Hmm had a good few days carwise!!
After breaking down on the A2 the car was towed back to the garage who were supposed to have fixed the windscreen wipers in October. I picked it up at about 4pm - no charge woo-hoo.
Then I went to get a new tyre and discovered it needed two boo-hoo.
The following day I drove 300+ miles up to Sunderland to rescue Sarah and the girls from my Dads house. Driving back on the Sunday it started to rain, I switched the wipers on and 20 minutes later they locked up again boo-hoo!
Luckily we weren't on a motorway when it happened - actually we were nearly home and after a few stops to wipe the windscreen we made it.
So Sunday night I had to urgently make alternative plans to get to my meeting in Coventry the following day. I had to buy the most expensive train ticket £120 boo-hoo.
I rang the garage and they said they needed to replace the linakge and they would order one in. Finally they told me to bring the car in on Wednesday - I asked for a courtesy car - they said yes woo-hoo.
I worked from home yesterday and took the car into today. Ironically as I truned into the industrial estate where the garage is the wipers suddenly sprung into life. I picked up the courtesy car and headed into work.
At about 4pm today the garage rang and told me that the wiper motor was burnt out and also needed replacing - cost £200 boo-hoo.
I think when I pick the car up on Friday there might be some interesting discussions regarding the bill!
23/02/06 @ 22:00