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I just feel obliged to share this with you all - maybe you can laugh as much as I did!
When I got up this morning the first thing I saw outside was a very flat tyre -nearside of my car. Closed door, had a cup of tea and sat down to think. Decided to deal with car after lunch.
After lunch opened boot and lifted mat to look at spare tyre - it wasn't under the mat in the boot! Went indoors again and had another cup of tea. I've owned the car for 7 years and never before had to deal with a flat.
Vaguely remembered that spare wheel was under frame of car and I would need to undo a big screw-thing to get at it. Opened boot to look for wheel brace/big screwdriver. Couldn't find wheelbrace. Went back inside and cried.
Decided to ring local garage for advice. Tame mechanic spoke to me. Followed advice - couldn't find wheelbrace/screwdriver thingy. Mechanic took pity and offered to come out. Thanked him and made another cup of tea. Wondered how I could have lost the wheelbrace/big screwdriver thingy, and how much it would cost for another one.
Mechanic arrived, opened boot and removed wheelbrace thingy which was stuck to the wheelarch in the corner. I made him a cup of tea. He removed spare tyre and jacked up the car, removed the wheelnuts with a mega drill, changed the tyre and took it away for repair/changing.
Felt stupid and went to make another cup of tea.
Collected wheel from garage later, so grateful and happy to pay the cost, mostly because I know that even if I had found the wheelbrace/screwdriver thingy and got the wheel out, I would NEVER have been able to undo those nuts holding the wheel on.
Got home and can't stop laughing at how stupid I'd been. Decided Madderbat is an appropriate name.
When I got up this morning the first thing I saw outside was a very flat tyre -nearside of my car. Closed door, had a cup of tea and sat down to think. Decided to deal with car after lunch.
After lunch opened boot and lifted mat to look at spare tyre - it wasn't under the mat in the boot! Went indoors again and had another cup of tea. I've owned the car for 7 years and never before had to deal with a flat.
Vaguely remembered that spare wheel was under frame of car and I would need to undo a big screw-thing to get at it. Opened boot to look for wheel brace/big screwdriver. Couldn't find wheelbrace. Went back inside and cried.
Decided to ring local garage for advice. Tame mechanic spoke to me. Followed advice - couldn't find wheelbrace/screwdriver thingy. Mechanic took pity and offered to come out. Thanked him and made another cup of tea. Wondered how I could have lost the wheelbrace/big screwdriver thingy, and how much it would cost for another one.
Mechanic arrived, opened boot and removed wheelbrace thingy which was stuck to the wheelarch in the corner. I made him a cup of tea. He removed spare tyre and jacked up the car, removed the wheelnuts with a mega drill, changed the tyre and took it away for repair/changing.
Felt stupid and went to make another cup of tea.
Collected wheel from garage later, so grateful and happy to pay the cost, mostly because I know that even if I had found the wheelbrace/screwdriver thingy and got the wheel out, I would NEVER have been able to undo those nuts holding the wheel on.
Got home and can't stop laughing at how stupid I'd been. Decided Madderbat is an appropriate name.
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