Well, I cracked it this morning, drive Rosie down our drive in the car! I did this and she had a sniff around and performed again, doggie bag and back up the drive in the car! I guess neighbours will think I have lost the plot but far better than me doing my back in carrying her!
Then we went to take the car into Ziggys.We thought that we would leave the car there but he started on it straight away. He banged the dent out and fitted the new light cover, then one side the lights wouldn’t work! To cut a long story short, he worked on it for about an hour. I also had no light on my dash board so he dismantled that, there was a wiring problem but then he asked me if I ever touched a wheel on the steering column. I said yes I could have done when cleaning the car. Yes, you guessed it, it controlled the lights on the dash and had been turned off. How long have I had the car and never knew that?! Doh! For any other Renault 9 drivers who didn’t know, now you do!
As Mal said with the new light covers it has possibly doubled the value of our car…..Ha ha!
I love that garage, as we were there it sort of turned into a coffee shop as more locals arrived just to have a coffee and a chat and take a look at the car!
Total cost of all the work? 150tl (about £53). Bargain!
A bit of shopping on the way back, not much shopping but a lot of chat to people we bumped into! Driving along the main road in Alsancak we noticed a new shop. Well, that will save a trip into Girne and we looked at the stock…impressive!
Now I am able to tell you the office we went to yesterday. I am sure many ex pats will find this extremely helpful. See the picture! Pauline and Pembe have worked very hard to get this up and running. Why not pop in and have a chat?
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Thought for the Day – “ The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.” ~Hannah Whitall Smith