MadAlicesDad
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Thanks for all the replies and yes, there probably is loads to check.
This one was MOTd in September, dull lenses that the garage polished for free because they are brilliant (https://www.victoriarecovery.co.uk/)
, advisory on subframe rust and cracked tyre tread.
Btw I leave it in gear and handbrake off, then give it a good razzing to get the rust off. And I change the oil every 30k miles whether it needs it or not
It's defo not a pampered toy and owes us nothing as it gave my daughter freedom and relieved us from taxiing
I understand the potential problems leaving a car unused like this but since they went to uni, both daughter's cars had been left unused for weeks on end. They always came back to life despite being fiats
The one we scrapped was just a basket case money sink with random limp modes and warning lights, and we chose to keep just one for them both to use.
Tbh the remaining car is not needed for 80 to 90 % of the time, but we have it and if it works, it's useful.
If I can get it fixed I will but replacement isn't going to happen
Will let you know what happens once the weather improves.
PS regarding the name. ALICE is my youngest daughter. MADdie is her older sister. I'm the DAD.
It's nothing to do with mental state. But I did once changed the entire exhaust system on a Rover P6 V8 on the drive at -4C. But that was then...
PPS although the above is flippant, I don't ignore faults associated with safety
This one was MOTd in September, dull lenses that the garage polished for free because they are brilliant (https://www.victoriarecovery.co.uk/)
, advisory on subframe rust and cracked tyre tread.Btw I leave it in gear and handbrake off, then give it a good razzing to get the rust off. And I change the oil every 30k miles whether it needs it or not
It's defo not a pampered toy and owes us nothing as it gave my daughter freedom and relieved us from taxiing
I understand the potential problems leaving a car unused like this but since they went to uni, both daughter's cars had been left unused for weeks on end. They always came back to life despite being fiats
The one we scrapped was just a basket case money sink with random limp modes and warning lights, and we chose to keep just one for them both to use.
Tbh the remaining car is not needed for 80 to 90 % of the time, but we have it and if it works, it's useful.
If I can get it fixed I will but replacement isn't going to happen
Will let you know what happens once the weather improves.
PS regarding the name. ALICE is my youngest daughter. MADdie is her older sister. I'm the DAD
.It's nothing to do with mental state. But I did once changed the entire exhaust system on a Rover P6 V8 on the drive at -4C. But that was then...
PPS although the above is flippant, I don't ignore faults associated with safety
but mine was a p5b coupe
and was glad to get that!! 
then there was the 800 from 1996 but that as they say is another story!
