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 Post subject: First repair bill
PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 2:39 pm 
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Just got the first repair bill for the 911

Taking time to adjust to bills that end in three zeros instead of the usual two.......:o


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PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 3:17 pm 
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Yep know the feeling, had one or 2 like that, but you know it's worth it :)

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PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 5:18 pm 
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Of course -just need to find a way of hiding it from the wife! :toothy8:


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PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 5:42 pm 
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What did you have done?

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PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 8:13 pm 
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kevin911 wrote:
Of course -just need to find a way of hiding it from the wife! :toothy8:


Exactly Just had that problem 2 days ago. Managed to hide it by some skulduggery and told her she didn't really want to know :lol:

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PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 9:30 pm 
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Sean Smallman wrote:
What did you have done?


Not very much actually

Bit of welding and painting

Brakes

3.5K

Actually 2K more than I originally thought it would be


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:29 pm 
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kevin911 wrote:
Just got the first repair bill for the 911

Taking time to adjust to bills that end in three zeros instead of the usual two.......:o


When I first bought my 944 S2 my first bill was over £1.2k which at the time was more than I bargained for. That did not include me supplying the engine, cambelt, and other little jobs that required doing. In the end it was cheaper than yours, but not by much and if I am honest, it was the first time I had spent over 4 figures repairing a car.

My S2 went in for an engine swap (the first engine had a severely scratched bore on no.2), along with a clutch change (it was stupid not to change the rubber centred clutch at the time IMO), along with changing the belts on the new engine (this was unknown about the new item). Naturally other issues arose, including the need to reweld a rad support bracket, and the new, but good engine coming with issues of its own: an injector clip had fallen into the bore. Fortunately, the garage checked the timing and spun the engine around cautiously to find that it would not turn around. An endoscope, many hours, and a vacuum contraption later would remove the offending article with no damage done (there was talk initially of removing the head. That could have gone alot worse (if I am honest, I am glad I did not give it to the local garage to do!).

Whilst I no longer own the car it is at least still roadworthy :).

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