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On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




It's a Fiat, so there are many possibilities.

I'll guess that all the wheels fell off, and it sang Nessun Dorma. How
close am I?

On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


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So our breath is bated then.

I've lost track of what sort of van it is, but in my experience most
mechanical things do not like use which is not regular and to the same
places or used for the same job. The same thing seems to happen to things
like washing machines, vacuum cleaners and garden machinery. Adjust them or
get them doing a different task and something usually falls of stops or gets
bunged up.
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On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


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Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote

So our breath is bated then.

Turned out to be real disappointment.

I've lost track of what sort of van it is,

Fiat.

but in my experience most mechanical things do not like use which is not
regular and to the same places or used for the same job.

Dago vans arent like that.

The same thing seems to happen to things like washing machines, vacuum
cleaners and garden machinery. Adjust them or get them doing a different
task and something usually falls of stops or gets bunged up.

In this case it ****ed on the road.

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On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


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On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.

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On 19/03/2021 09:03, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.


Ah. Very, very not nice. On site and dealt with in-house or public
place with emergency services attending?

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On 19/03/2021 09:53, Robin wrote:
On 19/03/2021 09:03, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and
posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.


Ah.Â* Very, very not nice. On site and dealt with in-house or public
place with emergency services attending?


Between my house and a trip to the shop a quarter of a mile away.

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On 19/03/2021 09:59, ARW wrote:
On 19/03/2021 09:53, Robin wrote:
On 19/03/2021 09:03, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and
posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.


Ah.Â* Very, very not nice. On site and dealt with in-house or public
place with emergency services attending?


Between my house and a trip to the shop a quarter of a mile away.


And sod's law meant it wasn't even raining.

Given the engine management computer power these days I wonder why they
don't have a
"fuel-consumption-exceeds-maximum-even-for-Sabine-on-the-Nürburgring alarm".


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On 19/03/2021 09:59, ARW wrote:
On 19/03/2021 09:53, Robin wrote:
On 19/03/2021 09:03, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and
posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.


Ah.Â* Very, very not nice. On site and dealt with in-house or public
place with emergency services attending?


Between my house and a trip to the shop a quarter of a mile away.


Has the bloke who tried to puncture your tyres drilled a hole
in the tank ?.

On 19/03/2021 09:59, ARW wrote:
On 19/03/2021 09:53, Robin wrote:
On 19/03/2021 09:03, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and
posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.


Ah.Â* Very, very not nice. On site and dealt with in-house or public
place with emergency services attending?


Between my house and a trip to the shop a quarter of a mile away.

that will be a few motorcyclists on the deck then ....

ARW wrote:

Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.

Has your caltrop-laying friend been at the tank with a screwdriver?

On 19/03/2021 10:01, Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.

Has your caltrop-laying friend been at the tank with a screwdriver?


No but the AA are taking the ****.

Text message from them

"Due to covid19 we ask you to observe social distancing of 2M"



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On 19/03/2021 10:13, ARW wrote:
On 19/03/2021 10:01, Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.

Has your caltrop-laying friend been at the tank with a screwdriver?


No but the AA are taking the ****.

Text message from them

"Due to covid19 we ask you to observe social distancing of 2M"

Were you planning to kiss the AA guy?

On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 9:03:20 AM UTC, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.

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I had a VW that did that. They failed to properly connct the fuel filter when it was serviced. As ever it was ****ing with rain.

Jonathan

On 19/03/2021 10:40, Jonathan wrote:
On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 9:03:20 AM UTC, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.

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I had a VW that did that. They failed to properly connct the fuel filter when it was serviced. As ever it was ****ing with rain.

I remember getting a call and rushing out to help sort out my dad's
company car many years ago. It'd been in to have the fuel sender
replaced, before he went on holiday touring France. He got the car back
in the afternoon, hooked up the caravan when he got home and they set
off for the port. They got as far as the local garage, started to fill
up, and petrol poured everywhere - the mechanics had had the tank out to
access the sender and forgotten to re-attach the filler hose! In those
days I was thin enough and agile enough to squeeze under and re-attach
it without having to jack it up - hence the call to me.

On 19/03/2021 10:50, Steve Walker wrote:
On 19/03/2021 10:40, Jonathan wrote:
On Friday, March 19, 2021 at 9:03:20 AM UTC, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and
posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.

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I had a VW that did that. They failed to properly connct the fuel
filter when it was serviced. As ever it was ****ing with rain.

I remember getting a call and rushing out to help sort out my dad's
company car many years ago. It'd been in to have the fuel sender
replaced, before he went on holiday touring France. He got the car back
in the afternoon, hooked up the caravan when he got home and they set
off for the port. They got as far as the local garage, started to fill
up, and petrol poured everywhere - the mechanics had had the tank out to
access the sender and forgotten to re-attach the filler hose! In those
days I was thin enough and agile enough to squeeze under and re-attach
it without having to jack it up - hence the call to me.

As a kid, we were in France in 1966 during the world cup and at a
filling station the attendant was so engrossed in conversation with Dad
that he failed to notice that the tank was full and what seemed like a
river of petrol was flowing across the concrete apron onto the road.

Not sure how they decided how much the tank took before it was full.

On 19/03/2021 09:03, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.


In India a gang of coolies would mop it up with rags and squeeze them
out into a jerry can for re-use. Saw an example on Top Gear India trip.

"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 19/03/2021 09:03, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and
posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.


In India a gang of coolies would mop it up with rags and squeeze them
out into a jerry can for re-use. Saw an example on Top Gear India trip.

and why not

100 quid's worth of diesel is more than a day's wage

On 19/03/2021 17:40, tim... wrote:


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On 19/03/2021 09:03, ARW wrote:
On 18/03/2021 23:02, Robin wrote:
On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:




Well it can't be anything *really* bad as you're still alive and
posting.

Ran over an apprentice, all by itself, while you weren't even near it?


No. Just dumped 50 litres of diesel on the road.


In India a gang of coolies would mop it up with rags and squeeze them
out into a jerry can for re-use. Saw an example on Top Gear India trip.

and why not

100 quid's worth of diesel is more than a day's wage


It might be in India.

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On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:



Fiat ? ...turned into red dust ? ....

On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:



snapped a cam belt ?

Well your vans do seem to almost act like living entities and do what they
feel at the time. W had an old Austin A40 back when I was a child and if you
were in a hurry you just knew the starter would jam in those wornteeth in
the flywheel......
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Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote

Well your vans do seem to almost act like living entities and do what they
feel at the time.

That’s what dagos do.

He needs an obedient kraut van.

W had an old Austin A40 back when I was a child and if you were in a hurry
you just knew the starter would jam in those wornteeth in the
flywheel......

That’s why you poms buy kraut vehicles now.

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On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:25:53 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:



He needs an obedient kraut van.

You need treatment, senile sociopath!

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On 18/03/2021 19:03, ARW wrote:


This topic reminds me of an article by Which, that said some models of
cars a couple of years old were more reliable than other makes of new cars.

I think your Fiat is in the 'other' group.