A new car (6months old), I get into it this morning, press the button to start the car, it’s keyless (touch me, I’m cool!) and it starts up sounding a bit funny. It was miss firing, so rather than hearing the smooth hum of a newish engine, I got the grotty judder of a smokers cough in the morning. A long with this I get a warning indicator light come on the dash – I have no clue about cars to be honest and I doubt anyone really know what all the different warning lights mean, so i proceed to put some oil in the car (as it looked like the oil light) hoping this would help it run a bit better. Nope, it didn’t. I looked up the warning light and it was something to do with the emission control. “Take it to your nearest dealer” which was written in the book not advice from a drug trafficker.
I pop into my local dealer and they take a look at it for me while I wait, about five minutes later the mechanic brings out a little clip switch thing and shows it to me, then shows me the engine. Apparently a sodding great rodent had gotten into the engine bay and chewed away the wire, clean off, to one of the switches that control the engine firing. He then proceeded to tell me there was another car in here which needed a whole new wiring loom which cost the person £2000.
Whilst sitting there contemplating what I would need to sell to afford the extra £2000 spend on my car, the mechanic said to me he’ll have a look at a price. Fifteen minutes later, he walks out, hands me my key and says “Let’s not mention this one, its on the house”. The guys at the dealership had managed to soldier the wire back together! HOORAY!! I wonder what car I can buy next…