Well today has been a crap end to my week ... not that the week was a brilliant week either way but today's episode just put the cherry on the top ...
CAR TROUBLE !!! some of you will know that this is THE WORST EVER thing that can happen to me EVER !!!
On the school run this morning ... said to Kelsey ... sounds like I'm driving on the wheel rims !!! there's this grating noise coming from the engine .. he says it sounds pretty much the same as always ... like someones dropped a spanner in the engine !!! well I kinda had to agree a bit ... but I knew there was something not quite right !!! As we get to school I say to him "can you smell that? it smells like burning rubber or something??? Oh well maybe it's coming from outside !!!"
I get to our complex and the smell is a bit stronger, the noise is a bit louder and there's a 'bit' of smoke coming from under the bonnet ... Open the 'hood' and notice the smoke is coming from the side of my car ..."Paul !!! I phoned him at 7am here ... 5am there !!! he tells me sounds like the 'belt' that he changed at Christmas has slipped !!! Just POP up to the garage ... you'll be fine ...
AND SO : off I set .. merrily to the garage ... a 5 min drive !!!
By the time I pulled into the garage there's smoke BILLOWING out of my engine ... the mechanic and his helper come running out with fire extinguishers ... under my wheel rim is GLOWING orange and as they open the bonnet... the engine bursts into flames .... W.T.F !!!!
5 minutes more and the car probably would have gone up in smoke ... my saving grace (hahahaha...hysterical laughter) is that "it is a diesel" !!!
Needless to say the blood pressure is way over acceptable limits !!! I am spitting the fire that should be in the car ... Nigel (my now new mechanic buddy) and his trusty assistant get the fire out, cool the engine down and then proceed to remove the melted side panel from my car ...
Mmm ! Looks like 1 of the flywheels was on fire ... oh look there the air con unit is totally 'fooked' ... oh and the compressor is also stuffed ...
SOOOO now what ... considering this 'belt' that Paul changed is a solid unit that runs the air con, the engine and the power steering ... the joys of technology !!!
What Nigel had to do ... well he had to 'smash/disentangle/remove' the wheel for the air con ... get a smaller belt and hook it up to the other 2 wheels ... sounds fine right, well the car does run ... but as Nigel warned it is not perfect ... it's a very short term ... quick fix so I have a car for the weekend ...
Long term solution ... I am going to have to replace the whole air con unit as the compressor has seized as well as the wheel!!!
And so endeth my shitty day !!!
I am so grateful to both Steven & Juno for coming to my rescue, I don't know what I would have done without their help ... I am so lucky to have friends like them ;-)
BUT on a POSITIVE note ... it didn't rain today LOL !!!
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