Car

Last year 8 days before I got married the car's front springs had broken and cost over £200 to be replaced.

Today the car went for a full service, good job too as it turns out. A lot needed to be done to the car. The rear springs have apparently broken and the tyres need replacing. We don't do that many miles mainly to and from hospital which means going over speed bumps along the route.

The reason we booked the car in this week is that we are going to a Macmillan conference later this month and decided to check the car over before we went. We were given the price of the full service when it was booked in. Being organised I decided to pay the cost of the full service at the weekend when we dropped the keys in to the dealers so they could collect the car.

Today I receive a telephone call from the dealers to authorise the work. I passed them on to my husband and left him to make the decisions.

After the stress the car caused last year prior to going to London I now leave all the decisions to do with it to my husband.

It is typical we are going to London and the car has problems yet again.

It is a financial payment we could have done without having to make at this moment but never mind at least safety comes first.