At last!

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We finally got our car back! After ten and a half weeks!! We took it for its annual MOT test (ministry of transport roadworthiness check) in late March and didn’t get it back until the start of June. Honestly I’ve never heard of anything like it, and it certainly wasn’t convenient, but it did have certain benefits – the use of the garage van was quite fun, and trying their electric car was a new experience for me. I was afraid that if they charged us for all the labour, plus the money they spent on spare parts (£1,100 apparently) then by this time we would have to sell the house! But thankfully they didn’t, they have footed the bill since the car was working when we took it there and it wasn’t working when they told me it was ready to pick up. The downside is that after all this time and effort, the problem they noted – a warning light on the dashboard – is still on and after everything they have tried, as well as getting help from specialist electricians and consulting the manufacturer, they can’t get it to go off and now that the car will actually start and run as normal they are afraid to try anything else in case the whole problem kicks off all over again! So next year when the MOT test comes around we will have the exact same situation all over again. It looks as though we need to buy another car in the next nine months or so. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2025.