This exactly why I do not use garages!

[George Holmer]

Sunday morning in northern Germany, start up car around 10 am and no power steering! B****r! Turns out me power steering bracket has snapped in two, which apparently does happen, well this was a bad time as I am due in England on Wednesday, and I have a train to catch in Calais at 1 pm (and by train I mean Eurotunnel); I also have loads of work Monda/Tuesday and a very bad cold! No, I am not doing this myself, so Monday morning take car into large local dealer and explain, if you cannot finish this by Tuesday evening, I will not give you the car but drive without PAS to England! They say "no problems" and even give me a quote of fairly reasonable 180 quid. Ok, come Tuesday evening, am on my way to Mechelen (where car is) to pick it up when mobile ringgs: "Sorry sir, car is not ready, at least another hours work!". So, even if I pick it up tomorrow at 9.30, I then need to go home to get the stuff I need to take to England and then drive to Calais, all-in-all some five hours, you do not need an A in maths to figure out that that will not work! And I told them specifically.... one Eurotunnel ticket lost, too much stuff to do in England so I booked another one! Please, can I sue someone, just anyone!!!

George

Anglo-Swede resident near Leuven in Belgium

'87 745 GLE Turbo Diesel Intercooler (D24TIC/M46, 200k)
'88 745 Turbo Intercooler (B230FT/M46, 270k)
'88 745 GL (B200E/M47, 200k)
'89 440 GL (B18K, 90k)

[niloc]

Badger the garage, you may get something off them as a goodwill gesture. Always works. If anything goes wrong with something I bought, I always get something out of it at the end!

[George Holmer]

Colin, this is Belgium! "Sorry, Sir, customer service.. how do you spell that again? q j h.. no, never heard of it, sorry!"

George

Anglo-Swede resident near Leuven in Belgium

'87 745 GLE Turbo Diesel Intercooler (D24TIC/M46, 200k)
'88 745 Turbo Intercooler (B230FT/M46, 270k)
'88 745 GL (B200E/M47, 200k)
'89 440 GL (B18K, 90k)

[Mav_UK]

I know that feeling well George!

Stu

[George Holmer]

Well, just picked my car up, and ok, it was 200 quid, took them 48 hours but they have done a good job. My power steering now works 100 per cent, gone are all the funny noises and the squelling and all that, so as usual, something good out of something bad!

George

Anglo-Swede resident near Leuven in Belgium

'87 745 GLE Turbo Diesel Intercooler (D24TIC/M46, 200k)
'88 745 Turbo Intercooler (B230FT/M46, 270k)
'88 745 GL (B200E/M47, 200k)
'89 440 GL (B18K, 90k)

[cbyard]

ERM....

'87 745 GLE Turbo Diesel Intercooler (D24TIC/M46, 200k)
'88 745 Turbo Intercooler (B230FT/M46, 270k)
'88 745 GL (B200E/M47, 200k)
'89 440 GL (B18K, 90k)

Couldn't you have used another car?

Are they all "projects"?

Cheers

Chris :-}

[George Holmer]

George

Anglo-Swede resident near Leuven in Belgium

'87 745 GLE Turbo Diesel Intercooler (D24TIC/M46, 200k)
'88 745 Turbo Intercooler (B230FT/M46, 270k)Not running
'88 745 GL (B200E/M47, 200k) Used in Germany
'89 440 GL (B18K, 90k) Used for daily commute

[cbyard]

??? foot in mouth?

Would that be George in Northern Germany, other cars near Leuven, then?

Chris :-?

[George Holmer]

Well, last night it was George in West Riding, Yorkshire (my favourite part of the wordl, btw), I am everywhere and nowhere

George

Anglo-Swede resident near Leuven in Belgium

'87 745 GLE Turbo Diesel Intercooler (D24TIC/M46, 200k)
'88 745 Turbo Intercooler (B230FT/M46, 270k)
'88 745 GL (B200E/M47, 200k)
'89 440 GL (B18K, 90k)