How to kill your car

Uh oh, looks like all this "having fun" business has caught up with me. I have been struggling with a heavy head cold for what feels like weeks now. I can neither smell nor taste a thing and I'm experiencing life's rich tapestry through a kind of narcoleptic fug.

I also managed to destroy my car by not immediately taking it to the mechanics when an insignificant-looking little light appeared on the dashboard. Instead I booked it into a service and kept on driving in the meantime. Outcome; an outpouring of smoke from the bonnet, disconsolate self on the side of the road for a couple of hours, my usual ritual humiliation at the mechanics and a $2600 bill. In fact, a complete restoration would cost another $6000, so we're now in the process of finding a new car, which is a real bore already and we've barely started.

I'll stop grouching now. Here's the kids playing "Freeze when the music stops".



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