Broken Down
No, not me that's more like run down but anyway, yesterday we went as usual to the local (20 miles) market and did our usual shopping. Nothing unusual so far eh? we met up with some friends and had coffee and on the spur of the moment decided to go on a picnic! whizzo idea we thought as i have finished rendering the bedroom and our friends have not long bought their house so to celebrate we made "le picnic" We decided to visit a local ( 6 miles) chateau which was originally built in the middle ages and is famous for being involved with the Knights Templars. http://www.seigneurs-du-rouergue.com/nouveau/PresentFrancais.php?numero=13
No problem getting there and we enjoyed a wonderful picnic with wine of course with stunning views of the surrounding countryside. We tok a tour of the chateau and finished off with an icecream. All going to plan when it was time to leave to get luscious back home intime to get changed to go to work. We said our goodbyes climbed into the car and turned the key.........
silence.. well almost, just the noise of a relay clicking but definately no engine starting!!!!!
Bloody great, i got out and luscious climbed into the driving seat and our friends and i tried to push the car backwards. Not easy on a slight uphill slope and she weighs nearly a ton!!!!
think toyota landcruiser!!!!!!! At this point a family walk back to their car and i dash across and ask in my bestest french if they would aide us... no problem, so... me, 2 friends + 3 french push the car backwards, luscious turns the wheel, we get the car pointing downhill and push like hell.
Chug, chug, vrooom, vroom yeehaaa started. Profuse thanks given to french assistants who just said it was fun to help!! then off home.
Luscious only 15mins late to work....result....... no idea what the problem was as car now working without a hint of problem!!!!
What a day........
No problem getting there and we enjoyed a wonderful picnic with wine of course with stunning views of the surrounding countryside. We tok a tour of the chateau and finished off with an icecream. All going to plan when it was time to leave to get luscious back home intime to get changed to go to work. We said our goodbyes climbed into the car and turned the key.........
silence.. well almost, just the noise of a relay clicking but definately no engine starting!!!!!
Bloody great, i got out and luscious climbed into the driving seat and our friends and i tried to push the car backwards. Not easy on a slight uphill slope and she weighs nearly a ton!!!!
think toyota landcruiser!!!!!!! At this point a family walk back to their car and i dash across and ask in my bestest french if they would aide us... no problem, so... me, 2 friends + 3 french push the car backwards, luscious turns the wheel, we get the car pointing downhill and push like hell.
Chug, chug, vrooom, vroom yeehaaa started. Profuse thanks given to french assistants who just said it was fun to help!! then off home.
Luscious only 15mins late to work....result....... no idea what the problem was as car now working without a hint of problem!!!!
What a day........
posted by the peasant @ 11:50 am
1 Comments:
At 9:49 am,
R J Adams said…
Sounds like a sticking solenoid to me. Next time - hit it with a big hammer. Used to happen regularly on canal boat engines. Damp, you see. Big hammer. Works every time.
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