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The short answer: my car's shagged.
The long answer: I was cruising down the motorway at a steady 60, following the normal morning traffic. I went to accelerate past a slower car only to find that - nothing was happening. I wasn't speeding up. I tried again only to find that nope - nothing was happening. Curiouser and curiouser, I pushed in the clutch and moved to the hard shoulder, just cruising, and stopped the engine.
Would it start again? Would it bugger. Starter motor turned but that's it.
Cue a call to mum, for their RAC number (I really need to join, like... now) so I can pretend to be my dad :) An hour later the RAC turn up, and tell me that they suspect the timing belt's 'gone'. Now by gone I assume they meant snapped, as I doubt it could get up and walk :)
I ummed and ahhed about how to proceed. I could get towed into Manchester and get it fixed there, and go to work, or I could come back to Warrington (home) and get it done here. The problem being that this could be a big job. It could take a long time. So I could end up in Manchester with no easy way home. I made the decision to come to Warrington, get it done here, and then try and organise a lift or trains into work tomorrow.
This is going to be expensive :(
Most annoying? I've been trying to organise a service for the past week or so, a service at which the timing belt would be changed.
The long answer: I was cruising down the motorway at a steady 60, following the normal morning traffic. I went to accelerate past a slower car only to find that - nothing was happening. I wasn't speeding up. I tried again only to find that nope - nothing was happening. Curiouser and curiouser, I pushed in the clutch and moved to the hard shoulder, just cruising, and stopped the engine.
Would it start again? Would it bugger. Starter motor turned but that's it.
Cue a call to mum, for their RAC number (I really need to join, like... now) so I can pretend to be my dad :) An hour later the RAC turn up, and tell me that they suspect the timing belt's 'gone'. Now by gone I assume they meant snapped, as I doubt it could get up and walk :)
I ummed and ahhed about how to proceed. I could get towed into Manchester and get it fixed there, and go to work, or I could come back to Warrington (home) and get it done here. The problem being that this could be a big job. It could take a long time. So I could end up in Manchester with no easy way home. I made the decision to come to Warrington, get it done here, and then try and organise a lift or trains into work tomorrow.
This is going to be expensive :(
Most annoying? I've been trying to organise a service for the past week or so, a service at which the timing belt would be changed.
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