Week Three And January Kicks In With A VENGEANCE!

I’m going to leave those accidental upper case letters at the end of the headline. It was inadvertent but I do believe in fate to a degree! My old Volvo loves cold weather but I have been pushing my luck. The radiator system leaks and always has done. I have spent silly money on it down the years but it still refuses to stop leaking from somewhere, into the car to steam up my windows. Trouble is, I got all the way to overheating the last time and nagged some poor pensioner for water at their front door! As a result, the coolant is low on anti-freeze and I am booked to go to Darryl’s Volvo in Croxley, near Watford today to wait while they sort it out.
I sent a really quite posh headunit to this woman I talk to on Facebook, as an Evan Almighty-esque Act of Random Kindness, or ARK! Simply put, the lady is an angler and petrol head, has a sassy attitude and is a busy mum yet spends a significant amount of time working for charity on events and car rallies. I do worry that she fears I may be stalking her, as I sent my home number her to explain best how to sort out the freebie install as well. In fact I am certain she thinks I am a weirdo! But I have fixed it up, she’ll have to trog from the North of Devon to the South to visit Richard Bevan at Mobile Radio Services (tel. 01392 273803) in Exeter who awaits her call. There! Sweetie, I am not a nutter, I do send out swag as something in my daily life, honest. And Mr Bevan is a senior tech who can actually recall fitting early car radios and I think, perhaps even a 45rpm vinyl record player or two!
I have a slew of heads and more here as ever, so had better crack on – for one, I hafta get down to the Volvo man, Now is NOT a time to have a car with a) no heating and b) liable to cook and seize up, even in the snow!
Adam Rayner On Line Editor