Cdnshaz

ok how about cheese whiz and (gulp) mushy peas ahhhhhhhhh
YUCK

and marmite is like sucking on a dirty sock that has been soaked in tractor grease for 6 months, that stuff is nasty. Just b/c something has vitamins in it, doesn't mean it is edible....yuck

fledermaus

But it does give it some redeeming qualities and make it worth eating. It's damn fine added into gravies and stews.

Steve_P

No briefing notes here.

Once again we in the west are left out.

Cdnshaz

it is like a pair of old running shoes

smelly and useless in my house, give me bovril any day for gravy lol

nope not for me, that stuff is dreadful, mmm maybe could use it for the 5000 click oil change......hhmmmmmm

LOL not cheese whiz with mushy peas....comparing lol
brits eat mushy peas but not cheese whiz.....no comparison, cheese wins every time...

fledermaus

That's cos you have your heads stuck in the oil sands

BTW is it true that CheeseWhiz is mined in Alberta ?

Steve_P

Absolutely. We use it to fire the boilers to generate steam for oil sands extraction.

That's what they meant when they said they were going nuclear.

Cdnshaz

Thought that was how marmite was produced!

Steve_P

Have ever noticed that Marmite is the same colour and consistency as axle grease after it's been on the car for at least a year.

Cdnshaz

YEP!!! my thoughts exactly hehehehe
but grease smells nicer, now can't comment on taste lol

Piff Poff

Nice one, OH picked up a Freelander with much the same story earlier this year (it still needs it's repair, it'll get done though).

Piff Poff

I agree with when asking for a full service history, you get 'that' look, I understand the individual words coming out of your mouth but not what your saying - do you know the look I mean?

Now as far as servicing goes, there are different services at different ages of the car, each service will check different things. The ones that involve checking the spark plugs IMHO is pretty important. OH regularly comes home and tells tales of woe of having spark plugs snapped off in the head because the numpty that has owned the car from new has never had the car serviced so the spark plugs haven't ever been checked/replaced. It makes for a stressed out mechanic and a stressed out customer when they are faced with a totally massive bill.

Lorry1

Love Marmite and mushy peas. I bought some mushy peas from a Brit shop the other day and had them with fish and chips...yummy!

Lorry1

I think most superstores stock it...EWWWW can't imagine what it looks like in the can

dinger24

In the UK there was Anne Robinson on that consumer program the other night which was on about Kwik Fit conning people and over charging them, not changing filters and advising people to change brakes that were perfectly serviceable etc. I think this is common practice with many garages in the UK, I also feel this is down to the mechanics believing that the general public are fairly clueless when it comes to servicing a vehicle, one way around it is to speak to the mechanic before hand asking him/her to show you what he is going to change (oil, oil filter, air filter etc) and then ask to see it has been completed when you return to collect your vehicle. As for the filter locking on, this is common to all vehicles! A good mechanic knows to give the filter a 1/4 turn back once it has been fitted to prevent it ceasing
Finally I am sure that there are loads of very professional and very honest good mechanics (personally I havent met a bad one yet) just before someone comes on and gives me an earful!

Greenhill

Thanks for that Piff Poff. I know I was trying to offer advice to others through my own personal experience, but I've also been wondering for some time when..and the real "when"... to get a modern car 'fully'/properly serviced. I was thinking a 'few days before the warranty expires' - i.e. time to trade it in but I'll take your advice seriously there.

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