Problem with driving a banger around.

Get yourself a nice ST220 or something. lol.
I had numerous similar experiences back in the days of my (really) old Fiestas. In the end I decided that was enough was enough, and all my cars subsequently have been no more than 2 years old.
The worst was probably having to push a Fiesta up a steep hill onto a very busy 4 lane roundabout. One of the scariest things I've ever done!
