Ghost in the machine - does your car have one?
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Friday morning, we set off by car for a couple of days away. The car hasn't been on a long journey for a while so I checked all fluid levels and tyre pressures and off we went. A few miles down the road I said to O/H, "This car must be due a service soon."
No sooner had I said it when 'Beep!' and an amber engine-shaped warning light appeared in the dash. Not having seen it before I stopped and checked the manual - 'Service due soon'...
About a hundred miles later I flicked the screen washer to clear the windscreen and just as I did so Waze's 'Paddington Bear' navigation voice said something like, "Your windscreen's dirty, I'd give it a good scrub if I was you.'
Is the ghost in the machine talking to me? Does your 'machine' have one?
No sooner had I said it when 'Beep!' and an amber engine-shaped warning light appeared in the dash. Not having seen it before I stopped and checked the manual - 'Service due soon'...
About a hundred miles later I flicked the screen washer to clear the windscreen and just as I did so Waze's 'Paddington Bear' navigation voice said something like, "Your windscreen's dirty, I'd give it a good scrub if I was you.'
Is the ghost in the machine talking to me? Does your 'machine' have one?
Riley Blue said:
Friday morning, we set off by car for a couple of days away. The car hasn't been on a long journey for a while so I checked all fluid levels and tyre pressures and off we went. A few miles down the road I said to O/H, "This car must be due a service soon."
No sooner had I said it when 'Beep!' and an amber engine-shaped warning light appeared in the dash. Not having seen it before I stopped and checked the manual - 'Service due soon'...
About a hundred miles later I flicked the screen washer to clear the windscreen and just as I did so Waze's 'Paddington Bear' navigation voice said something like, "Your windscreen's dirty, I'd give it a good scrub if I was you.'
Is the ghost in the machine talking to me? Does your 'machine' have one?
I was once on a long drive home I stopped for fuel and noticed they sold emergency fan belts.No sooner had I said it when 'Beep!' and an amber engine-shaped warning light appeared in the dash. Not having seen it before I stopped and checked the manual - 'Service due soon'...
About a hundred miles later I flicked the screen washer to clear the windscreen and just as I did so Waze's 'Paddington Bear' navigation voice said something like, "Your windscreen's dirty, I'd give it a good scrub if I was you.'
Is the ghost in the machine talking to me? Does your 'machine' have one?
As I pulled out onto the motorway I was thinking about what would happen if my fan belt snapped. It drove the alternator and water pump so the first symptoms would be the charging light, then a rise in temperature.
Just as I had that thought the the charging light came on, and the temperature started to rise! Fan belt had snapped!
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