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cornwallboy
Member Since: 27 Mar 2006
Location: cornwall
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| DON'T use the clear plastic parking ticket retainer clip! |
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Put the parking ticket at a multi story under the clear plastic retainer clip, down near the dash on the front windscreen of my D3. Don't usually do this but lots of trash on top of the dash.
Noticed the retainer didn't fit that tight against windscreen. Off shopping with the strife, returned, paid £2 for parking, placed validated ticket under the retainer and drove up to the parking exit machines.
Went to remove ticket from clip, whereupon it slipped down and disappeared between glass and dash. Completely swallowed and irretrievable.
Kind parking man tried to charge me £12 for lost ticket replacement. Knocked him down to £6.
Then drove onto A38, completely blocked by accident. An hour later, got home.
Not my best weekend ever, particularly I am in process of giving up smoking again....
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 11th Feb 2007 6:49 pm |
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jeff
Member Since: 18 Jun 2005
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 393
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That's not a fault, the D3 knows your giving up the weed and is keeping excess change out your pockets! 
Now about your avatar,  D3 TDV6SE
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| 11th Feb 2007 8:37 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
 
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sideview wrote:Hope it doesn't swallow my Starbucks punch card 
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| 11th Feb 2007 8:55 pm |
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Gareth
Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26748
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Ahh, I lost my National Trust card in the same way!.
If you give the knee panel that forms the bottom of the dash on the drivers side a sharp tug, it hinges down. You will find your ticket there A bit late now though 8)
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| 11th Feb 2007 11:06 pm |
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nwoods
Member Since: 04 Apr 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 563
  
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Gareth wrote:Ahh, I lost my National Trust card in the same way!.
If you give the knee panel that forms the bottom of the dash on the drivers side a sharp tug, it hinges down. You will find your ticket there A bit late now though 8)
Be cautious if you do this (remove the panel). It does come away quite easily, but the two little spring clips that hold it on can launch themselves a remarkable distance into the nether parts of your vehicle, never to be seen again...
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| 11th Feb 2007 11:17 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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Gareth wrote:Ahh, I lost my National Trust card in the same way!.
If you give the knee panel that forms the bottom of the dash on the drivers side a sharp tug, it hinges down. You will find your ticket there A bit late now though 8)
Not to prove that you did buy a ticket and not have to pay the fine 
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| 11th Feb 2007 11:46 pm |
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blue meanie
D3 Decade
Member Since: 04 Aug 2005
Location: Newbury
Posts: 6861
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I'm sure this clip thing is pre-stressed to have at least three months worth of previous tickets/shopping lists/takeaway menus/'doctor on call' signs already placed in it with the most current one at the front, thereby creating enough tension to keep them there? so only one or two in the clip, well you're asking for trouble!  and theeeeennn......???
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| 12th Feb 2007 12:04 am |
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DiscoAtom
Member Since: 28 Sep 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 142
 
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Reminds me of Mr.Bean... I never leave my parking ticket in the car, that way, I am not making it easy for a car thief to leave the car park. '06 Disco 3 TDV6 SE Buckingham Blue
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| 12th Feb 2007 1:43 am |
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TDMP
Member Since: 16 Jul 2006
Location: South Gippsland
Posts: 511
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jeff wrote:That's not a fault, the D3 knows your giving up the weed and is keeping excess change out your pockets!
Now about your avatar,
NO No kiddies, the nice man is referring to tabaccy weed... Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
(Epicurus BC 341-270)
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| 12th Feb 2007 9:03 am |
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