Hi J.P.

Sorry to hear about the Lorry incident, I suspect that this goes on all over
the country. I actually witnessed a similar thing while waiting for the
missus I was reclined a little in my seat when this delivery truck reversed
around a blind corner nearly taking the front end off my Cab' he must have
realised he could not get out forwards without hitting something but seemed
to deliberately move a Ford Mondeo some four feet with his front bumper and
casually drive off leaving the Mondeo badly damaged and side ways touching
the next car in line. Luckily I took his number and left a contact for the
poor Mondeo driver(not intended to be a poke at the Marque you understand).
Subsequently the Police prosecuted on my witness statement and the driver
received a ban ( result )!

The rub was that this Lorry had one of those ridiculous stickers How's my
driving or something like that, with a free phone number attached.

Hey! I see you seem to have got a hold of the Phat Box System. I have a Bose
based Concert System in the Cab' Any advice as to how to get it and fitting
would be appreciated.

Regards.

Gez......
"JP Roberts" <12345@wanadoo.es> wrote in message
news:bdvog1$3rh$1@news.ya.com...
> Hear what happened to me today.
>
> My girlfriend was driving her car and I was following her, when she
decided
> that we would park in a particular street. I alerted her to the fact that
> there was a factory along one side and that there were some lorry gates so
> she'd better park somewhere else. I parked mine one street south from
that.
>
> On getting back and approaching my car my spine chilled when I could see
my
> rear bumper was hanging out loose and as I got nearer I could see some
> damage to the rear left door - the bodywork had got cut against the
> protection bars on the door, rear left fender and tyre torn, rim
scratched -
> although only at its edge - and bumper holder torn out.
>
> No-one was around and there was no notice left on my windscreen
whatsoever,
> so I really hit the roof as you can imagine. Well, after the initial fit
of
> anger had subsided I decided to proceed with my investigations. It was
after
> some half an hour of driving around in my girlfriend's car that I have
been
> able to spot a lorry with some red paint attached to its trailer's left
> wing. The truck was parked and there were curtains drawn all over the
cabin,
> so - even if I really dislike disturbing people's sleep I had no
hesitation
> in furiously knocking at its window. The little bastard had the nerve to
be
> sleeping after what he'd done. No need to mention I called the police and
> then he really owned up to what he'd done although he said he didn't seem
to
> have realised at the time. How can't a professional truck driver possibly
> realise he's drawing a car sideways for two meters. My car had been on the
> street and was left with all four wheels on the pavement. Would you really
> believe his story?
>
> I just wanted to ask you guys if you've ever been in some sort of similar
> situation or whether people have got better social conscience.
>
> It's when I'm driving this Ford Ka - although a brand new one - that I
most
> miss my Audi. And I was expecting to get a PhatBox to fit into it
tomorrow!
>
> Now I'm worried the damned adjuster will not allow for parts to be
> replaced - such as new door, new rim, new bumper. What do you think and
what
> would you do?
>
> See the pics and judge for yourselves.
>
> JP Roberts
>
>
>
>

 

In message <be0rkj$9cq$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>
"Braytak" <braytak@sg-1.fslife.co.uk> wrote:

> Hey! I see you seem to have got a hold of the Phat Box System. I have a Bose
> based Concert System in the Cab' Any advice as to how to get it and fitting
> would be appreciated.

I have recently fitted a PhatBox in my RS6.

Purchased from Clairs auto parts (http://www.clairparts.com/) - $809.95
including shipping by UPS, plus £127 Vat/duty/handling charge on
delivery.

Connecting it up is trivial, if your car is equiped for CD changer - it
just plugs in. Finding a suitable location may be more tricky - the
PhatBox is approximately the same size as the factory changer, but
requires additional clearance for the connector protruding from the
rear and storage cartridge protruding from the front. I managed to fit
it in the place vacated by the CD changer, but only after taking a
hacksaw to the mounting shelf.

--
Peter Bell - peter@bellfamily.org.uk

 

Dear Peter and all,

Guess what: My Phatbox arrived today, when my car's at the bodywork's! So
much for timing. I really can't wait to get this thing going.

Regards,

Joe



Peter Bell <peter@bellfamily.org.uk> escribió en el mensaje de noticias
07fc2a0c4c.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> In message <be0rkj$9cq$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>
> "Braytak" <braytak@sg-1.fslife.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hey! I see you seem to have got a hold of the Phat Box System. I have a
Bose
> > based Concert System in the Cab' Any advice as to how to get it and
fitting
> > would be appreciated.
>
> I have recently fitted a PhatBox in my RS6.
>
> Purchased from Clairs auto parts (http://www.clairparts.com/) - $809.95
> including shipping by UPS, plus £127 Vat/duty/handling charge on
> delivery.
>
> Connecting it up is trivial, if your car is equiped for CD changer - it
> just plugs in. Finding a suitable location may be more tricky - the
> PhatBox is approximately the same size as the factory changer, but
> requires additional clearance for the connector protruding from the
> rear and storage cartridge protruding from the front. I managed to fit
> it in the place vacated by the CD changer, but only after taking a
> hacksaw to the mounting shelf.
>
> --
> Peter Bell - peter@bellfamily.org.uk

 

So much for the sticker!

I'm afraid Peter Bell can tell you much more about the Phat than me - see my
last thread.

I'll tell you more about it asap.

Regards,

Joe

Braytak <braytak@sg-1.fslife.co.uk> escribió en el mensaje de noticias
be0rkj$9cq$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hi J.P.
>
> Sorry to hear about the Lorry incident, I suspect that this goes on all
over
> the country. I actually witnessed a similar thing while waiting for the
> missus I was reclined a little in my seat when this delivery truck
reversed
> around a blind corner nearly taking the front end off my Cab' he must have
> realised he could not get out forwards without hitting something but
seemed
> to deliberately move a Ford Mondeo some four feet with his front bumper
and
> casually drive off leaving the Mondeo badly damaged and side ways touching
> the next car in line. Luckily I took his number and left a contact for
the
> poor Mondeo driver(not intended to be a poke at the Marque you
understand).
> Subsequently the Police prosecuted on my witness statement and the driver
> received a ban ( result )!
>
> The rub was that this Lorry had one of those ridiculous stickers How's my
> driving or something like that, with a free phone number attached.
>
> Hey! I see you seem to have got a hold of the Phat Box System. I have a
Bose
> based Concert System in the Cab' Any advice as to how to get it and
fitting
> would be appreciated.
>
> Regards.
>
> Gez......
> "JP Roberts" <12345@wanadoo.es> wrote in message
> news:bdvog1$3rh$1@news.ya.com...
> > Hear what happened to me today.
> >
> > My girlfriend was driving her car and I was following her, when she
> decided
> > that we would park in a particular street. I alerted her to the fact
that
> > there was a factory along one side and that there were some lorry gates
so
> > she'd better park somewhere else. I parked mine one street south from
> that.
> >
> > On getting back and approaching my car my spine chilled when I could see
> my
> > rear bumper was hanging out loose and as I got nearer I could see some
> > damage to the rear left door - the bodywork had got cut against the
> > protection bars on the door, rear left fender and tyre torn, rim
> scratched -
> > although only at its edge - and bumper holder torn out.
> >
> > No-one was around and there was no notice left on my windscreen
> whatsoever,
> > so I really hit the roof as you can imagine. Well, after the initial fit
> of
> > anger had subsided I decided to proceed with my investigations. It was
> after
> > some half an hour of driving around in my girlfriend's car that I have
> been
> > able to spot a lorry with some red paint attached to its trailer's left
> > wing. The truck was parked and there were curtains drawn all over the
> cabin,
> > so - even if I really dislike disturbing people's sleep I had no
> hesitation
> > in furiously knocking at its window. The little bastard had the nerve to
> be
> > sleeping after what he'd done. No need to mention I called the police
and
> > then he really owned up to what he'd done although he said he didn't
seem
> to
> > have realised at the time. How can't a professional truck driver
possibly
> > realise he's drawing a car sideways for two meters. My car had been on
the
> > street and was left with all four wheels on the pavement. Would you
really
> > believe his story?
> >
> > I just wanted to ask you guys if you've ever been in some sort of
similar
> > situation or whether people have got better social conscience.
> >
> > It's when I'm driving this Ford Ka - although a brand new one - that I
> most
> > miss my Audi. And I was expecting to get a PhatBox to fit into it
> tomorrow!
> >
> > Now I'm worried the damned adjuster will not allow for parts to be
> > replaced - such as new door, new rim, new bumper. What do you think and
> what
> > would you do?
> >
> > See the pics and judge for yourselves.
> >
> > JP Roberts
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>