It's not what I've done, it's misadventures and what we're going to do. Long story warning.
So my tdi was unlucky last week when an overloaded and unsafe van dropped a large log in front of us as it left the lights, there was a sickening bumping and crunching noise and a load of oil all over the road. RAC don't want to know because it's an RTA and the police weren't interested despite the van driving a quarter mile up the road safely out of sight before presumably stopping to close the tailgate, just to make sure I couldn't possibly get a reg. Got our van and trailer and left her down at our yard and ordered a sump.
That was the last straw for the van which has been losing power and smoking, injectors and/or pump (depending whose fault codes you want to believe) puts it beyond economical repair. RIP The Van.
Luckily in March we bought a petrol 1600 Leon for spares or repair, out of MOT since last November, so that's been sitting down at the yard ever since. She's now booked in for MOT this morning, but on inspection late last night the hazards and indicators stay on solid. Presume that's the relay, so now we know she can't pass straight away but let's see what else needs doing.
In the meantime Tdi now won't start, not sure yet whether engine somehow seized or flat battery. Battery was sound and well capable of handling sitting idle for a week, on the other hand the oil light never came on so hopefully not engine seized, figuring that out will be stage 2.
The yard is 10 miles from home and work is 10 miles in the opposite direction with no bus service and I'm a key worker. Better half has his motorbike so he's ok for now. If I have time I'll swap the relay from tdi to petrol before MOT time.
So we have 3 4-wheeled vehicles in the household and not one is roadworthy and legal, while all around the country millions of perfectly good vehicles are sitting around during lockdown. Isn't it ironic?