Paphos Life

The car was looking a bit jaded after a few years of sun damage and a couple of dents from various supermarket car parks also needed an A service. Checked a few places but told could do one but not both. Heard an advert on Sunshine radio for David Mitchell motors Geriskipou and was given a quote. Dropped the car off and was ready within 5 days looked like new however on picking it back up I was told I needed new tyres which they didn't do. Popped into the place near Andys barbers opposite Leon's bar Geriskipou for a quote told I needed 4 new tyres although all had sufficient tread the sidewalls had been sun damaged and cracked. Got a decent price but only had so much cash on me and they didn't take cards so I said I would come back later , told that's ok we will fit the tyres and come back later with payment.
I was pleasantly surprised and made me think how many other establishments would have made the same proposition.

One of the reasons l love living here. I've had many instances like the above, but we tend to just hear negative things

Wait and see if you come back to U.K. it cost a £1 to pump your tyres up
no free air there now
garry

garry&jill wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:22 am Wait and see if you come back to U.K. it cost a £1 to pump your tyres up
no free air there now
garry

Well don't forget the attendant has to get on his knees to take the valve caps off. And also he may have to move stuff in the boot to get to the spare tyre

trevnhil wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 2:33 pm

garry&jill wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:22 am Wait and see if you come back to U.K. it cost a £1 to pump your tyres up
no free air there now
garry

Well don't forget the attendant has to get on his knees to take the valve caps off. And also he may have to move stuff in the boot to get to the spare tyre

Trev its do it yourself, no attendant.

Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:23 pm Was shocked today when our son, who lives just outside Cambridge, told us to expect to pay £25 a day just to park in Cambridge!!! Lunacy!

Whats a lot worse is car parking charges in Hospitals, was over in London recently, and visiting someone twice a day.. the amount they charge is a disgrace,

even Hospital staff have to pay,
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... g-car.html

You're having a Larf ha ha.. Where have I mentioned car park charges..
Re 'Follow the thread '.. Yes Sir !!!

David Brown wrote: ↑Thu Feb 14, 2019 12:27 am Sorry but the post was about service and bodywork,how on earth has it degenerated to car park charges.
Follow the thread.
Looks like Trev is sabotaging the post yet again.

I don't think it has degenerated?, like most threads, one reply leads to another, and as you say the OP mentioned Service, which the service between here and the UK is being talked about.

"I hear what you say but from service and bodywork to parking charges makes no sense.If you want to talk about parking charges open a new thread."

Apart from the fact that deciding if/when members are incorrect in the posts they make is the business of the moderator, not you, I think you need to get your facts right, Trev did not hijack this thread. An apology is in order.

David, in a way I agree with you. It can be irritating for the O.P who started the thread if people digress using this thread to chat about unrelated topics. These could be the subject of a different post....

Dee

I didn't suggest there was a link between the two.

It's the moderators business how threads are run on the site, not yours. As others have said, it's the nature of these boards, threads divert and meander. Perhaps when you've been around a little longer you'll understand.

Trev didn't hijack the thread. End of.

Here we go again!!,I agree with David ,diversifying from the original post!!!!,

Well, I wish that a moderator would step in on this thread! And Smudger, I’ve ‘been around for ages’ as you put it. I don’t think that the length of time that one has been on a board is particularly relevant to either the OP’s post or your comment.

Dee

I'm at a loss why you find my remarks offensive, but just to clarify for the third time, at least, Trev did not hijack the thread.

Dee, my comment re being around a long time was simply to elaborate that threads go off topic, constantly, it's what happens. David seems offended by this, I have no idea why, but it happens, those of us who have been around a while simply accept it and get on with life. It's just not an issue. David seems determined to turn it into one, I have no idea why.

David, if anyone is diverting from service and paintwork it’s you! We are now on a second page due to your insistence of making a point that no one else seems to be bothered about ... just give it a rest! Enjoy your fridge !

A.

Actually David, you did.

"Sorry but the post was about service and bodywork,how on earth has it degenerated to car park charges.
Follow the thread.
Looks like Trev is sabotaging the post yet again."

For the fourth or fifth time - I'm losing count now - TREV DID NOT SABOTAGE THREAD!!!!! IT WAS NOT HIM WHO MENTIONED CAR PARKING CHARGES!!!

Read it all again. You keep repeating - along with questionable asides and insinuations - that I have not answered your question. I have, several times, you choose to ignore it. Your choice.

Just please get your facts right.

I am answering you for about the sixth time now I believe, the 'fact' you got wrong was that Trev diverted the thread. He did not. See my myriad previous posts proving this.

garry&jill wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:22 am Wait and see if you come back to U.K. it cost a £1 to pump your tyres up
no free air there now
garry

THIS was the first post to divert the thread, mentioning the cost of inflating tyres in the UK..
Was it a post from me ??? NO it Wasn't..

I think that DB owes an apology.

This is a very good example of why I don't look at this forum as much. At times, it resembles a playground.