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Sad day my calibra let me done

by BigDaz » Fri Apr 22, 2016 3:53 pm

Sad day my calibra let me done been driving these car's for years now and never had to be recovered but my Friday (today) started off ok normal morning till i was 5 mins from work turned a corner only to get a massive bang and some weird noise turns out my front wheel bearing let go with no warning and i as work 50miles from hame these days it was dial a tow to the rescue
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Re: Sad day my calibra let me done

by v6 steve » Fri Apr 22, 2016 4:11 pm

not good mate was there any damage ?
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Re: Sad day my calibra let me done

by BigDaz » Fri Apr 22, 2016 5:08 pm

v6 steve wrote:not good mate was there any damage ?

Yeah to my wallet lmao

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Re: Sad day my calibra let me done

by Allys Cally » Fri Apr 22, 2016 5:23 pm

BigDaz wrote:
v6 steve wrote:not good mate was there any damage ?

Yeah to my wallet lmao

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Re: Sad day my calibra let me done

by BigDaz » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:53 pm

So that will be a new hub,bearing,wheel weights, calpier and track rod end again only had the tracking done 3 weeks ago will need done again its never ending so i have taken the calibra off the road to many jobs needing done now so went and bought a 406 HDI to get me around till the calibra ready Image

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Re: Sad day my calibra let me done

by BigDaz » Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:01 pm

I hate bad weather lol forcing me to work in the garage where space is limted well at least a have the strut off and all the parts i need ordered so hopefully by the end of the week that job will be done only 10 more jobs to go lol at least with having my 406 now the calibra's mileage will go from 400 miles per week to around 50 lol weekend use from now on
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