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Jun. 10th, 2005
And to reward me for spending money on shiny new wheels for it, the car died today, stranding me (and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
duranorak) on the M25 for the best part of six hours. I've just got home a few minutes ago with it on the back of a flatbed.
I'm guessing it's the rotor tips/seals - the symptoms are about right (similar to a head gasket failure on a piston engine) and the car is at the sort of mileage where this does have a tendency to happen. Repair bill is likely to be in the region of 3000 pounds.
I really must learn to be more suspicious when I buy cars. The guy selling it obviously knew it was on its last legs... you don't buy a car and have it blow up less than a thousand miles later out of sheer coincidence.
Update: £4000. And four weeks. *sigh*
duranorak) on the M25 for the best part of six hours. I've just got home a few minutes ago with it on the back of a flatbed.I'm guessing it's the rotor tips/seals - the symptoms are about right (similar to a head gasket failure on a piston engine) and the car is at the sort of mileage where this does have a tendency to happen. Repair bill is likely to be in the region of 3000 pounds.
I really must learn to be more suspicious when I buy cars. The guy selling it obviously knew it was on its last legs... you don't buy a car and have it blow up less than a thousand miles later out of sheer coincidence.
Update: £4000. And four weeks. *sigh*
