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Alfa Romeo 156 of win

Basic AA means they would attend with a patrol van. Then if it needs towing anywhere its charged at £X per mile.
 
Or tow to garage.

RAC do free onward travel so that would get you home, £30 quid basic.
 
Just had a word with my old man and he says he would ring around the local garages that are in pushing distance to get a quote.
If its reasonable then get it fixed. If not, then take the stuff back and get a refund. Then hire a car for 2 weeks and sell the Alfa as parts and repairs.

Seems like a plan
 
Surely if its a from underneath job Mark, it shouldn't be too difficult to sort with a decent jack and some axle stands. Probably a couple of hours work on a Saturday morning.
 
Harv said:
Or tow to garage.

RAC do free onward travel so that would get you home, £30 quid basic.
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Problem would be, I'd lose a days pay, then it would of gone to a local garage which would of been 18 miles from my house. Then the garage would of charged me £200 - 300 to fix it. Not really worth it for a cheap runabout. For a normal car, its a good idea.

NYA said:
Surely if its a from underneath job Mark, it shouldn't be too difficult to sort with a decent jack and some axle stands. Probably a couple of hours work on a Saturday morning.
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Ive been under it tonight mate, its a fiddly pain in the a$$ job and i cant figure out how the clips undo on the pipes.. Never seen them before and cant be ar$ed to lose skin over it.
 
Mark, have a scout around the local area, find a gargantuan pothole and hit the f*cker with front and rear wheels at speed.

Write off expensive Italian vehicle - insurers will rape local authority for road conditions.
 
Scousefella said:
Mark, have a scout around the local area, find a gargantuan pothole and hit the f*cker with front and rear wheels at speed.

Write off expensive Italian vehicle - insurers will rape local authority for road conditions.
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:lol:

That sounds like a plan if i could get it running. Egg in the reservoir?
 
Oh dear - find pothole REALLY CLOSE TO HOME and run from cold. Rad damage from potholes can be significant when broken tarmac kicks up from underneath the car. ;) :lol:
 
Scousefella said:
Oh dear - find pothole REALLY CLOSE TO HOME and run from cold. Rad damage from potholes can be significant when broken tarmac kicks up from underneath the car. ;) :lol:
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:lol:

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Can a mod change the thread title please, it's horribly misleading and somone might be confused if they ended up here via a Google search.





Lol, who am I kidding? Nobody would ever juxtapose Alfa and win (again). :lol:
 
I hope someone does see this, they will know of all the fun times to come if they bought one.

Conclusion

Speaking to a guy who owns a garage that deal in radiators and he has said the job could cost up to £200 for labour as its more likely it will need more parts.
So the radiator has gone back and were £97 better off.

The hire car idea is a no go as the company want £188 for 2 weeks hire but £250 deposit. It's too close to the holiday to start wasting that sort of cash.

So it leaves me with option 3, borrow Sam's Evo as much as I can but on the days she needs it I'll go by train and push bike.
 
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