Next time take the P38 crazy fool

Squirt: Can we go to Blackpool in the Rangey Dad, Dad, Dad, can we huh, huh?
Me: No son. 180 quid on fuel vs 60 quid in the Vectra? It's a no brainer son.

So there we are near sunny Blackpool (kin freezing actually) after an uneventful trip. She wants to go to Asda. Swinging round a roundabout front end hits a pothole... TWANG!! Wassatt?? While she's shopping I take a look at front strut. Looks like coil spring has displaced sideways. No worries, me thinks, will whip wheel off at hotel and lever it back straight! But on wheel removal, saw that coil had snapped good and proper. Eeek! 250 miles from home, no tools, bank holiday weekend and a family meal to get to in 3 hrs. So found out local National garage was open - they checked each corner - and found a rear spring freshly snapped too! Arse. Which in turn had caused tyre feathering at the back end. And one had a nail, the other a cracked wall. Oookay. Oh and broken coils had smashed bearings in. So 4 coil springs, 2 tyres, 2 links, 2 bearings, 4 wheel alignment / tracking. Picked it up the following day (after £75 quid on taxis) for the bargain bucket sum of £824!!

Squid: Told you to go in the Rangey dad! Dad, why you that funny colour?

Haha quality

OOPS enough said F***

Whilst Squirts can be a pain the backside they always speak the truth, oftentimes painfully so...!

Should have bought a diesel Rangie then there would be no contest, Rangie every time.

They seem to be making springs shorter and shorter. On top of that the tyres are going to a slimmer and slimmer profile. All that is not good news for springs in the condition roads are at the moment. Get an old car with a decent profile tyre!

Hope you took some photos complain to the council try and claim some compo.
Lol ps you should of took the rangie

Datatek said:

Should have bought a diesel Rangie then there would be no contest, Rangie every time.

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Disagree. I've got a trip coming up that'll cost 140 in fuel, but only 75 if I had my old car. They are good mile munchers, but that luxury comes at a cost. If they made a small car as comfortable to drive as a RR, I'd get one in a heart beat.

Bix said:

If they made a small car as comfortable to drive as a RR, I'd get one in a heart beat.

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Evoque.............. 🙊😄

Chrisfrain2007 said:

Evoque.............. 🙊😄

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I said a small car, not a homosexual shopping trolley.

Chrisfrain2007 said:

Evoque.............. ����

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for even mentioning......

Bix said:

I said a small car, not a homosexual shopping trolley.

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Ha has just offering a solution to your problem

Bix said:

Disagree. I've got a trip coming up that'll cost 140 in fuel, but only 75 if I had my old car. They are good mile munchers, but that luxury comes at a cost. If they made a small car as comfortable to drive as a RR, I'd get one in a heart beat.

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I'm happy to pay at 24 to 30 mpg on my P38 and of course diesel is cheaper than petrol over here. Even the MR2 only manages 30mpg

Who said coils are more reliable than EAS?

Chrisfrain2007 said:

Ha has just offering a solution to your problem

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An Ejoke isn't a solution.

Datatek said:

I'm happy to pay at 24 to 30 mpg on my P38 and of course diesel is cheaper than petrol over here. Even the MR2 only manages 30mpg

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There is that, currently it is 141.9 a litre at my nearest watering hole. Back when fuel was in the sub pound region 30MPG was a good number. Now 30MPG is reserved for the rich folks who can afford a villa in France.