Bad luck Updated with worse luck

[pug_boe]

Does anyone else have bad luck with their cars? My pug is going on the back of a tow truck again today...two weeks after the saxo going on one lol.. My breakdown must really love me lol

[Dan]

Whats up with it boe?

[liamk15]

Yep i just have to pay £120 for repairs for my car to pass an M.O.T, smileys/smiley13.gif

[al_VTR]

i tend to do ok but then everything comes along at once & i get hit with a juicy bill

[willsy]

id been doing fine with my car till this month. gearbox had been going for a while (syncro dying from 4th to 3rd and then 2nd to 3rd) so went to pick up new gearbox 200 miles away, got home with it then my driveshaft died. so thought while these r being replaced ill have new clutch aswel

for gearbox, clutch kit and driveshaft plus fitting, citroen wanted...... £1250!!!

after doing some hunting around i ended up paying

£75 gearbox
£35 clutch kit
£20 driveshaft
£100 fitting

£230 for the whole lot smileys/smiley4.gif

[pug_boe]

oh its just got worse, my car has been in the garage all morning, my handbrake has completely gone and the clutch has fucked up and the garage cant get the right one because its a 406 inverted one or something so i wont be getting it back for a few days and he said im looking at at least £350 for it...im sooo pissed off iv had it now with french cars

[hesslevtr]

touch wood iv never had a serious bill to pay yet

[pug_boe]

its just wound me up because i sold the saxo last week because that was pissing me off and now iv got trouble from the start

[pug_boe]

what is an inverted clutch btw? how isit different from normal ones

[hesslevtr]

thought only vws had these

[pug_boe]

thought only vws had these

i dont know - i dont know what the difference is? All i know is im burning with rage lol smileys/smiley7.gif

[hesslevtr]

wat did they mean by inverted iv never come across 1 on any other car

unless your on about the clutch some xantias use iv forgot the name of them but iv never seen 1 on a 306

[pug_boe]

lol thats all they said - theyv got problems because its an inverted clutch and he said they are from pug 406' he said something like its as if its been turned upside down... smileys/smiley19.gif i want my 1.1 shite saxo back lol .. and he also said it dont help because its diesel

[Dan]

You are having some bad luck arent you.

[hesslevtr]

yeah its what the xantias use then i dont see why theres a problem

[liamk15]

im looking at at least £350

woo thats a few beer tokens down the drain smileys/smiley5.gif

[grantsmith1985]

Is this from the same garage that you used to take the saxo to?

[pug_boe]

Is this from the same garage that you used to take the saxo to?

ye it is lol and before you start no theres nothing wrong with the garage lol we all go there they are good and give me discounts lol i just didnt realise a clutch would be a problem, i only paid £1000 for the shitting car and now look

And yes Dan im having a lot of bad luck at the mo smileys/smiley13.gif

[Deanlppl]

one of the reasons i bought a new car, warranty and no hassle of things going tits up, ohh and no MoT's

[hesslevtr]

£350 thats way over the top

[pug_boe]

£350 thats way over the top

Thats what i thought i thought clutches were only about £80 for them but then he was going on about thrust bearings and shit and labour and its been there all day and now its going to be there tomorow - thank god im off uni this week

[saxoash]

hes talking bullshit you get the thrust bearings included in with the cluch, just buy clutch and get some on to fit it

[Graeme]

yep old car thats prob why it was so cheap boe!!

[hesslevtr]

well if its the same clutch as i think your talking about the release bearing is atached to the clutch so they clutch might be a little more expensive

i think there having your pants down there

[pug_boe]

well if its the same clutch as i think your talking about the release bearing is atached to the clutch so they clutch might be a little more expensive

i think there having your pants down there

Im a lady i dont wear pants smileys/smiley17.gif and Graeme like i said before i would love a new car but simply cant afford one... my dad said even if it lasts me just 6 months it wont matter .. but i purchased it on 24th of jan lol

[pug_boe]

This really dont make sense now - iv just looked at a website and it lists 306 and 406 clutches as the same and they are £78

[Deanlppl]

garages are trying to do u over Boe!!! take a couple of blokes with u and youll get the correct problem!!

[pug_boe]

iv calmed down now.. im more relaxed and without my car

[willsy]

always good to have a second opinion. altho it wud b unthinkable to have the job done by the manufacturer, try takin it to peugeot for a 2nd opinion, at least they shud tell u exactly whats wrong.

[vts165]

inverted clutch? that could mean 1 of 2 things to me, either the release bearing part of the diafram spring (clutch cover) most common on the 406 hdi and they are abit expensive and can be an arsehole to do.... espically if that person hasnt done one before!?

or it could be that the clutch sits inside the the flywheel (inverted) rather than flat against the flywheel.. then it would be a dual-mass floating flywheel.. most hdi's have this setup..

clutch kit is about £80-£100
labour is about £140 - £170
total is £220 - £270 +vat which would work out about £260 - £320 including vat

graham

[pug_boe]

£342 later its sorted lol had it back this afternoon and they put a new handbrake in and did my seat because it was coming off the runners

[Luke]

Lol, least its sorted.

I got to have my head gasket checked tomorrow smileys/smiley13.gif