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My replacement laptop, which I've had for 2.5 months has just fucked up somehow. It's working but the screen is just black at login.
Fucks sake.
Fucks sake.

No need for the cynicism, best you actually know the whole story before you "put it to me".
I actually had the MOT tested at a place that do not do the repairs themselves. It's an MOT only garage. I chose this deliberately, so that it is not in their interest to find faults and subsequently more work and money for them. Have had bad experience with garages making themselves work in the past.
Replacing the anti roll bar and it's bushes is not a big job, it's just unscrewing a few bolts then putting the new piece on. Tightening the handbrake is also the piss easiest thing to do, you just turn one bolt. That's it. 20 minutes maximum work I'd imagine, for £115. Crazy. Can't see how I'm being "fucking delusional" about this.
I'm getting myself some Axel stands, a 2 tonne jack and a heynes manual this Christmas. Not wasting money like this again.
Garages might have charged 24 quid an hour in 1994 raas, thats probably their rate for 2 hours labour. Some german manufacturer main dealers charge over 100 an hour i think.
My last car (a Mazda RX-8 ) was at least £48 an hour for labour, if I remember correctly. A year ago.
Garages might have charged 24 quid an hour in 1994 raas, thats probably their rate for 2 hours labour. Some german manufacturer main dealers charge over 100 an hour i think.
Well, thanks for clarifying some of it.
But the fact that you are now talking about investing money in axle stands and a proper jack and a Haynes manual surely speak to the reality that these issues are in fact a bigger job than you were making them out to be?
Felix said:The mechanics have already invested in kit that's better than any stuff you're gonna buy, they've done at least a 4 year apprenticeship in their trade, and they need to make a living somehow. Their wages have to come out of the profit on any work they do, so you shouldn't be dismissive of their skills & time.
Felix said:Whether or not you think the work is a big job or not, if you arse it up you might end up losing control of your car and killing yourself, your passengers, and other road users/bystanders. I stand by everything I said.![]()
Ehhhh.... what? :D
I know Mazdas aren't German, if that's what you're getting at.
The huge printing presses of a major Chicago newspaper began malfunctioning on the Saturday before Christmas, putting all the revenue for advertising that was to appear in the Sunday paper in jeopardy. None of the technicians could track down the problem. Finally, a frantic call was made to the retired printer who had worked with these presses for over 40 years. “We’ll pay anything; just come in and fix them,” he was told.
When he arrived, he walked around for a few minutes, surveying the presses; then he approached one of the control panels and opened it. He removed a dime from his pocket, turned a screw 1/4 of a turn, and said, “The presses will now work correctly.” After being profusely thanked, he was told to submit a bill for his work.
The bill arrived a few days later, for $10,000.00! Not wanting to pay such a huge amount for so little work, the printer was told to please itemize his charges, with the hope that he would reduce the amount once he had to identify his services. The revised bill arrived: $1.00 for turning the screw; $9,999.00 for knowing which screw to turn.
Raas: read this old one:
Felix said:Your "rip-off" mechanics told you what exactly was wrong with your car, and it sounds like they told you how to fix it too. If you don't appreciate the value of that, at least, then I dunno what to tell you.
Good luck underneath your car, where I'm sure you'll discover that those simple bolts might not be so simple to undo as you assume. :D
If it all goes right, then fair play to you. But if they don't - and you snap a bolt or ruin a thread - then you're gonna have an immobile car up on jacks, and will have to elicit the sympathy and assistance of one of those pesky mechanics. LOL. :D
The mechanics get paid by the HOUR not by what they know.
My replacement laptop, which I've had for 2.5 months has just fucked up somehow. It's working but the screen is just black at login.
Fucks sake.![]()
Yeah, but if you just want to look at the map to assess all the possible routes, and generally what roads exist... you can't differentiate them from the background.
For something as widespread as google maps, I can't understand why it's so bad. This has confounded me for years.
I've had that too recently, or at least something similar, after a windows update. Do you still see the mouse cursor?