MINI's broken...

Oh no - it was doing so well. I got in the MINI last night and the engine management light didn't go out. Phoned MINI Emergency and they said I should drive it home and then drive it in to the garage tomorrow - no need for a tow but get it looked at asap. Took it in this morning but they cannot look at it immediately so have left it with them. They wouldn't give me a spare car as I'd driven it in! So, now I wait. I need to be in Bury for 14:00 so if it is not looked at by 11:15 I'll have to get a train which will be over 4 hours of travelling!!! EEK!

Update - took K's car to work instead - it's fun driving with the top off :)

Update - turned out the O2 sensor had died and needed replacing. Car back with me by the end of the day.

Smart - Destination Brooklands

On Sat K and I went to 'Smart - Destination Brooklands', a replacement for the old London to Brighton run. We met at the local dealers for breakfast and to see the new For2 for the first time. We then convoyed along the M25 to Brooklands with 30 or so other Smarts. Once there we joined around 1,000 other Smart cars. The actual event itself was not great - the queues for driving the new car were over an hour long and there was not an aweful lot to do. Anyway, we had a nice lunch in the Gull-Wing restaurant, wandered around some static displays and eventually left after 3 hours or so. Still, it was fun to be a part of it.

BTW - we should have won the competition for dirtiest Smart. We must have been the *only* car that was not clean - the shame!