The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
04-07-2021, 10:14
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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04-07-2021, 11:29
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Winning £51 on England last night.
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04-07-2021, 12:07
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Nice one Den!
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04-07-2021, 20:28
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05-07-2021, 12:02
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05-07-2021, 12:35
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Being asked to clear out a room at work that no one has been in for a long time and its full of old floppy disks, printer cables, broken equipment etc and then find a bag at the back with a Nintendo Snes and full set of games.
Have a guess what I'm going to be powering up this afternoon.
Result!
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05-07-2021, 12:39
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Being asked to clear out a room at work that no one has been in for a long time and its full of old floppy disks, printer cables, broken equipment etc and then find a bag at the back with a Nintendo Snes and full set of games.
Have a guess what I'm going to be powering up this afternoon.
Result!
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awesome luck
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05-07-2021, 15:12
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Background - last July I replaced my 13 reg Ford Focus 1.0L Ecotec Titanium Estate with a Skoda Kodiaq, and gave the Focus to my son (made his life easier, and he was a named driver on it).
Since then, he has moved to Oxfordshire with his partner, and they bought a narrowboat, and having the car has been useful - two weeks ago, it packed up on him completely, and when a local garage looked at it, they said the heating matrix was shot, and the engine was completely borked (cracked valve and warped something or other). They said a replacement engine (if new) was over £7k, and the heating matrix another £1k, plus around £2k of labour - the car is only worth £5-6k, so seemed like a write-off.
I rang the garage we bought it from, and asked for some advice - they recommended take it to a local Ford Service Dealer (in Oxon, obvs.), and if we paid £100, the Service Dealer would give it a proper review.
My lad got it taken in last week, and it's now back on the road at no cost to him (except for £170 for a new clutch, which they recommended fitting, as it was 80% worn, but there would be no labour costs, as they removed the engine, etc. to replace it), and didn't charge the £100, either.
Because we had always had it serviced at a Ford Service Centre (mainly because they gave us free annual breakdown cover, picked up/dropped off the car, and gave us a courtesy car), and there was a history of this fault in other Focus', they did the £10k job free of charge.
Result!!!
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05-07-2021, 16:04
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Background - last July I replaced my 13 reg Ford Focus 1.0L Ecotec Titanium Estate with a Skoda Kodiaq, and gave the Focus to my son (made his life easier, and he was a named driver on it).
Since then, he has moved to Oxfordshire with his partner, and they bought a narrowboat, and having the car has been useful - two weeks ago, it packed up on him completely, and when a local garage looked at it, they said the heating matrix was shot, and the engine was completely borked (cracked valve and warped something or other). They said a replacement engine (if new) was over £7k, and the heating matrix another £1k, plus around £2k of labour - the car is only worth £5-6k, so seemed like a write-off.
I rang the garage we bought it from, and asked for some advice - they recommended take it to a local Ford Service Dealer (in Oxon, obvs.), and if we paid £100, the Service Dealer would give it a proper review.
My lad got it taken in last week, and it's now back on the road at no cost to him (except for £170 for a new clutch, which they recommended fitting, as it was 80% worn, but there would be no labour costs, as they removed the engine, etc. to replace it), and didn't charge the £100, either.
Because we had always had it serviced at a Ford Service Centre (mainly because they gave us free annual breakdown cover, picked up/dropped off the car, and gave us a courtesy car), and there was a history of this fault in other Focus', they did the £10k job free of charge.
Result!!!
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That is great! Cars can be very costly indeed when they start to go wrong so this is like having a fresh new car again.
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05-07-2021, 16:34
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
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Originally Posted by Halcyon
Being asked to clear out a room at work that no one has been in for a long time and its full of old floppy disks, printer cables, broken equipment etc and then find a bag at the back with a Nintendo Snes and full set of games.
Have a guess what I'm going to be powering up this afternoon.
Result!
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Happy days
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh
Background - last July I replaced my 13 reg Ford Focus 1.0L Ecotec Titanium Estate with a Skoda Kodiaq, and gave the Focus to my son (made his life easier, and he was a named driver on it).
Since then, he has moved to Oxfordshire with his partner, and they bought a narrowboat, and having the car has been useful - two weeks ago, it packed up on him completely, and when a local garage looked at it, they said the heating matrix was shot, and the engine was completely borked (cracked valve and warped something or other). They said a replacement engine (if new) was over £7k, and the heating matrix another £1k, plus around £2k of labour - the car is only worth £5-6k, so seemed like a write-off.
I rang the garage we bought it from, and asked for some advice - they recommended take it to a local Ford Service Dealer (in Oxon, obvs.), and if we paid £100, the Service Dealer would give it a proper review.
My lad got it taken in last week, and it's now back on the road at no cost to him (except for £170 for a new clutch, which they recommended fitting, as it was 80% worn, but there would be no labour costs, as they removed the engine, etc. to replace it), and didn't charge the £100, either.
Because we had always had it serviced at a Ford Service Centre (mainly because they gave us free annual breakdown cover, picked up/dropped off the car, and gave us a courtesy car), and there was a history of this fault in other Focus', they did the £10k job free of charge.
Result!!!
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That is indeed a result and he's got a new clutch, thank goodness you called and they gave you that advice
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09-07-2021, 00:23
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Gin is my happy thought. You can put fruit in too, so it's healthy
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15-07-2021, 14:41
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
In-law has offered me a ticket for the England-Pakistan T20 at Headingley on Sunday - lunch first at a local bar, then a pleasant afternoon in the sun.
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15-07-2021, 14:53
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
With restrictions being lifted in Wales my team at work have tomorrow afternoon off for drinks (paid for by the company). I don’t normally do team afternoons out but it’ll be the first time I’ve physically seen them in 18 months so really looking forward to it.
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15-07-2021, 15:02
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Well as my sister and her family are now out of isolation, i will take her kids to Walton-on-the-Naze for the day.
So lovely weather and proper chips on the coast
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15-07-2021, 16:56
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Re: The Happy Thought Thread Part 4
Beautiful day ,so we went to Moffat and had a walk round the Woollen Mill and then had some lunch, Very nice indeed
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