here it is, the fugly 412 after a visit to mister MOT. investigating the ‘corrosion to o/s & n/s rear inner wheel arch’ i discovered that the MOT tester needed glasses. the ‘o/s & n/s rear inner wheel arch’ is made of expanding foam filler covered with p38 chopped strand. how could it be rusty ?

did you do this ? did you really look at it and think, ‘that needs welding, i know i’ll fill it with a spray can of expanding foam. that’s a good idea’

do people really live their lives like this ?

hmmm.. on reflection, they do don’t they ?

ah well.

to start back at the beginning,

i set off in the 412 EARLY for the mot appointment on the other side of town, possibly two miles away. i thought i get some petrol and have the opportunity to take the long route there.

wrong

the petrol station is half a mile from my house.
i never made it.

i stalled it at the traffic lights two hundred yards from the petrol station and guess what ? flat battery, and it’s an auto box so no bump start! my friend dan delors from the most excellent band ‘the mighty ging’ saved the day.
of course when i got to the petrol station i though i’d back it up and fill the tyres with air.

wrong

i stalled it again. being an auto one puts ones foot down and then the car thinks about what it wants to do. this one wants to go home and sulk. if it were a person it would be a petulant five year old that knows it’s in control and is is going to make you suffer, just for the hell of it.