Let's get Frankie back on the road

[Grianan]

Thanks to Jim for setting up and to Frankie for being such an all round ‘good egg’.
Hope to catch up with you in person sometime Frankie!

 

[Frank w]

Thanks to Jim for setting up and to Frankie for being such an all round ‘good egg’.
Hope to catch up with you in person sometime Frankie!

Jim's a miracle worker, btw I'm afflicted by a bald patch.

 

[JJ]

I'm in UK they are UK.

But Frankie isn't

JJ

 

[gus-lopez]

I bet that was pre Brexit...

JJ

I did mine some years ago but when I had travelled to the UK . I have given up on uk to Eu or eu to Uk with anyone except autodoc . They deliver to me when I am in the UK the same as they deliver to me here in Spain.

 

[gus-lopez]

But Frankie isn't

JJ

I only made the suggestion on the basis that someone in the UK might well be prepared to bring them over to France if none could be sourced there.

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[oldiesontour]

But Frankie isn't

JJ

Gus suggested them I merely stated my experience of using them from the UK.Have no idea what postage time too and from UK France would be or relevance of Brexit

 

[ChrisSue]

We're thrilled that this is going to happen for you yodeli

Perhaps we might get to meet you next year. We are "treizists " and if our team go up and Olympique don't then we will be playing in Toulouse. Hopefully at the Stade Ernest Wallon

 

[Bailey58]

I go away for two weeks and this thread has moved on in leaps and bounds. What a wonderful outcome, a tremendous response from the Funsters and a huge weight off Frankie's mind. Let's hope Max is back on the road asap.

 

[PP Bear]

Any news yet yodeli

 

[yodeli]

Nope! Max has gone and I'm not supposed to see him before the 3rd of May.
Then I will have to take it to the mechanic to have the injectors tared. Then....... MOT and hopefully he should be back on the road. My worst nightmare right now is that while doing the job the welder discovers something else .... not doable. I'm terrified it doesn't end the way it's meant to. And I don't dare to give a call to the Boss!
I know ...I'm a worrier. I'm trying hard to think everything will be alright, but now and then I can't help being pessimistic!

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[Winger]

Nope! Max has gone and I'm not supposed to see him before the 3rd of May.
Then I will have to take it to the mechanic to have the injectors tared. Then....... MOT and hopefully he should be back on the road. My worst nightmare right now is that while doing the job the welder discovers something else .... not doable. I'm terrified it doesn't end the way it's meant to. And I don't dare to give a call to the Boss!
I know ...I'm a worrier. I'm trying hard to think everything will be alright, but now and then I can't help being pessimistic!

Don’t worry, any welder worth his salt will sort it. Now go and find your optimism again

 

[ChrisSue]

Nope! Max has gone and I'm not supposed to see him before the 3rd of May.
Then I will have to take it to the mechanic to have the injectors tared. Then....... MOT and hopefully he should be back on the road. My worst nightmare right now is that while doing the job the welder discovers something else .... not doable. I'm terrified it doesn't end the way it's meant to. And I don't dare to give a call to the Boss!
I know ...I'm a worrier. I'm trying hard to think everything will be alright, but now and then I can't help being pessimistic!

yodeli Nous serrons les pouces pour toi

It's the French equivalent of crossing fingers

 

[yodeli]

yodeli Nous serrons les pouces pour toi

It's the French equivalent of crossing fingers

Nope! It's "On croise les doigts"... Just like in English!

 

[canopus]

 

[ChrisSue]

Nope! It's "On croise les doigts"... Just like in English!

I thought you "grip your thumbs"

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[SpeedyDux]

Bonne chance pour Max

 

[yodeli]

I thought you "grip your thumbs"

No, but we do say : "On se serre les coudes" meaning we help each other.... Very "à propos" (well-timed here)!

 

[gus-lopez]

is that while doing the job the welder discovers something else .... not doable.

Very doubtful Frankie.There isn't much that cannot be re made. Fingers crossed for Max's return on Friday

 

[PP Bear]

Nope! Max has gone and I'm not supposed to see him before the 3rd of May.
Then I will have to take it to the mechanic to have the injectors tared. Then....... MOT and hopefully he should be back on the road. My worst nightmare right now is that while doing the job the welder discovers something else .... not doable. I'm terrified it doesn't end the way it's meant to. And I don't dare to give a call to the Boss!
I know ...I'm a worrier. I'm trying hard to think everything will be alright, but now and then I can't help being pessimistic!

Je pense que Max ira bien, ils feront le travail et le rendront comme neuf. Ensuite, les injecteurs passeront le contrôle technique et Frankie et Max seront à nouveau libres de se déplacer. Tout simplement merveilleux

 

[yodeli]

Hello everybody!!

Mister Max is back home. The welder has finished the work on the chassis and the side sills yesterday. The pics are not in the right order but still you can see the state before and after . The red stuff is the product that treats the rust in depth. After the welding he put something on . Sorry I can't recall the french word for it ... It's very well known but it just escapes me right now! And then put Blackson on . They had a few surprises as I feared! Especially with the side sills that looked like lace under the running boards (google translate word!).
They also had a breakdown with the lifter? bridge? I don't know what you call it, just with Max on, while working on it! Very unlucky!
The bill ended up a tad over what I expected, but no worry much left to do all the rest! So again thanks all indeed!!!
Here is a link to the pics the boss made! So you can see how the money has been used
It only lasts till the 8th of May

The work on Max

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[denisejoe]

Glad you’re all sorted Frankie with Max. Enjoy getting away when you can.

 

[yodeli]

Glad you’re all sorted Frankie with Max. Enjoy getting away when you can.

Max must get his MOT ... first ! So it's half way now. Let's hope the controller will be happy with the work!

 

[PP Bear]

yodeli

Frankie!!! C'est une excellente nouvelle et comme c'est merveilleux de savoir que Max est de retour et se prépare à vous servir, je suis tellement heureux. Espérons que le reste des réparations, puis le contrôle de la TMO, seront rapides et indolores. Toute la communauté Fun est heureuse pour vous.

 

[PP Bear]

Max must get his MOT ... first ! So it's half way now. Let's hope the controller will be happy with the work!

J'ai vu le travail, il passera certainement son MOT avec cette qualité, espérons juste que le reste de Max naviguera à travers l'examen.

 

[TheBig1]

Looking back at the "black money" explanaition. Have heard it called that by others, but can be used for both sides of the coin. Bribery when paying off an official, and extortion when an official demands a bribe to let something happen. It's a complicated thing language

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[Nanniemate]

I remember a manager who expected his bottom drawer filled with a bottle .if you didn't put a bottle of something alcoholic you did get well paid work.

 

[SpeedyDux]

Looking back at the "black money" explanaition. Have heard it called that by others, but can be used for both sides of the coin. Bribery when paying off an official, and extortion when an official demands a bribe to let something happen. It's a complicated thing language

Under UK bribery legislation so-called "facilitation payments" to foreign officials e.g. to speed up approvals are also offences.

I remember being in the Customs hall at Kano international airport, when a Nigerian Customs Officer put out his hand for a "dash" payment to give my suitcase his chalk mark. The amusing part is that I was standing next to a High Court Judge at the time.

 

[Holly's mum]

That's excellent news Frankie yodeli . Stage 1 complete, now for the MOT and you will be back on the road and off on your adventures.

 

[Debs]

Glad to read things are progressing Frankie.

 

[Spriddler]

Under UK bribery legislation so-called "facilitation payments" to foreign officials e.g. to speed up approvals are also offences.

I remember being in the Customs hall at Kano international airport, when a Nigerian Customs Officer put out his hand for a "dash" payment to give my suitcase his chalk mark. The amusing part is that I was standing next to a High Court Judge at the time.

I had the same by all sorts of 'officials' at Algiers airport on frequent business trips before getting out of the airport. I was tipped off by a colleague to ask: "Do you smoke?" and kept half a dozen packs of Marlborough in my briefcase for such occasions.

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