While Padma is this morning helping her friend Deidree to collect donations in the Bay's shopping centre for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, our own 'motor' is laid up in the carport awaiting a new spare part.
As we drove into the Bay last Friday, the ENGINE warning light lit up on the dashboard. The hastily called NRMA breakdown mechanic plugged in his computer and diagnosed an "EGR VALVE" problem. With our trusty old mechanic Ian "Baldy" now in retirement, we had to look for a new one.
His verdict, "Needs a new EGR valve. Can't get one in until next Tuesday. And that'll be $660, thanks!" And that's it until next Tuesday: no motor!
