Renault Clio - The wheel fell off.

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Sat 13 Jul 2019 00:42
Renault Clio - The wheel fell off. - focussed

I love the reaction of the company -

"The technician responsible has been placed on a final warning"

Oh - he's done stuff like that before has he?

If I was his boss he would have been out the door sharpish - inexcusable carelessness.

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/car-shop-trading-standards-fine-car-loses-wheel-1-6157623

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Sat 13 Jul 2019 01:04
Renault Clio - The wheel fell off. - Bolt

I love the reaction of the company -

"The technician responsible has been placed on a final warning"

Oh - he's done stuff like that before has he?

If I was his boss he would have been out the door sharpish - inexcusable carelessness.

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/car-shop-trading-standards-fine-car-loses-wheel-1-6157623

I`m surprised the driver didn't feel anything wrong with the steering, although not as bad as this I remember it happened where I used to work in a main dealer, car was driven as far as car park and two wheels came off.

Fitter wasn't sacked because he earned them plenty of bonus, but fitter was one who didn't take his job seriously, yet he had apprentices under him...??

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Sat 13 Jul 2019 10:04
Renault Clio - The wheel fell off. - bathtub tom

That link locks up my PC.

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Sat 13 Jul 2019 19:47
Renault Clio - The wheel fell off. - focussed

It's an ok link for me - maybe the wheels have fallen off your PC?

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Sat 13 Jul 2019 20:13
Renault Clio - The wheel fell off. - RichT54

That link locks up my PC.

There's something not right with it. It locked up my browser, but fortunately I was able to stop it.

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Sat 13 Jul 2019 20:56
Renault Clio - The wheel fell off. - Bolt

That link locks up my PC.

There's something not right with it. It locked up my browser, but fortunately I was able to stop it.

Certainly nothing wrong with the link, Edge seems ok with it and so is Chrome.

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Sun 14 Jul 2019 10:26
Renault Clio - The wheel fell off. - Bromptonaut

Link OK for me (W10 and Chrome). Link to a local paper though and they're often officious about cookies and don't like working when add-blockers are in use.

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Mon 15 Jul 2019 13:40
Renault Clio - The wheel fell off. - Gibbo_Wirral

They said:

"We have also partnered with the RAC to conduct daily independent inspections of select vehicles."

Define "select" - the dearest ones?

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Mon 15 Jul 2019 23:46
Renault Clio - The wheel fell off. - Leif

I love the reaction of the company -

"The technician responsible has been placed on a final warning"

Oh - he's done stuff like that before has he?

If I was his boss he would have been out the door sharpish - inexcusable carelessness.

I’m surprised they didn’t tighten his nuts with a torque wrench. I once knew someone who lost a wheel on the M4 for exactly the same reason. It seems to be common in Russia if you watch You Tube.

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