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DrEagle

posted on 26/10/03 at 11:14 PM Reply With Quote
Ford Design - You just have to love it!

I just can’t believe what the fools at Ford had me doing today!

For my sins I am forced to drive a Mondeo (company car) day to day.
And today was the day for changing the headlight bulb. A 30 second job on any car…
…other than a 1999 Mondeo!

The whole headlight light has to be removed and in order to do that the front grill has to come off as does the cowling above it.

Yes! Just to change a bulb!!!

I can only think that Ford were having a really bad month is their service department the month that was designed, so they elected to go for the “return to dealer for everything other than oil or water” design!

At least they stopped at requiring a special tool!!!

Thank you Ford for wasting 30 mins of my life changing a bulb and 10 mins righting about it!

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Hugh Paterson

posted on 27/10/03 at 12:11 AM Reply With Quote
Yup but every now and then somthing good comes along, now if only I had the dosh for that new GT40, who gives a toss if it takes me an hour to change a bulb on that beastie, dont ya hate seeing a grown man drool over somthing other than naked women
Shug.

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UncleFista

posted on 27/10/03 at 01:11 AM Reply With Quote
Not just ford, latest model Golf is the same...





Tony Bond / UncleFista

Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...

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Mark Allanson

posted on 27/10/03 at 08:22 PM Reply With Quote
I work in a VAG bodyshop - the Mk4 Golf is much worse, the whole front bumper has to come off, then the headlamps out. 1.4 hours and a dealer rate of £48 per hour - oh! and £4.99 for the bulb!





If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation

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theconrodkid

posted on 27/10/03 at 09:24 PM Reply With Quote
how much or a TT headlight mark?





who cares who wins
pass the pork pies

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