Not so happy days....
Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 8:24 am
So last night I went to change a starter motor on a mates van, Peugeot partner, nice and easy (not like the bloody 480!). Only took about 25 mins, got some beer vouchers, time to go home and enjoy said beer. I'm driving away up the A444 en route home when some prat in a ridiculously modified (diesel) golf decides to undertake me showing me how 'powerful' his silly little car is. Not having this I thought to myself as I shifted down into second and welded my foot to the floor.....
The good news is that the turbo absolutely hammered the golf however the associated bad news is that my heater matrix pipe exploded in the process leaving the golf eating not only dust but much coolant steam.
Having parked up and let it cool, I very gingerly drive the last little bit of the way home. (Bear in mind this is about 9:00pm and all I want to do is put my feet up, have a beer and go to bed! Luckily enough I had a spare piece of pipe that fits like a charm and hopefully the head gasket has survived finally got my beer and bed at about midnight.
The following morning I wake up to a penalty notice for driving in a bus lane! Can you believe it, it was one of those where the bus lane becomes the lane for left turns and I had changed lane a bit too soon and now I have to pay £60 for the privilege! Bloody city council enforcement cameras.
So yes, all in all not the greatest 24hrs. The cars fixed but the hole in my wallet remains! At least the car didn't cost anything as I already had an ideal piece of pipe and some coolant from the last time I changed it. It was due a change of coolant again so maybe this was the cars way of 'gently persuading' me to do it!
The good news is that the turbo absolutely hammered the golf however the associated bad news is that my heater matrix pipe exploded in the process leaving the golf eating not only dust but much coolant steam.
Having parked up and let it cool, I very gingerly drive the last little bit of the way home. (Bear in mind this is about 9:00pm and all I want to do is put my feet up, have a beer and go to bed! Luckily enough I had a spare piece of pipe that fits like a charm and hopefully the head gasket has survived finally got my beer and bed at about midnight.
The following morning I wake up to a penalty notice for driving in a bus lane! Can you believe it, it was one of those where the bus lane becomes the lane for left turns and I had changed lane a bit too soon and now I have to pay £60 for the privilege! Bloody city council enforcement cameras.
So yes, all in all not the greatest 24hrs. The cars fixed but the hole in my wallet remains! At least the car didn't cost anything as I already had an ideal piece of pipe and some coolant from the last time I changed it. It was due a change of coolant again so maybe this was the cars way of 'gently persuading' me to do it!