Car troubles
If your car's less than 10 years old and the engine warning lamp comes on, don't take it to the garage saying 'I don't know what's wrong', insist on a printout of the Diagnostic Trouble Code Read and Clear- clever comnputery things that talk to the car's engine management unit. This should tell you what is actually wrong and you should only get charged for what's gone wrong (and in some cases clearing it turns off the lamp and you get no more trouble). DTC read and clear costs £25-£40 but you'll be paying that anyway.

Otherwise you are asking for the teeth-drying suck which implies 'blank cheque time', especially if you're a lady.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Mon 24 Mar 2008, 18:36, 1 reply, 17 years ago)

I am an honest mechanic
and I take issue here. Some of us are not thieving cunts. But there are many who simply do not give a fuck
(Snake (on a) Crane FKA thwack, Sat 29 Mar 2008, 15:42, Reply)