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well i give up !!!
it,ll only take a catastrophic brake failure down some steep hill whilst pulling a trailer load full of supplies !! or skidding on a wet road with bold tyres ........and then perhapes he,ll relise what were on about !!!
 
goonarmy said:
The way you trying to convince him isnt working.It needs to be modified.If it was working then there wouldnt be a zillion pages on the fred!He aint killed anyone yet, so dont treat him like he has.
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so using a few short words is overly complex for him to understand what else could i do to get the point over ?

i don't quite understand why your defending the bloke, and to be honest no one has had a proper "go" at him - all that most people have done is to point out that his vehicle needs more looking after

just remind yourself of what he said regarding looking after the vehicle

"Thankfully thats what an MOT is for, to identify the problems a car has, and since its a work truck and regularly tows a trailer full of fencing posts or 2 tons of ballast and goes across fields every day of its life I hardly think its a case of me not maintaining it, it just lives a hard life!"

that's not simply a case of mechanical ignorance, it's negligence and shows a total lack of common sense, he's clearly not in the same league of denseness as the likes of DK17 were but expecting the same service schedule that Mrs Goggins (who drives to church once a week) uses on her Focus to be suited to a vehicle that's used in the manner he has described is dangerous and foolhardy

the point i am trying to get across is that it needs more maintenance than it has been getting - it's very simple
 
Sean said:
so using a few short words is overly complex for him to understand what else could i do to get the point over ?

i don't quite understand why your defending the bloke, and to be honest no one has had a proper "go" at him - all that most people have done is to point out that his vehicle needs more looking after

just remind yourself of what he said regarding looking after the vehicle

"Thankfully thats what an MOT is for, to identify the problems a car has, and since its a work truck and regularly tows a trailer full of fencing posts or 2 tons of ballast and goes across fields every day of its life I hardly think its a case of me not maintaining it, it just lives a hard life!"

that's not simply a case of mechanical ignorance, it's negligence and shows a total lack of common sense, he's clearly not in the same league of denseness as the likes of DK17 were but expecting the same service schedule that Mrs Goggins (who drives to church once a week) uses on her Focus to be suited to a vehicle that's used in the manner he has described is dangerous and foolhardy

the point i am trying to get across is that it needs more maintenance than it has been getting - it's very simple
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Im defending the bloke because i feel hes done nothing wrong.That how ever is not the same as making mistakes.I agree the landy wotrks hard therefore should be treated to a once over on a regular basis.Perhaps people on here could suggest servicing schuedule more suited to his needs.I see places have been suggested that he could take his motor.:nospamhere: JOKE!Hes hung around which is a good thing.Now we can persuade him regular sevice intervals at decent places will result in a reduced likely hood of paying a large when he gets his MOT.Win-win.Safer motor that dont cost as much to fix cos problems have been nipped in the bud.Also a rough guide of what to check would probably be of use to him and others.I regulary use busters photo guides cos i cant go wrong.Maybe pointing him in this direction would be more productive than telling him how terrible he is.Hey, his got a landy.He uses it as it should be.It breaks same as all the rest.Hes just one of us really, inne?
 
I'm just glad there aren't more people like him around, or the number of road deaths would be massively higher

........ and with that comment i surrender, it's his life
 
goonarmy said:
Im defending the bloke because i feel hes done nothing wrong.That how ever is not the same as making mistakes.I agree the landy wotrks hard therefore should be treated to a once over on a regular basis.Perhaps people on here could suggest servicing schuedule more suited to his needs.I see places have been suggested that he could take his motor.:nospamhere: JOKE!Hes hung around which is a good thing.Now we can persuade him regular sevice intervals at decent places will result in a reduced likely hood of paying a large when he gets his MOT.Win-win.Safer motor that dont cost as much to fix cos problems have been nipped in the bud.Also a rough guide of what to check would probably be of use to him and others.I regulary use busters photo guides cos i cant go wrong.Maybe pointing him in this direction would be more productive than telling him how terrible he is.Hey, his got a landy.He uses it as it should be.It breaks same as all the rest.Hes just one of us really, inne?
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im on no-ones side !!
but if a vehicle is used hard for work or other surely it should reduce its life and there fore need more regular maintainance ....... in my opion once a year is not enough !!
im in the same boat , when mine goes wrong it gets repaired as i need it for work i cant afford to to drive it if its in a unsafe condition .... if you are found to be driven a vehicle in a road worty condition ...... does or will this invalidate your insurance aswell??? i know it does if you got no tax or mot .....
sean mearly stated it was a vehicle that wasnt being given regular maintainance thus why it was found to have so many faults on a mot ........ the chap should learn some basic skills i bet he knows hwo to blow his tyres up at asda,s thats regular maintainance ........
if he,s out fenceing for one of his customers and there not happy with his work im sure they will say so ........ its the same sinareo ...... there not fencer,s so they employed him to under take the work for them !!
 
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