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  #11  
Old April 9th 06, 10:47 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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Domestos > wrote:

> > Can anyone recommend an Alfa specialist for servicing etc: in or around
> > Cardiff / South Glamorgan as I don't fancy travelling all the way to
> > Swansea or Newport?

>
>
> 2 questions of my own...
>
> Why was you at the local alfa dealer when your daughter is planning for the
> most important/exciting day of her life. Should you not be with her?
>
> second, how often will your car be going in for a service? Once... at most
> twice a year... for the sake of 12 - 14 miles i couldn't give a ****e !!!!
> Book half a day off for christ sake... if you can afford the brera, you can
> afford to take a day of work ! or book it in for a saturday morning...


At a guess, the job in question doesn't have regular 9-5, Monday-Friday
hours.

I book mine in for my day off, leaving it with him until I can swing an
early shift to pick it up just before he closes a couple of days later.
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  #12  
Old April 9th 06, 11:15 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"SteveH" > wrote in message
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> Domestos > wrote:
>
>> > Can anyone recommend an Alfa specialist for servicing etc: in or around
>> > Cardiff / South Glamorgan as I don't fancy travelling all the way to
>> > Swansea or Newport?

>>
>>
>> 2 questions of my own...
>>
>> Why was you at the local alfa dealer when your daughter is planning for
>> the
>> most important/exciting day of her life. Should you not be with her?
>>
>> second, how often will your car be going in for a service? Once... at
>> most
>> twice a year... for the sake of 12 - 14 miles i couldn't give a ****e
>> !!!!
>> Book half a day off for christ sake... if you can afford the brera, you
>> can
>> afford to take a day of work ! or book it in for a saturday morning...

>
> At a guess, the job in question doesn't have regular 9-5, Monday-Friday
> hours.
>
> I book mine in for my day off, leaving it with him until I can swing an
> early shift to pick it up just before he closes a couple of days later.
> --
> Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
> http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 - Alfa 75 TSpark
> Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark Lusso - Fiat Marea 20v HLX - COSOC KOTL
> BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #



Thanks for your last comment Steve H, and calm down Domestos.
Yes you're correct, the annual service can be organised with some
difficulty, but it would be nice to know that there was an Alfa specialist
to deal with the problems etc: that hopefully will not, but probably will,
arise in future who is not too far away.
As I have already suffered a cambelt failure at 12000miles finding the
dealership closed was of concern.
Oh and for Domestos. Taking leave has no financial consequence for me but
the patients who get cancelled would be pretty miffed. Mind you I could
just adopt you're attitude.

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Old April 10th 06, 06:24 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:38:15 GMT, "Domestos" >
wrote:

>Book half a day off for christ sake... if you can afford the brera, you can
>afford to take a day of work ! or book it in for a saturday morning...


Taking a whole day off seems excessive. Around here it's common to drop
the car off the previous evening (key in an envelope through the
letter-box) and then one only has to take an hour or two off to pick the
car up again.

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Old April 10th 06, 01:59 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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Blimey, the guy was only asking a couple of simple questions.

He knows his situation far better than anyone else ... sheesh!

Paul.

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Old April 10th 06, 04:34 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"Oggy" > wrote in message
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> Blimey, the guy was only asking a couple of simple questions.
>
> He knows his situation far better than anyone else ... sheesh!
>
> Paul.
>


Thanks Oggy

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Old April 11th 06, 06:13 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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On 10 Apr 2006 05:59:37 -0700, "Oggy" > wrote:

>Blimey, the guy was only asking a couple of simple questions.
>
>He knows his situation far better than anyone else ... sheesh!


Well, when you get a bunch of Alfa males together, I guess you have to
expect a bit of blood on the floor. ;-)

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Old April 11th 06, 10:04 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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> Oh and for Domestos. Taking leave has no financial consequence for me but
> the patients who get cancelled would be pretty miffed. Mind you I could
> just adopt you're attitude.


So what are you telling me? You have to book your leave 10 months in
advance? Most hospitals only book appointments 4-6 weeks in advance. Even
your schedule will allow for a late arrival or a morning off now and again,
so don't pull the 'patient is most important' bull****... as we all know,
patients are just meat on a slab...

Dom


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Old April 11th 06, 10:14 PM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"Oggy" > wrote in message
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> Blimey, the guy was only asking a couple of simple questions.
>
> He knows his situation far better than anyone else ... sheesh!


So why does he need to share it with the NG? He obviously has a problem in
organisation (IMHO) if he finds a dealer 12-14 miles away 'a little too far
to travel becasue of work related reasons...

I work 50 odd miles away from my dealer, and still managed to get my car
into them without missing any time at work. However the problem I find with
alfa dealers are they can never book you in when you need to be booked
in.... you always have to wait for 2 weeks and even longer if you want a
courtesy car...

Dom



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Old April 12th 06, 06:08 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"Domestos" > wrote in message
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>
>> Oh and for Domestos. Taking leave has no financial consequence for me but
>> the patients who get cancelled would be pretty miffed. Mind you I could
>> just adopt you're attitude.

>
> So what are you telling me? You have to book your leave 10 months in
> advance? Most hospitals only book appointments 4-6 weeks in advance. Even
> your schedule will allow for a late arrival or a morning off now and
> again, so don't pull the 'patient is most important' bull****... as we all
> know, patients are just meat on a slab...
>
> Dom
>

They probably are where you live, judging by your IQ.

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Old April 12th 06, 06:37 AM posted to alt.autos.alfa-romeo
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"Domestos" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Oggy" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> Blimey, the guy was only asking a couple of simple questions.
>>
>> He knows his situation far better than anyone else ... sheesh!

>
> So why does he need to share it with the NG? He obviously has a problem in
> organisation (IMHO) if he finds a dealer 12-14 miles away 'a little too
> far to travel becasue of work related reasons...
>
> I work 50 odd miles away from my dealer, and still managed to get my car
> into them without missing any time at work. However the problem I find
> with alfa dealers are they can never book you in when you need to be
> booked in.... you always have to wait for 2 weeks and even longer if you
> want a courtesy car...
>
> Dom
>
>
>


Your making up stories now Dom.
Who said I couldn't cope with 12-14 miles, not me.
Cardiff is 15.9 miles from the next dealer in Newport.
Getting from Home to old Dealer to work was just possible without too much
disruption as the journey crosses the radially orientated transport links to
Cardiff rather than follow them..
Travelling the extra 15miles to Newport, using the M4 or anyother road,
first thing in the morning is a whole new ball game with the amount of
commuter traffic.
The journey is not impossible and maybe I should have used different
language other than "I don't fancy travelling all the way to Swansea or
Newport?" when making my request for any information about an Alfa
Specialist.
I can see you have a chip on your shoulder, called a forest by the look of
things, but never mind " Each to our own opinion ".
I wish you a good day, as I'm off to work.

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