We went to the kids Halloween party that my work arranged this afternoon. My son made an impression on everyone and I ended up being used as the ‘live’ ventriloquist’s dummy with a mask and bowler hat. Everyone had a good time and the entertainer ‘Magic Dave‘ was excellent.
Harry Potter books
I thought after watching the films again that I might get the Harry Potter books to read. I expected them to be a fairly childish read, but was pleasantly surprised. I had to get in line as Jo started reading them before me. I have now bought the first 5 books and am working my way through them.
Car Window 2
Hmm.. should have known that it wouldn’t be straight forward where Toyota were concerned.
The car was collected this morning for the window repair and 40,000 mile service. I let the driver know I needed the car back at 4:30.
I had a call from the garage this afternoon. The cable on the window winder mechanism has snapped, wow that was a surprise, that’s what we told them, they don’t have the part in stock and will have to order it. It will have to be booked in in a couple of weeks as that is the first collection they can do. It would have been useful to have know this ahead of time; I could have booked two appointments to start with. Then he went on to tell me that the rear brake pads were 85% worn and needed replacing. This I just didn’t believe as the car has done less than 9000 miles since they replaced the rear discs and pads on the car a year ago. It’s just like when I had the Carina, everytime it went into the Toyota main dealer, it needed at least 1 £200 extra job doing urgently. Also, the sump is leaking and will need to be resealed at the cost of £275, oh yes and the driver’s side windscreen washer isn’t working and needs replacing. Again, I disputed this, as I had used it driving to work this morning when it worked fine.
He went away to check the brakes and washer for me and call me back in 5 minutes. After 45 minutes, he rang back. After taking the wheels off the pads were fine, on being pushed he admitted less than 50% worn. He explained this as ‘the pads taper and if you don’t know what you are looking for you can easily make a mistake’. This is from a main dealer! The drivers side washer is working, but not as strong as the other side, they could clean it for about £10, no thanks. They will block up the window to make it secure until the repair. At 4:30 I rang the garage for an update. They haven’t blocked the window up as they didn’t think I would want to pay £90 an hour for someone to do it. I think I am in the wrong trade!. I paid for the sevice and was eventually transferred to booking to arrange the booking for the repair. The car is now booked in for 31st October to be repaired. I eventually got the car back at 5:20.
MOT
Jo’s car sailed through it’s MOT today, at least that is sorted.
Only a few more days of taped up window to go.
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Car window
The driver’s window on Jo’s car broke today. To be more precise, the winder mechanism broke, almost 2 years to the day from when the same thing happened on the Carina. It makes you wonder if they have updated the part that is used in the Avensis.
The car is booked in at the Toyota dealer in Milton Keynes for repair on 16th October. Until then, the window is held up with duct tape.
Raymond Feist’s Into a Dark Realm
I have finished reading the new Raymond Feist book Into a Dark Realm. This continues from Flight of the Nighthawks that I read a year ago.
It was an excellent read, one of his best since Magician. He did say on Monday that he would get hate mail for leaving it as he did, and I can to an extent understand this. It was really left on a cliffhanger, and now I have to wait until the next part is written.
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