...and back *again*
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pyoor_excuseSo, I'm back. It turned out that it was (is) leaking from the drainer, the plastic nut which seals the sink to the drainer seems to have developed a leak on one side, but the sink - unlike the last sink is actually supported by the pedestal underneath it; so I'm not 100% sure how to repair it.
At any rate, without taking the pedestal out (which I couldn't do by myself anyway); I attacked the nut using the screwdriver on the peaks and hit it with a weighty object method. This... well, improved matters. At least, I thought so, until I found that it was now leaking from the opposite side of the nut *rolls eyes*
Still, now we know what it is, so she can call the plumber in who put the sink in to fix it - and he can deal with the pedestal / sink issue. I've put a jam-jar underneat the leak, so it should be okay for minimal use anyway. The leak isn't *terrible*. Not the way my mum was describing it...
Rebecca rolled over 10,000 miles (or 110,000, actually, but the 1 at the beginning is invisible). I have a thing for the big mileage rollovers, and since I do so many miles I actually get to see quite a lot of them, which... well, it makes me happy. There's something enjoyable about people's faces when they ask how many miles it's got on it and you're able to give a *really big number* in return. I realise that 110,000 miles isn't a lot for 35 years; but it's growing quite quickly, and when we reach 200,000 then I'll be mightily proud!
At any rate, without taking the pedestal out (which I couldn't do by myself anyway); I attacked the nut using the screwdriver on the peaks and hit it with a weighty object method. This... well, improved matters. At least, I thought so, until I found that it was now leaking from the opposite side of the nut *rolls eyes*
Still, now we know what it is, so she can call the plumber in who put the sink in to fix it - and he can deal with the pedestal / sink issue. I've put a jam-jar underneat the leak, so it should be okay for minimal use anyway. The leak isn't *terrible*. Not the way my mum was describing it...
Rebecca rolled over 10,000 miles (or 110,000, actually, but the 1 at the beginning is invisible). I have a thing for the big mileage rollovers, and since I do so many miles I actually get to see quite a lot of them, which... well, it makes me happy. There's something enjoyable about people's faces when they ask how many miles it's got on it and you're able to give a *really big number* in return. I realise that 110,000 miles isn't a lot for 35 years; but it's growing quite quickly, and when we reach 200,000 then I'll be mightily proud!
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Date: 2005-12-27 06:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-12-28 03:24 am (UTC)My Wrangler is a '98, and has over 120K on it now, which from what I can gather, is slightly above average for living here in the states.
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Date: 2005-12-28 06:58 am (UTC)That's a difficult question. In the 60s, 70s and possibly early 80s, people (apart from 'travelling salesmen' and company reps) didn't to the same kinds of mileages as they do now. So, it wasn't uncommon for a 10 year old car to have around 60k miles on it...
Rebecca, she spent 9 years off the road sat in my garage, so she sat at 60k miles from 1993 to 2002.
My dad's previous car, that we sold with 245k miles on it and it was, what, 13 years old. Which is a bit high for over here.
But quite a lot of it is down to the types of engine (she says in a hideous sweeping generalisation); American cars tend to have much less stressed engines; they're designed more for torque - British / European engines are (historically) more efficent, but in a way higher state of tune and so wear out quicker. 200k+ miles and they tend to get rather tired. Nikki's Morris Minor has 235,000 miles on it (in 40ish years) and her engine is entirely worn out and needs a complete rebuild. Generally I think after about 10 years you're looking at around 120k miles; and the car being scrap (they rust. we have MOTs. they get scrapped - and with modern cars, the electronics in them make them 'uneconomic to repair' when something big goes wrong with the engine management systems).
If this was the states, then it might be a problem - because cars over there have to cover much larger distances regularly; you guys do journeys that most Brits (and indeed Europeans) wouldn't consider, and you do them on a regular basis (mind you, your roads are *much* bigger, straigher, etc); but over here 400 miles is a long way; hell, 200 miles is a long way and something that you probably won't do regularly... so the cars do lower milages. I think.
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Date: 2005-12-28 11:16 am (UTC)