Bum bum bum bum bum!!!!!!!! I don't know how many of you lovely people read my blogs any more, but for those of you that do, I think you all understand that I've been going through a bit of a rough patch recently. I was sooooo sure that 2008 would see the death of all the trouble that haunted me in 2007, but not so. I have no luck, well that's not strictly true, I have bad luck & lots of it. Things just aren't changing. At all! Bad to worse is the understatement of the century to put it quite plainly.
The car broke down not too long ago, which cunningly co-insided with Gareth getting a nice tax rebate. Most of it went on fixing the damn bloomin Astra pants crappy thing & for two days it was running sweeter than a nut that had been soaked in pure suger for 10 years! But on our way home from Coventry on Sunday night it started making those hollow spluttering coughing sounds of terminal engine cancer. Oh dear. We made it home, suprisingly enough, without too many dramas & we managed to avoid that dreaded call to the AA which means you'll be sat at the side of the road for 8 hours whilst you wait for a tow home. I was very glad we dodged that bullet. But once we were home the car drew its final rattling breath & fell silent, for how long is uncertain. But that death rattle still echos round the financially stressed part of my mind that says "Burn it! It's insured" Temping that thought, very tempting. But lets face it, that's not exactly legal & the last thing I need is a burnt out car that set me back a GRAND & the insurance company not paying out. No way is it anywhere near worth running the risk. I'd rather pile a load of money into it for a quick fix & flog it for whatever I can get for it. If I make my money back, then I'll be happy. But a head gasket is not an easy fix on an Izuzu engine & it really should be done by Vauxhall, but that'd be at least a £400 bill & I'm not forking out for that when I know I can get all the parts needed for less than £50! It's just gona take a week to do. Bloody cars! I wish they didn't exist. We'd all be fitter & richer & the environment wouldn't be half as fucked as it is.