Katie
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Van mechanic. Lover of old cars. Smaller in real life. š³ļøāš she/her #KB43VER
West Yorkshire
Joined May 2018
āWe need to protect our women and children from immigrants!ā shouts bloke who sparks out his missus if she gets too cocky and sexually harasses young girls from the window of his Ford Transit.
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Iām not the type of person to hold a grudge and am always willing to forgive if someone is willing to apologise, so Iāll give Start Rescue another chance and stay with them at my renewal next month. And I will also be banning locking wheel nuts from all of my vehicles.
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Update: A big thanks to Steve from @startrescuecouk for looking into this and apologising for the way it was handled. I also had a bit of a chuckle at this part about offering compensation. Iāve banished the locking wheel nuts forever but the Ā£50 can go towards the wheel refurb!
My positive experience with @startrescuecouk with this has been soured with them now telling me I technically wasnāt covered because I ādidnāt have a locking wheel nut key availableā, and I should have been charged for the recovery. The key snapped, what more could I do?!.
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Iāve been told the only reason I wasnāt charged is because the operator handling my breakdown didnāt pass the information my key had snapped, otherwise it wouldāve cost me over Ā£400 to get home. Absolutely ridiculous policy and such a huge shame after I sang their praises.
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My positive experience with @startrescuecouk with this has been soured with them now telling me I technically wasnāt covered because I ādidnāt have a locking wheel nut key availableā, and I should have been charged for the recovery. The key snapped, what more could I do?!.
My last day in the Lakes and I thought Iād give Hardknott Pass a go. Never done it before, and I thought itād be a good test for the A4. The good news is, the A4 nailed it and was like a mountain goat. The bad news is, I didnāt see a pothole on the way down and made a BIG booboo.
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Seems Iāve built a reputation for finding people who want to buy weird cars, a colleague has asked me to advertise his MG TF for him. 69k miles, MOT till March ā25, just needs the control valve for the heater replacing but he no longer has time. Ā£1100 OVNO. DM for more pics/info!
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Like come on, they canāt even spell WhatsApp. At least thatās what I think theyāre trying to say. Itās very much āBames Nondās having a stronk, call a Bondulanceā. Please add me on wsatsaoo. My wsatsapp number. My wsatsooa. The wappstat. The wibblewobble. The-
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No bites on the Abarth so far besides a blatant scammer this morning, so Iāve stopped being a tight arse and paid for AutoTrader. Please feel free to share!
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In the past 2 weeks: failed miserably at making progress on the Lomax, Georgeās N/S front caliper seized and theyāre NLA, took the wheels off my parentsā car for refurb as a surprise and the refurb place never even started them, bent the A4ās wheel in the Lakes, and now thisā¦
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Iām not sure which entity Iāve angered in these last two weeks, but the Caddy I borrowed from work to replace my three-wheeled A4 has now decided it no longer wants its engine oil. Oh, and I stepped in dog shit right after this too (thankfully didnāt lay in it - I donāt think)
Sadly their taxi back from Manchester isnāt quite as glamorous (A4 is still awaiting a new wheel so work very kindly let me borrow this)
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Sadly their taxi back from Manchester isnāt quite as glamorous (A4 is still awaiting a new wheel so work very kindly let me borrow this)
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My parents fly home from their holiday in Gran Canaria today, and just sent me a photo of possibly one of the coolest taxis ever that took them to the airport. I love seeing cars like this still working. Private hire only so no livery, but still fully licensed.
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The A4 hasnāt been named yet as Iāve not really been able to decide on anything, but one name thatās been chucked around before is George Jr. I think after today it definitely deserves that title. Like father like son. š„¹
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Slight miscommunications aside the service from @startrescuecouk was fantastic, contractors were dispatched immediately and I was kept up to date with how long theyād be, and when I was dropped at Lancaster services the next truck pulled in behind before weād even unloaded.
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After some slight miscommunications in places, namely the first guy not being told about the locking wheel nut key and a strange phone call telling me I wasnāt covered for nationwide recovery when I definitely was, I was eventually lifted and relayed home, tail between my legs.
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With zero phone signal and still half a mountain to descend, I decided to limp very slowly with my very sad and deflated wheel, until I found a main road with a layby so I could call @startrescuecouk. The rim and tyre were already knackered by this point so I had little to lose.
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No biggie, I thought, Iāll just whip the Wheel of Shame on and have a leisurely 50mph drive home on the M6. But the big booboo got even bigger when the locking wheel nut key snapped. Thank you previous ownerās garage for overtightening wheel bolts very cool šš»
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My last day in the Lakes and I thought Iād give Hardknott Pass a go. Never done it before, and I thought itād be a good test for the A4. The good news is, the A4 nailed it and was like a mountain goat. The bad news is, I didnāt see a pothole on the way down and made a BIG booboo.
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Pretty incredible to see the real Bluebird at the Ruskin Museum today. 23 years after she was pulled from the lake, in March of this year she was finally brought back to Coniston (restored, of course). It was certainly a long time coming!
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Time to give this āholidayā thing a go. The rules for the campsite state no car repairs allowed, so thatās my plans out the window. Guess Iāll have to, I donāt know, relax or something? šµāš«. (This was last night, the weather is NOT like this todayā¦)
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