On my birthday it was time to collect our new car.
At the lovely Renault garage in Aix we were treated well and Sebastian in particular explained our new car in great detail.
I noticed one thing – the number plate was different from what I had been expecting.
A minor point I thought until later that evening when I realised I had insured a different car – one we were going to buy until someone beat us to it. Which meant I was driving an uninsured car!
I would have to ring the insurers in the morning – but when I went outside to check the number plate I discovered we had a pneu crevé!
How to get a flat fixed on a Saturday en Provence?
I inflated it with the sealant provided and drove to a nearby garage….just in time for them to tell me they were closing.
I rang another garage who offered me an appointment at 6pm!
They assessed what was wrong and told me I needed to two new rear tyres as I had ruined one by driving go on it when it was flat. I hadn’t realised that I had.
€250 later I was worried that it had been my fault – maybe my driving on French roads was the reason for the puncture.
This wasn’t helped when a former Euronews colleague messaged me to say: What is it with you and flat tyres? – I think referring to this.
So I asked the technician whether it was my English driving that was responsible.
No, there was une vis embedded in the tyre.
So it wasn’t my fault – I’ll take that as a win.
Thrown to (the) Lyon 