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Poor old Dave,
Off on his holibobs today, and he's just rung me to say the car has expired. :(
He's sitting in a Toyota Dealers reception ( I think he said it was in Honiton) waiting for his cousin to come and pick him up as they can't look at it till Monday, but it sounds like it could be expensive.

Poor bugger will just have to sit and fish for 2 weeks solid and hope they can fix it before he's due back.

He got there and the car died or he hasn't even got there ?

Unlucky bugger 

Died before he got there. :(
Luckily his cousin only lives about 50 miles away and is going over to collect them and take them to their destination.

Still ruins the holiday worrying about the car. :(
Its a newish car isn't it. Any idea what happened to it.

OUCH

Been there done that.

Si

It dont ruin the holiday as you dont even think about it till the day your due back (well thats the way i do it) LOL

It gets worse, the garage have been in touch, they reckon it needs a new engine, but they haven't stripped the engine, but if they do strip it to confirm their diagnosis they want £800 labour. 
They reckon a new engine will be £6000!!!!!!! 

Needless to say Dave is exploring other options. at the moment.

Dave should ask the dealers why it packed up? its not that old and he always had it services perhaps its a fault with the car, like all the others

John,
The dealer will only be able to tell if they strip the engine and they want £800 just to do that.
It's a 53 plate car I think, so is well out of warranty although it's done under 60000 miles.
Dave did mention that it's had warning lights flash up intermitantly recently, but he hadn't had it checked prior to going away. :(

Spoke to him today and it looks like he may be doing a deal for a new pre-registered car the dealers have on their forcourt.

He's picking up his new car on Monday.