Car trouble
*Sigh* After a year of minimal car use I am now, once again, dependent on my car. So of course it decides to develop a fault.
Driving the 3.7 miles from my hotel to the client’s site this morning the battery warning light lit up and stayed on. Since my car is best, and generously, described as basic, this means the alternator had committed suicide. Having had the alternator replaced only a few months ago you can imagine my delight at this piece of news.
So, iPhone to the rescue. “Find me a car repair service near me” (thank you “Were to?”) it was only a couple of minutes effort to find a local garage and one of the splendid chaps I work with followed me to the garage so I could drop of my car and get a lift back to work.
Sure enough the alternator was toast. The really bad news was that my previous ‘economy’ fix meant the alternator was a refurbished, rather than new, unit. So instead of the £70 plus labour charged last time I was confronted with a bill for £150 plus labour for a new alternator. Ouch!
Another of my new colleagues dropped me off after work (splendid chap) and having forked over the requisite dosh I am now hopeful the damn thing will last a little longer than the last time.
The moral of this tale… economy is an illusion.
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