RE: Schadenfreude

["Brian G. Reynolds" <brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx>]

And I bet they still use the HA Vans!

No?...you still see these old vans running about! great! mine was a
Marina...oops time for Tim to have a go at me now :-)) (and quite rightly
as
well)

B.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 September 2001 21:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
>
>
> I once had a BT van (HA Viva) where the windscreen leaked badly. This
> resulted in the drivers footwell filling with water.
>
> I took it into the garage and the "mechanic" solved the
flooding
> problem by
> driling holes in the floor to let the water out.
>
> Another time, after pranging the van, they actually SPRAYED it.
> Normal paint
> jobs were done with a roller and the finished results usually
resembled
> Artex. It looked lovely when I got it back.....apart from the
overspray on
> the seat, windscreen, gearstick etc. I couldnt get the overspray
> off, it was
> well stuck, but hte first time I washed the van all the paint came off
the
> wing and front valance because they forgot to degrease it before
spraying
> !!!
>
> Thankfully the vans are now serviced by main dealers.
>
> Keith
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 20 September 2001 20:33
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
> >
> >
> > I've never had a car that did not have a scratch! or 2 or 3....
> >
> > Hey one van I owned you could see through the floor!
> >
> > Oh happy cheap days of motoring.....
> >
> > B.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 20 September 2001 20:24
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
> > >
> > >
> > > Unfortunately the scratches are too deep to use a "chip
away"
> service to
> > > fill and touch them in so it means a respray of the whole
> > bumper. Metallic
> > > paint complicates it somewhat as does the fact that it isn't
just
> > > a case of
> > > ripping off the panel - it has to be taken apart carefully.
Two
> > hours have
> > > been allowed in the labour estimate for the
"mechanical" side
> of things.
> > > What I don't understand is that the materials quote is 104
quid -
> > > its a big
> > > bumper, but it aint that big!
> > >
> > > I'll let them pay for the bumper, and I'll buy the Marantz
> > myself - though
> > > given the way global markets are moving at the moment, I
> might be in the
> > > poor-house by the time it is released :-(
> > >
> > > Tim.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Shmern [mailto:shmern@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 20 September 2001 18:59
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Schadenfreude
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Well give them a choice, repair the Car or buy you a
new remote ;o)
> > > >
> > > > D.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ?404 to get rid of some scratches! Jeez!
> > > > >
> > > > > Phil
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
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