Car troubles - again!

Wrong Car (283/365), originally uploaded by Tommytoolhire.

Took my car to the garage on Friday because it was making a whinning noise from the engine. I knew it was the turbo that was causing it. The garage had previously repaired the turbo after a pipe had blown off it within a week of having a brand new engine fitted. When I picked the car up following the repair I was told everything was now fine. It was making the whinning noise as soon as I picked it up but I gave it a chance. I have driven it for a week or so until I could take the noise no longer and booked the car in.

I was promised that the car would be ready to collect at 4:00pm. I was out with a colleague all day so didn't need my car until then. I phoned the garage at 3:30 to see if the car was ready only to be told that it needed a whole new turbo unit and that I wouldn't get it back until at least the middle of the following week. That meant I had to arrange a hire car.

The hire car arrived at my house at 8:30pm! After the guy had dropped it off I realised that the car and the paperwork didn't match. When I later got in the car to go to the shop there was a terrible smell in the car. A cross between sick and sour milk. I had to drive to the shop and back with the windows open!

I got up on Saturday morning with a horrible cold, sore throat, headache, aching limbs the works. It still took me over 3 hours to sort out the hire car and get it replaced with one that didn't smell quite so bad!!

What a weekend!