Most expensive shopping trip!!

Sabtu lepas, hajat di hati nak pegi shopping kat DFO Essendon.

Tapi ngam-ngam at traffic light before bridge Bulla Rd, tiba-tiba kereta overheat.

We suspect the car overheat sebab kereta marah tukar radiator cap yg baru. Kereta ni memang berperangai gitu. Example; Bila the previous owner nak jual the car, dia nak la jual kereta tu dgn byk benda bertukar baru. Among the things dia tukar is the radiator cap. Radiator cap ni memang lah rupa dia dah lusuh sangat & the rubber washer dah pecah-pecah. We bought a new cover of the same shape & size, thinking it will be ok to just change it. Tapi we think wrong la kot. Gamoknye, the kereta merajuk la kot or like many Aussies, they are least tolerant to changes (But I fitnah/buat cerita, mmg mamat aussie toktok sendiri story to me ok). So it reject this wonderful new cap.

Back to my story, sebabkan we takut kereta berasap, we dimatikan engine kat this traffic light.

Jeng... jeng... jeng... Kereta tak bleh start.

Shimata!! We're blocking the traffic.

Selepas ditolak & ditarik (siap dgn bantuan polis lawa & enchem), we got the car safe on a grass island.

Ni gambar Tokma Miya geli hati nak cover macho bila orang lalu tengok-tengok we all.

The only option tinggal is to call RACV for road side assistance. Nak dapat bantuan tu kena jadi member dulu plak. So over the phone I became a member, paid $300++... Hangus $$ budget shopping.

And about 15-20mins after that, datanglah Ute RACV.

Papa-miya pun ber"g'day" and bersembang-sembang dgn En. Mekanik.

Katanye, maybe the car's head gasket dah blown. Then kereta tu tokleh start lepas matikan tu sebab bateri flat. Agaknye stress bateri tu, kena paksa-paksa start kereta berkali-kali.

En. Mekanik jumpstart the car dan dia pesan suruh balik rumah terus, jangan nak gatai-gatai singgah shopping mana-mana coz takut nnt enjin mati tokleh start lagi. Nanti-nanti baru take next action to repair the car. Janji we all balik rumah dengan selamat dulu.

Boohoo.. tak dapat la nak gi shopping kat DFO.

Memang betul la kereta ni merajuk, coz bila we all ganti to the old radiator cap, dia ok balik. Tak overheat pun on the way back.

So sementara mekanik tu sibuk baiki kereta, Miya piknik dulu makan kuih raya.