Posts Tagged ‘Complaints’
Cars in Poland
Every day I come a little bit closer to believing that there’s absolutely no point in having a car in Poland. It’s nothing but a drain on resources.
Today I finally got the rear windscreen fixed on the Citroen only to discover that in the meantime someone had broken into the car, breaking the lock, the alarm system, and the petrol cap – presumably in order to steal petrol from the tank. I mean really – how fucking low? I’m going to maintain a list of things which have gone wrong with the Citroen:
1. Engine cuts out. Unexplained. Mechanic cleaned some bits and it started working. 100PLN.
2. Wing mirror kicked off by hooligans. 200PLN
3. Radio stopped working with no cause. Unfixed.
4. Plastic cover to the bit under the steering wheel fell off. Unfixed.
5. Rear windscreen shattered. Fixed 300PLN.
6. Exhaust pipe fell off. Unfixed yet.
7. Headlight bulb needed replacing. 150PLN.
8. Engine cut out when temperature dipped below minus seven (i.e. most of the Polish winter). Unfixed.
9. Fuse blew. 20 PLN
10. Thieves stole cover to petrol cap, broke lock, turned off alarm. Unfixed yet.
I’ll take some pictures later to illustrate the total wreckage that is my Citroen.
I’m sure there’s more, but you get the point. I’ve had this car for 15 months. It’s been out of action for about 6 of those months in total. On the other hand, it has seen a couple of great trips – Katowice twice (once for 0ff 2010 and once for Joel and Jola’s wedding this year), and the infamous Kowalskis in Prague road trip. So I do have some affectionate memories of it.
I could also list the various things which need fixing in the Alfa Romeo (Monia’s car, which nominally at least belongs to me) but I might collapse in a heap of depression.
