I drove up to Newcastle (as I knew the garages up there better) and got it booked in – it went through the MOT and it failed. But not what I expected.
It passed the DVLA vehicle ID test without problems.
The main exhaust was fine.
However, the cactylic convertor needed replacing, a new king-pin and new breakpipes. Garage said they never ever replaced a king-pin before and it could be a big job. Oh great, I asked them, how big is “big”… a week I was told. But I needed to get back to work in Luton in four days’ time!
No chance. Took the train down to Luton, whilst I had progress report from my brother via texts. I decided to book a train up the following weekend and pick my car up on Saturday and drive down on the Sunday, in time to work again on Monday. I needed the car to do my meetings around Bedfordshire and then move all my furniture and stuff up to Newcastle as I’m leaving to start a new job in Holland in a matter of weeks.
Garage warned me on Friday evening that it might not be ready until Monday. Just what I needed, and might have to hire a van to move my stuff. I didn’t fancy that at all.
Luckily for me, the garage fixed my car in time for me pick it up just before they shut up shop to watch the first England game of the world cup.
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