May 28th 2016

Update

So Evangeline has had a few issues the last couple of weeks :(

When we were away in Cornwall, the heating suddenly went cold, and there was a problem with the radiator which seemed to have a leak in. This got fixed and all seemed well for a while but on further investigation, it appeared that the block of the engine had somehow cracked and water was getting in.... This did not seem an easy problem to fix especially as the poor old engine has already done over 200,000 miles of travelling.

So new engine was purchased and finally after weeks of work it is now starting up and sounding healthy again.  In fact it is like she has had an enhancing procedure!  No longer does she chug but she vrooms!  A purring 1.9 Audi A4 engine no less!

She has yet to make it off the drive though as there are a few more issues, which has meant that we have had to cancle our Yorkshire trip which was planned for this bank holiday weekend.  Soooo disappointing.

Also it has made the insurance £100 a year more expensive!  This has been an expensive month that's for sure.

Hopefully a test drive out in her soon.