My car ‘broke down’ today! Well, I say broke down but it didn’t actually
stop – it just started going slowly. I
was in a 40mpg limit but the car didn’t know that and even if it had, I wasn’t
exceeding the speed limit. I went down a
gear and the car momentarily speeded up but then started going even slower, at
which stage the adrenaline kicked in and I thought ‘I’ve got to get home’ which
was only about half a mile away. It was
then I noticed the nasty little orange light on the instrument panel and a
slight smell of burning and realised that I should probably be stopping very
soon.
With traffic disappearing off into the distance in front of
me and gaining very fast behind me, I had a sudden revelation … about 200 yards
further on was Coopers Peugeot garage and although my car is a Fiat, there were
a number of things which convinced me they were my salvation. My car had been serviced and MOT’d there last
year, I knew the owners well and best of all they were close! I crept on to their forecourt, switched off
and abandoned!
After being gently ribbed by lovely Diane, Ivan and son Ben for
breaking my car, the mechanic plugged in his little box and pronounced an
ignition coil had burned out. Phew, not
terminal then!
I left my car in their very capable hands and lovely Diane
even gave me a lift home. I am just so
grateful that this didn’t happen on the by-pass!
