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Mark Stansbury
(M94) is no stranger to the pages of Call Sign.
Readers may recall the horrific accident some time ago when his
MB Vito overturned after being hit full on in the side at New
Bond Street. This time though, Mark has a more pleasant
experience to relate to Call Sign as he enacted
the role of good samaritan to a friend whose Vito had suffered a
punctured tyre. "My friend’s tyre was punctured by a wood screw that had been discarded in the roadway. The puncture fix bottle stuff that comes with the Vito proved totally ineffective against such a large hole and my pal was immobile," he said. "Over dinner that evening during our shift, I offered to lend him my own spare wheel so that we could both continue to work the rest of the night. The plan was for him to get a new tyre the next day and return my wheel," he continued. "I chided him about being too mean |
The Good Samaritan... |
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 Mark Stansbury - the good Samaritan! to get the proper frame and space-saving spare wheel that can be fitted in the rear of the Vito to save him and me a whole lot of trouble, just as I did when I bought my Vito last December. But my pal joked that there was no point in him spending £300 when he could always borrow mine!" Roaring with laughter at his own joke, Mark made a relevant point... "We quickly fitted my spare wheel to his cab and off we went our separate ways into the night. And then it hit me! I now had no spare wheel in case I had a flat |
tyre! I spent the rest of the
shift keeping an uneasy lookout for roadworks and other
potential troublespots just in case I had to request my wheel
back!" Finishing off, Mark told us: "It worked out alright in the end as my pal got himself sorted and duly returned my wheel without delay. But he has been very unlucky recently by having a spate of several punctures and has had to buy two new tyres because the punctures were unrepairable. Well at least he didn’t damage my tyre," said Mark, "but I did quietly ask myself where he roamed to, getting so many problems in such a few short weeks? And no, I still don’t think he has had the spare wheel frame fitted even now! Some people just never learn," he giggled, "but I feel good for helping him out..." © Call Sign Magazine MMX |
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DaC drivers and their chip repairs... |
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Last month in
Call Sign we reported on Autostone Chip Repair,
the new mobile windscreen repair service that attends
Dial-a-Cab’s Roman Way depot every Tuesday and Friday. This
month, having received several positive reports from drivers, we
decided to do a follow up on how things have been going. First to give us an optimistic review was David Lessman (D19) whose cab screen had suffered a nasty chip in the lower left corner. Our reporter caught him just as he was checking the fix with Mark Davis, the Managing Director of Autostone Chip Repair. "The service is brilliant," he enthused, "no sooner had I driven in than I was attended to right away. My cab bodywork was protected with a blanket and the damaged windscreen repaired quickly. I’ve no idea how it happened, except that I was moving in traffic, heard a ping and guessed immediately what it was." Within a few minutes of David leaving Roman Way, Stuart Miller (N01) arrived, expecting to have to wait for his three chips to be attended to. In fact he didn’t have to wait long at all before receiving attention from Mark Davis. |
"I was on
the A13 following a
lorry, when I heard three pings in quick succession from the
front of the cab and I knew immediately what had happened," he
explained. "To
pick up three windscreen chips in one incident is a little
shattering" he quipped, grateful that the verdict from Mark
Davis confirmed that all three splinters could be repaired.When shown the finished repairs, Stuart was amazed at how well they all turned out. Rubbing his finger over the fixes, he marvelled at the smoothness of the repaired surfaces. "Wow," he exclaimed, "that’s brilliant!" While Stuarts’ repairs were curing, another hopeful, Tom Macdonald (Y76) came into Roman Way, concerned that his splinter was irreparable. "It happened just a few days ago while I was going out on the M4 and got hit by a stone from a lorry travelling in the nearside lane," he explained. "I was moving, err... briskly shall we say? I heard the impact on my windscreen and was half expecting the glass to shatter as I was bowling - I mean going along," he added, quickly correcting himself! "I checked out the damage when I reached my destination and it seemed to be safe enough to drive on, but I did have a bit of a panic when it occurred. However, this |
repair service is brilliant,
quick,
convenient and I’ve been spared the expense of a new
windscreen!"Tom drove out of Roman Way with a big grin across his face! The most glowing praise though, came from Jonathan Raymond (S39), whose cab windscreen had suffered several serious problems, necessitating a replacement windscreen. We spoke to Jonathan on the phone. "I had previously telephoned a local auto glass repair company who answered my call with a simple Yup, which did not impress me very much and when they quoted me about three hours to replace the glassware, I was even less enthusiastic! So I made an appointment at Roman Way for the new windscreen to be fitted because I realised it had to be ordered beforehand. I drove into Roman Way and the cab was immediately worked on by three technicians. I was in and out, new screen all sorted, in just 38 minutes," he told Call Sign. "I was so impressed, I wrote ‘fantastic service’ across the insurance paperwork after I had signed it!" The Autostone Chip Repair Service visits our Roman Way Depot on Tuesday and Friday or can be contacted on: 0800 612 7950 or 07971 538 544. |
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