I got no car at the moment

whats happened chris... why no car??????

craig

My engine blew on the M40 going home

Went in style too Chris, if you need a lift or anything give us a yell mate.

Hopefully not too serious anyway.

blimey chris... dont keep us in suspense... what happened??

WTF Hope you get it sorted soon mate.....shes a beut....who was the third car in your mini convoy yesterday?? (play ice)

bloody ell mate,thats a first,ive never known that to happen.hope ye get it sorted.

how'd you manage that one fella....

hope all gets sorted soon...

cant let something silly like a car stop you from coming to JAE....

Sorry to hear that Chris.

Anything I can do to help just ask.

Crikey That's dreadful news Chris
Shout if i can help in any way mate... though not quite sure how

Do i detect a collective ring tightening from all *** owners

seen chris browsing here but looks like he aint gonna answer

*****!!!

Shocking news!! hope it all gets sorted Chris!

Sorry to hear your news Chris.

I guess you work in the right place to get it fixed.

bloodyhell chris, sorry i thought you were just behind me

Billy, only happened about 10 - 15 minutes after you'd passed us mate, we were sat at about 75-80 and boom, massive cloud of white smoke came from Chris's car and he had to pull over - engine went basically. When it first went I thought it was the back drivers side tyre had blown until the smoke cleared and could see it was still intact.

Chris said that it misfired then just cut out, it was lucky there was no-one about so Chris could cut over to the hard shoulder. No warning signs at all.

Smoke was billowing out the engine bay and she was ****** fluid out all over the place, was still leaking a couple of hours later when she was dropped off by the tow truck.

Not exactly sure what the problem is, hopefully someone will take a look at it today for Chris, they're were thinking maybe a piston has popped out or something (over my head unfortuntely).

Whatever the fluid was it tasted rubbery and the guy who towed it said it was engine oil, transmission fluid, coolant etc...

Engine was seized and Chris said the oil light came on straight away as soon as he tried to restart it.

Wouldn't have thought the ** would cause this after 8k - hopefully should be no probs with Lexus warranty?

Good luck getting it sorted mate.

Okay boys the news is


A CON ROD HAS COME THRU THE SIDE OF THE BLOCK FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON

[quote name='SHAHZ' date='Jul 15 2004, 08:08 AM'] WTF Hope you get it sortees a beut....who was the third car in your mini convoy yesterday?? (play ice)[/quote]
Shahz, that was BillyBandit's car mate, didn't realise it was you at first then all of a sudden I saw L3X TC boom past as well and realised it was Fargo & co! You lot don't stick to 40 on the M25 then

Chris, is that a major fix mate? Or is that the swap of the block you were talking about? Good luck fella, any word on whether she's covered?

SABOTAGE !!

From someone who felt Chris would beat them to 'best car' at JAE

[quote name='aido' date='Jul 15 2004, 09:33 AM']Chris, is that a major fix mate? Or is that the swap of the block you were talking about? Good luck fella, any word on whether she's covered?[/quote]
Cost wise im looking at £2500 for a replacement short block assy then plus labour

Sorry to hear this Chris, any ideas as to what may have caused this. Let me know if I can help at all bud.

Keep us updated and I'm sure someone can give you a lift to JAE

BR
Paul

[quote name='Chris Shipley' date='Jul 15 2004, 09:39 AM'] [/QUOTE]
Cost wise im looking at £2500 for a replacement short block assy then plus labour [/quote]
Covered under warrenty

[QUOTE]
You lot don't stick to 40 on the M25 then

who me never break the speed limit

[quote]Cost wise im looking at £2500 for a replacement short block assy then plus labour[/quote]

Ouch

Cricky.... Sorry to hear this Chris - let me know if there's anything I can do to help...

[quote name='aido' date='Jul 15 2004, 08:31 AM'][quote name='SHAHZ' date='Jul 15 2004, 08:08 AM']     WTF Hope you get it sortees a beut....who was the third car in your mini convoy yesterday?? (play ice)[/quote]
Shahz, that was BillyBandit's car mate, didn't realise it was you at first then all of a sudden I saw L3X TC boom past as well and realised it was Fargo & co! You lot don't stick to 40 on the M25 then [/quote]
man,, thats bad news Chris,, were abouts on the M40 were you,,

Aido,, i couldnt help my speed, i had an off duty copper chasing me...(lmao)..

Happened just after J8a, so we'd done a fair few miles before it went

Thanx everyone for their support and offers of help

So is it covered by warranty or do we need another special LOC collection ?
I'm sure a few of us will donate given all your help to us in the past ...
Really sorry to hear the news - guess you must be gutted.

Sorry to hear the news about your car Chris. Hope it all gets sorted quick, and all on warranty.

[quote name='Chris Shipley' date='Jul 15 2004, 09:30 AM']Okay boys the news is


A CON ROD HAS COME THRU THE SIDE OF THE BLOCK FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON    [/quote]
Sorry to hear that Chris, it sound pretty nasty, hope you get it sort out asap, under warranty hopefully, if not we sure will able donate some funds to help you out matey......

When the engine comes out I'll post some photo's, cant' see much at present but there's at least a 2" hole in the side of the block

I'm sorry to hear about that and hope you get it fixed.

Crikey thats bad news,

Will it get sorted under warranty even ?.

If thats the case then anyone want a IS200 rolling shell cause I cant afford a £3000 bill

This maybe a silly question but if it's not under warranty, could you not claim on the insurance if you're fully comp and have PNCB

[quote name='Chris Shipley' date='Jul 15 2004, 04:48 PM']If thats the case then anyone want a IS200 rolling shell cause I cant afford a £3000 bill [/quote]
I'm sure it wont come to that Chris i was just looking at it from the worst side of things.

Blimey what can I say, apart from how unlucky can you be

Keep us updated Chris as I am sure that if you encounter any problems your friends on LOC will be able to find a solution or at least point in the right direction

[quote name='SHAHZ' date='Jul 15 2004, 08:08 AM'] WTF Hope you get it sorted soon mate.....shes a beut....who was the third car in your mini convoy yesterday?? (play ice)[/quote]
Shahz, if you are talking about the 100 plus club on the M-Way, I was there with Fargo. (maybe I was the third car in the convoy that you refer to?-no mention about my job anyone please on here, this is a public forum and can be read by anyone. )

I slowed down as in the distance I saw flashing headlights about two miles back on a bend and dip in the M25. I thought I had "had it!".

That is when you buzzed past me whilst I was doing a "steady" 65 in the slow lane and you beeped at me in the fast lane I tried to get your attention that the blues and twos were coming......

Once the white estate Focus buzzed passed on blue lights and it was clear that it was "only" a dog unit already responding to a call, not motorway traffic unit.

I then sped up again behind you and flashed my headlights, do you recall? I was gonna tail you all the way to my Hemel turn off, but the Blue E class old dog Merc pushed in the way and you were gone...

[quote name='Fargo' date='Jul 15 2004, 11:45 AM']Aido,, i couldnt help my speed, i had an off duty copper chasing me...(lmao)..[/quote]
Laughs out loud....

I'm gutted for you mate

Again, If there is anything I can do to help call me.........

No problem thanks andy

Sth new about your warranty? Is it not the same like in Germany for TTE S/Ced cars?

how unlucky . hope you get it all sorted quickly and without too much pain in the wallet area.

sorry mate hope you get it fixed soon.

Chris, sory to hear this.
Hope you get it sorted quickly, It would be good to know the cause behind it if you ever find out what it was, makes me worr now.

If still have to come JAE though ...

Sorry to hear that, mate.

Hope everything gets fixed soon.

[quote name='hertsALTEZZAcol' date='Jul 15 2004, 06:05 PM']Shahz, if you are talking about the 100 plus club on the M-Way, I was there with Fargo. (maybe I was the third car in the convoy that you refer to?

I then sped up again behind you and flashed my headlights, do you recall? I was gonna tail you all the way to my Hemel turn off, but the Blue E class old dog Merc pushed in the way and you were gone...[/quote]
Col it was just the mini convoy with Chris Aido & Billy on the A3....I saw the blues coming.....my heart did drop for a second then relised it was dog section...i didnt see you flash...but there was a women driving a blue c class Merc was that the one.....she was behind me for a few miles right up my but i couldnt go anywhere as the car infront wasnt moving out the way.....so she decides to undertake me and cuts in front of me so i moved in to the middle lane and shot past both of them ....she then went right accross to the slow lane to try to undertake me but i was gone little did she know i used to have a c class and know what they are not capable of

Is it worth taking the car to Germany if UK dealers won't honour the warranty?

As your charger was fitted by TTE warranty should be valid and all cars now have a pan-European warranty.

Sorry Chris.... like everyone else... if there is anything i can do just ask mate...

Least you weren`t hurt mate..

[quote name='JOHNNY-BOY' date='Jul 16 2004, 08:26 AM']Is it worth taking the car to Germany if UK dealers won't honour the warranty?

As your charger was fitted by TTE warranty should be valid and all cars now have a pan-European warranty.[/quote]
How much is it gonna cost me to get the car to gremany though ?