Our government - repair or replace?

[DimPrawn]

Apologies in advance for the incredibly mundane nature of this thread - I appreciate that it's verging on Wilmslowesque.

Our 11.5 year old government (Labour) gave up half way through an economic cycle with a load of warning lights and statistics and a small puddle of urine underneath. Warning lights disappeared after injecting £1.5 trn of taxpayers money, but I'm reluctant to try voting it in again in case the puddle becomes something a little more severe.

Am tempted to sell it for a tenner on Ebay as faulty and buy a brand new one, but there's the obvious alternative of getting it repaired. Would appreciate any words of wisdom on which route to take and any things I need to bear in mind if I go down the repair route. I'm hopeless at anything financial by the way so diagnosing and repairing the fault myself is out of the question!

[Gonzo]

Apologies in advance for the incredibly mundane nature of this thread - I appreciate that it's verging on Wilmslowesque.

Our 11.5 year old government (Labour) gave up half way through an economic cycle with a load of warning lights and statistics and a small puddle of urine underneath. Warning lights disappeared after injecting £1.5 trn of taxpayers money, but I'm reluctant to try voting it in again in case the puddle becomes something a little more severe.

Am tempted to sell it for a tenner on Ebay as faulty and buy a brand new one, but there's the obvious alternative of getting it repaired. Would appreciate any words of wisdom on which route to take and any things I need to bear in mind if I go down the repair route. I'm hopeless at anything financial by the way so diagnosing and repairing the fault myself is out of the question!

[Mich the Tester]

Give up and buy a new one.

[Drewster]

Vote for a New one. Our last one lasted many years and Zimbabwes has lasted 23+ years.

Plenty cheapness = many headaches

[Bagpuss]

My Mum had a Tory for many years. At first it worked fine, then all this sleaze started to ooze out. Turned out to be nothing Major.

[BrilloPad]

It wont make any difference if you repair it or replace it : you will still get faulty service.

Maybe you are using it wrongly? Best to get your wife to use it for you : women are far better at operating those things than men.

If you are an unmarried virgin I suggest getting a mail order bribe.

HTH

[EternalOptimist]

mmm. sometimes these centre-frugal machines dont deliver on expectations. It's more than likely a faulty tub-end or belt. Is the tub-end Brown ? try getting a new belt, then belt it for a week.

[Mich the Tester]

My Mum had a Tory for many years. At first it worked fine, then all this sleaze started to ooze out. Turned out to be nothing Major.

Certainly nothing Major compared to the smelly Brown mess oozing out of the current apparatus.

We're going to need one hell of a Clarke to sort out the books shortly.

[TCL]

Any self respecting bloke would dig in and have a look. It probably the Brown thats blown, although I've heard if they go wrong, they can bugger up the whole thing.

[chicane]