pmsumner

It's incredibly bad news, really. I glazed over about half-way through the list of things that they said needed doing, but it included: timing belt, valves, a somethingy manifold, cam belt, head. Probably lots more.

Quote? £1500.

I texted mum from work and told them the cost. I suggested it might be the best option to give in and get a new car. Dad called back a bit later saying that they'd pay and it made more sense to fix it than to scrap it. His logic is that the rest of the car is in good nick and I've only recently spent money on it getting other bits done, why throw that away? I can't agree completely. But if he's willing to fork out for it, then I'm not one to argue too much.

So it'll be done "by the end of the week". Apparently they've had 3 other timing belt failures in this week which is bizzare - apparently normal rate is 1 every 6 months! I think someone's been cutting them. I'm OK with this in as much as I can get in to work - the commute's a bit nasty but it's possible. Takes approximately 1hr 45mins to get from here to work. That's made up of: 20 min walk to station, 30-45 mins to whatever Manchester station, 10 mins to Salford Crescent, then 10 mins on the number 8. I may have to investigate the possibility of getting the number 8 from Manchester centre, if it goes past any stations that my trains do...

I've just been for a wander into Warrington. It's truly grim out there. Weather can't decide if it wants to rain, wind or storm so it's blustery and damp. Not raining, just damp. So I sat in Starbucks and tested out my prior knowledge of T-Mobile Hotspot logins ;) Took me a few attempts but I remembered how to do it! Not that I could then do anything exciting with it..... but that's not the point, right? :)