Only 95 miles? You could have pushed it rest of way 😁.
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
16th May 2017 10:32 pm
RBP
Member Since: 29 Aug 2012
Location: N Yorks
Posts: 1936
What went wrong Andy?
16th May 2017 10:33 pm
Andy Foster
Member Since: 27 Dec 2009
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 6551
Spat some alternator bolts out somewhere on the A592 between Newby Bridge and Windermere.
Guess my surprise when I found out I only had roadside assistance and no garage could fit me in.
£119 to upgrade then £2.50 a mile for every mile over 50 to get home. That will be another £110 sir, have a nice day D4 MY15 SE TECH
D3 gone but never forgotten.
16th May 2017 10:40 pm
Andy Foster
Member Since: 27 Dec 2009
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 6551
First truck took me to Lancaster services then this guy turned up.
He said how heavy is this 2 tonne. No I said closer to 3. To which he gave me a "look" and said "well I'm here now let's get it on and see what happens"
Then to top it all off I had to pull the EPB cable to get it off the f g thing D4 MY15 SE TECH
D3 gone but never forgotten.
16th May 2017 10:45 pm
RBP
Member Since: 29 Aug 2012
Location: N Yorks
Posts: 1936
Not good
What was matter with the first guy, doesn't his Mum like him travelling too far from home?
16th May 2017 10:51 pm
Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
Posts: 4184
Come on man ....see where he lives! Would you drive into Liverpool?
16th May 2017 10:57 pm
Andy Foster
Member Since: 27 Dec 2009
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 6551
Low blow FC talk about kicking a guy when he's down
Apparently that's how it works D4 MY15 SE TECH
D3 gone but never forgotten.
16th May 2017 11:03 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3077
Sorry you've had a 'mare Andy. We've all been there
Didn't you need a new alternator anyway? D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
16th May 2017 11:33 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3077
If you need a hand with anything just shout D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
16th May 2017 11:34 pm
Farmer Chalk
Member Since: 07 Mar 2013
Location: Independent Republic of Kentishshire.
Posts: 4184
Sorry Andy.... if you need a hug come on down to one of our hug ins!
I do feel your pain and hope that it's repaired asap cheaply....
As an aside I had one of my most unusual potentially life changing experiences in a pub in Liverpool... my head of HR for the firm I work for is French and a very camp gay.... brilliant laugh and imagine if you can, a little fat French Graham Norton...he was meeting an 'informant' who was going to tell him about a local scam that was going down within our business....unfortunately he decided he needed some hired muscle ( think middle aged fat guy) so asked me to go with him...
We turned up at this very interesting 'slag' pub and I was driving my 3 day old Disco.... in the car park as I arrived a car with 3 yoofs was doing donuts...clearly stolen it then blasted out past us onto the main road.
Got out and walked to the main bar.... like a Western it all went silent as we walked in...the place was packed and you could see everyone thinking ' what's that gay bloke doing with the old bill?'
The silence continued ...it was at this time I noticed a man sitting at the bar eating chips with his knife....unfortunately it wasn't a normal cutlery knife but a monster dagger type knife and he was stabbing his chips and eating them that way.... just looking at us!! never felt more exposed in my life!
Anyway it all passed off ok and I'm still here to live the tale! Interesting place!
16th May 2017 11:37 pm
Dan_NL
Member Since: 19 Sep 2010
Location: world
Posts: 1213
I got stranded 2500km away from home...
But just 15km from my second home... So I put the car in the garage and started some trial and error testing to find out what could be wrong.
Rental car, car ambulance, down to the main dealer in Faro... Needed an alternator... Took the old one home.
Turned out the contact carbon stifts were worn [ and a bearing, but that could have survived some thousands km's extra ].
Andy... if it makes you feel better. I had the misfortune of watching my 'new' Disco being taken away on the back of a truck the day I bought it!!! (I kept that quiet at the time... along with my latest dealer issue when they accidentally smashed my door mirror!)
One of the first things I did on picking it up was to fill up the tank and take it to 'show off' to a friend and fellow forum member 'Digsy'. The only problem was that the fuel filter had been changed prior to me picking it up and the thread was faulty resulting in copious amounts of diesel leaking all over Digsy's drive.As you slide down the banister of life
may no splinters point your way
Disco XXV
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY16
Discovery Sport HSE Lux MY17
Evoque HSE Dynamic MY16 (Gone)
RRS2 Autobiography Dynamic MY14 (Lovely car but preferred the Disco!)
Disco 3 Tdv6 HSE MY05 (owned for 11 years and now gone)
Range Rover Sport HSE MY11 (Gone)
Freelander2 SE (Gone but the most reliable car we've ever owned)
Disco 2 V8 (Gone)
18th May 2017 12:06 am
Andy Foster
Member Since: 27 Dec 2009
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 6551
Not feeling the love at the minute. EPB to be stripped at the weekend and now getting low coolant warning.
I'll be ok when I get over my stop D4 MY15 SE TECH
D3 gone but never forgotten.
18th May 2017 8:21 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72949
Just think "hey ho, it's only money". Inheritance is waaaaaaaay overrated.
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