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 Post subject: Would you believe it!
PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:38 pm 
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I have had some poxy luck with cars lately.............first of all the family car.........The fuel pump packed in = £250, then some smart ar$e two days ago has hit our parked car and smashed the head lamp which could be anything between £150/250 depending on being new or not. Then there is my E7, one of life's low lifes stuck his heel deliberately into the door panel of my cab just before xmas causing £200/250 in repairs/respray.................and then last night, nothing too catastrophic, but my drivers sun visor has gone all floppy on me and just drops down and will not stay back up.

Question........are they spring loaded, are they repairable, or will Velcro do the job.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:29 pm 
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I have had some poxy luck with cars lately.............first of all the family car.........The fuel pump packed in = £250, then some smart ar$e two days ago has hit our parked car and smashed the head lamp which could be anything between £150/250 depending on being new or not. Then there is my E7, one of life's low liefs stuck his heel deliberately into the door panel of my cab just before xmas causing £200/250 in repairs/respray.................and then last night, nothing too catastrophic, but my drivers sun visor has gone all floppy on me and just drops down and will not stay back up.

Question........are they spring loaded, are they repairable, or will Velcro do the job.


I'd velcro it mate if I were you, nice easy fix.

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Try the local scrappy for a replacement or just use velcro.

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sun visor?

cardiff?




you know what im thinking.............

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wannabeeahack wrote:
sun visor?

cardiff?




you know what im thinking.............


Lol, yes a sun visor just to keep the rain out of my eyes.

The weather has been very good for the last week or so, but the visor is used to tuck a fiver & tenner behind. That is for the twenty note person, which means I do not have to go delving for notes/change and possibly bringing out more than I want to.

It is handy for that purpose.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:55 pm 
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cabby john wrote:
has gone all floppy on me and just drops down and will not stay back up.

Question........are they spring loaded, are they repairable, or will Velcro do the job.

I think that velcro is a non starter.


But Viagra may just do it!





(I know, but I just couldn't resist it - and I was not the only one who thought it, I was just the one who gave in to temptation.) :wink:

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rarely see cars with sunroofs (or ragtops) in wales...

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I think that velcro is a non starter.


You are right, I tried it and it is not the answer.

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cabby john wrote:
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I think that velcro is a non starter.


You are right, I tried it and it is not the answer.


How dull am I ( ok do not tell me :roll: ).

The problem was that the velcro would not stick permanently to the porous visor!!!

Good ole Super glue does the trick and I managed not to stick my fingers together............what more could you want.

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