Back in September I got myself a new car. Well, 18 months old, but still with that new feeling. Lots of gadgets, which is nice. Anyway, this morning in the post I receive a letter from Ford with the words "This is not a circular" large and bold on the front. I open in trepidation, to face "Product recall". Uh oh. An image of exploding engines or tyres that mysteriously fall off quickly flashes through my mind. Luckily it's less worrying, and goes something like this:
... whereby the handbrake, if not applied as directed in the owner literature, may not hold the vehicle stationary when parked.
As Dan says, how is can you not put the handbrake on correctly. Press button, lift, release button. Seems easy enough to me. I'm now curious as to what the "owner literature" says. I now have to spend heaven knows how much time sitting around in the garage while they fit "an improved lever ratio". I'm wondering what ration of levers to handles of got, and what I'm going to get.
Oh, and I'm now warm for the first time in four days. New oil tank fitted yesterday, and filled with oil today. Also a new electronic doohicky to tell me how full it is.