I initially thought it was stuck in the grill because my fingers couldn't reach it and was driving home to get a pair of pincers when I turned the car into my estate and heard the coin rolling in. Initially it was stuck in the front 3rd hole to the right of the plastic center, and it rolled when I turned my car to the right 90 degrees. 

 

How bad will it to be to get it out? 

My usual garage quoted me £500 for 6 hours of labour to disassemble the dashboard / get to the heater / blower then put it back together again. 

 

An aircon place just said £150 but didn't say how they were going to do it. 

 

I can hear it sliding left and right, but not "a lot", so wherever it is, it's not wide, like the width of the car. It also rattles up and down. I hate it. 

I'm trying to remember if pound coins are magnetic...   As some coins are ..   if so I'm wondering if you could remove the vent and fish it out with a magnet on a piece of string or similar...

Could you get to it with one of these? 

 

Edited 24 June, 20241 yr by Baxlin

Obviously all of us in the Briskoda community are sympathetic to an irritating situation and I hope you manage to get it out. But I thought I would try and cheer you up for a moment with this light-hearted thought: leave it there long and enough and inflation will cause it to disappear. *Ducks quickly*) 😉

5 hours ago, Baxlin said:

Could you get to it with one of these? 

 

Not sure if it will fit or not. But I suppose I will have to buy one to find out. 

 

Someone on youtube reckons the pound coins are magnetic, but I don't know if dangling a small magnet attached to a string would be a good idea cos it might get stuck to the wall?