Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: M.Acorn on November 20, 2009, 04:47:46 pm
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Can you bloody beleive it eh ! Van has started popping out of 5th,having to hold it in,typically it`s a common fault on thease vans,so spare ones are hard to come by !
Had to book it into the garage in the morning.
When will things stop going wrong,i must have really ped someone off in my last life ! >:(
Think i might be taking it back to where i bought it from !
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Mark
I think it all started going down hill when that lucky rabbits foot of yours got myxomatosis.
It's not bad luck Mark, it's the decisions you are making, which is good news as you can take responsibility and change the way you think.
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;D
Yeah we make our own luck !
Got someone with a box who i am seeing in the morning,sn****r ;D
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8)
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Swear filters are set funny ! Will rephrase that as chuckle then !
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sn****rs are out, titters are in!
:P ;D
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Is thi some form of pigeon english you two are speaking? Haven't got a clue what you are on about.
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I didn't know pigeons spoke english!
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There's quite a few on Twitter apparently
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Badoom-tshhhh!
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you get worse mike.
derek
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Thats a bugger ah :( your not having much luck mate :( how many miles has the van done? its strange that its jumping out of 5th, usualy when a clutch starts going, its jumps out of the lower gears i.e. 1st.
Have you tried Kwik-Fit? Some of the bigger ones do gear boxes too i am sure. They are pretty cheap compared to garages and you wont get ripped off. I have been going there for years for things like MOT, servicing and tyres.
You could also try a local scrappy?? just watch you dont get a crap one! if your handy with that type of thing you could install it yourself. But gear boxes are quite fiddley
I paid £240 all in i think last time i needed a new clutch. Brand new.
Tony
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Brought a smile to my face ;D
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Ive just paid £1100 for a new clutch and fly wheel for my primaster that was about 2 weeks ago since then ive had nothing but problems clutch keeps sticking so its going back on monday and they will have to strip the whole lot out and do it again complete idiots.
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Not a clutch problem,had the plug out the gearbox earlier,no oil in it,5th is highest up,so gets starved of oil first,should all be ok ! would not trust any of those places,took my old van to ats and they said servo and master cylinder gone ! turned out to be water in my brake fluid !
This one has done 175 thou,so just run in really ;D
I am spanner handy,have called loads of scrappers all rec to me from a vw nut i know,london etc etc,nothing !
Member of lot`s of Vw forums,as i am into my dubs (why i bought a vw caddy) just was not expecting it to go within weeks of buying it.
Don`t really want to be getting my fingers dirty with this one,can claim it back on tax after all.Did the clutch in my rocco ,and that was a pig,no half as much of a pig as changing the gearbox in my ford zephyer though ,big v6 box,little me = pain,and vowed never to strip a gearbox down ever again,had to swap input shafts on the boxes,as they were different,too many needle bearings in there !
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At least you are good with spanners Mark, I would have to shell out and trust a garage. :(
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At least you are good with spanners Mark
All self taught,well that and doing my chef training apprenticeship,with a bloke who was one of the first people to put a rover v8 into a ford anglia,and started up a drag racing club in the 60`s big v8 american blocks etc,he was a chef/ storeman and retired in my 2 yr there,but stayed friends,20 yrs later he is still going,used to drink a bottle of teachers every night,till he had a stroke and fell backwards into the pit,had to learn everything again!!!
Quite funny,but i cleaned some carpets for a young lad in an ex rental (also a dub fan and mechanic,converts and restores etc) he happened to work at a vw specialist,who i was told to call by members on a vw forum,which was just down the rd from the house i cleaned,well the house belonged to the bloke who owns the garage,and he was really impressed with the work i did,so in his words "he will look after me" what goes around ,comes around !
Going to batter my overdraft with this one ! But getting a box from a bloke on the forum,who is meeting me at the garage,and also having a look around the van
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As you only had the van a few weeks, and you bought it from a garage/dealer - have you no comeback on them?
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That's good Mark, networking with Custies and if they appreciate what you do and have a common interest you can't go wrong.
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Joe the bloke was a nightmare,he promised to send us a set of hubcaps for the golf we bought off him ,as they were supposed to be getting sprayed,still waiting a month later ! Also said he would send a head unit for the golf,still waiting.I have a load of his stuff that he left in my van though,he won`t be getting it back.Long story but we bought the golf off him without tax or v5 and had to wait 3 weeks before it turned up,he let her use a fecked old astra as a stop gap,we arranged to take back the astra on a sun morn at 11am,he eventually turned up at 12.15 after we had been calling him since 11.15,my wife got out the car when he turned up ,and gave him a look,so he swore at her,so i made her go sit in the car while i had a word with him,he was a big bloke,but i am not having some idiot swear at her ,when he was in the wrong,he then tried tio get £140 out of me for taxing it,i promptly told him where he could go !
When i bought the van it was having it`s mot,they looked really through,but in hindsight they might have been doing him a favour !
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you may be a member of our fourm then eh ????? have you tryed dub shack im sure they will have one on the shelf tell them noddy told you to ring hell see you right
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mark
from your posts and your charges and the amount of jobs you post your doing, you must be turning over a good amount of money per week.
do the maths, bite the bullet and part ex that piece of crap for a new van, trouble free motoring for 3 years so you can concentrate on serving your customers instead of giving them excuses and rebooking.
all though with your luck, even a new van might FU. ;D
derek
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Gotta agree with Derek, Mark
I would never suggest that someone get into debt - but I couldn't put up with the grief that you have with both your van and machine.
Perhaps the new year should bring a new business outlook.
Hope you get things sorted soon.
Steve
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Susan i have tried loads of dismantlers,and even tried a recon placce £675+vat !!
I do turn over a decent amouint,but have high outgoings £531 on yello pages alone,plus about £650 on the machine,plus all the other expenses £295 for my accountant this month,and also need to start putting some by for mr tax man !
I have a geaarbox sorted now,meeting the lad at the garage in the morning,should only take a couple of hours to fit it,will chuck a new clutch on too,then job done,i had been meaning to get it serviced,but then the machine went wrong >:(
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try car transplants of nantwich
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Mark like joe said thought there would have been some sort of warranty with it as he was a dealer ???
As steve an derek said in there post i would also go along with the lines of getting a new vehicle and machie.
Thats going to give you (or should ;D) Years of troube free motoring etc.
Then it would leave you to get on with getting your business running..
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Yeah wish i could take it back,i would contact him if i thought there was a hope in hell of getting some sort of payoff from him !
It`s just one of those things,i could buy a new one and have probs knowing me !
I paid 1200 for the van,most of the ones i have seen up for sale,same yr etc have been between 1500 and 1800,might sell it on possibly,but then i could be in the same place all over again :(
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im pretty sure that 5th and reverse are in the end casing on that box . i used to be a spannerman ,but my memorys not so fresh . but i definitely remember a lot of those boxes are easy to change fifth/reverse WITHOUT pulling out the box .
i can remember doing a clutch on a caddy diesel, its about a 4 hour job,the only point to be careful with is be sure you have perfect spline tool to undo the drive shaft little bolts
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Not sure ,i know 5th is the highest up inside the box,there was no oil in the box whatsoever ! Hence why 5th was running dry,which in turn had done the bearings.
When we did the clutch on my roc,we used superglue ,just glued the plate up centred ,top mechanic tip that.
4th started to go on the way there ! so think it`s a case of new box ratehr than re=-building.
Contacted the de4aler i bought it off ,in the hope he would do something about it,not heard back from him,surprise.Can`t start threatening him,as he was a big grant mitchel look alike,and goes to the gym everyday ! He also has my address,so i don`t want to risk him coming over here.
Company called zel cars,so everyone knows to avoid him !
The people who will be doing the swap,are propper vw mentals , as in they drag race them at Santa pod,so they know their stuff better than most garages
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All good now,bloke on the forum i am a member of has sorted one for me,collect Tue ,fit Wed,skint by Thurs.
Going to chuck a new clutch on,so that will hopfully be 2 things i won`t have to worry about for a while.
The garage i am going to are sponsors for 2 of the mechanics who work there....This is Mike one of the people who will be doing the swap....http://www.mightymetamorphicracing.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=66.
Will also be getting me some choice parts for the roc too ;D
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Nice one Mark ;)
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Think i am going to try Trading standards !Contacted the dealer on Sat morning,he got back to me asking which car who are you,told him,heard nothing back !
Will call him and ask if he wants to pay half the money for the box and install,if not i will call them and see what they say !
Have a friend who said he is more than up for coming with me to see him,to hold my hand,incase the bloke gets heated !
I said i would rather stay on the side of the law at the moment,if i don`t get any luck though,i will be posting my old gearbox through his showroom window !
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Before you bought this van you asked for advice , lots of people gave it including me.
It seems you ignored the advice and bought an 8 year old van with 184k on the clock , the gearbox is just the start of your problems!
The dealer you bought from paid £600 max from an auction or as a part ex.
My advice now is to not put any money into it , ask for a grand back ,allowing for the use you have had,or try and ebay it with the gearbox fault for a grand.
Then take the advice given, spend £1500 plus at the auction , get the newest van you can for the money, you will get an 04 upwards for that money.
As you were going to spend 500 on a gearbox and sign writing anyhow , if you manage to get 1000 for the caddy you will manage it.
Alternatively keep the caddy, and run it with just a 4 speed box for a while until you have the funds to upgrade.
Whatever you do I advise not throwing money at the caddy.
Take advice from someone who has been there , and come out the other side with good vehicles.
I say the above with a caring helpful attitude , not as a criticism.
Good luck whatever you decide.
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Mark we had a major engine failure with a saab that we bought from a dealer. they tried to fob us off with the fact that they do a 7 day returns policy (engine went on 8th day) also they said it was sold as seen this is illegal for a dealer to say this as it is implying the loss of your rights. The vehicle has to last a reasonable amount of time for the age and condition of it from the time you bought it!
Regards Goron
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Trading standards will back you all the way. The term they will use is.....THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FIT FOR THE PURPOSE IT WAS BOUGHT FOR.
Richie.
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The other car we bought off him also broke down this morning,starter motor went,i spoke to the rac man,he said motor had been connected with audio cable !
About to call him now,will be recording the conversation as evidence.
Then trad stand if noi joy ! Cheers for the info Guy`s.
I can`t just keep on using it with 4th,other gears are starting to go now too,just needs to get me 15 mile in the morning,to the garage,they are doing me a favour,very cheap ,but i won`t get an invoice ! Will also be having a good look at the van,just in case anything else is on it`s way out.
Could not afford a new one,don`t want to get in any debt :(
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Mark I'm going to be quite blunt with you, it's nothing personal but:
How do you command such high rates for carept cleaning when you are using worn out equipment and turning up in vehicles that pikies would turn their noses up at.
You are constantly running a debt situation anyway because of what you are spending out trying to keep delaperated equipment functioning. Can you not see if you get some newish equipment and vehicles complete with warrentees that at the end of let's say 5 years, you wouldn't have spent anymore out, but you would feel better knowing you look the part.
I know you don't want to have a debt over your head but if you are running your books correctly then any business debt will keep your tax bill really low. There are probably some on here (like in other professions) who year in year out show a business loss but still manage to have all the trappings of a good life style.
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Cheeky bugger !!
My machine was bought brand new 5 years ago ! In cash,i have continued to build my business and my equipment up since then,withiout getting into debt !
2001 is not that bad it`s 5 years younger than the one it replaced !
I read on here that most who run portables,have had too replace motors and pumps on a yearly basis ,one of the vac`s i took out was nearly 18 months old,so had not had such a bad return from it really.
I can`t be running at a loss,i need to be getting a mortgage over the next couple of years,so i have to put as much as i can through the books !
And on the + side i have just booked a 6 bed house,for the American services £487. i came highly recomended ;D
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Mark , the van you have now is a debt! it is a liability , and going to cost you EVERY month the same or more than a van on finance.
Trading standards will be no help , the van was fit for purpose , 184k and 9 years old ,, of course it will need major repairs imminently. these vans will go on for 300k IF they are maintained from new by the book , yours clearly was not.
Ditch it ASAP, GET SOME FINANCE or stretch yourself with a cash purchase and run a business, you wont regret it .
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All good now,bloke on the forum i am a member of has sorted one for me,collect Tue ,fit Wed,skint by Thurs.
Going to chuck a new clutch on,so that will hopfully be 2 things i won`t have to worry about for a while.
The garage i am going to are sponsors for 2 of the mechanics who work there....This is Mike one of the people who will be doing the swap....http://www.mightymetamorphicracing.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=66.
Will also be getting me some choice parts for the roc too ;D
How much is this going to cost you?
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Some good advice in the above posts mark..
I would take on board what jason posted.
From Your posts you seem to have a good business going so why dont you get a younger vehicle with low milage and a new machine..
You can offset some of it against your tax bill maybe have a word with roger peach ???
I dont think your van will make it through the winter mate and you will be spending more on it..
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Trading Standards will get involved regardless of the age/mileage because it has been purchased in good faith. I had the same problem about 12 yrs ago with a vehicle that was about 8 yrs old.
Richie.
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Mark
Get your van sorted and then think of a new machine - if you getting £500+ jobs then you can afford one, be it a top end porty or a low end TM
ie Prowler £7050 inc vat at 17.5%. That includes 100ft of suction and solution hose and a wand.
Can you afford it - consider this........
It will take 100 £70 jobs to pay for it.
OK you got running costs like petrol, servicing etc but that is not a great deal.
100 £70 jobs.
How many of them do you do in a year?
Spread it over 2 years, or even 3 years and it makes it very affordable.
Your productivity will go up, as will the quality of work.
Top end porty, say £3500 inc vat. 50 £70 jobs and its paid for.
To me its a no brainer.
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Going to look into an alltec machine in the new year,they are not far from me,just not 100% sure yet,i do like the look of the prowler,but not sure about servicing parts for it etc.
The box is costing me 4 hours work,inc fitting.
One of the lads who will be fitting it is going to give the van a through going over,and point out any faults,the box had prob been on it`s way out for a while,but it being new to me it didn`t ring alarm bells,now i know it`s gone it`s fairly unmistakable ! Van has done 175 thou,miles.
Going to see what the mechanic says then decide ,if it means punting it on then so be it !
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Richie, 12 years is 12 years ago! times have moved on and trading standards "might" help but i wouldn't hold my breath!
Take Jason's advice Mark. I ditched my steam pro a few months ago for a powerflite and a airflex as back up. bought with cash. The steam pro was total stressing me out! >:( You could easly buy a AirFlex 200PSI from cleansmart for £1800 and its a million times better than the machine you got at the moment. bigger tanks, higher psi, more suction etc etc
you'll feel a ton better from the very first job you do with it! ;D
Same goes with your van! i went from £1000 - £1500 bangers to newish £4000+ vans and the differance was immense! Those old escorts used to stess me out no end when they always broke down :( life is too short for that...
like we say to price shoppers on the phone, "buy cheap - get cheap!!"
Tony
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It`s just a worry,i have a very large tax bill looming over me,nothing saved to pay it with,no buffwer in the bank now either,drained my isa,coming up to a quiet time of year for me,the letting agy i work 4 are pretty much at capacity now,ie run out of houses to rent !
Estate agy / letting agy i work for also still taking on tenants so will be 12 month plus before i get ,much more from them.
So can`t really commit to anything as yet !
I have been doing this for over 5 years now,and have made a good living,if i was poop or looked Pikey i would not have survived !
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Dare I ask..... any well off relatives that will bank roll you for a bit? ;D
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My grandad always said "never a borrower or lender be" and i try my best to stick to it !
Don`t really have a family,as such.
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I have been doing this for over 5 years now,and have made a good living,if i was poop or looked Pikey i would not have survived !
You clearly have something and I'm not knocking you for that, perhaps you're a great salesman because I would love to have the job prices you are getting, but please tell me that in 5 years you have learnt by now to put 25% of your monthly income away (monthly) into an account for end of year payments.
As for the pikey comment that was aimed at that 'astra circus act van' you kept us amused with for so long. Again how did you get such high end priced jobs if you were arriving on customer's driveways only for a puff of steam etc to follow you up to the doorstep.
Mark we are all here to help each other and key to moving forward in any industry is to re-invest in better equipment. I started with a rust bucket of an Astra van and basic woodbridge hwe but used the money brought in not to lock away/save etc but buy a tex system for low profile and now a Scorpian for top range HWE which remains in the transit as a 'truckmount.'
Yes we sail close to the wind at times with available money but after i have had my spending spree on better kit I then hardly spend out again for 6 to 9 months.
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.28 p is not that high around here,there are a few people round here that charge a lot more,there are also many that charge a lot less,but i have been called back to clean up after those guy`s !
Will also be increasing my prices .30p in Jan,have not put them up since i started !
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I`m thinking of upgrading to a prowler sometime in the new year, on a lease basis. £50 per week looks a good deal to me, and will save setting/packing up time too.
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It`s since having the bigger van ,i have done a couple of jobs and left it in there,much less hassle,that`s what got me interested
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It appears that some people on her think that 28p a square foot which if i am correct is just over £3 per square metre is a very high price. Obviously pricing varies between carpet cleaners & the areas they work. Most carpet cleaners i know charge between £2 - £3 sqm for domestic work. Yes some charge £1.20 - £1.50 but these CCs are very few yet others charge upto £4.50 sqm. Personally i think £2.50 - £3.00 is a reasonable amount to charge for domestic work.
Richie.
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Starting to get repetitive on this subject but I have a sliding scale so a tiny job they'll be paying (not joking) up to £9/m but at the other end a big commercial might be as low as £1.20/m, under £1 for bonnet work (not that I do much).
It's not the rate per m² but the value they see in the price that matters. My humble opinion :)
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If it`s a big one like i priced the other day 1750 sq ft ,then i knocked off 2 seperate sets of stairs.If am am doing a job for the agy,then i tend to knock around £25 off depending on if they or the custy is paying.
Need to re accumalate some money to pay for this gearbox !
Bloke who was getting me one 2nd hand got wrong one,the one on my van is very rare box to get 2nd hand ,as they all go !
So on Wed i had to order a new reconditioned one with uprated dif (pins came out of my diff and punctured the casing,that`s why it lost all it`s oil) cost me £776.26p ! Then clutch £80,and possibly another £200 + for a new dual mass flywheel !
Wish i had listned to you guy`s
It`s costing me as much as i paid for the bloody thing,dealer won`t honour warranty,trad stand won`t do owt,consumer direct say same.
Only option is to send the boy`s around !
This is where it`s coming from,check out the damage to some of them on the bottom of the page,mechanic at the garage said i had a very lucky escape,it coud have just locked up any time ,sending me in whatever direction the wheels were pointing at at the time...
http://www.volkswagenspares.com/page.php?page=Gearboxes
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Mark
You could have had it aa inspected before you bought it ???
There must be some sort of warranty..
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It`s costing me as much as i paid for the bloody thing,dealer won`t honour warranty,trad stand won`t do owt,consumer direct say same.
Only option is to send the boy`s around !
So you have a warranty from the dealer - presume a written warranty.
Is your gearbox not covered?
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Didyou know that if you have your own mechanic inspect a car before purchasing, be it a friend or AA etc. you wave your rights of returning the vehicle due to mechanical failure!
Cheers Goron
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No I didnt Goron
Thats seems peculiar, and some garages already have a 3rd party inspection form on the windscreen of cars being sold - doesnt make sense.
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No written warranty just verbal !
I really am pretty much screwed now,consumer direct were not much help,it`s different as it`s business to business.
All i can do is send him copy of recipt and a covering letter rec del,and see if anything comes from it !
Got a call from the place where i ordered the box from,sorry courier didn`t see it and has not puicked it up ! Won`t be with you until Mon now,lot`s of swearing later,ok will be with you in the morn !
So now looking at Mon earliest to collect it !
Starting to think i am cursed,i am a pretty good judge of charecter,but think my radar must have been on the blink on Oct 9th when i bought the van >:(.
When i spoke to him the other day he had a comeback for everything i said ! So must have known it may have been on it`s way out !
I didn`t pick up on it as it was new,and it takes a bit to get used to a new van,so it was prob on it`s way the first time i drove it.
Got to see if i can get my kit in the roc now,may involve removing passenger seat,got 2 jobs this arvo,both just down the road,bioth 1 beds,so not too bad
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Well it all fits in my roc,had to remove the seat as expected,but at least i can now work.Customers today both on 3rd floor flats,so at least they won`t see me turn up ;D
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dangerous and unprofessional. you won't be laughing if you roll the fcker.
i like you mark, your a grafter, i take my hat off to anyone who can build a business like this startng off part time, (you are the chef right?)
but sometimes listening to a nob like me can be beneficial. its not debt, its an asset.bite the bullet and make it work.
derek
ps... i'm on about a new van but you knew that right?
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:) Ni ce set up ! I once used an A reg gold Nissan micra when I was a CD franchise!!
I would leave the porty there , hook a supply fresh water hose to it , and drill a hole in the passenger footwell for waste to dump. open the window to run your vac hose , there you go.
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Yes i know !! Both jobs today were within 5 miles of each other,so didn`t drive far like that,and i drove slowly.
I have made some very bad decisions over the last week or so,the van being one of them ! And i will hold up my hands and say yes i have been a twat !
I was a head chef yes,but was made redundant,so didn`t start part time,just went in at the deep end,used my redundancy money to buy the set up,my wife ran a domestic cleaning business,so she subbed to me ! Then picked up the 2 letting agy straight away more or less !
I will be doing everything in my power to get rid of this van and buy newer from a main dealer with a warranty etc !
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dangerous and unprofessional. you won't be laughing if you roll the fcker.
i like you mark, your a grafter, i take my hat off to anyone who can build a business like this startng off part time, (you are the chef right?)
but sometimes listening to a nob like me can be beneficial. its not debt, its an asset.bite the bullet and make it work.
derek
ps... i'm on about a new van but you knew that right?
Dont worry roll bar fitted
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Yeah Joe i know it is crazy we went through the whole law of it all when we had the trouble with the saab. If a garage has it looked over by a third party that is fine cos it was them that had it inspected. If you have a third party inspected then any mechanical fault should have been spotted by them and it then becomes their problem in the case of a failure. The thing is though if you have ever had a inspection done by the likes of the aa or rac they have a clause that says they don't gaurantee that their report is accurate and that even though they say they have inspected and said there are no faults it doesn't mean that there aren't any faults.
So, my recommendation if you are buying a car from a dealer is don't let anybody apart from the dealer inspect it!
Cheers Goron
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I bought a 55 plate Astra from a dealer, 5 weeks ago and we have had nothing but trouble with it...it came with three months warranty, first thing that went was a EGR sensor, £350.00 warranty doesn't cover this, dealer told me...but the time i left his office it did ;D Now another sensor has gone and the turbo...£780.00 to fix....Your warranty only covers you up too £300 ??? Doesn't say this on the warranty i told him,...Got my mate who is a solicitor too give him a call to explain my rights as a customer on a vehicle as new as this and The goods of sale act !979...They have agreed to all the work and at no cost too me.
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Nightmare bout your van Sherco,you just don`t expect it really !
Allways been pretty lucky with transport really,and can usually pick up on faults straight away,thinking back the first time i drove the van home in the wet,it didn`t feel safe ! should have taken it back there and then,the erratic feel of the way it put the power down ,was the diff going wrong,so lucky it didn`t go bang,could have killed me.
Dont worry roll bar fitted
Would have had a rear strut brace too this eve,if it wasn`t for the van breaking ! Have to wait till next week now,got a 6 bedder to quote mon,told him on the phone expect in region of 4 to 5 hun,he said that sounded reasonable ;D
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Nightmare bout your van Sherco,you just don`t expect it really !
Allways been pretty lucky with transport really,and can usually pick up on faults straight away,thinking back the first time i drove the van home in the wet,it didn`t feel safe ! should have taken it back there and then,the erratic feel of the way it put the power down ,was the diff going wrong,so lucky it didn`t go bang,could have killed me.
Dont worry roll bar fitted
Would have had a rear strut brace too this eve,if it wasn`t for the van breaking ! Have to wait till next week now,got a 6 bedder to quote mon,told him on the phone expect in region of 4 to 5 hun,he said that sounded reasonable ;D
Its a lot worse, its not a van its the wife's car...so I'm getting grieve from her as well....
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Know that one too,the other car which we bought,same place i got the van,that broke down last week ,starter motor had gone,i was on a job so couldn`t do owt,rac man said starter motor was connected up with audio cable !
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You gotta laugh ! Going to drown my sorrows this eve / weekend
Oh I am because I'm seeing jump leads, traffic cone and a fire extinguisher in the picture ;D
That's just about covers all eventualities 8)
Let's just hope you don't get pulled over by some over enthusiastic young traffic cop because I'm seeing a few road traffic offences there in relation to secured loads and visability.
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After thought:
Cancell all the parts ordered and scrap the van full stop, what you are spending on it could be spend on a £1000 van that will see you right for 12 months.
Or even hire a small van for £50/day
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Extinguisher is because the petrol tank is in the spare wheel well,and i have known them to catch fire !
Jump leads because there is 700w of amp next to the sub,and i only really use the roc on weekends until recently,think thats oil.the rear windows are limo black,but yeah was crossing everything i didn`t get a tug
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Thank Goron told a mate not to buy but he still got me to tow it to a mate of a mates garage bill £2k ??? :o :o
Len
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Well i finally got my van back on Monday. £776 for new recon uprated box,£255 for clutch and some labour at the garage,£100 for a mate to fit !
People i got the box from have sent out one with the wrong final drive,speedo is 11 mph faster than gps speed ,i assume gps is far more accurate ? so now speedo reads 60 9so real speed 49,at 3 thou rpm,redline is just after 4 thou ! It`s using more fuel,got to call company i got box from and see what to do next,can`t go on like this.
They will need to pay for fitting etc,loss of my van etc etc !
Yesterday nearly killed me,2 x 6 bed houses started at 8 was home at half 8 pm,2nd job,woman owns race horses,amazing house,her other carpet cleaner emigrated to France,she said she normally gets them done 2 or 3 times a year ;D Hope she passes my number on to all her friends..
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So in total how much has this knackered van cost you so far?
Three years ago I paid a £1750 deposit on a new Peugeot Partner, was paying £123 a month on it with a final payment due Nov 2009 of £4250, but in september 2008 I bought it outright.
Bet you would have been better of leasing or finance bying a brand new van?
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Just about sorted now !! Been playing phone tennis with them since before crimbo ! Was hoping they would recon the box i sent them,but it was burnt out,and not repairable.
So i have booked it in for Monday,they will be putting the right final drive gear in for me,at last ,just means a long slow drive to Sidcup in Kent.
As far as cost goes,too flipping much ! Will be trading it in as soon as i can !
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Mark, Mark, Mark?
When is this all going to turn round for you?
Hope its soon, for whats its worth I used to have a Golf Diesel for the ex, it was a brill car, allways started, pulled like a train, got me out of trouble when my tranny wouldnt start.
On the back of that I bought a Transporter, that lasted me 250+ miles till the clutch went. Basicly mate VW's are great as you well know, but I often wonder why we dont see many Caddys around, too expensive poss?
Anyway Happy New Year to you and I hope it goes easier for you this year. Oh and by the way, dont give up like you said you were going to we havent got anyone to laugh at or make us feel better!
Murky
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Yeah it`s not so bad,they are paying as it`s their mistake,love my v dubs,and did get some good news prior to crimbo,mate bought me a 2ltr 16v engine out of a corrado,to fit in the roc in the summer.
Have a huge list now,need the loom,ecu,manifolds,metering head,wur,etc etc,so that will keep me busy trawling forums for the parts ! ;D