More 'Carma'
Apologies for the number of car-related stories I seem to post, but it seems that automobiles are a fantastic source of woe.

My mum has a 4-year-old car which is no longer under warranty. As such, I keep reminding her that it is even more important to regularly check oil, water, tyre pressures, tread depths, et cetera.

But she doesn't pay the slightest bit of notice.

Her response is usually "Well they do that at the service!"

So you're happy to only check your oil once a year? Mother dearest, you may well drive a Toyota, but it still won't work properly without proper lubrication of the engine. Or tyres. Or coolant.

The extent of her automotive laziness is such that, left to her own devices, she would not even put more water in the windscreen washer bottle. She's happy to go until the next service with a permanently dirty windscreen.

So, of course, this means the only reason her car doesn't fall apart is that every time I drive it, I end up doing all these things.

It hasn't happened yet, but I'm sure one day, when I no longer need to borrow it, her 4-year-old £14000 car will seize up and be a write-off, one that's not covered by insurance or her warranty.

Oh, and I also keep telling her not to go to the main dealer to have work done. Yet she ignores me, and then complains long and loud about paying £500 for a brake job.

That's karma.
(Half of Stephen Fry's right buttock pissed on your dog on, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 15:05, 2 replies)

Yup!
Your mums like me, although I do fill the screen washer. I can check oil and stuff but I just forget.
( girlinthehole, Wed 27 Feb 2008, 15:28, closed)

me too!!!
I keep reminding myself to do it, ut then just forget.

I do try to keep at least a quarter tank of gas though....
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Thu 28 Feb 2008, 2:08, closed)