Random Irritations

[GreiginFife]

Gearboxes are becoming so complex that a removal, strip, replace and rebuild (with an hourly rate of about £220 + VAT) some manufacturers think probably just as well replace it.

My mate runs a garage and took on a Mercedes C63 dual clutch gearbox strip and rebuild and it was 54 hours labour with a £850 + VAT part.

Now Stu only charges £80 + VAT hourly so about a £6.3k bill to the customer. Merc wanted nearer £9.5k.

He will get one such job a year roughly as most will just ask him to source a refurbished or 2nd hand gearbox.

Take that labour time to Porsche and assume it’s a clutch pressure sensor (one of the cheaper parts at c.£455 + VAT) and you’re looking at about £14k for just a repaired gearbox.

 

[nickjdavis]

Football pundits saying "VAR is just checking to see if Dave was in an offside position when he tapped the ball in".

NO

VAR will be checking if Dave was offside when the ball was played forward. Doesn't matter where Dave was stood when he puts the ball in the net.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Amazon next day delivery:
Monday: Ordered
Tuesday: Out for delivery then, hours later, Back at depot.
Wednesday: Ditto
Thursday: Ditto
Friday: Ditto
Today: Out for delivery

Amazon just updated me.
"Attempted delivery at 15.40.
Unfortunately, we ran into an issue.
We wiil try again"
I'm intrigued. It's just an olive oil dispenser.
Can't wait for tmw.

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[venger]

Christmas shopping. Have spent the better part of 5 hours with She Who Must Be Obeyed wandering around Cambridge city only to buy three things and to spend more time in Costa & dress shopping than buying any Christmas presents. Can pretty much guarantee that we’ll be doing the same thing each weekend until Christmas

 

[cliveb]

He went to a gearbox specialist who could replace the sensor before contacting the CEO.
Porsche would not supply the necessary part.

If that isn't illegal, it should be.

Gearboxes are becoming so complex that a removal, strip, replace and rebuild (with an hourly rate of about £220 + VAT) some manufacturers think probably just as well replace it.

My mate runs a garage and took on a Mercedes C63 dual clutch gearbox strip and rebuild and it was 54 hours labour with a £850 + VAT part.

Now Stu only charges £80 + VAT hourly so about a £6.3k bill to the customer. Merc wanted nearer £9.5k.

He will get one such job a year roughly as most will just ask him to source a refurbished or 2nd hand gearbox.

Take that labour time to Porsche and assume it’s a clutch pressure sensor (one of the cheaper parts at c.£455 + VAT) and you’re looking at about £14k for just a repaired gearbox.

Sounds like cars are just getting too complex. (Probably all in the name of squeezing the last 0.1% of improvement in fuel efficiency).

At least when we're all driving EVs there will be no complex gearboxes and engines. The manufacturers will have to invent something else in them that can't be easily fixed.

 

[Bazz]

1 goal on the old both teams to score bet does me again.

 

[NearHull]

Christmas shopping. Have spent the better part of 5 hours with She Who Must Be Obeyed wandering around Cambridge city only to buy three things and to spend more time in Costa & dress shopping than buying any Christmas presents. Can pretty much guarantee that we’ll be doing the same thing each weekend until Christmas

Perhaps you should arrange to meet in the Eagle after the good lady has finished shopping and get the bus home.

 

[GreiginFife]

If that isn't illegal, it should be.


Sounds like cars are just getting too complex. (Probably all in the name of squeezing the last 0.1% of improvement in fuel efficiency).

At least when we're all driving EVs there will be no complex gearboxes and engines. The manufacturers will have to invent something else in them that can't be easily fixed.

They already have it, the monolith sealed electric motor. If any part of an electric motor fails the whole thing needs replaced. As a friend found out with his Tesla. Luckily for him it was under warranty.

 

[Slime]

Sounds like cars are just getting too complex. (Probably all in the name of squeezing the last 0.1% of improvement in fuel efficiency).

At least when we're all driving EVs there will be no complex gearboxes and engines. The manufacturers will have to invent something else in them that can't be easily fixed.

 

[IanM]

They already have it, the monolith sealed electric motor. If any part of an electric motor fails the whole thing needs replaced. As a friend found out with his Tesla. Luckily for him it was under warranty.

Ah for the days when you could do stuff at home. A mate of mine was a car mechanic. I once helped him change the engine of his Vauxhall Viva by the road outside his house!

 

[Imurg]

Ah for the days when you could do stuff at home. A mate of mine was a car mechanic. I once helped him change the engine of his Vauxhall Viva by the road outside his house!

I remember helping my Old Man with replacing the head gasket on his Maxi back in the 70s....

 

[GreiginFife]

Ah for the days when you could do stuff at home. A mate of mine was a car mechanic. I once helped him change the engine of his Vauxhall Viva by the road outside his house!

I was a mechanic. Used to do engine swaps for fun. Now even headlights are being coded to BCMs which is a nightmare.

I used to take old MOT failed Corsas and drop 2L turbos in them and it was all pretty much backward compatible.

 

[irip]

I remember helping my Old Man with replacing the head gasket on his Maxi back in the 70s....

I think everyone back then always used to fix their own cars.
Every Sunday you could see loads of blokes out working on their cars.
I can’t even change the headlight on mine without taking the bumper off now.

Halfords hate it when I pull up and give them £7 to do it while I enjoy a coffee

 

[Slime]

I remember helping my Old Man with replacing the head gasket on his Maxi back in the 70s....

What a great car that was, I had three of them.

 

[Imurg]

What a great car that was, I had three of them.

They were .....Fragger totalled it a few years later....

 

[venger]

They already have it, the monolith sealed electric motor. If any part of an electric motor fails the whole thing needs replaced. As a friend found out with his Tesla. Luckily for him it was under warranty.

I’d rather wander aimlessly than spend time in the eagle

 

[IanM]

I was a mechanic. Used to do engine swaps for fun. Now even headlights are being coded to BCMs which is a nightmare.

I used to take old MOT failed Corsas and drop 2L turbos in them and it was all pretty much backward compatible.

My dear old dad would spit his teeth out if he was alive to see under the bonnet of my Mercedes.

Big plastic cover, and only a USB port and oil/water caps!

 

[PhilTheFragger]

And more...

Just received a letter from DWP...
Your State Pension age is 67
Our records show you will reach State Pension age in August 2030
You do not need to contact us. We will send a letter 4 months before that date to tell you how to claim.....

Jesus H Christ........why are they telling me now that I'm going to get a letter in 4 years and 5 months..???
How many letters like this get sent t out every day?
How much does it all cost?

Errrr 4 years and 9 months methinks

Only 3 years and 28 days to mine

 

[PhilTheFragger]

They were .....Fragger totalled it a few years later....

I was the victim of a hit n run
Not ma fault hofficer

 

[chellie]

Amazon just updated me.
"Attempted delivery at 15.40.
Unfortunately, we ran into an issue.
We wiil try again"
I'm intrigued. It's just an olive oil dispenser.
Can't wait for tmw.

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Double check they've delivered it and just not let you know. I had that message for days the other week. Turned out the parcel had been left round the back of the house and we hadn't seen it.