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Old 5th September 2013, 10:01 AM
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Just checked - they went VAT registered on 1 September - b****r!
b****r indeed.....!!

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Old 11th September 2013, 05:18 PM
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Yes, I did the on-line quote yesterday. But now got a reply and a quote (very slightly different to yours!) so have arranged for A4 Audi to send them the calipers.

Thanks loads for the help with this - much appreciated!
You had these back yet? Good job?

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Old 11th September 2013, 08:13 PM
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NO! Not got them back yet.

They've been messing around with:
a) broken nipple
b) waiting for parts
c) waiting for paint to dry

They'll have had them 2 weeks on Friday!

Promised me they'd be in the overnight delivery to A4 Audi tomorrow, so I could get the car back on Friday. Two weeks of a 65 mile plus round trip every day in a Toyota Aygo is no joke!
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Two weeks of a 65 mile plus round trip every day in a Toyota Aygo is no joke!
I'll tell them to stop holding on to them now, we all just thought it would be amusing to see his Lairdship in an Aygo for a while
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They call it an Aygo, because that's what you keep shouting at it when you press the throttle
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NO! Not got them back yet.

They've been messing around with:
a) broken nipple
b) waiting for parts
c) waiting for paint to dry

They'll have had them 2 weeks on Friday!

Promised me they'd be in the overnight delivery to A4 Audi tomorrow, so I could get the car back on Friday. Two weeks of a 65 mile plus round trip every day in a Toyota Aygo is no joke!
Sorry to hear that mate. They were a bit slower than originally promised for me, cos they said their blasting machine was playing up. Hmmm...
Good luck for tomorrow...

Using a 12 yr old Civic alternating with an 11 yr old Volvo S60 sure made me appreciate mine once I got it back on the road. What was actually wrong with your calipers?

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Not sure what was wrong with the calipers, but there was a lot of pedal travel which disappeared when the front calipers were clamped off.

As for the Aygo - FFS why does anyone buy something like that? For the same money you could have something decent a year old. It screams "cheap" from every component (but you can't hear it for the road noise). I've done more damage to my ears in the last 2 weeks than all the concerts in the sixties and seventies did!
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As for the Aygo - FFS why does anyone buy something like that? For the same money you could have something decent a year old. It screams "cheap" from every component (but you can't hear it for the road noise). I've done more damage to my ears in the last 2 weeks than all the concerts in the sixties and seventies did!
lol love it haha
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I can see the Laird now Neil at one of those concerts smacked off his face smoking herring's
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Herring's what?

But, yes, I met a guy a few months ago who'd been to the same festival as me way back when, and he asked what I thought of a particular band's performance.

How the heck would I know? All I remember is that I was there!
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