"Robert Sveinson" <rsveinsn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Steve R." <ud233@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Shawn" <diskette@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "The Kontaminator" <the.kontaminator@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> My car has reached a stage of fix or bin.
>>>>
>>>> Frankly it's been a good car the 2 years I've had it, doing 30k in it
>>>> it's needed nothing but a new back box until recently at 51k when it
>>>> needed a new steering rack, and now needs the offside and nearside
>>>> engine mounts replacing.
>>>>
>>>> Have had a quote from Ford for the two engine mounts and they've
quoted
>>>> me around £150 for the pair - is this really right? They're a bolt
>>>> surrounded by rubber essentially. This is robbery!
>>>>
>>>> The debate is as the mounts are knackered prematurely does this give
a
>>>> high chance that other parts are looming to fail early too?
>>>>
>>>> Any advice would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Dealer****ps always charge the highest prices. try NAPA.
>>>
>>>
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>> Do they have NAPA stores in the UK? He may do better at a breakers yard
>> ( auto wreckers)
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>> A note to British posters, the rest of us do not use the terms "near
>> side" and "off side".
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> "Near side" "right side", "off side" "left side".
> As stated on the big nuts that hold wire wheels on.
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> Just like ****t and starboard.
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>> Steve R.
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While I knew what the OP meant (my father was British), the terms are not
used much outside the UK. In Canada, we mostly use "drivers side" ( left)
and "passenger side" (right) or "left side" and "right side". We also do
not
use the term "fortnight".
Some of these terms may still be in use in Australia, and New Zealand.
Certainly, none of the antipodeans I have known used them!
Steve R.
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