Date: Monday 14th July
Song of the day: Bye Bye Bye - Nsync
Our journey really did end today. The guy that was a no show yesterday called and apologised and asked if they could come and see Jarno this morning. As my large quiff had an appointment with a razor, Laurie headed down to meet them. They made an offer that we could definitely refuse, so we thought that was it.
But no. Later in the afternoon, we got another call from them offering us closer to our asking price, and realising we were happy to have Jarno off our hands, we accepted. So, another trip to Putney in the afternoon, and the 2 young Aussie boys meet us to take Jarno. Money exchanged, paper work signed and a tearful goodbye (for Laurie), and Jarno had left us forever.
There is a little epilogue to our tale of sadness. We were waiting or a celebratory dinner with our flatmate Mel (Mexican again), when Laurie got a call from said Aussie boy asking if we ever had a problem with water and steam coming out of the engine. 'No' we said, 'were you in a traffic jam' (at 5.30pm on the south circular, a traffic jam is an understatement). 'No' they said. Laurie asks 'How hot was the engine'. 'Well, 100-110 C'.
Lauries reply was quite cutting. 'Well, I said you needed to turn the additional fan on when the engine heated up to 90. As 100 degrees is the boiling point of water, that will probably explain the steam, and as the water is boiling, that will explain the water coming from the overflow'. Suitably chastised, I don't think we will hear from them again.
2 comments:
Ms Pru Freeder says date should be Monday, 14 July.....
Eh? Even I don't get that, what the hell is a Jarno? Is it the van in the picture? And what van has an aux fan? He he, some things really are strange.
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