Oh! What a day

So, I collected the new car

immediately picked up Mhairi and Sheryl

and headed to the quilt show

All went well for about 50 kms

when driving through a built up area there was a

great " clunk" in the bowels of the car,

and it did not seem to be driving with any umph.

But we were with in 2 kms of the show

So I did not give it to much thought.

After leaving the show we headed to a Shopping centre

about 15 minutes away

just before we reached our destination

the car gave a lurch and "crunch" again

now a light came on asking

for a check to be carried out .. it lost "umph" again

so I pulled up and contacted Hyundai

who sent out a mechanic almost straight away.

The car had gone into " limp home mode" the reason for no "umph".

This would allow you to drive at very low speed.

The car was checked as much as possible

nothing was found to be causing the problem

so the battery was disconnected to reset the computer

I was told to keep going, so off we went

approx 60 kms to home.

No such luck with in 15 kms way out on the country roads

just passing the only built up area between there and home

it all happened again,

so another call to Hyundai.

Out came a different mechanic who said the car was sick

and should not be driven..

After a lot of conversation with Hyundai

who said they were not responsible to get us home.

I will leave you to imagine the conversation

We were finally given a courtesy car

arranged from the mechanics garage

and the car was up lifted on to a breakdown truck.

We drove back to Rotorua followed by the breakdown truck

and the car was finally put down on my drive at 7.30pm

we should have been back by at least 5pm.

So there it has to stay till Monday

and the Hyundai dealer will be out to see it.