fella31
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Can you believe it....just crossed the ferry into Dublin (from Hertfordshire)and onwards to Galway and a high pitched noise starts up. This is followed by a funny smell, could be plastic could be ATF oil? anyway I pull over to the hard shoulder whereby I check the engine. Nope I can't see a thing (BTW, the car is a TD5, auto gearbox, 2002). Turn the engine over, not a problem, put it into drive (D) and absolutely nothing happens. Not a sodding thing, I try putting it into 1, 2,3 and again nothing. I check the high/low gears and still nothing. So we get towed to the nearest garage and use a rental car for the rest of the holiday as the garage claim it was to do with the gearbox, hence they wouldn't touch it, not a problem. Now the invstigation into what is wrong with it!
Firstly it had a replacement geerbox about 4/5 years ago, and about a month ago the car was vandalised which makes me wonder as to what was actually done to it. It was parked nearby some stables where some pikey's had come along to nick some Welsh Cobs (type of horse) and come across my Disco. They cut the fuel lines to try and nick the diesel and when they couldn't get much out ( I assume anyway) they keyed the side of the car good and proper. Anyway the garage said that the pipes were properly mashed up down there and as it involves a paint job I'm claiming on my insurance which makes my wonder whether the two instances could be related. what thinks you? The insurance people are going mad saying there's no possible connection between the two but I'n not so sure...if I'm paying out £350 self risk I don't fancy paying that twice if I can claim on the same ref.
Firstly it had a replacement geerbox about 4/5 years ago, and about a month ago the car was vandalised which makes me wonder as to what was actually done to it. It was parked nearby some stables where some pikey's had come along to nick some Welsh Cobs (type of horse) and come across my Disco. They cut the fuel lines to try and nick the diesel and when they couldn't get much out ( I assume anyway) they keyed the side of the car good and proper. Anyway the garage said that the pipes were properly mashed up down there and as it involves a paint job I'm claiming on my insurance which makes my wonder whether the two instances could be related. what thinks you? The insurance people are going mad saying there's no possible connection between the two but I'n not so sure...if I'm paying out £350 self risk I don't fancy paying that twice if I can claim on the same ref.
