PeteandSylvi wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:43 pm
Hudswell wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:34 pm
Pete, have you had any Apple products?
No, nor BMW, Mercedes or Dyson.
But before you tell me not to knock Apple's products without using them let me remind you that I have not knocked their products only their corporate greed, overpricing and lack of corporate philanthropy.
Pete
Well said, Pete! Now I'm going to try and quote you as a kindred spirit, without getting my arse bitten off, LOL!
I was proud of the BMW and Mercedes cars I've owned over the years (all s/h). Until I drove from UK to Hungary and back many times in the 70's through to 90's. Once, I even went to Pafos and back in my 88 BMW 520i, back in 1992...
Other posters are spot on here! Most of the lower end Mercs in Germany and Hungary are TAXIS. Most of the lower end BMWs in Germany are the equivalent of a Ford Escort or Vauxhall Astra, in other words- they wouldn't turn an eye in the street over there...
The only show-stopper motor we ever drove to Hungary in was a 1986 Renault Espace. Everywhere we stopped, peeps would gather and want to examine it's every little detail- underneath, under the bonnet, inside (swivelling seats) and so on... Great fun!
As for Dyson vacuum cleaners, yes, I bought one donkeys years ago for an extortionate (at that time) £200. After a couple of years, one of the wheels fell off... I could see that it was a design problem, there being no flat washer between the wheel and the 6mm circlip holding it in place on the axle...
Dyson wanted £24 for a new wheel kit at our local vacuum cleaner outlet. I thought, sod that! I bought half a dozen 6mm circlips and flat washers from a local motor accessories shop and fixed it myself for 80p, with ongoing spares!
Not long after, something else major went bust on the the Dyson Vac. Planned obsolence? No problem, into the black wheely bin went this pile of Dyson vacuum cleaner shite...
TRUE STORY
Someone driving down the A4 near Swindon at 2am one morning was fascinated to see all the lights lit up in the Dyson showroom. It was the the cleaners, using HENRY vacuum cleaners, LOL!
That's what I went out and bought, £100 new. Used these hundreds of times on various fire alarm jobs in the past. Served us very well for 10 years now at home. Long reach hose and stainless steel quality tubes - a class act! Plus filters still easily available and cheap!
Cheers- AL
Gone but not forgotten...