NEVER AGAIN

[t-tony]

Yep, but its paying your wages matey boy.....!!

and .......................

Tony.

 

[hard top]

and .......................

Well, amongst other things, it means you get to drive your Z4......

 

[t-tony]

Can't argue that point Mike, it just seems way over the top to me. I guess I'm just old fashioned and ready to quit. I just don't hold with what appears to me to be "ripping people off"

Tony.

 

[Stevo7682]

Unfortunately Tony the majority of us got to work for ' The Man ' and it these people who make the rules

 

[t-tony]

Me too mate, but it doesn't mean I have to like it!

Tony.

 

[hard top]

"ripping people off"

Its not priced up like that for nothing.....overheads, I have had my own business in the distant past....

 

[t-tony]

Me too mate, maybe that's why I never got rich.

Tony.

 

[Stevo7682]

I understand what your saying Mike but sometimes the mark up on some jobs is staggering .

 

[Stevo7682]

But at the same time i can also appreciate that sometimes jobs end up like Martins where stuff goes way off plan and you end up getting to a point where you've just got to get the job done and can't realistically charge for the time your technician has spent on the job.

 

[t-tony]

So, does one cancel the other out? And if so, who is the winner?

Tony.

 

[Stevo7682]

So, does one cancel the other out? And if so, who is the winner?

Tony.

All i can say to that Tony is
Its not usually people like you and me because generally we're the one under the motor trying to sort out the mess

 

[hard top]

and can't realistically charge for the time your technician has spent on the job.

You have to, who else is going to pay Tony's wages and also, what about the other jobs waiting?
Mark up on parts is a different mater though.

 

[FRANKIE]

Try this @Mnbrennan

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/DIY-Tool...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=N72S0DNZD807A486SZAQ

I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT, ECT....AD INFINITUM............I have gotten IN MORE TROUBLE AND CREATED MORE AND WORSE PROBLEMS USING EASY OUT THAN I care to tell you. Let's say you have a big bolt that snaps off. Now you're looking at the better half of a bolt stuck in something, let's say an engine block. I KNOW WHAT I'LL DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'LL USE EASY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So you drill a hole in the center of the bolt, and screw in an easy out. You attach the lever to the end of the EASY OUT shaft and begin to turn the EASY OUT tool which is now locked onto the shaft of the bolt. Does it begin to back out the broken shaft of the bolt? $#%T NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At the FIRST OPPORTUNITY it has, it snaps off inside the bolt and now you have to drill out the EASY OUT shaft from inside the shaft of the bolt. And if you thought it was tough drilling a hole through the center of the bolt, IT AIN'T NOTHING COMPARED TO TRYING TO DRILL A HOLE THROUGH THE EASY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[FRANKIE]

You got there mate, £20 at best for a spring, 1/2 hour to fit. Robbing bastards. This is why I don't like my job any more.

Tony.

@t-tony quote: " This is why I don't like my job any more"

Thence came the house in Florida....................ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............just lay in the beach chair and look at the clouds gently floating overhead...................yessssssssssssssssssss............nice and soft and warm and tranquil.............................................Frankie

 

[t-tony]

And go out for a nice meal with a friend who's driven all the way down from New Jersey. Beats the hell outa my job Frankie

Tony.

 

[Dino D]

I keep checking back to see if that $&$*ing bolt is out but now there's talk of shitty Fiestas, robbing barstewards etc.

So is the $&&&ing bolt out or what???!! @Mnbrennan

If its not out by 5th March we can organize a convoy to your place and give a hand/hammer/chainsaw/TNT after Z cars

 

[BMBabe]

I keep checking back to see if that $&$*ing bolt is out but now there's talk of shitty Fiestas, robbing barstewards etc.

So is the $&&&ing bolt out or what???!! @Mnbrennan

If its not out by 5th March we can organize a convoy to your place and give a hand/hammer/chainsaw/TNT after Z cars

He isn't back from Manchester until tomorrow night
So this thread will be back on track probably on Friday
So watch this space

 

[Stevo7682]

Tell him he needs to get back quick Stacey as him thread has wandered a bit in his absence

 

[Mnbrennan]

What you lot talking about?

The bolt is in the same place as last week, I'll get another chance on Saturday. In the meantime I've ordered:

• H&R Anti Roll Bars
• Stainless brake lines all round
• Rear discs
• Yellowstuff pads all round
• Powerflex subframe bushes
• Brakes are being returned

Need to buy

• Front brake discs
• Sills
• A load of nuts bolts etc.
• Brake plates
• Exhaust mounts

I also had a delivery of some POR 15 to sort the chassis out

@Lee , need to sort out a time for my subframe...

 

[Mnbrennan]

Oh and I could also do with some rear quarter panels