Matthew's Journal

I took the car for its annual service and MOT today (which is going to be expensive, but such is life); since the garage is troublesome to reach on public transport (I'm not sure it can be done without at least two busses each way), I booked a courtesy car. All I'm going to use it for is to drive home having dropped the car off, and then back to collect it later (now tomorrow, as they have to get a part in). The chap at the garage seemed a little surprised when I turned down the £5.80 charge to waive the £500 excess on the insurance. It struck me that my expected crash-rate over the maybe 12 miles I'm going to drive this car for was far less than 1.16%, so the waiver charge was rather excessive. Maybe everyone else thinks "£5 for peace of mind" is a good deal...

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