This was on Wednesday
She's fallen out with the Touareg
I think
Friday 29th was the last time it was driven?
This afternoon, f-in-law was going to wash it, & it wouldn't start; a flat battery
Last time it did this, it hadn't moved for about 10 days, it could possibly be that it's still on the original battery & it won't hold a charge?
So, of course it was my fault (& his) that we bought it, instead of something like a Mondeo
(I did look, but the number of automatic Mondeos, is pitiful)
Thus, she's not happy/confident in taking it to
Harrogate this weekend, & has suggested that;
- I tow the BSWOW up there
- leave f-in-law (who's staying too) to sort everything out, & set it up
- I come back home
- when she closes office & comes home, she'll take my Kodiaq, & head up, after picking her sister up (having driven it once.... last June)
- run about in it
- tow the BWSOW back, from Harrogate, to the storage (
having never towed anything)
We decided that the battery wasn't holding its charge, so a new one was sourced
Halfords............
Yes I know, but they were the only place that had one on the shelf
I took it down. with f-in-l, & left him there with it, as I walked up to work
When daughter picked me up in the evening, she told me that he'd been sent home with the battery, as they couldn't fit it, they couldn't get the cover off
(it's in a box under the front passenger seat)
However, her b/f was having a go, with his impact gun to remove the bolts they couldn't apparantly undo
By the time we got home, it was installed, with just the clock & radio to reset
Friday;
I towed the BWSOW up there, we set it up, then I left f-in-l with it, coming home via
Follifoot
SWMBO did actually drive up in the Touareg, with her sister
As of speaking to her last night, there's been no problems with it
Barring. of course, the thirst of a 2.5ton, 3.0litre V6
She did reveal there are other thoughts brewing, between her & f-in-l
) , every seat heated, karaoke on demand via the 17inch central screen to entertain x 3 5 year olds. 70 miles covered today with a total fuel cost of roughly £5 even with the record electricity prices we are seeing at present. Cannot really complain about the running costs of our SUV
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