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No, really. Owing to an unfortunate incident with a ivy-covered tree-stump
close to an ivy-covered bank, I am now in need of a front spoiler and
foglight for the Td5 Disco. Small crunch, major damage! Does anyone know
of a source for a s/h item? Nothing on eBay. I've sent a request to
Equicar but no reply yet. I'm not very hopeful there, because looking at
the crashed Discos on their site, the front end always seems to catch it.
Haven't dared to approach local main dealer for the price of a new one.

Any ideas?

TIA
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Rich
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On Mon, 1 May 2006 14:41:33 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Small crunch, major damage!

Ouch. Bloody bad luck - how'd you do it?


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005
 
Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:

|| On Mon, 1 May 2006 14:41:33 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
|| <[email protected]> wrote:
||
||| Small crunch, major damage!
||
|| Ouch. Bloody bad luck - how'd you do it?

Getting ready to go away for the BH weekend (trip to Penzance - friend of
Di's has given up on the chemo and this might be the last chance...).
Decided Disco would be easier to load with the rear to the house and tried a
7-point turn in the drive. I'd cut down a sapling to a stump a couple of
years ago and it had got covered in ivy, perfectly camouflaged against the
ivy-covered bank behind it. Swung the bus forward and <ouch>. TBH, I
checked and saw no damage, but I was looking at the wrong side and it was
getting dark! Stopped for a curry in Okehampton and saw the foglight
dangling as I returned to the car. A bit (OK, a lot) of gaffer tape has
restored it for the time being, but long-term I'd like to have a proper
repair. As I put the tape on over the mud that was already there (ref
unofficial), it will need doing again before tomorrow.

Stupid. Heels sore from kicking self in arse.

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Rich
==============================

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"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Stupid. Heels sore from kicking self in arse.

BTDT


Try Car Transplants at Crewe, they will have a site on t'internet and will
do mail order I think too. Worth a shot.

Most professional breakers outfit within 100 miles of here.

Lee D


 
Lee_D wrote:

|| "Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
|| news:[email protected]...
||| Stupid. Heels sore from kicking self in arse.
||
|| BTDT
||
||
|| Try Car Transplants at Crewe, they will have a site on t'internet
|| and will do mail order I think too. Worth a shot.
||
|| Most professional breakers outfit within 100 miles of here.
||
|| Lee D

Cheers Lee - I'll give 'em a go.

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Rich
==============================

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On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:36:20 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Stupid. Heels sore from kicking self in arse.

I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!

I wouldn't give yourself too much of a hard time - sounds like
something anyone of us could have done. I once came back beaming from
Grumble passing the MOT and reversed straight into my Series 3 - which
I forgotten I'd moved a couple of foot forward so Charlotte could get
the Disco in (always check the mirrors for people, forgot to check
where the S3 was...).

Mind, bashing the front of the S3 out was prolly less expensive than
you're looking at, but hey, you will have these flash motors :)


--
Bit sad that we still, in this age of communications, have
so many folk who wear blinkers and are convinced that the
whole world is the same as their own extremely limited view
of it. Peter G Strangman Born 1937, rang-off: 1999-07-08
 
Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:

|| On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:36:20 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
|| <[email protected]> wrote:
||
||| Stupid. Heels sore from kicking self in arse.
||
|| I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!

Yes, although she was remarkably restrained in the ****-taking department
afterwards.

|| I wouldn't give yourself too much of a hard time - sounds like
|| something anyone of us could have done. I once came back beaming
|| from Grumble passing the MOT and reversed straight into my Series 3
|| - which I forgotten I'd moved a couple of foot forward so Charlotte
|| could get the Disco in (always check the mirrors for people, forgot
|| to check where the S3 was...).

Small vehicle, easily overlooked.

|| Mind, bashing the front of the S3 out was prolly less expensive than
|| you're looking at, but hey, you will have these flash motors :)

Gaffer tape and zip ties are cheap enough...

--
Rich
==============================

I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.


 

Richard Brookman wrote:
> No, really. Owing to an unfortunate incident with a ivy-covered tree-stump
> close to an ivy-covered bank, I am now in need of a front spoiler and
> foglight for the Td5 Disco. Small crunch, major damage! Does anyone know
> of a source for a s/h item? Nothing on eBay. I've sent a request to
> Equicar but no reply yet. I'm not very hopeful there, because looking at
> the crashed Discos on their site, the front end always seems to catch it.
> Haven't dared to approach local main dealer for the price of a new one.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA
> --
> Rich
> ==============================
>
> I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.


Oh dear. I guess the Tom Tom didn't show that stump either
then.........

Dave

 
Dave R wrote:

|| Richard Brookman wrote:
||| No, really. Owing to an unfortunate incident with a ivy-covered
||| tree-stump close to an ivy-covered bank, I am now in need of a
||| front spoiler and foglight for the Td5 Disco. Small crunch, major
||| damage! Does anyone know of a source for a s/h item? Nothing on
||| eBay. I've sent a request to Equicar but no reply yet. I'm not
||| very hopeful there, because looking at the crashed Discos on their
||| site, the front end always seems to catch it. Haven't dared to
||| approach local main dealer for the price of a new one.
|||
||| Any ideas?
|||
||| TIA
||| --
||| Rich
||| ==============================
|||
||| I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.
||
||
|| Oh dear. I guess the Tom Tom didn't show that stump either
|| then.........
||
|| Dave

Reynolds, that's just cheeky.

--
Rich
==============================

I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.


 
On Mon, 1 May 2006 20:36:26 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following nonsense:

>Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
>
>|| On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:36:20 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
>|| <[email protected]> wrote:
>||
>||| Stupid. Heels sore from kicking self in arse.
>||
>|| I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!
>
>Yes, although she was remarkably restrained in the ****-taking department
>afterwards.
>

only because she knows what will happen if she takes the **** and then
does something the same I guess!!! That's how me and Dawn work.....
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)
 
Simon Isaacs wrote:

||||| I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!
|||
||| Yes, although she was remarkably restrained in the ****-taking
||| department afterwards.
|||
||
|| only because she knows what will happen if she takes the **** and
|| then does something the same I guess!!! That's how me and Dawn
|| work..... --

Exactly. Keeps 'em in line a treat.

--
Rich
==============================

I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.


 
On Mon, 1 May 2006 20:36:26 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>|| I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!
>
>Yes, although she was remarkably restrained in the ****-taking department
>afterwards.

She has a good sense of timing and will wait until the right moment,
I'm sure :)

Whilst of our 'country adventure' - procuring Simons battery and
getting stoned in the model village, Di mentioned the lack of 'back
seat drivers' - which given we literally had a car-full was
surprising. We all felt she was driving fine, until then, of course -
rag to a bull, we then started telling her to mind that car / house /
helicopter :)

IMO, she's actually a very good driver and was evaluating the power to
weight ratio in anticipation of towing the caravan to France. Don't
you just hate it when women do that...

(Coat on...)


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005
 
On Tue, 02 May 2006 20:33:39 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>On Mon, 1 May 2006 20:36:26 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>|| I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!
>>
>>Yes, although she was remarkably restrained in the ****-taking department
>>afterwards.
>
>She has a good sense of timing and will wait until the right moment,
>I'm sure :)
>
>Whilst of our 'country adventure' - procuring Simons battery and
>getting stoned in the model village, Di mentioned the lack of 'back
>seat drivers' - which given we literally had a car-full was
>surprising. We all felt she was driving fine, until then, of course -
>rag to a bull, we then started telling her to mind that car / house /
>helicopter :)
>
>IMO, she's actually a very good driver and was evaluating the power to
>weight ratio in anticipation of towing the caravan to France. Don't
>you just hate it when women do that...
>
>(Coat on...)

you should see the criticism I get with driving burrt and the glass
trailer. Then I point out she can't drive burrt because of his plated
weight, or the size of the trailer.
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)
 
Simon Isaacs <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:

> you should see the criticism I get with driving burrt and the glass
> trailer. Then I point out she can't drive burrt because of his plated
> weight, or the size of the trailer.

Speaking of which how does Burrt tow? Does he sit right and how is the
steering.... I'd guess lighter until it's time to park in a tight spot.

Lee


 
Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:

|| On Mon, 1 May 2006 20:36:26 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
|| <[email protected]> wrote:
||
||||| I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!
|||
||| Yes, although she was remarkably restrained in the ****-taking
||| department afterwards.
||
|| She has a good sense of timing and will wait until the right moment,
|| I'm sure :)
||
|| Whilst of our 'country adventure' - procuring Simons battery and
|| getting stoned in the model village, Di mentioned the lack of 'back
|| seat drivers' - which given we literally had a car-full was
|| surprising. We all felt she was driving fine, until then, of course
|| - rag to a bull, we then started telling her to mind that car /
|| house / helicopter :)
||
|| IMO, she's actually a very good driver and was evaluating the power
|| to weight ratio in anticipation of towing the caravan to France.
|| Don't you just hate it when women do that...
||
|| (Coat on...)
||
||
|| --
|| "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to
|| one of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while
|| being increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of
|| BT Labs In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th
|| September 2005

Di says she appreciates your kindness, and yes you can have some more GB at
the next one.

Does anyone else have "Garlic ... bread? ... Garlic ... bread? ... Garlic
bread? ... No thanks" whizzing around their heads at work when they should
be doing something sensible?

--
Rich
==============================

I don't approve of signatures, so I don't have one.


 
On Tue, 2 May 2006 21:48:05 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Does anyone else have "Garlic ... bread? ... Garlic ... bread? ... Garlic
>bread? ... No thanks" whizzing around their heads at work when they should
>be doing something sensible?

Three of my neighbours have said it to me over the last week.

Hadn't realised they follow our adventures on the website.

One of them recognised Burrt from the short stay outside Poggle Wood
last year too, which I was somewhat impressed by, I have to say! :)


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005
 
Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
> On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:36:20 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Stupid. Heels sore from kicking self in arse.
>
> I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!

NO! 'Cos I wouldn't have done such a silly thing :)

> I wouldn't give yourself too much of a hard time - sounds like
> something anyone of us could have done. I once came back beaming from
> Grumble passing the MOT and reversed straight into my Series 3 - which
> I forgotten I'd moved a couple of foot forward so Charlotte could get
> the Disco in (always check the mirrors for people, forgot to check
> where the S3 was...).

Mmmmmmmm ... is this a bloke thing not being able to see obstacles? ;-)

Seems to me that you should read the thread on the Skoda Fabia and its
obstacle bleeper .... how about fitting them front and back on all LRs
--

Di

"The hurrier I am the behinder I get"


 
Mother" <"@ {mother} @ wrote:
> On Mon, 1 May 2006 20:36:26 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>> I bet Di was glad she wasn't driving!
<SNIP>
> Whilst of our 'country adventure' <SNIP> Di mentioned the lack of 'back
> seat drivers' - which given we literally had a car-full was
> surprising. We all felt she was driving fine, until then .... <SNIP>

I was actually terrified of taking you lot in the Disco and was suitably
impressed with your lack of comment on driving - ta muchly :) Glad you
forgot that I had to pull out of the parking space before passengers were
able to get into the vehicle <bg>


> IMO, she's actually a very good driver and was evaluating the power to
> weight ratio in anticipation of towing the caravan to France.

The power to weight ratio was a serious mathematical problem as to how many
cases of wine are equal to six passengers minus two. Count yourselves lucky
that I didn't do a weigh in before you all clambered in.
--

Di

"The hurrier I am the behinder I get"


 
On Tue, 2 May 2006 21:27:25 +0100, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> scribbled the following
nonsense:

>Simon Isaacs <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>
>> you should see the criticism I get with driving burrt and the glass
>> trailer. Then I point out she can't drive burrt because of his plated
>> weight, or the size of the trailer.
>
>Speaking of which how does Burrt tow? Does he sit right and how is the
>steering.... I'd guess lighter until it's time to park in a tight spot.
>
>Lee
>

the trailer is an exhibiton unit, so there is no weight added to the
back axle. The layout is an axle at each end of the trailer, and a
simple height adjustable A Frame connected to a turntable for the draw
bar, similar to the trailers towed behind Class 2 trucks.

If father had come to the unnofficial I would have found out how he
tows a normal caravn, but he didn't....

It weighs about 2.5 tonnes, so hills can be interesting, but generally
drags it at 50ish, which is what I managed with the Disco.

Still got to sit down and work out my fuel figures for Gaydon, so will
let you know!
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)
 
On Tue, 02 May 2006 21:57:03 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
scribbled the following nonsense:

>On Tue, 2 May 2006 21:48:05 +0100, "Richard Brookman"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Does anyone else have "Garlic ... bread? ... Garlic ... bread? ... Garlic
>>bread? ... No thanks" whizzing around their heads at work when they should
>>be doing something sensible?
>
>Three of my neighbours have said it to me over the last week.
>
>Hadn't realised they follow our adventures on the website.
>
>One of them recognised Burrt from the short stay outside Poggle Wood
>last year too, which I was somewhat impressed by, I have to say! :)

well, its not every day you see 2 ambis together on the same street!
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)
 
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