howdy,

caznsue · Post by **caznsue** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:32 am

hello all, nice layer of snow over my newly washed bongo this morning.....

im here to ask again about my electric blind, i gave it a good hard tug ages ago and ive snapped the plastic bar at the bottom away from the window frame, i tried to just get a new rod but someone whom shall remain annoyamous.....can not spell that word!! ....someone whom shall remain secret....he he, tried selling me a whole new blind!!....can i not just order the bar bit and thread it back throught the blind and get it re attached....please help, its nearly camping time again and i dont really want to be taping up a black bag each night,

another question under my pedals i have a button that says hold.....whats that? tried looking in man. and it does not mention it.

i love my wagon, i sold my sports car to drive this all the time and now when i travel in a car it feels like my ass is scraping along the ground!!

oh i got another question, in for a penny in for a pound, how can i make my portapotti look more attractive, i leave it in the bongo all the time, can anyone make me a cloth cover for it!! im not joking.

cheers

caz

Yamaha · Post by **Yamaha** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:44 am

Caz - re the blind problem - haven't ever taken mine apart - but if it's just the bottom rod thats snapped, couldn't you slit one end, remove the bits of rod, and replace them with, maybe, some wooden or plastic dowling from B&Q?

They seem to stock quite a selection of sizes. Cut it to the correct length - put it back into the blind, sew up the end again, and it should be pliable enough to curve it sufficiently to get both ends back in the slot it runs in.

Mike

caznsue · Post by **caznsue** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:10 pm

perhaps thats worth a try, have not had a good look myself yet, just saw it flap in the wind, when i took it to a garage he just said .....yes you have snapped it and that was that.........

by the way was £105 alot of dosh for a general look over and 2l of oil and 3 wiper blades?

i feel i have been done!! at least dick turpin wore a mask!!!!!!!

vic swan · Post by **vic swan** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:03 pm

caznsue,
Just a thought, I wonder if that sprung plastic channel used to hold posters up would help with your blind.
Yes, I think you were done. Just had my MOT, three new filters and oil change, the lot cost £115. Try someone else next time.

Vic

caznsue · Post by **caznsue** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:29 pm

going to have a good look at it at the weekend and see if i can do a blue peter job on it......

yeah i reckon i was done!!

he charged me £24 plus vat for the 3 blades, i thought that was steep.....£5.60 for oil and £60 plus vat labour!! must be in the wrong job......a quick look, 2l of oil and 3 bits of rubber and thats over hundred quid please ....... i will not go back and ive just posted a letter to them to say how disapointed i was.........will let you know what response i get....

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:38 pm

Can he explain what the labour charge was for caznsue (not putting on wipers and tipping a bit of oil in the engine surely!). It sounds extortionate and worth talking to someone like the local trading standards officer about if you dont get joy from the garage. Also, can he defend the cost of the wipers blades as being anything like what they cost him.

Sounds v dodgy all round. Good luck with your complaint.

Mike

caznsue · Post by **caznsue** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:45 pm

the labour was for a general look over as im driving to cornwall at weekend, i had put a note on the list for him to look at my wobbly steering wheel.....still the bloody wheel problem, also a look at the blind and just check levels etc....the blind he just said i had snapped.......and no mention of the steering wheel.....so i guess it was £60 plus to have a look!!!! unscrew a cap and pour and fit 3 bits of rubber!!!!!!!!!!

a friend took her car to him to fit an electric window switch......and the switch was £18 and to fit £40!!!!.......

rwill19050 · Post by **rwill19050** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:31 pm

oh i got another question, in for a penny in for a pound, how can i make my portapotti look more attractive, i leave it in the bongo all the time, can anyone make me a cloth cover for it!! im not joking.

Ours, from 321Away, came with a purpose built 'box' with a lift up lid.
It now doubles as a seat, or a coffee table, or a card table, or a foot rest or a ....... well, you get the idea.
I'll post you a pic if want, but can't do it till the morning.
I could make you something like it if you are not too hot with woodwork yourself.

Richard

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:05 pm

Sounds like a cowboy caznsue - give him a wide berth next time

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:20 pm

My local Fiat dealer wanted over £35 to fit new front wiper blades!!! He didn't get the job!!!
Why not put a vase of flowers on your Portapotti? - wouldn't they look nice?

caznsue · Post by **caznsue** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:10 am

flowers..........great idea, except i keep tipping the bloody loo over when i do a sharp turn so i dread to think what would happen to the flowers....

if you can send me some photos of your portapotti box that you got from 321 that would be great or else yes im interested in you knocking me one up, the one i had in my vw had a lift up lid with a foam top that was covered to match the interior and a cut out bit at the bottom to enable the handle to be pulled forward ...could you do this....i would not want it fixed in the back as i have a kitchen unit and still one chair there whicj is mostly pulled up out of the way...something i could lift in and out would be fab,
i live in drayton which hopefully is not too far from you so if you give me an idea of price that would be great,

kind regards

caz

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:37 am

Back to the original post - does anyone know what the button under the pedals is?

caznsue · Post by **caznsue** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:42 am

you got one too then,,,..................... wonder what it is......... cruise control???..........wish someone would tell us........

francophile1947 · Post by **francophile1947** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:54 am

I don't think I've got one although, to be honest, I haven't looked - just curious to find out.

trevd01 · Post by **trevd01** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:06 am

caznsue wrote:you got one too then,,,..................... wonder what it is......... cruise control???..........wish someone would tell us........

The secret purpose of the button is part of a mystical rite only known to those who have:

a) Been on the forum for some time

b) Put in the magic word "button" into the search section and scrolled down a page until you find a post called "What is it?" which reveals a link to an earlier post

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... ght=button

howdy,

howdy,

howdy

HOWDY,

howdy

howdy

you got one too.............

Re: you got one too.............