Dying batteries, faulty alternators, wet plugs and a broken fanbelt... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to Car Troubles by Catherine Foley above.
That red Fiat was to prove a great disappointment to my father. When he and my mother collected it from the garage, the salesman reminded them happily that it had come all the way from Italy. "Just off the assembly line," he said. It was fiery red in colour, and it was to prove volatile in temperament also....
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