My car broke down yesterday. 5pm. Caught the beginning of the storm. Not sure if that was relevant to the actual breakdown or not.
Fortunately I am with the AA.
I broke down in a bit of a dangerous place.
High hedges both sides of a busy single carriage road.
Nowhere to go to get out of danger properly,
It was getting dark, and rain and wind had started in earnest.
The AA took an hour[understandable I guess at busy times].
Diagnosis is a likely "the fuel pump has gone".
Car couldnt go anywhere.
Thankfully a young driver stopped and helped me. She lived locally. She risked herself, and her car.
Will be sending the family[longer story to how they helped me] a gift.
The reasons for writing this thread are
I did not have a warning triangle. Bit dangerous to have got out of car and positioned it[I was on a steep hill, wasnt 100% the handbrake was going to hold[it did]], but I probably would have done.
I did not have high viz. I should have done.
I did have coats. Two navy ones. No use at all in the darkness.
I will be getting both things. Plus a torch.
I will be putting all 3 inside the car[assuming the triangle would fit?].
There was no way I was going out to the boot of the car, and scrabbling around in the back of the boot for said items. Too dangerous.
I have learnt some lessons.
