Originally Posted by
Cuppa
Bollocks! Just had a phone call from the MrsTea. Currently she is still living in Gippsland until she finishes up her job there in 2 weeks & comes up to Ballarat to join me. On her way home this evening she found a stray dog wandering & thought it belonged to the new owners of our old place. She put it in the car & took it to them, only be told it was not theirs. So keen to find it's owner she drove around to other neighbours, who were out. As she left their property she had to negotiate a washed out section of their driveway. Her car is a little ’02 Misubishi Mirage hatchback, with not a lot of ground clearance. You guessed it ....she hit a rock. First time in the 5 years she's been driving it up & down the dirt road the ground clearance has been an issue. On stopping half a km up the road at another neighbours she saw a pool of oil under the car which was getting larger as she looked at it. It's looking like she's holed the sump plate. :(. She's going to get the Racv to take it to a workshop on Monday & because our address is now in Ballarat, she is officially over 100kms from home, so is hopeful they'll supply her with a rental car until the damage is fixed. I just hope that it is only the sump plate & that a second hand one can be found at a wreckers. The fact that oil was leaking out when she stopped suggests there was oil still in the motor whilst she drove it there, (it only holds 3.5 litres). Bollocks again!
