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The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Springs for a what? Sir???
I had to go up to Orpington on Saturday but at the last minute remembered that thanks to Sadiq Khan, Manda isn’t welcome within the M25 unless I pay the ULEZ low emission zone charge for the privilege (even though her emissions are lower than my 2018 Fiat 500 which is welcome within the zone), so I took the Big Blue Bus instead.
Got as far as Tonbridge and picked up a stone chip on the windscreen of my California, which promptly became a crack! So I’ve had to have a new windscreen fitted today and am £75 lighter.
The irony being I have a spare windscreen for Manda, stashed away in my loft. I should have just paid the low emission charge!
Got as far as Tonbridge and picked up a stone chip on the windscreen of my California, which promptly became a crack! So I’ve had to have a new windscreen fitted today and am £75 lighter.
The irony being I have a spare windscreen for Manda, stashed away in my loft. I should have just paid the low emission charge!
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My family's experience of KIA is mixed,
1st one died expendively - K. I. A.
Later ones were ok
According to reports on here.. a modern Tipo is a nightmare for suspension parts
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
I had a Kia thingas a company car briefly It was actually a nice thing, so they took it away.... Not before I filled it with petrol instead of diesel. Thankfully the Kia was high off the ground and had an easily removed bung in the bottom of the fuel tank so I never had to own up to that. I thought they might notice the two tanks of fuel put in inside a couple of hours, but not a dickie was heard. I suppose all cars have their weak points. I wouldnt rule Kia or Hyundai off my list if I was looking. Just a fear the Chinese will mess with trade routes and make parts hard to get.My family's experience of KIA is mixed,
1st one died expendively - K. I. A.
Later ones were ok
According to reports on here.. a modern Tipo is a nightmare for suspension parts
Don't worry, the 7 year warranty from Hyundai / Kia covers very little. I'd argue it's worth less than the cost of electricity to transmit the webpage on their online 'owners portal' that states it's covered. Nothing more than an empty marketing promise which I'm sure sells a lot of cars for them. Though I'd still chance my arm and see if they'd do it as a good will and perhaps take the tone of (depending if/when it was last dealer serviced) on how concerned you are that the dealer missed a potentially 'breakable' part - but not sure how likely they'd be to give in to that
Apple. And the UK government. I'm a pretty big vocal fan of both (a little bit less since Labour, but still on the whole, still respectful of the institution and our country despite its flaws). Same with Apple, despite it's flaws, 9/10 it does the right thing in looking after customers and fixing its stupid design choices every so often.
But this new 'UK government demands Apple introduce a back door'. It's wrong to demand that. I want to say Apple will stand up to them like they have with the US but they probably won't, as in non-free countries like the CCP, they very much just bend over forwards and give them what they want regarding user data ... so much for 'we believe in privacy.. human rights... dignity and respect' - only in some markets. I doubt they'll pull out, although I'd respect them more if they did, they just built a huge head office at Battersea and are actively pumping millions into renewing their stores here including a shiny new one in Belfast, 5th in the world with the new design. They'll give in. Probably just at the expense of UK people which is sad.
If they do this, I'm afraid it's Linux for me. As much as I have nothing that interesting to hide etc, the principle is very much worth the cost in handiness and the giving up of a long-time hobby / interest / love for a brand and its products. With every senior exec that leaves, a chip comes off from the days of Steve Jobs and what I'd call the golden era... replaced with young and clueless programmers and designers that you can find in any other big tech company. It's just not the same company anymore.
But this new 'UK government demands Apple introduce a back door'. It's wrong to demand that. I want to say Apple will stand up to them like they have with the US but they probably won't, as in non-free countries like the CCP, they very much just bend over forwards and give them what they want regarding user data ... so much for 'we believe in privacy.. human rights... dignity and respect' - only in some markets. I doubt they'll pull out, although I'd respect them more if they did, they just built a huge head office at Battersea and are actively pumping millions into renewing their stores here including a shiny new one in Belfast, 5th in the world with the new design. They'll give in. Probably just at the expense of UK people which is sad.
If they do this, I'm afraid it's Linux for me. As much as I have nothing that interesting to hide etc, the principle is very much worth the cost in handiness and the giving up of a long-time hobby / interest / love for a brand and its products. With every senior exec that leaves, a chip comes off from the days of Steve Jobs and what I'd call the golden era... replaced with young and clueless programmers and designers that you can find in any other big tech company. It's just not the same company anymore.
Boris introduced it and its expansion…and boris took credit for the bikes…much better to just agree that they are all just the same
I’d totally forgotten about Boris and I lived in London at the time! You’re quite right.
Ken Livingstone introduced the Lez, Boris wanted to cancel the expansion. Khan introduced stricter rules and then pushed ahead with the unpopular expansion.
Boris was in power when the bikes were introduced and was involved with expanding the system due to its popularity, as well as him being filmed and photographed using the bikes, hence getting dubbed Boris bikes… (in place of Barclays bikes as they were at the time)
Aside from that you were 100% correct that is to say you weren’t.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Yes eminently forgettable.
The repair turned into a bit of a farce. It actually failed earlier in the week - both front springs he told me. They (he, his wife and boy) were due to come to us Friday afternoon and stay for their evening meal (Mrs J made one of her "famous" steak and ale pies - My tummy problems means I can only have a small helping but it's well worth any problems this causes me next day!) All seemed to be going well until we got a call yesterday - Friday - morning saying he'd still not got the car back. Apparently the garage had got the wrong springs - it's a diesel so probably they'd got the petrol springs? He'd just been told the man working on the car had gone home sick but they were expecting the new springs any minute and still hoped to have it ready for him by closing time - The garage has no workshop personnel in on a Saturday. Mrs J was already in full blown pie making mode and sweet potato, onion and red pepper roast veg, Potatoes dauphinoise and cherry and apple crumble all in preparation so putting off to another day wasn't on the cards - I'm much too frightened of her to suggest that! and I was thinking I'd have to go across town and collect them when he called to say the car was ready - now 16.50 hrs - and they were in the bus on their way to pick it up. They eventually got to us somewhat less than an hour later and we had a lovely meal and evening together. He refused to tell me what the MOT and repairs bill had come to! - but did comment that the steering now felt much lighter than it had in months!
The Kia warranty is very interesting to read in detail. It looks like it covers a lot in the first couple of years or so but steadily then excludes more and more with each passing year. I doubt if it's actually that much better than a "normal" manufacturer's warranty although you may be "lucky" and find it still covers you for something obscure in later years which other's won't.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
Its worth knowing. Fiats warranty is not disimilar with the third year only covering major mechanical items. Maybe it should be brought to the intention of the (admittedly pretty useless) Advertising Standards Agency. The impression I had, and its pretty crystal clear from the advertising is its a 7 year warranty. It has misled me and Im sure vast numbers of others. Much like the Fiat Panda waze 90 that I bought but never existed.
Spent more time offering contracts for ‘favours’
Boy, that sounds familiar.
The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
ANd boozing, joking and generally being the most uttely onnoxios idiot to
Shamefully all too familiar. I can remember the day when I found out that it was normal for friday afternoon to be spent boozing and shirking. It was the day everyone was told it was to stop. For a while, I stoppped work an hour or two earlier and try and be home by 7pm on friday as a protest. My resolve was weak so I went back to getting back late on fridays as well. Who was the idiot.
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As an apprentice lunch was in the pub, sausage egg and chips and a pint of brown ale.
I was quite a boozer when younger but never let it interfere with the working day limiting it to from Friday night to Saturday night. Always took sandwiches and something like Coke or Fanta to work.As an apprentice lunch was in the pub, sausage egg and chips and a pint of brown ale.
Fair to middling! quite a number missing from top jaw but just two from the bottom. Got a plate for the top ones which the younger grand children just love to see me push forward through my lips - lots of laughter all round except Mrs J who tends to sigh and frown when she notices.How are the teeth doing with all that Coke and Fanta?
