"Well here's a health warning for all owners and prospective owners of Ford Focuses. Tomorrow, mine is going into the garage for the STUPIDEST repair imaginable, and it's going to cost me £250. Basically, I can no longer open the bonnet. The mechanism uses the ignition key from outside the car, and the locking mechanism has seized. The best body shop man and the best mechanic in Bude, both mates of mine, couldn't get in. We've already smashed the grill for better access, to no avail. I'm bloody hopping mad. That lock has probably been turned fewer than sixty times since new. Disgusting. It's a known issue. I'm determined that Ford will reimburse me for this."

Well, it's sorted, and I got the buggers down to £142, paid under protest. Still not happy. Ford are hearing from me.