It had been anticipated after minor thingy went on the front drive widget and a less than chearful Landy specialist's estimate of the replacement of the Freelander's weakness, somewhere whining, at the rear-end!
Booked it in after picking up our rental Fiat 500 that turned out to be a Renault Clio (why do you never get the car you booked)? On the way to pick-up eldest grandchild for a few days sabbatical following exams, the phoned estimate came through at £1500.00, this included a new expensive auto-wing mirror, so not bad and of course included VAT? Reminiscing, I could have bought all the cars I owned from the age of 17 to 25, that include a nearly new Ford Anglia 105e (£250), a yellow Morris 1100 (£350), a classic Morris Oxford (£50), a leaky windows Morris Mini Countryman (£300) and a nice metallic Ford Escort (£550). I suppose I was earning about £12.10s at 17 and about £20.00 after my apprenticeship and VAT had yet to be invented by Lord Barber in the Ted Heath government! Still, keeping the car was on our retirement list of "things we are not going to do" Changing cars, new caravan, new kitchen, new bathroom....the list goes on! Looking forward now to getting on with not doing things.
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