Ghianightmare
Montreal
- Joined
- 25 Apr 2017
- Messages
- 608
My 996 is in Hartech for engine rebuild. I live in € land so the exchange rate was always going to impact the final cost to me. In May when my engine died, €1 would buy me 85p. ``
For some bizarre reason, the pound has weakened :?: over the past 3 months and now €1 will buy me 89.5p (i set up a Revolut account so i wouldn't incur any exchange commission which has worked great). This has a considerable impact on the final bill and meant that I has some breathing space for the unexpected findings... The first being the rear ARB being so rusty and worn that not even new bushes would help.
The latter is a little bit more ironic...
Hartech were testing the car and the gear shift went. A little investigation revealed that one of the cables had popped out of the gear lever housing. 2 of the 3 plastic tangs that hold it in position had broken. The reason? Some pound coins had found their way under the centre console and worked their way in under the cable end and it seems that over time the pressure wore the clips on the RH cable. Not repairable. Cable Assy is close to £320 plus a bit of labour. All because of the strength of the pound (coin) sterling...!It has pretty much taken all of the money i had save on the exchange rate :roll:
quite a volatile little thing the pound sterling.... :wink:
For some bizarre reason, the pound has weakened :?: over the past 3 months and now €1 will buy me 89.5p (i set up a Revolut account so i wouldn't incur any exchange commission which has worked great). This has a considerable impact on the final bill and meant that I has some breathing space for the unexpected findings... The first being the rear ARB being so rusty and worn that not even new bushes would help.
The latter is a little bit more ironic...
Hartech were testing the car and the gear shift went. A little investigation revealed that one of the cables had popped out of the gear lever housing. 2 of the 3 plastic tangs that hold it in position had broken. The reason? Some pound coins had found their way under the centre console and worked their way in under the cable end and it seems that over time the pressure wore the clips on the RH cable. Not repairable. Cable Assy is close to £320 plus a bit of labour. All because of the strength of the pound (coin) sterling...!It has pretty much taken all of the money i had save on the exchange rate :roll:
quite a volatile little thing the pound sterling.... :wink:
