K1100LT overhaul

Pete Fisher tossed off:

Next time I'll read the whole thread


D'oh

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Dan L

1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Ben tossed off:

My old MK4 GTI would do a sumpfull between services, which was
(according to the dealer and the handbook), normal.

--
Dan L

1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

I think that applies to most of the range now - my Passat didn't demand
servicing until it had 25k miles on it.

 

SteveH says...

Service intervals on my Mk4 Golf 1.9 SDi are every 30,000 miles. It
needs a full set of discs and pads every service.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord" does not refer to
blasphemy during ejaculation - Tori 2006

 

Yeah but you drive like ****

 

Hog says...

Not any more.

My car is the best looked after car on our fleet, not a dent or scratch
on it in 128,000 miles. Considering it spends most of its time on
motorways or in London it's done well. If I needed to buy a used car I'd
certainly look at a TDi Golf.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord" does not refer to
blasphemy during ejaculation - Tori 2006

 

From what I've heard that doesn't take much. Former colleagues of
yours have left cars looking like Whinging Courier has slept in
them...

 

DR says...

Have you seen Carl's old car? It got broken into and I think the thieves
held a party on the roof prior to breaking in. Mine doesn't look like
it's done half the mileage it has, I still have all four wheeltrims in
good nick too. When you spend most of your day driving you don't want to
be sitting in a shitpit - my house isn't dirty, so why should my car be.

To my mind, giving back a company car in terrible condition is really
bad manners. When we get new ones mine will be thoroughly cleaned inside
and out the day before.

 

You really are a sterling bloke you know

 

There's no excuse for having a shed of a company car - not when you can
charge cleaning to your expenses.

 

I couldn't agree more mate
<raises eyebrow>

 

<checks drive>

Nah, the shed isn't there at the moment. It'll be distinctly
un-shed-like when it returns.

 

Both the companies I've worked for and had company cars have explicitly
prohibited this.

I've still kept my company cars in good condition, apart from crashing
them and blowing them up, of course.

 

SteveH says...

We can't, but that's still no excuse for having a shitpit of a car. I
use the car as my own, and if it were mine it would be just as clean, so
I don't have a problem with cleaning it or paying for someone else to
clean it.

 

I heard about that; rather a different issue to what I can only
describe as wilful neglect.