For the best part of the last 3 years we have relied on Joshs Citroen Xantia to get us to and from gigs and being more of the car-ignorant type, its not like we really do any maintenence on it and the back seats are slowly filling with crisp wrappers and bottles. Its a miracle that we have never had anything more than a few blow-outs in the thousands of miles its taken us and even though the paintwork is looking less-silver and more-brown each day, it just kept going.
Not so much this year, though.
The in-car radiator died around Christmas, co-inciding with the most snow I have seen in London - no problem - we just wipe the inside of the windcreen everytime it steams or ices up (about every 15 seconds - try doing that all the way to Exeter). The engine has started revving itself and jerking about - no problem - we just cruise through that. Then the coolant pipe exploded - no problem! We gaffa-taped and jubilee clipped the s
hit out of it and now it stays together (for a while, at least).I'm not sure how much longer the car can hold itself together and considering its MOT is due relatively soon, it could be game over. Fingers crossed, yeah?
Oh yeah, Exeter and Peterborough last weekend can be summed up in a few bullet points:
- Lots of driving
- Lots of fixing the car
- Excellent food
- 2 fun, if varied shows
- 1 broken amp (now fixed!)
Dan
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