ok so i got a call at 4.30, car is ready, now its a good 1 1/4 hours on foot and about 40 minutes by electric scooter, so, i set off fingers crossed that 2 and a bit bars would get me there, its fairly flat, the footpath runs alongside the river, so i got halfway along the gravel section before the batterys gave a red warning only about half a mile short, pushed the rest of the gravel section, then up and over the railway bridge, managed to coast down the other side as the battery had regenerated a little and was showing 1 bar again, eventually coasted to a stop with the red warning right outside the garage. (replacement charger should arrive tomorrow or the next day) just 10 minutes before the garage shuts for the day
so what did they do, MOT, front brakes pads and discs (rear were inspected and found to be perfect, so not needed), a service, oil, oil filter, air filter diesel filter, that got it through the emissions, so with everything plus £132 labour came to just £434. 1 advisory, one rear light in a cluster of 2 was out, quite happy at that, and the garage living up to its name affordable automobiles.