mollydog
Well-Known Member
I filled the car up with fuel and hit the motorway, I was doing around 80mm for a good hour or so when I pulled up for a rest and noticed the car stalling on me but I just managed to get it in to a parking bay, I stopped there for around half an hour then set off once more
doing the max 80 mph limit, it wasn’t long before passed Dijon and thought that the garage had some how fixed the issue, after all their work had cost me 75 Euro’s
well that wasn’t to last, around 40 or 50 miles south of Dijon the car cut out as normal
out comes the tow truck again, notice the hazard lights working just fine, so not a weak battery issue
dropping the car off at their depot
they wouldn’t touch the Elise, so by tea time they got me a taxi that took me to a hotel in a very nice village, the taxi driver said this region was the best wine producing aria in France, (I’ve had others confirm this)
the following morning (Sunday) they said they were finding it hard to get anyone to look at the car by Wednesday as the 14th was a bank holiday (iirc) it would have to be Thursday the earliest,
I mentioned this not acceptable me stranded in France 6 or 7 days especially after all I told them that what the garage had said had fixed the issue wasn’t the case
they agreed and arranged for a taxi to pick me up and drive me 40 or 50 miles to Dijon so I could get a night train to Salerno
at midnight this train set off, and changing only at Milan I got off at Salerno railway station the following afternoon
where after 30 minutes a taxi picked me up an took me back to my home village where my son and his girlfriend were waiting for me
then as I was entitled to a car the following day they got me a taxi from Salerno to pick me up (I’m around 60Km from Salerno) and take me to Sorento (the only location near me that had a hire car available)
I enjoy the rest of my holiday and when my wife and daughter arrive we spend 3 weeks together and I returned with them back to the UK,
the car took a few more weeks to arrive back home
it was good to have her back, and as the battery was dead by now I gave it a good charge with the help of a good battery
the following evening the car drove just fine, for sure the issue hadn’t gone way but driving round the block was OK
then I took her off the road for winter and last week started to go over the car getting her ready for my summer trip
Part iv to follow
doing the max 80 mph limit, it wasn’t long before passed Dijon and thought that the garage had some how fixed the issue, after all their work had cost me 75 Euro’s
well that wasn’t to last, around 40 or 50 miles south of Dijon the car cut out as normal
out comes the tow truck again, notice the hazard lights working just fine, so not a weak battery issue
dropping the car off at their depot
they wouldn’t touch the Elise, so by tea time they got me a taxi that took me to a hotel in a very nice village, the taxi driver said this region was the best wine producing aria in France, (I’ve had others confirm this)
the following morning (Sunday) they said they were finding it hard to get anyone to look at the car by Wednesday as the 14th was a bank holiday (iirc) it would have to be Thursday the earliest,
I mentioned this not acceptable me stranded in France 6 or 7 days especially after all I told them that what the garage had said had fixed the issue wasn’t the case
they agreed and arranged for a taxi to pick me up and drive me 40 or 50 miles to Dijon so I could get a night train to Salerno
at midnight this train set off, and changing only at Milan I got off at Salerno railway station the following afternoon
where after 30 minutes a taxi picked me up an took me back to my home village where my son and his girlfriend were waiting for me
then as I was entitled to a car the following day they got me a taxi from Salerno to pick me up (I’m around 60Km from Salerno) and take me to Sorento (the only location near me that had a hire car available)
I enjoy the rest of my holiday and when my wife and daughter arrive we spend 3 weeks together and I returned with them back to the UK,
the car took a few more weeks to arrive back home
it was good to have her back, and as the battery was dead by now I gave it a good charge with the help of a good battery
the following evening the car drove just fine, for sure the issue hadn’t gone way but driving round the block was OK
then I took her off the road for winter and last week started to go over the car getting her ready for my summer trip
Part iv to follow