The worst time that a breakdown can occur, would probably be on a Sunday night when its raining. It was late one Sunday evening when I received a call from my granddaughter informing me that my Skoda had broken down. The sting in the tail here is that her insurance does include breakdown cover, but on this Sunday night their system was down, and they couldn’t offer any assistance. So out I went.
The engine management light had flickered on the night before and I had told her to pop along and let me check it out, though the next morning the light was out again, and with the rain teaming down I decided to put her off until it was a little drier.
Arriving at the Fabia, I attempted to start the engine only to find it locked. I was pretty sure that this couldn’t be the timing belt,
