Why wait to fix things

[obi_waynne]

A person in our family who shall remain nameless is fairly typical of many drivers.

He got a nail in his tyre so he swapped it for the spare. I nagged him to get the spare fixed.

Last night he comes round to me for help as he has a flat in one of the other tyres. With all the snow around it's not going to be easy getting to the out of town tyre places.

Thankfully I didn't need to tell him again about having sorted the spare because he was wishing he'd got round to it.

Have you got any jobs like this that you're still getting round to doing?

 

[bigbadjoe]

Yeah :sad2:

Little, tiny, smallest amount of a rust bubble on the boot lid (around the lip). Was there when I got the car neerly a year ago. I really should go and see my mate and get it sorted.

 

[Big Fat Fatty]

I once had a mk6 ford escort that i could here the offside C.V. joint going but kept putting it off and putting it off until it finally went and left me (almost literally) high and dry, on the top, uncovered floor of a multistory carpark in the chucking rain. It took me 4 days to get the parts sorted and on the car and a couple hundred quid in train fares and hassle,

that'll learn me

 

[HDi fun]

I have to have things working properly. It's a bit of an OCD but the upside is that my car drives like new because every tiniest little thing has to be dealt with immediately.

 

[Loz]

I'm a bit of an automotive hypochondriac the slightest change in noise or clunk where there isn't usually one & I start worrying!

I rely on my cars too much to let things go unchecked.

 

[herb]

i think most things will be put off because of funds.
i know i have had to wait to get parts cause i couldn't afford them right then!!

 

[T9 man]

I have to have things working properly. It's a bit of an OCD but the upside is that my car drives like new because every tiniest little thing has to be dealt with immediately.

Ditto! It really bugs me if everything on the Beast is not perfect! :bigsmile:

 

[Big Fat Fatty]

there is something to be said for driving old cars, you know they're going to let you down at some point but when they do, throw it away and get another one.
when i started driving i was tearing around in cars worth no more than 200 quid and in those days i was the happiest i've ever been in a car, i never had to care about it looking pretty as long as it could keep up with my mates

 

[tjay56]

I can't stand anything going wrong,especially on the car.Hence why we always have new cars,thus no waiting around for them to be fixed,and no expense either.

 

[stamford]

I have been guilty of not fixing things straight away, but to be honest it was purely down to not having the time right away or lack of daylight hours. One job I know needs doing is the clutch, but I am nursing it through xmas in the hope that when I carry out the change I can fit a lightened flywheel at the sme time I fit the LSD gearbox!

 

[dpsubaru]

depends how difficult the job may be, the suspension drop links on the front of the Subaru had been clunking a bit, i knew what the problem was but thought the bolts would be completely rusted and a devil of a job to get off so i put it off for weeks on end. Popped into the Subaru dealer one day and though while i was their i would pick up the parts (gbp 50 each). So went back and looked at it the next day - took me only `10mins each side. (later found out i could have picked up the same part from the motor factors as well for only gbp13 each!).

 

[glabus]

This reminded me of my experience with a dodgy clutch.
Hindsight does not make me remember all circumstances but....
It seems that I felt a 'slipping' but was given bad advise that it was OK for some time yet.
Going up Garrowby Hill (We go up & down it quite often as it is on road to our cottage which we visit many weekends for a break) It felt ropey and smoke smell.
Coming back home it finally gave up the ghost a mile outside Stamford Bridge.
We were able to pull of the road and then had to wait for breakdown services to come and take us home.
A few days later I managed to get it repaired. The guy who fixed it showed me the old plate. There was no material at all, down to the metal back:embarrest::embarrest:Now we have the new car these type of probs shouldn't happen but...... you never know. In an older car it is most advisable to listen to noises, take heed of smells, and note any actions which seem 'off' (tracking or steering etc etc.
a few days ago I was concerned that the brake pedal seemed 'solid' so I stopped. Problem? The mat had folded itself under pedal so it couldn't go down properly. Simple to fix but supposing that I had ignored the prob and it was more serious:sad2:
the folded mat might have caused a shunt if I couldn't get proper braking in a situation
A vehicle can be a dangerous thing.
Don't rely on a niggle to resolve itself. Yes, cost is an issue but.... the real cost of a later rather than an earlier repair might just be TOO expensive[You all know what I mean]
For now I am gearing up for Xmas so....
I wish you all a happy one and all best wishes for a better 2011:love::love:

I have been guilty of not fixing things straight away, but to be honest it was purely down to not having the time right away or lack of daylight hours. One job I know needs doing is the clutch, but I am nursing it through xmas in the hope that when I carry out the change I can fit a lightened flywheel at the sme time I fit the LSD gearbox!