how I love the RAC!!!

[ianrobbo1]

bike went tits up at 4pm today, usual thing, loom!!! not a problem thinks I,(like fook) so I call the RAC, wont be long we'll get an engineer out to you they say,!! NO says I, there's fook all he can do, the battery's fried, as is most of the rest of the bike, in short it "ain't going anywhere" it requires recovering!! OK they say it's 70 minutes wait, so 90 minutes later a "service" van rolls up!! dunno why they sent me he say's happily!! I cant do owt with a bike !!! well get your towing trailer out then says I, nah!! haven't got one, what YOU need is a recovery truck!! surprise surprise!! back in "T" van he climbs and orders one, so as I'm stood like a frozen sausage the heavens open!! you will have gathered by now I'm not the "happiest" bunny in the woods!! out pops Mr Happy and announces the "recovery" truck should be here in 20 minutes or so,!! and off he goes leaving me simmering gently, 7. 20 I watch as an S&H recovery lorry flies past, 5 minutes later it returns!! what is it with these fookin "happy" people, I'm stood piss wet through and he's just come up on the lotto!! or seemed like it!! been waiting long he asks, no not really only since 4.10 this afternoon, where have you come from I asked in my "friendliest" voice, HARROGATE came the reply!!! FFS !! have you recovered bikes before I asked ooh yeah lots comes the reply, so he drops the bed of the waggon down "it's a car transporter" and I push it up to near the middle of it, yon chap then wants to put it on the centre stand,!! yea gods how I enjoyed today!!
ended up tieing the thing down myself, arrived home at 7.50 this evening, not a bad day considering it started for me at 4.15AM,!!
never mind though, I'll be seeing some of you at the bash tomorrow night, just had to (1) give you lot a laugh, & (2) get it off my chest!!

 

[derek kelly]

Ian You have my number, you could have called me, may even have got the bike onto my 6'x4'trailer.

 

[marcella]

ach well! that'll save you from scraping out the other side ian

:beer:

 

[ianrobbo1]

appreciate what your saying Derek but with the "assurances" and the fact I paid a LOT of money to the incompetent tvats I thought it prudent to stay with em!! :bang:
cheers for your observations Shaun m8!! I shall remember that all next week while I'm on holiday and cant do anything about the bike!!!

 

[derek kelly]

I was with the RAC for years, without having to use them, I was paying for the whole family thing where we were all covered, Bev came out of work one morning, some scrote had holed two of the tyres she called the RAC they came out & took the car to a tyre fitters. strangely enough the only tyres they had in that size were about ?80 each (I forgot to mention we had a puncture at Manchester Airport the day before so the spare was already in use) when the renewal letter came through we had lost our entitlement to 20% off.

 

[marcella]

appreciate what your saying Derek but with the "assurances" and the fact I paid a LOT of money to the incompetent tvats I thought it prudent to stay with em!!
cheers for your observations Shaun m8!! I shall remember that all next week while I'm on holiday and cant do anything about the bike!!!

if i hadnt found out you were so fookin rough on your bike ian you could have borrowed mine for the duration mate%$fan :beer:

 

[chuffmeister]

Sorry to hear of your mis-fortune Ian

could have pushed it home quicker, and think of the weight loss :neenaw:

 

[derek kelly]

Sorry to hear of your mis-fortune Ian

could have pushed it home quicker, and think of the weight loss :neenaw:

Nah the bike would still weigh the same

 

[blumeeni]

Wanna join the AA then Ian I'll give ya 25% off covers you for any vehicle you own or are a passenger in even if the driver ain't in the AA you can call us cover inc breakdowns and accidents(god forbid)

you get so long as is available a bike patrol which if possible will work wonders at the roadside and if it can't be fixed has got a bike trailer stashed in the back of the vw t4(cracking bit of kit) which will have you and the bird travelling to your chosen destination anywhere in the uk in 20 mins

Well if other's can tote for business so can I

 

[chuffmeister]

Nah the bike would still weigh the same

:beer: made i laugh, w;;v

 

[Jaws]

Listen to Blu Ian !
The RAC do not even employ most of the twots driving around in RAC motors..

As someone who would be considered in the trade, I have nowt but contempt for the RAC and all who work ( !! perhaps that should be clown ? ) for them..
On the other hand, whilst the AA can have their moments, in general the whole set up is in a different league to the RAC.. far more professional and instead of thinking a big smile will cure everything they actually employ fitters ( not folk who do crap impressions of soppy cocker spanials ! )

 

[blumeeni]

Ok I'll come clean guy's I've got yellow AA blood running through my veins.
I've been with the firm for 31yrs and although I may be biast you do get a very good service from the AA and if compared to others we are streets ahead as confirmed by the jd powers survey's over the last 5yrs
as with all big firms yes we do make cock up's now and again(nuffin to do with me of course)but on the whole the AA is imho the best choice



was that ok BOSS do I get my pay rise now PLEASE

 

[ianrobbo1]

cheers you lot, I'm that pissed off, with both myself and the RAC, I've decided to take a step back and forget I've 1137cc's of gorgeous motorbike sat "dead", till after me hol's as it's not fair on Tina & the kids, I'll maybe have a look when I get back,!! I know I'll need two 100watter's and a spacer, both bulbs blew this morning one after the other, :dunno:
as I say it's me own fault I should have cut & soldered the offending block the last time it happened :bang:

 

[Cyclops]

I thought

Blackbirds never broke down






But like Rolls Royces simply failed to make progress.



On a serous note ( very unusual for me ) I have always been happy with the service`s of the RAC both here and abroad.

And lets be honest I have used them a lot recently 3 time in Holland, and the 2 times I binned me bikes.

 

[blumeeni]

It's a twat of a thing Ian I had probs with Stans bike showing all sorts of funny things
I sorted it in the end by cutting cleaning and solering the fooker

enjoy yer hols and chill m8

 

[Cyclops]

It's a twat of a thing Ian I had probs with Stans bike showing all sorts of funny things
I sorted it in the end by cutting cleaning and solering the fooker

enjoy yer hols and chill m8

Yeah but did you sort his bike ?????????

 

[blumeeni]

Well of course I did the sticky backed plastic and empty fairy liquid bottle worked a treat

I think

 

[Pugwash]

The AA did a fine job when my rectifier went one year. He strapped a charged car battery to my rear seat, bump-started me and followed me all the way home.

By comparison, the RAC turned up once when my girlfriend's chain came off and we had no tools. They took the make, model and reg of her bike, then sent a van with a driver who thought he was on his way to fix a car. He admitted that they had no bike trailors in Peterborough, but got the chain on anyway.