Non Saab jobs - satisfaction

[Steve McF]

Main Stealers can be quite uncooperative can't they... anyway, how did the MOT go ?

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Well....guess what??!!!

The car was taken away before 7am yesterday, and every time I messaged my son to see if he'd heard anything, there was no news Until I was on my way home from work, and the Missus said the car had just been dropped back home around 4.30ish, and had passed!!!!! I was eager to get home and see that list of advisories.....but, again, guess what? There were none!!! That is 4 clean MOTs this car has had!!! 

So remaining jobs are to get that rear parking sensor kit fitted, and to get that paint from Paintstore and sort out the front bumper now that I have rubbed down all the lacquer peel!!! Oh and we think the battery is on its way out, so he may go and get a new one.

My son immediately got it taxed and insured last night - he even got a much lower premium than he had previously been quoted (maybe because he had just turned 18 - he was quoted around £2800 - £3000 before, but got a premium of around £2000 in the end!!!

He'll be out and about cruising round in it today no doubt!!!! 

[TomPaine]

Respect due!

[carrera]

Excellent news & well done - I assume the MOT place collected & returned it for you, avoiding insurance complications

On using Vauxhall dealers, one was helpful, but needed a reg number for a part when I didn't have the number to hand, still very covid with no parts counter & card only.

So I went to another one who treated me like a trade account, even gave me a trade supplier phone number. Guess which one I won't be going back to in a rush.

Airbox intake id £60 from Vauxhall, who have none, no backorder delivery time either, £82 from Saabits. I'll be checking Insignia scrappers again...
 

[Steve McF]

Yeah the mechanic collected the car, and brought it back at the end of the day.

Went out with my son in the car this evening for a blast down tbe M40 to Banbury and back. This car never ceases to amaze me. Considering it has 154k on the clock, and we have had the interior in pieces, and the tyres flatspotting in the garage since January, it has emerged triumphant, and feels surprisingly spritely, solid and comfortable..

It also seems to have less rust than my Aero. Only that horrendous lacquer peel on the front bumper lets it down. And I'm going to sort that anyway

[sgould]

I seem to have generated a non-Saab job today.  While using my 50 year old Black & Decker Workmate today, it started to fall apart.  The wooden top pieces are attached with bolts that are just screwed into the wood.  The threads no longer grip, so when you try to use the top as a clamp they just ride up.   It will also allow me to put one of the boards on the right way around.  I must have got it back to front when I serviced it some years ago :roll: