Everything's broken!
I just calculated, I've been in garage, having either my or my wife's car serviced or repaired, fourteen (14) times since the start of October 2023. Fourteen times in mere six months, that is. And 15th visit is due next week's Tuesday, although that's technically already further April then. Okay, my car was getting old. It had been serving faithfully but the mileage caught up with it, and my trusty T31 started requiring more 'extra' work outside regular servicing. But my wife's car, more a victim of contemporary, delicate technology, was more a handful case. For starters, a major powertrain component broke earlier in summer '23. A component we've been used to trust for lasting FAR greater mileage. But the winter and colder weather brought up more annoying problem, an electrical one. And on top of it, the authorised service started solving the problem by swapping a 450eur plastic tube in the system, which did not help. In the end I decided to buy an O