Well this isnt good for a first day

[limoncello]

good thoughts, unfortunately Oscar is a long way from me, not thast he has offered, and with time running out i dont see it happening.
The way i see it now is, the car has been diagnosed, and quoted, its a 7 hour job, from when oscar says go (if they have the part),

At about 4 on Friday Im picking up a hire car at which point i will be rejecting the car, and getting a refund. If he wants to use some of these hours negotiating a couple of hundred quid off rather than make sure i get the car on time thats up to him.

i am getting quite relaxed with the idea, if i get the car back now, i will be taking a fully loaded car with wife and 2 small kids in a car which ive driven only once and then it failed, on a 2000 mile round trip. one of the main reasons i changed was to have a car less likely to be breaking down in the middle of nowhere in central france, and though there are no garantee's whatever the car, this one doesnt have a great batting average.