carty
03-07-06, 10:53 AM
Hi all,
I went to the GP at Donington yesterday, first time I had ever been and I was worried about traffic problems and all sorts from various stories I'd read. However these fears were unfounded when I was straight in at the beginning of the day and straight out at the end of the day with no problems whatsoever. I thought it was a really good day, great racing, great weather, great organisation as far as I could see!
One small hitch I had was returning to my bike to find it wouldn't start - not a sausage. :( . Was worried that I'd bought a lemon (only had it since Thursday last week) and I checked the usual things (is it in gear, is clutch not pulling in far enough, kill switch etc) and then decided it was either flat battery or something more serious. Called the AA and they had someone stationed there for the event. Within ten minutes (yes I know, unbelievable, ten minutes!) he was round to me on his scooter, we had the seat whipped off and he started it up for me. It was the battery and its just knacked from under use by the previous owner. I was straight back on the road to home and very happy! I had visions of an AA van trying to get through the one way system and turning up around 9pm so to have someone with me straightaway was very pleasing. Good foresight by them I feel.
Thats about it really, I've always been pleased with them actually and it really makes the subscription worthwhile when things like that happen!
Cheers for reading - anyone else had particularly good / bad service from them?
Matt
I went to the GP at Donington yesterday, first time I had ever been and I was worried about traffic problems and all sorts from various stories I'd read. However these fears were unfounded when I was straight in at the beginning of the day and straight out at the end of the day with no problems whatsoever. I thought it was a really good day, great racing, great weather, great organisation as far as I could see!
One small hitch I had was returning to my bike to find it wouldn't start - not a sausage. :( . Was worried that I'd bought a lemon (only had it since Thursday last week) and I checked the usual things (is it in gear, is clutch not pulling in far enough, kill switch etc) and then decided it was either flat battery or something more serious. Called the AA and they had someone stationed there for the event. Within ten minutes (yes I know, unbelievable, ten minutes!) he was round to me on his scooter, we had the seat whipped off and he started it up for me. It was the battery and its just knacked from under use by the previous owner. I was straight back on the road to home and very happy! I had visions of an AA van trying to get through the one way system and turning up around 9pm so to have someone with me straightaway was very pleasing. Good foresight by them I feel.
Thats about it really, I've always been pleased with them actually and it really makes the subscription worthwhile when things like that happen!
Cheers for reading - anyone else had particularly good / bad service from them?
Matt