Luck? Not much about....

[tony.mon]

So my bus was making a belt squealy noise after having a new power steering/alternator belt fitted before Christmas.
"Ah, that'll be the tensioner needs doing" they said.
Ok, in it goes and the wife uses my little Suzuki hairdressers jeep thing.

Friday evening she calls me to tell me that the Suzuki has stopped a couple of miles from home in the snow.
No sparks, it appears.

She gets a lift home from a passing local, after a passing tractor tows her to a nearby layby.

I'm heading home on the train, but have suede shoes on (I know, but someone has to set the trends) and so wifey suggests that my daughter comes out to collect me from station.
It's snowing, so I say yes please.
Daughter has never driven in snow before, so wife sits in with her.
While waiting for my lift to arrive, teenage girl asks me if there is going to be replacement buses as the trains are now cancelled.
She's going into the next town, and because a stranger gave wife a lift home I figure what goes round comes round and vice versa, so say we will give her a lift.
We all get in car, but only get half a mile before daughters car exhaust comes off the manifold under the engine and starts dragging on the ground.

We carry on anyway......

Luckily , bus is ready for collection following day, so we swap bus for daughters car and they fit a new full system.

Suzuki, meanwhile, is still parked up in a tiny layby.
Today wife reminds me that it's still there, and the window is still open- no leccy so couldn't close it.....

I'll go and have soon tomorrow to see what's left and get it started.

I've bought a lottery ticket.

Change has gotta come soon.....


Oh, and bus is still squealing.

[TheGingerBeardMan]

JEEZUZ! - And here's me thinking the world was ending when I burnt me toast this morning!

Erm, yes. it will be interesting IF the jeep thingy is still there, or has some scrote passed it and thought: ''oooh....a snow covered few quid on Ebay''.

Maybe the scrote never saw it, and it's still there.......

.....but only has the front end as some poor bugger ran into the erse of it in his 40 footer!

NAH Tony - it can only get better! After all, a man who has survived walking in public wearing suede shoes all this time HAS to be lucky!

[fabiostar]

at least you got away with the shoes ...

[VTRDark]

Not if they are Blue

[bigtwinthing]

Bloody Hell Tony keep away from anything 'Sharp" what a shite day!

[Miztaziggy]

Ughh...these things always come in 3s.

Hopefully you've had your share now and some better luck is on the way.

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[sirch345]

Tony, how's the Suzuki did you get it going

Chris.

[tony.mon]

Nope, no spark I think.
Poss immobiliser.
It's in the gge for a fix, I have no interest in working on cars.

[Jazzscot]

Tony, how's the Suzuki did you get it going

Chris.

Being a Suzuki it has probably rusted to death after being left out in the open overnight

[bazza696]

I was worried about snow, and you got some.

[sirch345]

Nope, no spark I think.
Poss immobiliser.
It's in the gge for a fix, I have no interest in working on cars.

Ah I see, fingers crossed it's nothing to serious Tony,

Chris.

[tony.mon]

It was a broken ignition wire, £212.

Could have been worse.

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[sirch345]

That sounds bad enough cost-wise, but we know it can take time sometimes to track those little suckers, at least it's back on the road

Chris.