so we went inside to fill out the paperwork. While we are doing that, someone else comes in and asks “whose car is that out there?”. She had hit my car! While it was just standing there! Two hits within five minutes!
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2021 12:59:19 GMT
£158 for a car battery! That's what I had to pay today when my old one gave up the ghost! Add £97 for someone to come and give my old one a jump start. And while I was waiting for him to arrive some kahnt reversed into me and caused £442 worth of damage. Heute ist nicht mein tag! £158 for a new car battery doesn’t seem like TOO much. £97 for a jump start is outrageous. Over here I think many taxi drivers will do it for you for $20 or so. Sorry to hear about the £442 damage. Reminds me of this one time someone hit me while I was waiting in line at a gas station. It was winter and very cold, so we went inside to fill out the paperwork. While we are doing that, someone else comes in and asks “whose car is that out there?”. She had hit my car! While it was just standing there! Two hits within five minutes! This was a vehicle recovery service I phoned. The closest I could get was 8 miles away. He was at my car for two minutes tops! Re. the bump, that was the cost quoted by a local garage. The guy who reversed into me was one of those Just Eat delivery drivers using his own car. I let the twat persuade me he could just polish it out. I reckon the fanny didn’t have any insurance. I’m a facking mug.
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Post by Zos on May 8, 2021 14:13:20 GMT
Join the AA, worth it for peace of mind.
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2021 14:22:47 GMT
Join the AA, worth it for peace of mind. Nah, their subscription premiums have rocketed .
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Post by MrFurious on May 8, 2021 15:04:30 GMT
Can't believe you left that Just Eat guy get away with that.(he should've been hung) Chancer saying he'd polish it for you but the garage are chancers too charging that money, everybody wants to make a quick buck.
I quit being nice years ago, unless you genuinely know the person and know theyre a good person, you let em polish your car but otherwise fuck em. What if it was the other way round?
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 15:06:29 GMT
Join the AA, worth it for peace of mind. Nah, their subscription premiums have rocketed . Pay the money... AA membership has pulled my arse out of the fire a few times. Use your fuel savings from start stop technology to offset it. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2021 15:10:29 GMT
Can't believe you left that Just Eat guy get away with that.(he should've been hung) Chancer saying he'd polish it for you but the garage are chancers too charging that money, everybody wants to make a quick buck. I quit being nice years ago, unless you genuinely know the person and know theyre a good person, you let em polish your car but otherwise fuck em. What if it was the other way round? The garage said the rear wing was dented but I wasn’t so sure. Anyway you can definitely see the bit he polished isn’t the same shade of black as the rest of the car. Ah, fuck it! 
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Post by Carl LaFong on May 8, 2021 15:11:54 GMT
Nah, their subscription premiums have rocketed . Pay the money... AA membership has pulled my arse out of the fire a few times. Use your fuel savings from start stop technology to offset it. Fuel savings would be about £25 a year tops. I think my brother was paying around £200 a year for the AA.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 15:13:30 GMT
Pay the money... AA membership has pulled my arse out of the fire a few times. Use your fuel savings from start stop technology to offset it. Fuel savings would be about £25 a year tops. I think my brother was paying around £200 a year for the AA. It's not that dear. If you don't get AA cover, don't come crying on here after you've broken down on the M8, and its cost you £500 to get towed. |
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