Cold weather transport chaos in the Yarrow
household and we weren’t even off the driveway. Yesterday morning my wife went
outside to defrost our Ford Focus and once she’d prized open the driver’s door
she couldn’t get it shut again. It would bang against the surround, not latch
and irritatingly pop open again by about an inch. Sensibly not risking a
one-handed drive to work she got the Jeep Wrangler out of the garage – probably
better suited to the conditions – and took that. Putting the Focus in its
place, where it was slightly warmer, was enough to thaw out the mechanism and
get the door closed. Expecting the worst, I’d already rung the local Ford
dealer to see how much a replacement latch would be – £90 for the part, £80 for
fitting and then VAT on top, making just over £200. That would have been very,
very irritating. Given I got away with it, it's hard to be too annoyed... particularly when I've got this view out of my window.
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