When your wife borrows your car....

KeithA · 25th November 2018, 07:42

I'll let the pictures do the talking, my first drive straight after....

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AndyN01 · 25th November 2018, 09:01

I've already got my fingers crossed for the in tank pump being OK.

Maybe it's just me (us!) but is there no sympathy for all things mechanical anymore?

Or is that that everyone is now so brainwashed into buying new stuff every few years that the idea of how to "look after" things so that they last has vanished?

Or, in your case, is it just that your good lady likes to make you feel useful by letting you fill up the car

.

Andy.

PS. My good lady does the same thing.

SCP440 · 25th November 2018, 12:38

My wife borrowed my 260 a couple of months ago as she was picking up some mates and there wasn't enough room in her Mini.

When it came back she had apparently touched a kerb, the wheel looked like a Dinosaur had eaten some chunks out of the rim and the tyre was completely knackered. I tried to get the wheel repaired but it was also distorted. So a second hand wheel and a new tyre cost me as much in repairs as she probably spent on the shopping trip

I agree on the no mechanical sympathy, the other one that annoys me she puts the hot tap on for a few seconds and I come home when she has been home all day with the heating on high and the windows open ''for some fresh air''

anddyy · 25th November 2018, 20:09

Fuel light bingo, very dangerous game, my mates wife just ran her Picasso hdi dry the other day playing this game and destroyed the in tank pump, he was not impressed.

75c · 25th November 2018, 23:02

You all need to ask yourselves why your wives cant be bothered filling the car up. I've never sent my old man his car back empty

KeithA · 26th November 2018, 07:32

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Originally Posted by 75c

You all need to ask yourselves why your wives cant be bothered filling the car up. I've never sent my old man his car back empty

Well in our case it wouldn't have been money, as it would have come out of the same joint account! My original post was a little tongue-in-cheek, this doesn't usually happen....she thinks at the height she sits she couldn't see the warning light. I must admit I went a mile or two before noticing it. Shame it isn't on the IPK.

She is a little lucky, as did a fair motorway journey the day before to take one of our daughters back to uni...could have got stranded in a difficult place...

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clf · 26th November 2018, 12:18

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Originally Posted by KeithA

Well in our case it wouldn't have been money, as it would have come out of the same joint account! My original post was a little tongue-in-cheek, this doesn't usually happen....she thinks at the height she sits she couldn't see the warning light. I must admit I went a mile or two before noticing it. Shame it isn't on the IPK.

She is a little lucky, as did a fair motorway journey the day before to take one of our daughters back to uni...could have got stranded in a difficult place...

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It does display on the ipk. Full screen 'low fuel' with a pump symbol. It catches my attention every time. It stays on for about 3 seconds then goes off. Same if I start the car with low fuel, but that would be easier to miss as it cycles through its displays.

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Animal · 26th November 2018, 23:12

Lucky for me , her indoors can't drive except me up the wall

baxlin · 28th November 2018, 08:22

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Originally Posted by Animal

Lucky for me , her indoors can't drive except me up the wall

No thanks....

Mrs B has not been able to drive for a couple of months health-wise, and that’s been driving me up the wall, particularly as her car has been sitting idle for most of the time.....

MSS · 30th November 2018, 08:05

Well, Mrs MSS not only fills up the car regularly, she checks the tyre pressures on hers once a months.

She also reminds me when her daily needs a wash.

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25th November 2018, 09:01	#2
AndyN01 This is my second home Toyota RAV4 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Tamworth Posts: 3,069 Thanks: 2,478 Thanked 1,579 Times in 968 Posts	I've already got my fingers crossed for the in tank pump being OK. Maybe it's just me (us!) but is there no sympathy for all things mechanical anymore? Or is that that everyone is now so brainwashed into buying new stuff every few years that the idea of how to "look after" things so that they last has vanished? Or, in your case, is it just that your good lady likes to make you feel useful by letting you fill up the car . Andy. PS. My good lady does the same thing.

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SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,504 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	My wife borrowed my 260 a couple of months ago as she was picking up some mates and there wasn't enough room in her Mini. When it came back she had apparently touched a kerb, the wheel looked like a Dinosaur had eaten some chunks out of the rim and the tyre was completely knackered. I tried to get the wheel repaired but it was also distorted. So a second hand wheel and a new tyre cost me as much in repairs as she probably spent on the shopping trip I agree on the no mechanical sympathy, the other one that annoys me she puts the hot tap on for a few seconds and I come home when she has been home all day with the heating on high and the windows open ''for some fresh air''

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anddyy Avid contributor mg zt 180+ Join Date: May 2015 Location: blackpool Posts: 182 Thanks: 15 Thanked 38 Times in 34 Posts	Fuel light bingo, very dangerous game, my mates wife just ran her Picasso hdi dry the other day playing this game and destroyed the in tank pump, he was not impressed.

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