F1 Autocentre Monkeys

[TW]Fox;18022031 said:
I simply cant understand why you would phone the RAC instead of changing a wheel. Is your time worthless or something, it will always take longer for them to come than just doing it yourself. You've no guarantee they'll be there in 20 minutes!
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Indeed, changing a wheel is about the most basic 'hands on' thing you have to do to a car. Do you guys call the RAC to check your oil too? :confused:
 
[TW]Fox;18022031 said:
I simply cant understand why you would phone the RAC instead of changing a wheel!
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I find myself agreeing with Fox once again. :eek:
I cannot imagine sitting in my car like a Girl waiting for a Man to come to change my wheel, Do you look away or pretend to be injured when the RAC dude turns up ? :p:p:p
 
Type_R said:
Well when the car is parked where you live and you have finished a 13 hour shift in the hospital; with no real need to move the car anywhere; surprisingly 20 minutes is enough to have the lunch you missed saving lives!
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You were very lucky with 20 minutes - it could easily have been several hours depending on how busy they are!
 
Well i joined the RAC the day before yesterday as i had a 12 months for 6 months token shoved through my door & i was taking a new motor on a long run the next day, Despite this i went down my mates Tyre/Exhaust place & had the puncture fixed & checked the tool kit for what i would need. I also chucked all my off road gear in the back ropes/straps/shovel/petrol tins & my uber -40 rated WW2 Tank drivers sleeping bag. :D
The RAC would only have been used if i needed Recovery back to my Manor.
 
FortyFive said:
Well i joined the RAC the day before yesterday as i had a 12 months for 6 months token shoved through my door & i was taking a new motor on a long run the next day, Despite this i went down my mates Tyre/Exhaust place & had the puncture fixed & checked the tool kit for what i would need. I also chucked all my off road gear in the back ropes/straps/shovel/petrol tins & my uber -40 rated WW2 Tank drivers sleeping bag. :D
The RAC would only have been used if i needed Recovery back to my Manor.
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And i commend you for that, i mean it im not taking the ****.

Me now i am ABSOLUTELY useless when it comes to anything practical, so now i dont bother trying.

See i just know whats going to happen when i try and change a wheel, first im going to get the hump, then im going to bang my hand on something and to round it off, im going to get some form of grubbyness on whatever im wearing....

Or

I can ring the RAC, sit and listen to a few tunes, make a few calls and hey presto im off again in an hour unstressed.
 
Surely, even the most unpractical of people, can manage undoing 4 or 5 bolts and operating a jack, without getting stressed or injuring themselves?

It's probably more challenging to do up your shoelaces.
 
Funny wheel changed I've done is on my Landy 90 that was lifted. I'd driven to Grimsby on a Interweb pasty hunt parked up for the night all sweet but when i looked out on the morning my off side rear was flat, **** !
First i had to find enough house bricks to lift it high enough & then i had trouble undoing the nuts on the spare, I ended up climbing on top of the landy & then balancing on the lever, I gave it a few bounces & ended up on my back behind the Landy. :D
I got it done in the end & gave myself some Man points before i found a tyre & exhaust place to fix the now flat spare before the journey home. Quite an adventure all in all & the pasty was better than your standard Ginsters I can tell ya.
 
Kenai said:
Surely, even the most unpractical of people, can manage undoing 4 or 5 bolts and operating a jack, without getting stressed or injuring themselves?

It's probably more challenging to do up your shoelaces.
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But i dont want to, whats an hour? I work for myself, no ones moaning at me for being late, and should it happen en route to somewhere urgent, **** it i'l jump in a cab and sort it later.
 
FortyFive said:
Funny wheel changed I've done is on my Landy 90 that was lifted. I'd driven to Grimsby on a Interweb pasty hunt parked up for the night all sweet but when i looked out on the morning my off side rear was flat, **** !
First i had to find enough house bricks to lift it high enough & then i had trouble undoing the nuts on the spare, I ended up climbing on top of the landy & then balancing on the lever, I gave it a few bounces & ended up on my back behind the Landy. :D
I got it done in the end & gave myself some Man points before i found a tyre & exhaust place to fix the now flat spare before the journey home. Quite an adventure all in all & the pasty was better than your standard Ginsters I can tell ya.
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See im sitting here laughing but im in awe, i just wouldnt even contemplate that, the wheel change that is :)
 
DiamondMark is excluded as the risk of losing one of his Diamonds is to much & lets face it if we had a Bentley we would sit in it & watch as well.
Everybody else is deffo Homo Gayer to the Max though.

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MikeHiow said:
Mark, you could easily save yourself some time by collaring the nearest bloke and offering him £20 to change your wheel. :D
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Personally I would be very cautious about this approach unless you like being told where to stick your £20 :p

Someone tried that with me after I had done a 14 hour day so that "he didn't get his suit dirty". Unfortunately telling him to FO would have caused the company some strife so I did it but told him to keep the cash and done it anyway.
 
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