The £187 screw
(Please @beard take no offense - we had a lovely time!)

Getting to a wedding in deepest Dorset isn't easy if it's just you, but it's a whole level of harder when you've got 3 kids under 4 coming too.

So:
1) Place to stay. Well we'll have to stay at the wedding venue or we'll be leaving halfway through dinner to put babies to bed. And we'll need to stay the night before as we'll not get there in time once wee-stops and feeds are factored into the journey time. (oddly, no route planning software will do this for you). It's £177 a night. Ouch.

2) Car. I don't own a car, I hire one and let the wee lovelies throw up on that. It's cheaper in the long run, but it's still £215 for the w/e to hire something wide enough to get three baby seats in and long enough for their luggage.

3) Speaking of luggage, managed to forget my bag and only remembered 40 minutes into the journey. Luckily wedding-suit is in the car, but toiletries, clothes for the next day and SHOES need buying. Manage to do the lot for £25 by not buying any shoes. If Dr Who can wear Converse with a jacket, so can I.

4) Arrive to discover air leaking from rear tyre. Massive screw right through the tread. The car has less than 1,000 miles on it and the tyre is fucked. This is where I really start to lose it. It cost me £187 for a new one to the spec laid down by the hire company.

£187 for a sodding screw. I didn't even get to keep it. Or have sex with it.

Add in £40 quids worth of petrol and it cost us £831 for the weekend.
( chthonic, Thu 13 May 2010, 15:25, 2 replies)

Shame about No. 4
www.bermudaviper.co.uk/News/car_tyre_puncture_repair/car_tyre_puncture_repair.html

"...Repairing a punctured tyre is far more cost effective than replacing the tyre, a repair normally costs in the region of £15 which is worthwile considering some tyres can cost upwwards of £150...."
(apologies_for_length, Fri 14 May 2010, 23:58, closed)

The screw was too close to the edge for a repair
Went through that option :(
( chthonic, Sat 15 May 2010, 21:39, closed)