DFW Daily Chat thread Tues 9th Oct

Floss

Green flag have saved me quite a bit of money...as I have a 10yr old car with old-fashioned proper locks on the doors, I have now locked my keys inside 3 times...they come out, take 5 mins to get back in & go away laughing - i think my stupidity is really a public service and i got quidco cashback too!

earwig

hi everyone my day is not the best car jumping down the road god knows how much to fix it it oh birthday so whole famleys coming round so i need to tidy up only dont feel the best got some kind of bug and its heavy rain so i have got soaked twice so far on the school run the school is a two mile round trip and i dont drive and i still have another two mile soaking to go when i go and pick dd up but never mind onwards and upwards so they say

James240

IA what was the problem with ur car? would it just not start or was it sometihng else?

James240

earwig wrote: »

hi everyone my day is not the best car jumping down the road god knows how much to fix it it

This could be a number of inexpensive things to fix might be dodgy spark plug, distributor cap, Air/fuel sensor gone ( i had this on my Saxo VTR and it cost £120 to sort out :rolleyes: admittedly that is quite expensive ) or it might even be the dregs of fuel at the bottom of ur petrol tank try buying a fuel cleaner first and top up your petrol with that and see if that cvures the problem first

immoral_angeluk

James240 wrote: »

IA what was the problem with ur car? would it just not start or was it sometihng else?

Ste was driving to work when all of a sudden it lost power and started juddering really badly and smelt like burning and petrol.. According to AA man it's misfiring really badly so is too dangerous to drive but he doesn't know whats wrong with it as nothing he's tried (including replacement spark plugs) has worked so he's had to tow it to a garage.
Other than that we don't know!

Toto

I'm back. It's tendonitis. I've got to go for an xray, wear a splint and not work for the next few months... oh joy

Snaggles

Oh no Toto, I know it's a bit soon because you're only just back from the doctors, but will you be entitled to any benefits etc?

I'm really sorry, I know that was exactly what you were worried it might be. Sending you a big (((hug))).

immoral_angeluk

Toto wrote: »

I'm back. It's tendonitis. I've got to go for an xray, wear a splint and not work for the next few months... oh joy

Oh no sorry it's not good news hun... Fingers crossed it heals soon. Is there any kind of benefit like incapacity or something for not being able to work?

Mupeteer

Afternoon everyone, hope things are improving a bit and that you're not all totally p***ed yet!:D

I've got a mystery shop to do this afternoon and possibly just enough petrol fumes to get me there. Mostly down hill on the way back though so I might make it home again.:rotfl:

James240

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

Ste was driving to work when all of a sudden it lost power and started juddering really badly and smelt like burning and petrol.. According to AA man it's misfiring really badly so is too dangerous to drive but he doesn't know whats wrong with it as nothing he's tried (including replacement spark plugs) has worked so he's had to tow it to a garage.
Other than that we don't know!

aawww sorry to hear about that mate i know its a bummer when things like that happen not too sure about misfiring problems as my knowledge on cars is kinda limited