Grasshopper Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Why is it that (some of) us engineers (who work on trucks/trains/busses) put up with driving our own vehicles (with many "issues") that most would find intolerable? My Land Rover discovery has knackered steering, a duff gearbox and it handles like a boat in a force 7 gale. I've been happily been driving it around like it for a year. Any other person would just fix it, or pay for it to be fixed. My partner tolerates driving it, but it scares her on the motorway. I have finally got around to buying a polybush kit to sort the handling after driving it 450 miles in a day, half of the milage done with a pair of armoured doors in the rear. It was horrible. Is this just me not wanting to work on uninteresting vehicles (or being lazy/tight/skint/busy), or is it just a typical "mechanics motor"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saracenstump Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 mechanics motor!!!!!tell me about it i hate working on my own motors but i can play with the saracen all day every day if i had the money and time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 My friend in the REME says that the REME vehicles are always the neglected ones. Too much time spent fixing everyone else vehicles, not enough time to fix your own. I guess the same goes for our MVs. Too much time spent fixing them, no time left to fix our everyday cars. Also at the end of the day, if you have a choice of something interesting or a car to work on at the weekend, the interesting vehicle wins every time! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ever heard the old tale of the shoemaker who fixed everyones but his own? On a slightly more serious note. I remember a safety film about vehicle maintenance, it involved a serious of drivers doing stupid things and being rescued by a mechanic. the climax was the mechanics car flipping and killing him because he didn't check a bulge in a tyre. As for bus maintenance........................... :sweat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I rememnber that film it was one of the actors from corrie in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 It's no fun fixing a car - where as fixing a 14 tonne wrecker - now that's fun. :? Someone lock me up before it's too late. Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Oh, it's WAY TOO LATE for that...... :banana: :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 It's no fun fixing a car - where as fixing a 14 tonne wrecker - now that's fun. :? Someone lock me up before it's too late. Markheliops WE WILL JUST TURN THE KEY ON THE WORKSHOP :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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