Getting car to garage

[branddaly]

One of the front suspension coils appears to have gone in my wifes Fiesta. Its presently parked outside the house, and is not drivable as a result. I was wondering if anyone knew what would be the best/cheapest way to get this to a garage for repair; get the garage to pick up the car or use RAC homestart?

 

[Iron-man]

No matter what there will be costs involved, Maybe more beneficial to get a local mobile mechanic to come and change it on the spot. Just an idea

 

[pepsilol]

Whats wrong with the RAC?

 

[Kennysevenfold]

Gumtree a mobile mechanic? its a simple repair, would cost about £80 for someone to come and fit a new spring, inc the price of the spring.

 

[Dr House]

As others have said if your have RAC or AA they should do it for you.

I had a flat on my way home at night not long ago and the assist service that came with my car used the AA to drop my car home for me.

 

[tom_e]

If you've got RAC cover just use that.

 

[MissChief]

My free AA cover from my Halifax Ultimate rewards account actually included recovery to a garage when I had an oil pressure warning. Might be worth checking your cover or benefits if you have one?

 

[The-Plethora]

I would check the small print of your cover, AA for example (and therefore probably RAC) won't tow your car if its within a mile or so of home, maybe thats different if you have one of their expensive options.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

I would check the small print of your cover, AA for example (and therefore probably RAC) won't tow your car if its within a mile or so of home, maybe thats different if you have one of their expensive options.

That's now 1/4th of a mile on my AA cover through my bank. I could roll my car down hill if need be

 

[rhyswt]

Same thing happened to my fiesta 6 months ago, from what I read at the time it is fairly common on fiestas.

It's not too difficult of a job to do yourself (assuming you have the tools), but if you manage to get it to a garage ensure you get both sides replaced at the same time.

 

[branddaly]

Thanks you for the feedback. RAC are coming out on Monday, and local friendly garage is expecting it to be dropped in. I don't have the tools to attempt this myself, nor indeed the space, the car is on a packed terraced street.

 

[Lopéz]

This has happened to me 3 times and each time I've just driven it.

 

[Mickey]

This has happened to me 3 times and each time I've just driven it.

We used to have a Fiesta and tried moving it with a broken spring, 30 seconds later we had a Fiesta with a spring through it's tyre... Luckily they were about ready for replacing anyway.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

This has happened to me 3 times and each time I've just driven it.

It's only a front spring, I drove aroudn with a snapped one on my Ibiza for months before I realised what the rattling noise was

I'm pretty sure you can pootle along to the local garage