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24 October, 2023
Posted in: Ireland

The car has its NCT on Thursday (an annual check of roadworthiness) and in preparation it went in for a service yesterday. Many repairs needed including four new tyres (someone, probably me having damaged the new tyre we got in May) and, of course, a new wing mirror. And it would have been €60 to spray the wing mirror so we decided against leaving it in scraped majesty. And we still have the scrape on the side of the car from Cork. Total bill for this imperfect result? €1,830. Though, I suppose, as they used to say on the old Mastercard ad, total value of staying alive while in the car? Priceless. Just as well I’m going back to work all the same.

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  1. Henry says

    24 October, 2023 at 17:19

    0 careful drivers!

  2. belgianwaffle says

    24 October, 2023 at 17:24

    1 careful driver. Not me.

  3. Suzy says

    24 October, 2023 at 21:45

    Cars..who’d have them?
    Having driven in Belgium for 25 years we are pretty used to, ahem, imperfect bodywork on a car….

  4. belgianwaffle says

    24 October, 2023 at 22:42

    My car was never more scratched than when I lived in Belgium but I honestly think I did the best driving of my life there. The aggressive priorité à droite kept me sharp.

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