Anyway, as the teenager was getting his suitcase out of the boot, a man tapped on my window. 'Oh no,' I thought, or words to that effect...............'He is going to have a go at me!'.
In fact he asked me if I knew that I had no brake lights working. I had absolutely no idea ................no warning lights; nothing.
Superscout and I drove home, very gingerly. When we parked on the drive, Superscout sat in the driver's seat and pressed the brake peddles. Sometimes they came on; sometimes they did not; an intermittent fault.
On Saturday morning, I rang the mobile mechanic, who looks after my car. He is a great guy; comes round at the drop of a hat and is very reasonably priced. I think he said it would be the brake switch. However, he was not able to get hold of one until Monday.
On Monday, he came round and fixed it; total cost £45. How good was that? It seems like a very fair price to me.
Back to the weekend - I was left without a car:
- I ordered my food shopping online;
- I discovered MyHermes, instead of the PO. They came and collected a parcel from school on Monday morning, so I didn't have to go to the PO;
- I went for a walk to the local CO-OP;
- Superscout went into town on the bus;
- The teenager walked back from the station;
- A lovely colleague took me to school and back on the Monday.
If I didn't need my car for work, in theory I would not need it at all. I only live 5 miles away, but there is no direct public transport. I would need to catch 2 buses, which would just take too long.
If we did have no car, when I needed one for a long journey, I would simply hire one.
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