I had a good day on Friday... sort of. Apart from having to replace a tyre I replaced at the end of August, and two others because I had clipped a kerb on the nearside, and needed to replace the opposite tyre which I had not replaced last time.

But I also had the car booked in for electrics - the radio had packed up, the clock LED was dying and the nearside wing mirror heater wasn't working. They told me the radio was dead, the clock was dead and the mirror elements were burned out. I checked out new radios at Halford's and spotted a half price JVC in the sale. I remembered the salvaged mirror from when the car was vandalised. The clock would cost over £200 - I'm giving that a miss.

Got into the car and turned on - drat, they've retuned to pop music.







Long pause.







The radio is not dead, it lives. I go into the garage, and offer to pay for the work for which I have not been charged, only to be refused.

When I had recovered the mirror, they refitted it for nothing!

Mind you, they know I have been looking at new cars in their showroom.

Penny