Car Fixed

Problem tracked down to a bit of worn through insulation near (but not actually on) the boot hinge. To track it down practically everything that wasn't welded on had to be removed from inside the rear right hand side of the car, and even then it took the bloke a few minutes to find and even more to actually get at, so it wasn't particularly surprising that I didn't find it before. He also charged me less than we'd previously agreed, which always makes me pleased.

Now I just need a dry day so I can sort out the remaining rust, then I can stick the thing through an MOT. Huzzah!

After that, I met izzy_stradlin's parents, who were down to pick her up and take her away for easter. Things seemed to go okay on that front, but then I usually get on with parents, so that wasn't unexpected... It's possibly because I'm the practical type. I also fed them tea, which probably helped.

Odd...

I always feel slightly worried about handing over my car keys to strangers... even if they're strangers who are going to be fixing my car. I also am currently not sure what I should be doing... He's outside poking around the car's electrics now (the only car electrical service I could find who a) answered their phone and b) didn't laugh when I mentioned the age of the car was a mobile service).

He's already ruled out what we thought was the most likely fuse-blowing culprit (the reversing light switch), which is probably handy, because apparently he enquired about spares beforehand and you just can't get them unless you're lucky at a scrapyard. You have to cobble together something using an "almost identical" part from Honda.

Still none the wiser about what's actually the problem, but he's only been here for about 25 minutes so far, so that's not really surprising.