Private Parts

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My attitude is;

If he (or indeed she) can do it then so can I.

It is with this attitude that I've broken the sunroof on the Audi a bit more. Still, at least it helped me sort a broken lock the other day. Half an hour of fiddling, poking, opening and closing the other doors to find out how the mechanical action of the perennial locking latch on the motor car found success and a broken spring.

Even though I did check First Choice Parts (a breakers network) none of the answers I received were that much cheaper than buying new. Parklands Audi had the part in within 2 days of asking. Wow. Welcome to the world of proper mass parts production. No waiting around for 4 months for piston rings for a Cagiva Mito...

Anyways 2 days of driving around with the main central locking system holding the door in place (rather poorly), half expecting it to pop open in a corner to take out an unsuspecting something or other led to finally fitting a shiny new lock on a sunny Saturday morning.

So, the door lock was a sort of reasonable £36.46.

Hang on.

When I say reasonable, what I mean to say is How Much Does It Cost For A Factory To Push Such A Small Part Out, The Effing Robbers.

Oh well. At least I fitted it myself. Mechanics rates are higher than solicitors.

FACT.

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