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It's usually the welding that's costing the most, but yes, it can be tricky getting parts and they're definitely going up in price. When the trailing arm went the other year, the replacement was noticeably more expensive than when the other trailing arm went about four years before
Tired now, but not in a sleepy way, just a worked-too-much way. Seriously thinking of going to the pub just to get some fresh air on the walk, see some people that aren't anything to do with ClientCo, and point my eyes at something that isn't a screen
It was hammering down for an hour or so here, earlier on.
Definitely on the wet side of damp.
There's a chap up the road who's got a 1990s era Japanese sports car.
He was telling me the other day that finding a replacement shockabsorber was difficult, the previous one had cost him £300.
I don't think Orion parts are that bad yet - with the number of them, and all the Escorts as well with the same parts, there are still some in reserve.
The first trailing arm took nearly a week to turn up. The chap at the garage explained that Ford said they definitely had the part, they were just having trouble locating it. I said "What, they're trying to remember which box they put it in in the loft?" and he agreed it sounded rather like that
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