sally up date

[solarman216]

Getting car back to Briggie

Now we are making some progress with Sally, some thought would be appreciated regarding returning Briggies car to him, If I run it up, it means two cars and two drivers, also it will mean an overnight for two, not averse to a night out, but not just yet, unless there is a more social reason, like a big group get together?:clap:clap, anyway leave it with you all for comments:thumb2:thumb2 Rick

 

[Deleted account DD]

Time for a run out in the disco with shiela eh Briggie? day at the sea side :thumb2

 

[briggie]

Now we are making some progress with Sally, some thought would be appreciated regarding returning Briggies car to him, If I run it up, it means two cars and two drivers, also it will mean an overnight for two, not averse to a night out, but not just yet, unless there is a more social reason, like a big group get together?:clap:clap, anyway leave it with you all for comments:thumb2:thumb2 Rick

sent you a pm rick , but badically ive found a car hire firm ( enterprise ) who have a base in your town too , i can hire a car one way for one day unlimited mileage for £84 .... problem is it will be a micra or fiesta to keep fuel economy down , also i have to get down there in one day , however once there with sally i will be going via norfolk , so i could crash out in the caravan on my way back so i could pull over between your place and norfolk for a rest anytime , but id need a lift from the enterprise base in your town to your workshop as the hire car wont be big enough to take my wheelchair .. is that ok rick ?


many kind regards

pete

 

[Deleted account DD]

We use enterprise (amongst others)all of the time. They will pick up and drop off. £84 for a day is taking the piss for a micra size car. Negotiate with them if they can come down less than £25 a day for a vectra (as they were) you should be able to shift them from £84. Thers also not a lot on a run in economy between a micra/fiesta and octavia/mondeo/vectra turbo diesel. We regularly recorded the high 40's in all of them at aheemm mph with cruise set. My missus seat ibiza whihc is as economical as the cars you mention can only manage something around that.

 

[briggie]

We use enterprise (amongst others)all of the time. They will pick up and drop off. £84 for a day is taking the piss for a micra size car. Negotiate with them if they can come down less than £25 a day for a vectra (as they were) you should be able to shift them from £84

they said its cos of unlimited mileage , plus its one way hire ..... they have a surcharge for that it seems

 

[briggie]

they said its cos of unlimited mileage , plus its one way hire ..... they have a surcharge for that it seems

also dont forget , it has to be auto

 

[briggie]

before anyone asks ..... sheila hates motorways and isnt very confident on them ..... the easiest ( and cheapest ) option is a 1 way hire car...forget the train , ive checked lol id rather rick didnt drive up here again as i think the guy allready has done a hell of a lot of hard work , and used a lot of his time allready , plus this way it kills 3 birds with one stone so to speak , i get a lovely long run in sally , it saves ricks time , plus i get to check on the caravan and chill out there :thumb2

 

[Deleted account DD]

They have autos at no extra cost, Ive never seen one of their hires NOT on unlimited mileage, they can waive the one way fee if they want to (they dont return the car to where you picked it up its just simple stock rotation).

Trust me been there negotiated with them many times.

The most recent back end of last year when a large van with tail lift was listed at several hundred for the weekend. I laughed at them and got ready to walk out and eventually all in Friday afternoon to 10 am Monday £125 .

Their policy is to have the vehicles out on the road as much as possible so long as theyre not making a loss. Admittedly our car park at times used to have several 2 litre (or was it 2.2 litre) vectra diesel sri's in black all parked up which I'm sure got some discount but......

They were costing between £15 and £20 a day on short term no contract hire unlimited mileage. Shortest I have had one for was about 8 hours and the longest just under a week. I've been all over the country in them. All you have to be careful of is to fill em up before you hand them back if you dont the surcharge is high.

Youve made a tentative enquiry and they've gone whoopee, don't think he knows much about car hire and quoted you tops.

Trust me briggie and push them.

 

[Deleted account DD]

Briggie Ive just checked up and a colleague of mine a short while back had a corsa from them @ £14 a day open ended hire. ie she could take it back the same day or a month later. Unlimited mileage but covered by her own ins. It was a private hire ie not through work she managed by negotiating with them :thumb2

Ive arranged my ins for a day at times or put an additional car on when mines off the road and its always been an "admin fee" to pay of around £10 to £15

Enterprise have their eyes firmly on your pockets on this one.


(and as youll have worked out they get as little of mine as possible )

 

[briggie]

Briggie Ive just checked up and a colleague of mine a short while back had a corsa from them @ £14 a day open ended hire. ie she could take it back the same day or a month later. Unlimited mileage but covered by her own ins. It was a private hire ie not through work she managed by negotiating with them :thumb2

Ive arranged my ins for a day at times or put an additional car on when mines off the road and its always been an "admin fee" to pay of around £10 to £15

Enterprise have their eyes firmly on your pockets on this one.


(and as youll have worked out they get as little of mine as possible )

just rung them again and asked if thats the best they could do as i felt the urine was being extracted from head office ........ they said the best they could do was £82

 

[lacroupade]

It may quite possibly have caused damage. Only time will tell. My mates 700 series turbo'd volvo screwed up after a connection down stream of the filter came loose, he didnt relaise it and ran it for a year plus with unfiltered air going in.

The analogy the mechanic made was that it was like chucking a handful of sand in every few weeks. OTT maybe but the principle is the same.

I would suggest this vehicle is checked out and serviced very very thoroughly very soon , check all details such compression etc. Then you'll have an idea what , if and when the next problem may be :thumb2

I suspect it won't have hurt much for two reasons (one of which relies on my poor memory!)....firstly the standard airbox pulls its air in from the inner wing which is a bit more enclosed than the engine bay, and secondly I'm not sure how long it would run properly like that. I have a distant memory of going on a trip in France and leaving my K&N off by mistake....after a few miles the car started to run really sluggishly and kept conking out.....in the end I realised what the problem was and cable-tied a wad of rag over the inlet which got me home.....maybe the ECU just decides it can't cope with the amount of airflow or something??

 

[Deleted account DD]

How generous of them...........

 

[Deleted account DD]

I suspect it won't have hurt much for two reasons (one of which relies on my poor memory!)....firstly the standard airbox pulls its air in from the inner wing which is a bit more enclosed than the engine bay, and secondly I'm not sure how long it would run properly like that. I have a distant memory of going on a trip in France and leaving my K&N off by mistake....after a few miles the car started to run really sluggishly and kept conking out.....in the end I realised what the problem was and cable-tied a wad of rag over the inlet which got me home.....maybe the ECU just decides it can't cope with the amount of airflow or something??

Ahhh I think your theory is right (memory starting to kick in), I remember on my old mkI astra gte it ground to a halt one day because the pipe form the back of the airbox came adrift and the air flow meter got totally confused and shut things down.

I was well worried as the car was about 2 weeks old with only a few hundred miles on the clock and I was in the woolie backs (middleton in teesdale) but I opened bonnet and there was this great tube flapping about........phew.

The volvo I mention must have been trying to act hard.

 

[briggie]

thifty car hire have just quoted me £102 for a golf ( their best price !!!!


:jesterbg

 

[Deleted account DD]

Bloody hell...........I'll shut up and stick to out local one :sly


Just thinking about the unlimited mileage bit, surely you dont need that if its costing ? you know how far it is ?

 

[lacroupade]

Bloody hell...........I'll shut up and stick to out local one :sly


Just thinking about the unlimited mileage bit, surely you dont need that if its costing ? you know how far it is ?

I suspect theres a medical loading as well though Dave.

 

[briggie]

ok , ive rung 5 car hire companies .....only enterprise have a base in ricks town , which means i drop the car off there , not in guildford /heathrow etc .....best they can do is £82 .. so at the mo thats not bad , just rung sheila and shes happy with that , enterprise is by far the cheapest too

 

[briggie]

as i mentioned previously .....just before the car broke down i was going up a long hill quite fast :augie , i noticed a strong smell of hot oil , is that normal , or because of this problem ?

 

[lacroupade]

what do you think? :augie

 

[briggie]

what do you think? :augie

me giving it some stick ?