I had a success yesterday. At the Allotments last week one of my friends there noted I was using a stake to prop up the tailgate of my car. I said the gas struts had become weak and I would need to get them replaced. He said don't go to the garage they will charge a fortune, order them on line , I can help you fit them it's a 5 min job. So I took his advice, we fitted the new ones yesterday. I couldn't believe how easy it was, the price , £11.98 for the pair delivered. I was concerned they were so cheap they would be no good but they seem fine. 🙂
Bargain @Allotment Boy. We had them replaced on our old Zafira after the boot/back door landed on our heads once too often. 60€ parts and labour with chappy in the village who now does our services too. It would have cost 3 times that at the Opel garage plus an 80km round trip.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
B3, don't worry I am doing a bit,then sitting reading for a while. You all know me though, normally on the go the whole time. I even managed to get on the excercise bike and do my work out (weights)
@Obelixx, yes that what my friend was saying, the garage would charge £50 ish at least. They may not last as long as the originals but as long as I get a couple of years out of them it will be a bargain.
RTBC if you're a brocade moth caterpillar. A great year for them, it seems. I'm happy enough too - so long as they stick to their preferred diet of purple toadflax.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Some Stipa tenuissima had seeded itself in next door's tub so I got at least a million baby plants from that too.
I'm on a roll!