let me tell you a story

hi all
let me tell you a story
saturday the wife drops a small glass pot of her war paint into the hand basin in the bathroom which was completely refurbished 9 month ago and informs me that the basin has a hair line crack in it.
ok ok **** happens
phone insurance company on monday no probs get a few estimates you are covered except u pay the first £50, go to the local bathroom store yes they caan remember us and ordered the basin and gave us a quote for the insurance company..
on the way home in the wifes car its a megane 2ltr 16 valve cabrio the ****ing cam belt goes mixing up the 16 valves
ok ok **** happens
speak to the youngest son who is an ex l/r tech bring it down and will take the head off and have a look...
this morning on tuesday after the weekly checks on the range rover ie oil ,coolant changed the fan viscous coupling as it didnt seen to be working properly no tension in it at all. but after changing it the vibration from the engine when you kik down has dissapeared now its running like a watch ....WRONG
it now decides ot doesnt like coolant and pukes the ****ing lot allover the road now the HEAD GASKET has gone .


**** HAPPENS


regards

steve

Sounds like you had a pretty poor weekend there mate. They say bad luck comes in 3's. I'd say your lass started it all off dropping her war paint in the sink so you can blame her for it all.

its a nightmare i sympathise too mines went

Bad luck, Cambelt was that neglate or went early?

by the way cam belt was changed 7 weeks ago
car is R reg 3 owners from new (wife is the 3rd owner ) with 52.000 on the clock she has owned it for the last 6 years and its immaculate

h12ssy said:

by the way cam belt was changed 7 weeks ago
car is R reg 3 owners from new (wife is the 3rd owner ) with 52.000 on the clock she has owned it for the last 6 years and its immaculate

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Ah but the frioggies are a bit tempermental.

h12ssy said:

by the way cam belt was changed 7 weeks ago
car is R reg 3 owners from new (wife is the 3rd owner ) with 52.000 on the clock she has owned it for the last 6 years and its immaculate

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Now that is bad luck!

Anyway chin up Something good will happen soon for yer

could be worse, you might be the owner of the best looking range rover on ebay