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Just not my day..!!!
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:19 pm
by Danni22
Firstly i was ment to be working the weekend but the allowed home happy days, got home to found some bits iv ordered are missing!! Fantastic went in the garage to find a dam mouse has decided to eat the leather sofa I was storing in their for when we move out!! Poped a trap down and half hour later the little sh*t was dead nice one! But about 20mins later my hand brake decided to fail so the vectra rolled down the drive and smashed into the garage!!! Smashed headlight AGAIN, cracked bumper and dented crash bar!
FUMING can today get any worse
Sofa
The little shi*t that just cost me £300
And the garage door
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:40 pm
by Doggo
Crap luck.
At least you got the blighter. New gearnob cosy methinks.
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:43 pm
by lewd lude lover
Harsh day
It is beeroclock though!!
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:47 pm
by Danni22
Doggo wrote:Crap luck.
At least you got the blighter. New gearnob cosy methinks.
Tell me about it!! It's been a costly day cost if the sofa and £100 on the house insurance!
Also found out last night I'm having surgary on the shoulder from the crash, it's just not been a good week haha.
lewd lude lover wrote:Harsh day
It is beeroclock though!!
Too right!! Ill have a few tonight need to wind down
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:49 pm
by paul bristol uk
Isn't Vectra handbrake failure a well known fault? I seem to remember Anne Robinson doing a couple of pieces on it in Watchdog.
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:51 pm
by RattyMcClelland
Mouse killer. I hate you.
But dam thats alot of damage.
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:56 pm
by Danni22
paul bristol uk wrote:Isn't Vectra handbrake failure a well known fault? I seem to remember Anne Robinson doing a couple of pieces on it in Watchdog.
Yep it is and iv found out first hand! First time iv not left it in gear....
When the brakes are used heavily the disks get hot. The disks can expand by as much as 2mm when they're hot. But the handbrake system uses the same cylinder as the rear brake (unlike in the Vectra B). So when you apply the handbrake to expanded disks it works perfectly until the disks cool down. When the disks cool down they shrink, thus reducing the pressure and effectively releasing the handbrake for you.
It's a design fault
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:57 pm
by Gayno
paul bristol uk wrote:Isn't Vectra handbrake failure a well known fault? I seem to remember Anne Robinson doing a couple of pieces on it in Watchdog.
Yep, it's a recall also, so get in touch with your local dealer who will be able to tell you if it's been done.
I had the same for my Signum (Vectra chassis) a couple of years ago.
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:02 pm
by Doggo