Friday the 13th is a thing of history if you want to beware of a date make it 15th of April!
The son went out for a driving lesson, nothing strange in that you might think, but on his return I soon discovered that during the lesson he had managed to slip into 4th gear instead of 2nd approaching a roundabout and mounted the kerb puncturing a tyre. The rest of his lesson was spent changing a tyre and then getting a replacement, which wasn’t quite the lesson he was expecting.
Then at 10:30 last night I get a phone call from the daughter telling me the car she is in has a puncture, they thought it just needed air, but by the time they reached a garage that actually had air the tyre had had it and was refusing to be revived. I thought I was doing a mercy dash, however I must say I was impressed they had got has far has they had, they knew where to put the jack and had managed to loosen off three of the nuts but the finally one was just not going to budge and was now being stripped in vain attempts, it was less of a mercy dash and more of a confirmation that they needed the AA.
So a little warning to the world out there don’t get into a car with either of them if the date is 15th April, chances are you will end up needing a new tyre.
However from my point of view I now know that both should be capable of changing a tyre so I shouldn’t need to go rescue them again - okay so that is maybe a bit of wishful thinking!
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