Car Troubles

Hurray! The car is finally finished. We had to forget about fixing the AC to get to this point, but we can get it back from the mechanic now. The problem with the AC was traced farther along the wires to the main ECU in the car. Apparently, this would cost £600 to replace and not much less to repair. We agreed to forget about that part of the repair and he said he could remove the freon he had put into it so we wouldn't be charged for it.

Despite this, the repair bill comes in at £341.85 (over $600) because of the time put into it and the fact that I had to put new parts on it instead (the used ones didn't really work out). It's a reasonable bill and less than we had expected, but there's a snag. They don't take credit cards. We have NO WHERE near enough in our bank account to cover it, so we have to think of something else. Right now, the first option is to try to use some "checks" from our credit card company. But since they are in dollars, it's not like we can cash them here. I'm going to try my luck at a travel shop because they do currency exchange. We might even be able to "buy" some £ using our credit card.

This means the car will have to stay at the shop until Monday.