Parking fine

[FarmerPug]

The mechanics just going to replace the one spring at the moment, thats all he thinks needs done, and i need to get back up to Belfast this evening, there is no point in taking the bus because i live too far away from the station, and to get to the uni its off the bus and onto a train, change train, and then a mile walk after that train stops. It would be a bit of a faff carrying the suitcase, the weeks shopping, laptop bag and the schoolbag with my notes through all that, and having to do it all again to get home on friday.

Im doing technology with design, at the moment that involves maths (differentiation was ok, the integration is a bit harder), materials science (free tranquilliser on a thursday morning), professional studies, and design (one day of the week on friday).
Next semester it moves onto electrics, mechanical, CAD, and more professional studies.

[FarmerPug]

Got the car back on monday afternoon, my uncle dropped me off at 4pm by which stage it made its way to the mechanics door, he hadnt started working on it, or looked at what damage was done, so i ran down to the motorfactors (a 2min walk away conveniently) and bought a stretchie cv boot kit £6. By the time i got back he had the car on the lift, the old spring out, and off the strut, but the car needed a droplink and strut top bearing £37, the spring cost £35 and the labour cost £25. The total cost £103.
The tyre did get a bit of a scrape but it wasnt badly damaged, the alloy got scratched and covered in cv grease, but this is the inside of it so not too important.

I will change the other spring when i get off next week, it wouldnt be too bad spending £35 to avoid the cost of repairing what the spring can damage when it goes, i seen what is meant about the bottom of the spring being smaller and then when it breaks it pushes down and does damage.
Reading the haynes manual it doesnt seem to difficult a job in removing the strut unit, what is the lower balljoint, are they hard to remove, and all the talk about replacing bolts is this really necessary? The mechanic didnt bother and the car feels fine.

[Doggy]

Frank, I may be a minority of one, but I firmly believe the strut top bearing's the culprit, preventing the spring from turning freely to 'unwind' the twist it gets every time you turn the steering. If you think about it, it would explain why these failures always seem to happen when parked or during low speed manouevering. Didn't change any balljoints when I did mine.

[fordC]

If someone received a letter, just ignore and stop worrying. They won't take you to court, this is just part of their tactics. Roxburghe's can do absolutely nothing to you beyond jumping up and down stamping their feet demanding that you pay your debt. Though they have a Consumer Credit Act license, they are being investigated. So, don't worry.