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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / January 2006Glowing Praise for Beamends!
Dear All, Just like to post a public thank you for Richard, I burnt some bearings out on a drivebelt pulley over the festive season, and although Richard didn't have the part in stock he phoned around the local factors where I was in Cumbria and found somebody who claimed to have the part in stock. This is service well beyond the call of duty and I cant emphasise enough how grateful I am to Richard. As a Foot note; when I got to Lakeland Land Rovers in Torver, near Coniston, they didn't actually have the part due to the supply wagon being snowed in someplace in Yorkshire. However to their credit they stripped the parts I needed off their sales demonstrator!!! As for the RAC who left me, my pregnant wife and our Fifteen month old on Shap fell from 12.30am until 5am at -8deg.C No praise at all!!!!! Mark <mark@_nospam_sleepybubble.com> uttered summat worrerz funny about: > Dear All, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > old on Shap fell from 12.30am until 5am at -8deg.C No praise at > all!!!!! Tis truely good service. Well done Richard! I had the chaps at Lakeland look at our Disco ES just after we got it. My Diff lock wouldn't engadge... 10 minutes of "firmness" had it sorted and us back on the road. We were caravanning alongside Coniston and I didn't want to look a wassock the next time I went to reverse up hill onto a pitch. Regards breakdown recovery take a look at this as a serious alternative for £30 a year... http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1094823518,14076, I need to read up on their views on 101 campers save all that faffing with the AA/RAC where you never really know until your stuck on the road. Lee > Mark <mark@_nospam_sleepybubble.com> uttered summat worrerz funny about: > > Dear All, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Regards breakdown recovery take a look at this as a serious alternative for > £30 a year... http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1094823518,14076 , > I need to read up on their views on 101 campers save all that faffing with > the AA/RAC where you never really know until your stuck on the road. > > Lee Hmmm.... looks interesting, for the RAC cover I had relied on NFU who as part of fully comp Insurance offer RAC service, however when organising my recovery off the M6 at such an antisocial hour I discovered that the NFU cover is a pay on use service and so I will be receiiving an invoice ultimately from NFU for a non disclosed amount. Which reminds me to go and dig out my policy and read the small print and see what they are going to stuff me for! I like the idea of pay and claim, but I am always a bit distrustful of services that seem to good to be true (with the exception of Beamends of course!) Mark >> As for the RAC who left me, my pregnant wife and our Fifteen month >> old on Shap fell from 12.30am until 5am at -8deg.C No praise at [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I need to read up on their views on 101 campers save all that faffing with >the AA/RAC where you never really know until your stuck on the road. Sad to say that I'm partly responsible for the state of the AA. they sent us all a letter some years ago, so that we could vote on the takeove by Centera - and a nice little bonus if we voted yes... like many others, I was naive enough to believe the bullshit and grab the money. Of course, the crap about how the investment was going to make a bigger and better AA was, as I now realise, crap, and the whole thing has become profit driven. Sad, I call it. Both the RAC and the AA breakdown services started off as more-or-less non-profit organisations for the benefit of members [aside - can you still get "club" membership of the RAC in London?] and have become increasingly commercial and profit-driven.  SignatureAustin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that "There are three sorts of people in the world - those who can count, and those who can't" (Anon) > Sad, I call it. Both the RAC and the AA breakdown services started off as > more-or-less non-profit organisations for the benefit of members [aside - > can you still get "club" membership of the RAC in London?] and have become > increasingly commercial and profit-driven. Yes, see http://www.royalautomobileclub.co.uk/guestarea/home.asp I seem to remember it wasn't sold with the rest of the RAC. SignatureRegards Bob 1974 S111 SWB 2.25 petrol Hardtop (For Sale) 1987 90 2.5 petrol Hardtop (stolen, found, but still not back) >> Sad, I call it. Both the RAC and the AA breakdown services started off as >> more-or-less non-profit organisations for the benefit of members [aside - [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >I seem to remember it wasn't sold with the rest of the RAC. blimey. 1900 quid to join and 950 subscription last year... wonder if you get better service from the breakdown lot? SignatureAustin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that "Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!" Thomas À Kempis (1380 - 1471) Imitation of Christ, I.xxiii. I have had good service from Lakeland too, when I was on holiday up there Piglet wasn't running right, and the brake pads also needed replacing. I arrived late in the day, explained what the problems were. I left a happy chap with all the bits I needed, which *they had in stock*! There was some severe headscratching at first when I pointed out the computer wouldn't be much use, as Piglet was only a Discovery ES in body, not in heart <grin> SignatureNeil |
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