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Cleaning car drains
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 6:36 pm
by Broccers
Who really is responsible for this on mainly convertibles?
I would say the owner so how come this got paid out?
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/9 ... phic-leak/
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 6:50 pm
by John
She's obviously never owned an mx5.
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 8:59 pm
by Matty
The leakage caused extensive damage to electrical components and wiring and experts later said it was then worth only around £8,500.
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 9:23 pm
by Mito Man
Must be £85,000 Shirley?
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 9:25 pm
by Mito Man
“keen equestrian” = Grade A nutjob.
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:24 pm
by Jimmy Choo
I've got wet feet from unblocking the drains on Exwife2's Mx5s and emptying the door of the jag which had started to slosh about a bit.
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 11:56 am
by V8Granite
If she had just bought it then it’s fair. If she had parked under a tree for months then no it’s not fair.
Do modern manuals still say to check drains are clear ?
Dave!
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 12:44 pm
by Ascender
Would anyone buying a convertible even think to check them? Even if it was mentioned in the manual, who even reads those these days?
Feels like its one of those things that warrants a big sticker on the windscreen if you buy a brand new car where you need to do this.
But the first time she left it parked outside of her garage, Mrs Kynaston-Mainwaring was stunned to find the car's footwell full of rainwater.
Can that even happen though? Seems pretty extreme regardless of whatever maintenance she's done or not done?
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 2:40 pm
by PaulJ
V8Granite wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 11:56 am
If she had just bought it then it’s fair. If she had parked under a tree for months then no it’s not fair.
Do modern manuals still say to check drains are clear ?
Dave!
I’m told that some remind the reader not to drink the battery acid.
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 5:32 pm
by Beany
Ascender wrote: ↑Fri Oct 21, 2022 12:44 pm
Would anyone buying a convertible even think to check them? Even if it was mentioned in the manual, who even reads those these days?
I'm sure no-one would be so silly as to not do that.
*gets flashbacks to draining about 10L of water from the rear of the BMW after using an unwound wire coathook to unclog the drains*
No-one.
Re: Cleaning car drains
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2022 11:24 am
by Broccers
This thread reminded me to do mine - having bought a trombone cleaner months ago it was finally time to whip it out.
I can't understand how people get blocked drains - surely its possible to have a look at them and go ooooh theres a leaf I best move it? Of maybe that's common sense and noone has any these days.