TxRover Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Empty It said: Black circles were £200 more for the exact same tyres so I imagine I can get them fitted for cheaper. Therein lies the difficulty. The sellers of tyres make a profit on the tyres as well as the mount and balance, so they might increase the price a wee bit to compensate. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Empty It said: Looking to get 6 tyres fitted (4 on one car and 2 on the other) how much should I be looking at to get a local company to fit these, balance and dispose of the old ones if I supplied the tyres? Twenty quid, max. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 1 hour ago, jimbaxters said: It's not always obvious reading your posts that you're a lassie but on this occasion... It is just possible that some athletes from Wichita State University are involved…not sure about the mountains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Empty It said: Looking to get 6 tyres fitted (4 on one car and 2 on the other) how much should I be looking at to get a local company to fit these, balance and dispose of the old ones if I supplied the tyres? £20 to £25 but a lot of places won't fit customer supplied tyres as they don't want to risk being held accountable if there is any manufacturing defect with the tyres so you might need to phone around a few places. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 11 hours ago, jimbaxters said: It's not always obvious reading your posts that you're a lassie but on this occasion... I happily admit it's the one area of life where having a bloke about would be useful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, RH33 said: I happily admit it's the one area of life where having a bloke about would be useful. We'll leave it there. Don't want to make a mounting out of a molehill 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 minute ago, jimbaxters said: We'll leave it there. Don't want to make a mounting out of a molehill It's the mechanic who referred to it as a mountain btw. Talking of mountings...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 15 minutes ago, RH33 said: It's the mechanic who referred to it as a mountain btw. Talking of mountings...... I'm surprised - you don't see many female mechanics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, hk blues said: I'm surprised - you don't see many female mechanics. After the last three weeks I'm giving serious thought to retraining. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, RH33 said: After the last three weeks I'm giving serious thought to retraining. Let us know how you get on and where you end up working. For obvious reasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Empty It said: Looking to get 6 tyres fitted (4 on one car and 2 on the other) how much should I be looking at to get a local company to fit these, balance and dispose of the old ones if I supplied the tyres? In my area, £20 is the max I've been quoted. I gave that a miss, and went for the £12.50 quote from another place. Next time, it had gone up to £15. Last time, it was back down to £12.50. Phone around. And for 6 tyres, I'd go for the haggle. My embarrassment threshold is usually around 10% in a face to face encounter. Edited July 21, 2023 by beefybake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 6 hours ago, hk blues said: I'm surprised - you don't see many female mechanics. They're usually pretending to work under the cars, on facebook with their pals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 (edited) Got a hire van just now. It’s an electric Vauxhall Vivaro lwb. Spent almost an hour last night trying to find a charger that would accept a normal bank/credit card. Finally found one and connected to it. Said it was a Rapid charger. It would only run at half the power output stated. After about an hour sitting there I gave up. It had put a grand total of 90miles on the battery at a cost of £29. Drove it this morning like Miss Daisy for about 15 miles. The gauge said that I had used up 25 miles. There is no danger that I would ever buy an electric motor. Absolute con job. P.s. have been driving for over 40 years and this is the first time that I’ve ever driven an automatic. Love it. Edited July 21, 2023 by supermik 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Anyone any experience of door locks failing? The fob stopped working a while back (washing machine incident) so have just been unlocking/locking manually using the key. Suddenly this morning the key won't open the door either - it's turning but not unlocking. Any ideas anyone? Vauxhall Insignia if it helps. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 30 minutes ago, Alert Mongoose said: Anyone any experience of door locks failing? The fob stopped working a while back (washing machine incident) so have just been unlocking/locking manually using the key. Suddenly this morning the key won't open the door either - it's turning but not unlocking. Any ideas anyone? Vauxhall Insignia if it helps. Don’t know the answer but makes me wonder if the manufacturers are now so reliant on push button key fobs that they maybe use inferior key locking mechanisms and possibly even a small amount of wear on the keys renders them useless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 40 minutes ago, Alert Mongoose said: Anyone any experience of door locks failing? The fob stopped working a while back (washing machine incident) so have just been unlocking/locking manually using the key. Suddenly this morning the key won't open the door either - it's turning but not unlocking. Any ideas anyone? Vauxhall Insignia if it helps. Some cars have/had deadlocks that were activated via double pushes and such. Not sure if a double locking turn would do the same, is there a passenger side keyhole on that model (or a boot/hatch) that you can try the key in? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 17 minutes ago, TxRover said: Some cars have/had deadlocks that were activated via double pushes and such. Not sure if a double locking turn would do the same, is there a passenger side keyhole on that model (or a boot/hatch) that you can try the key in? Nah. Only key slot is driver door. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Alert Mongoose said: Nah. Only key slot is driver door. The fob is probably toast, but have you recently tried a new battery? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Is that something like 24hrs without @RH33 breaking a car? Someone get the Guiness records folk on the line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 It's been ten days...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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