Fuck.
Archive for the 'Ire' Category
11
Jul
iPhone, not so much.
Well, I went to collect my 9-3 from the dealer where I had returned the car to sort a niggling noise from the gearbox. They had replaced the gearbox with a new one and I was a happy bunny, driving back from Sheffield and enjoying the power after being in a diesel POS loaner.
All seemed well.
Later that day I collected my girlfriend from the airport and proceeded to drive her and her mate home after their girls weekend in Dublin. Just as I was rounding a corner into her mates estate I hear a horrible bang and the car is wrenched into the middle of the road. I get out and discover my front O/S wheel at 45 degrees and stuffed into the wheel arch.
It turns out that when putting the car back together the garage neglected to properly re-attatch the front O/S hub to the wishbone so it jumped off, ripping the drive shaft out of the engine and damaging the steering rack.
God bless the AA, who recovered me home and gave me a hire car.
After calming down I returned the car to the dealer on the back of a flatbed and told them to find me an identical or better car ASAP, and provide me with a loaner in the meantime (fairly reasonable I thought) to which they agreed.
Later that week.
I recieve a phone call from said dealer telling me he is sending a loaner my way, will my car be alright?, “the wheel is back on but the body work hasnt been done yet, its all we have”.
As you can imagine I refused, and to cut a long argument short I got my money back.
I have now bought this as a replacement:
DSG Rocks.
Ask them what they want, thus:
Please indicate the portable spec you want below
Processor:
Intel Celetron Intel Centrino Intel Pentium D
AMD Turion AMD Sempron
Clock Speed:
<1Ghz 1-2Ghz 2-4Ghz 4-6Ghz
Memory:
<1Gb 2-4Gb >4Gb
HD:
720p 1080i
Ram:
<40Mb 40Mb-80Mb 80-120Mb
OS:
Windows 97 Windows XP
Software:
Office 95 Office XP Pro
Screen Size:
<14" 15-21" >21″
Network Interface:
10/100 Ethernet Gb Ethernet
Wlan
802.11b/g 802.11j
Then laugh at the results.
I am an evil man.
You’ll like this.
So, I get pinched for doing 68 on a 60 limit, fair if somewhat overzealous, cop.
I am in the post office having *just* sent my previously clean license to the court for endorsement and payment of the £6o fine when the bank rings me.
Wait for it, my card has been cloned and the bank have blocked it to prevent further fraudulent use. Fucking great, except to compound my woes the payment method I selected for the fine was the card, that has just been cancelled.
Further woe compoundment, to whit: I can’t get access to my cash because I need my driving licence to prove my identity to the bank. Oh wait, I just sent that to the court along with a payment which is going to be declined.
So, I’m skint, pissed off, and facing the possibilty of being fined a further £1000 for non payment of a fixed penalty, why? because I am the victim of a *real* crime.
Int’ life BRILLIANT!
