![]() And the nearside rear brakes had seized so it was new calipers and discs across the back axle. When it came time for the yearly MOT inspection, a wheel wobble under hard braking had appeared which necessitated the fitment of new lower suspension arms on the front. The old saw about Gaydon’s finest being a wheeled hell portal to emotional and financial ruin? I got mine a bit under book (£11,000) and used the money saved to get the timing belts done. Mind you, if I WAS well adjusted I wouldn’t have found a home here. How did I deal with all this existential trauma? Normally like any not-that-well-adjusted person I would replace my feelings with new clothes and boots. If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have any luck at all. ![]() In between all of this, there’s been continuing family drama and ongoing house redecorating. And finally, my long anticipated trip to the Royal International Air Tattoo was a total washout and I scraped a wheel on the Honda Civic Type R press car I was driving. Then I had an unscheduled trip to the emergency room in the back of an ambulance, with crippling abdominal pains. Shortly after, my special little best buddy Mr. To recap, in the last few weeks, on the way to the Historic Masters Grand Prix festival at Brands Hatch the Ferrari took an almighty shit on my Visa bill to the tune of nearly £1,800. If you’ve been tuning in recently (and if not why not?), you’ve read that here at Casa de Clarke things have been a little, well, rough. ![]() ![]() “What fresh hell will today bring?”, wondered our anti-hero as he stared ruefully out of the window, exhaling cigarette smoke. ![]()
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