What made you smile today?

[Maypack]

My son came home yesterday and was telling how his School Work Experience had started at our local Seat Dealer.

He’s worked on three cars, changed oil, blown tyres up and taken them out for a post service test drive (with a full mechanic driving and doing the service work).

Chuffed to see him so happy with what’s he’s done...mind you the thing that made me smile the most was the fact that he said none of the mechanics could say a sentence without swearing.


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[Maypack]

Today’s story is better. He has had to help change 32 tyres off customers cars and he is complaining that his back is broken and he’s also deaf....

I think he prefers school to hard work as he’s said he doesn’t want me to wake him up early tomorrow and he thinks he will throw a sicky lol


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[Legojon]

I think he prefers school to hard work as he’s said he doesn’t want me to wake him up early tomorrow and he thinks he will throw a sicky lol

You think they'd notice if I turned up instead and pretended to be him?

 

[kanyewest]

I saw a magpie weave through traffic on the motorway and pick up a fag end! pigeons > seagulls > magpies

 

[Maypack]

You think they'd notice if I turned up instead and pretended to be him?

I think they might but give it a go, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind


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[Yellow fr]

If you want @Maypack you can come and help me today I have a clutch master cylinder to do and then but the cylinder head back onto a transit todo a extra pair of hands would be helpful


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[colsy]

I watched a couple of large Buzzards over head yesterday ,they were flying round and round,not giving a toss..as a few seagulls were having a go at them and trying to move them on.

 

[Gokiwi64]

Getting pulled by plod last night leaving work, they were doing speed checks over the A130 , however the road they use is actually private. I asked our Estate Manager this morning and she said they have to ask permission as they are entering an active works site by that road.
No points fine/for me !!

 

[BadBoy03]

Getting pulled by plod last night leaving work, they were doing speed checks over the A130 , however the road they use is actually private. I asked our Estate Manager this morning and she said they have to ask permission as they are entering an active works site by that road.
No points fine/for me !!

Fingers crossed! I was followed last week down a steep hill..20mph zone. Unfortunately I have an intermittent speedo so I was warming those brakes. The sign flashed up (so I guessed I was over)..anyway cops caused it to flash too so I guess I got away with that!

 

[Seastormer]

Fingers crossed! I was followed last week down a steep hill..20mph zone. Unfortunately I have an intermittent speedo so I was warming those brakes. The sign flashed up (so I guessed I was over)..anyway cops caused it to flash too so I guess I got away with that!

I am sure I read that plod do not enforce the 20 mph limit, as the roads that have that are supposed to be self regulating (speed humps, narrow lanes etc) Also roads that got changed from 30 to 20 that had a camera on do not have the cam limit lowered as again 20 mph roads can't have camera enforcement, so they are still set to catch you doing over 30. (have tested this myself on nearby road, driving MIL's car)

 

[Legojon]

I am sure I read that plod do not enforce the 20 mph limit, as the roads that have that are supposed to be self regulating (speed humps, narrow lanes etc) Also roads that got changed from 30 to 20 that had a camera on do not have the cam limit lowered as again 20 mph roads can't have camera enforcement, so they are still set to catch you doing over 30. (have tested this myself on nearby road, driving MIL's car)

I "believe" that's true for a lot of areas. But recently I went to Bristol and they put camera vans on all of the 20mph zones. Luckily I was lost and driving exceptionally slow at the time, but apparently they are enforcing them and send the vans out in force every morning to catch people out.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/fury-thousands-more-drivers-caught-2734251

 

[Maypack]

Today’s story from my son is that he has been left to do two services all by himself (obviously everything was checked to make sure there will be no problems for the owners )

He has explained to me in detail how to set the car lift up and how to actually use the lift. Removal of sump plug and collection of oil, replacement of oil filter, measuring of oil and fitting new sump plug.

Filled washer bottles, Battery Test, Check Track Rod Ends, Visual checks of underside, Tyre depth checks, Tyre pressure and a few other things.

I think he’s going to miss his time there and he’s even thinking of asking if he can do a few weeks extra experience work during the summer holidays.

Made me smile big time, well proud of him and was thinking of asking him to service my CUPRA


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[Yellow fr]

If he does also ask for him to remove the brake pads and clean them and carriers re grease them and sliders rebuild and add copper grease to hubs and wheel nuts

I’m so sick off customer cars coming in for a service after years off main dealer services and having to back the hand brake cables off and clean all the brake shoes and adjust them re check hand brake oh and take a big rubber hammer to each wheel as they have rusted onto the hub so won’t just pull off or even drop off if not held when removing the last wheel nut
Had two new customers in today both main dealer service for 5 years first one at ours so the big hammer came out to get the wheels off and yes left a wheel nut in lose so the alloy did not fall to the floor


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[Maypack]

If he does also ask for him to remove the brake pads and clean them and carriers re grease them and sliders rebuild and add copper grease to hubs and wheel nuts

I’m so sick off customer cars coming in for a service after years off main dealer services and having to back the hand brake cables off and clean all the brake shoes and adjust them re check hand brake oh and take a big rubber hammer to each wheel as they have rusted onto the hub so won’t just pull off or even drop off if not held when removing the last wheel nut
Had two new customers in today both main dealer service for 5 years first one at ours so the big hammer came out to get the wheels off and yes left a wheel nut in lose so the alloy did not fall to the floor


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He has said he hates Drum Brakes but I’d be happy to send him your way for a couple of weeks to get some experience


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[Bedlam]

He has said he hates Drum Brakes but I’d be happy to send him your way for a couple of weeks to get some experience
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Just waiting for the report from the customer car wash bay - we need the truth

 

[Action Man]

I rode to work on empty roads today.....sometime you just hit a sweet spot of no traffic for miles....it was bliss

 

[kanyewest]

driving on a road alone is as peaceful as walking in the countryside

I rode to work on empty roads today.....sometime you just hit a sweet spot of no traffic for miles....it was bliss

 

[Maypack]

Last day with my son at our local SEAT dealers. He’s been servicing an Alhambra an Ateca and a Leon. Think he’s found his niche in life.

He got a good reference from the Service Manager for his future CV and ended up with a few quid in his pocket too.

Big smile here knowing he’s done so well and has now acquired a car interest. May even see him at the Doncaster meet.


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[Yellow fr]

Had to do a puncher repair on a mini today got init found the start switch pushed it up no sound from the engine so pushed it down still no sound from the engine did both again looked for somewhere to put the key but could not find anywhere did the switch again and tried to put it in gear and would not move moved the switch up and tried again and went into gear and moved away with no sound from the engine as it was on electrical power duh


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[Legojon]

He got a good reference from the Service Manager for his future CV and ended up with a few quid in his pocket too.

Big smile here knowing he’s done so well and has now acquired a car interest. May even see him at the Doncaster meet.

That's ace he's found summat he's interested in. Also nice they gave him some $$$. Not to go back to "in the day", but when you did work experience for free, it was a nice surprise / reward to get summat out of it. These days companies just don't bother.

moved the switch up and tried again and went into gear and moved away with no sound from the engine as it was on electrical power duh

. My diesel spark plugs not looking so funny now eh