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Post by essess on May 2, 2008 18:54:28 GMT 1
So it's essay deadline day and I was up til 4am scribbling...got up this morning to finish the damn thing off, eyes on stalks when I find my printer is broken. After flapping about like a mad woman, I manage to get it to spit out the majority of my work but by then it's 3pm...I need to be in Cardiff by 4 or they knock marks off my already doomed piece of work! ...So I get in The Min and off we go, down the bypass... trotting along merrily when all of a sudden...cough cough splutter "censored"ter miss miss... Mini isnt going anywhere near uni.  My dad has buggered off to Builth Wells for the weekend, so I was stranded in KFC carpark!!! Thank God for the RAC and friends with fast Hondas, thats all I can say.  |
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Post by irishstick on May 2, 2008 18:58:16 GMT 1
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Post by jc1380s on May 2, 2008 19:01:57 GMT 1
So did you get the essays in on time and did Mr RAC find what was wrong with trhe purple one?
jc
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Post by essess on May 2, 2008 19:12:30 GMT 1
Thanks to the power of the Integra and some pretty illegal manoeuvres, I handed it in with TWO minutes to spare. And I ended up telling Mr RAC it was my points and condenser after he told me it was fuel. Pfft! ;D He fitted my spare set, though bless him and we're back on the road!!  |
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Post by jc1380s on May 2, 2008 19:53:21 GMT 1
May be worth fitting an electronic ignition so that you won't have that problem in the future Essess.
Have used Luminition Magnetronic and Optronic ignitions in the past and can recommend both for ease of fit and reliability
jc
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Post by dai9fxey on May 2, 2008 19:53:30 GMT 1
Sods law that happens. Glad to hear The Purple one is fixed and back on the road.  |
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Post by ljonez on May 2, 2008 20:37:14 GMT 1
yeah i saw you outside work, you where out there for a while with the rac, i took my break early to come lend a hand and as i walked out you pulled off
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Post by essess on May 2, 2008 23:13:58 GMT 1
Aw thanks Mr Dai!! Im glad too. I was faffing a bit! Thats next on the list jc! It did the exact same thing to me last year on a deadline day. Its crazy how something so simple can mean the difference between running like a dream and being sick as a pig! Bless her. I'll let my dad know the ones youve suggested. Better save a few pennies up. Thanks for coming out to see me Lawson! I broke down again after that! Good job the RAC man followed me... He only redid the gap in the carpark...ended up fitting the new bits in Cwmbach! Two breakdowns in one day! |
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Post by ljonez on May 2, 2008 23:24:36 GMT 1
Thanks for coming out to see me Lawson! I broke down again after that! Good job the RAC man followed me... He only redid the gap in the carpark...ended up fitting the new bits in Cwmbach! Two breakdowns in one day! no problem  i started my break and run out the back to put my till keys away and by the time i got out the front ( bloody customers asking me questions  ) you were pulling off |
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Post by essess on May 3, 2008 0:07:25 GMT 1
Where do you work then? KFC or Farm Foods? Im glad to know you were there now...I didnt really want to abandon her there while I went to Cardiff.
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Post by ljonez on May 3, 2008 21:16:41 GMT 1
in farm foods it was the one day i had a lift in normaly my mini is parked up next to the bulding |
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i started my break and run out the back to put my till keys away and by the time i got out the front ( bloody customers asking me questions 
) you were pulling off