Just not my day..!!!

Danni22 · Post by **Danni22** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:19 pm

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

Post by **Doggo** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:40 pm

Crap luck.

At least you got the blighter. New gearnob cosy methinks.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:43 pm

Harsh day

It is beeroclock though!!

Danni22 · Post by **Danni22** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:47 pm

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

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:49 pm

Isn't Vectra handbrake failure a well known fault? I seem to remember Anne Robinson doing a couple of pieces on it in Watchdog.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:51 pm

Mouse killer. I hate you.

But dam thats alot of damage.

Danni22 · Post by **Danni22** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:56 pm

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

Post by **Gayno** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:57 pm

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.

Post by **Doggo** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:02 pm

Ratty, please look away now.

http://bertc.com/subfive/recipes/cookingrats.htm