fiestaturbo1984

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ok please dont shoot me down in flames, this is a genuine question as im just about stuck atm, im going to be doing a deal on a fiesta rs with my 328i bmw. all good and well so far, however the car in question has possible hg issues and is 100 odd miles down the m4.
my plan as i dont have a trailer or know anybody with one, also have got no reasonable quotes is to drive my bmw there, and this is the not so good part, whip the thermostat and of the fiesta and hope to fuck that its going to be ok for the journey home, i do have aa so covered but i know the bad points about doing this but my thinking is, it would be last on saturday night, nice long run, no traffic hopefully so fingers crossed no real issues??? i hope

LHD220Turbo

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as soon as you've picked up the Fiesta just ring the AA and say the head gasket has gone and overheated

fiend

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As above, if you already have AA car why not just call them up once you got the car and say its just broken down?

fiestaturbo1984

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suppose i should do, not sure if there is a limit on how many times i can use the service though, or maybe thats my homestarts. i really should read the small print sometimes

rst in breaking

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last thing u want to do is drive it, water in your oil isnt a good lubricant

B19 LBP

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when i used to belong to the AA i called them out 3 times in a year and got a letter telling me to get a better car and if i call them out anymore i will be charged for it

im no longer with the AA

Char1ie

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Why not just tow the car?

Charlie

fiestaturbo1984

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i dont have another car, my friends are useless, cannot tow on motorway, wales is a long way from berkshire to use a-roads...many reasons lol. i think this is going to end up a no-go

atm

with a rope you can only tow off motorways, not onto

LHD220Turbo

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seriously; just look at your AA policy, there might or might not be a mileage limit for being recovered. If there isnt, just pick the car up drive it round the corner and then phone them.

fiestaturbo1984

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i just had a quick look online and i think i am only covered to be taken to the neares =t garage? thats no fucking good as il be doing the work at home.ffs

LHD220Turbo

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cant you get him to meet you halfway?; its seems as if he wants the better end of this deal?

be careful with HG problems too; make sure it is just head gasket and not something more serious

fiestaturbo1984

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well its a paint in the arse tbh as the car is in south wales, yet he works in norfolk and im in between but he wont drive it, which is fair i suppose. tbh even if its an engine overhaul or replacement im still getting the better deal but just have to do work whereas the bmw is all good. i think i might try and see if i can get some more quotes on getting in brought to me

matts1

I have sold a car in the past and the buyer just called his breakdown cover and said he had broken down after staying at a friends for the weekend, and needed to get the kids home etc so had left the car where it was.

Gave them my address and asked me to say I was 'his mate' and they turned up, i gave them the keys and they took the car back to him over 100 miles away.

He had never been to mine lol!!

Need to have full home recovery though. Can't see why you couldn't call them and say it blown the head and you need a lift back home with it, if they turn up tell them it overheated and your not risking driving it.

3drpete

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thermostat out mite get ya there it takes forever to warm up but 100 mile is a trek

pete

fiestaturbo1984

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i could do but dont want to get caught out if they ask me to prove ownership or owt like that, i know how these fuckers try to get out of things like this

LHD220Turbo

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you've got the wrong end of the stick mate; its the fiesta with the HG problem, not the beemer

Ebonycossie4x4

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328 have notorious block issues.

Be careful....

Sunil_FiestaRS1800

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Sold my trailer a few months back or you could have borrowed it mate.

What bmw you selling, send me pics and spec looking for a car at the mo as i just sold the 200sx

syko2005

Just take out breakdown cover with another company if you have used your current one to much. Personally i find aa well over priced. You can get cover for 50 quid ish. Its a cheap way of getting the car home.

fiestaturbo1984

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yeah its the fiesta with the issues guys.

and i have thought about new cover but then im paying out again for more cover and i hate wasting money...probs best not getting the fiesta lol but thats besides the point, think im going to see if anybody does recovery on the side

dingla rs

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i have aa cover just standerd they brought my car back from warrington to my local garage in catterick yorkshire if you dont live near were your car brakes down they have bring it to were you live

fiend

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Have you got a friend who has recovery to home?

I'm with RAC and they cover me in any come I am in, even if I'm the passenger in the car.

They will recover the car to where ever I want.