Still here , breathing and a choking . All joking aside we had a couple of scares this week !
Firstly on a particularly drab Tuesday the lovely wife and I had spent the afternoon cotted up with the heater on reading and discussing cars leading to a late lunch and a little snooze. As it was drawing dark the lovely wife started to close the shutters to help keep the heat in , whilst doing so the gas heater went off, nothing new there you can see the draughts playing on the pilot so it often goes out if you walk by or move it. But this time it would not relight , the flame would light then flare out , arr the gas has gone again , no it's a newish bottle. Then it dawned on me !
I asked to wife to open the patio door , are you insane ? Snapped the reply , just open the door for a minute , so the icy blast ( prob 10c , but you know what I mean ) rushed in as the €'s of heat rushed out . The door was hastily closed by the lovely wife and I was remained that I would really need to get it working again !
I tried the ignition and it worked perfectly , go on then she said stunned ? Well it would appear the our death box being new is fitted with a oxypilot vitiation device, a what? When the level of oxygen in the room gets below its design spec about 19% it cuts off to stop you suffocating !
So be warned if you have older heaters they may not be so techno .
Whilst trying to gas ourselves we had decided to go and look at a used car, but as always nothing's easy in Almeria ! There is a distinct lack of used cars close to us, and even less when your limiting the choice by leg and head room ! Our chosen car a VW tiguan , 2011 well spec'd but in Valencia !
No prob it's only 4 hrs each way , never been to Valencia only seen it on the F1 , the lovely wife agreed we should go. ? , can we call at the ikea in Murcia on the way back their open till 10pm ? And I wonder if my makro card works here? As makros just down the road from ikea!
Wednesday morning we set off on our tour of the med coast! Now the VW we drove down in is moy cansardo , but has been running great up to lately . The lovely wife claims it has a whining noise but I've not really head it until now.
We were going up the autovia , about an hour from home, nr Lorca , when over our talking book, ( the almond blossom society) I heard a clear scream , it was not the lovely wife telling me where the middle of the lane is ! It was more sinister than that and it was from the NS ( now OS ) front wheel , I pulled in to the service area and had a look , the hub was hot and when tugged the wheel moved followed by a dull knock ! Very different from the other side :-(
So were 70 km into our 700 km jaunt with a shot wheel bearing. I reluctantly sent the dealer an e-mail apologising and turned to limp home, after a couple of stops to let it cool ( when the noise got too loud ) we were nr J547 the lovely wife said what about the VW dealers in Vera ? I've been they don't have any used tiguans, let's go and ask if they can get one in ? Ok but I doubt it.
Once in the show room it starts , the bright lights dancing off the glossy paint the heady scent of the leather so kindly donated by many a steak dinner, then the aroma therapy drugs start to play on your mind, the psycotropic mind bending drugs like those used on Jason Bourne get in to the blood, and if the effect is slow they'll make you a coffee laced with it or take you on a test drive where the concentrations can be raised whilst demonstrating the climate control. At this point they take you in the office where it's warm and cosy, topping up your meds with more coffee, then just like GI Jane they have you read papers and brochures whilst you relax in the warm.
Then your out in the bright light of day stood in a muddy vacant lot with a glossy folder under your arm feeling light headed or is it just lighter much lighter ! Any way something is missing and the lovely wife says I like White am glad they could get white ? What ?