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I dropped the wife at work today, then drove home. The car sounded like the exhaust had a hole in it, so I stopped off at STS so they could have a look.
It wasn't the exhaust.
When they tried to start the car, it sounded like a manual would do, if you tried changing it into reverse whilst doing 85 down the motorway.
Also, the gearstick refuses to move unless I press the red button.
Then I discovered that my recovery service had failed to send me a reminder/re-up letter (21st November), and they wanted £180 to come and tow me a mile and a half.
Thank the gods I met Artful Dodger, yesterday! He came and towed me to my garage for considerably less than a triple-top. Thank you so much, mate.
So now I'm waiting to hear from the garage (probably Thursday, now) what the exact problem is, though I imagine I'm going to be needing a new gearbox. Stormforce, if you can keep that one we spoke about earlier today, at least until I know exactly what's wrong, that would be great, mate.
Once again, thanks for the tow, Paul (Oh! And Andy, too!); I would've been proper stuffed, otherwise.
It wasn't the exhaust.
When they tried to start the car, it sounded like a manual would do, if you tried changing it into reverse whilst doing 85 down the motorway.
Also, the gearstick refuses to move unless I press the red button.
Then I discovered that my recovery service had failed to send me a reminder/re-up letter (21st November), and they wanted £180 to come and tow me a mile and a half.
Thank the gods I met Artful Dodger, yesterday! He came and towed me to my garage for considerably less than a triple-top. Thank you so much, mate.
So now I'm waiting to hear from the garage (probably Thursday, now) what the exact problem is, though I imagine I'm going to be needing a new gearbox. Stormforce, if you can keep that one we spoke about earlier today, at least until I know exactly what's wrong, that would be great, mate.
Once again, thanks for the tow, Paul (Oh! And Andy, too!); I would've been proper stuffed, otherwise.
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