It seemed like such a good idea at the time. Saturday was a warm, sunny day and the last little bit of the Indian summer that we seem to be having over here. Since I hadn’t had the Corvette out for a while, I thought I’d take the chance to take it out for a quick spin and give it a bit of a wash.

I made it as far as the petrol station about 8 miles from us before the ignition system on the car decided to give up the ghost – ironic as the previous owner had replaced the vintage mechanical ignition system with a modern electronic one to avoid problems like these!

There was a ‘modified car’ show in the area. All of which were breaking down left, right and centre. Which meant that I had to wait nearly six hours for a tow truck to appear.

No one wants to see their Corvette like this!

Which meant that I ended up being late for my own birthday party. My 31st year isn’t off to a stellar start!