The 1st day of travel had to start early. Stena want you at the ferry check-in minimum 1 hour before departure at 0730. But before we got to this point there were a few disappointments….
The ABS ECU arrived on Tue 27 July as promised by Autotekelectronics in Dorset. However, it did not take long for Glen at Campbell Autos to determine that the part had returned faulty! The similar part off a similar car that he had at his workshop worked beautifully, whereas our own ECU was giving similar warning lights as before and during a road test allowed the brakes to lock pretty instantly under proper pressure on the pedal.
The solution, for safe travel, was to borrow the good ECU and send the faulty one back to Autotekelectronics who, to their credit, said there’s a three-month warranty on the job and promised to look at it as soon as they got it back – that is the least they should do, if you ask me, having caused quite a bit of anxiety just on the eve of the trip. So, Autotekelectronics….the jury is still out. Anybody can make a mistake once, but the job was not a cheap one, so we expect serious improvement in the situation, promptly.
We drove into the Stena ferry which turned out to be the conventional one that takes 3 hrs, rather than the 2 hr HSS, but after we checked into the Plus Lounge and got our complimentary cappuccinos and plugged into the complimentary internet, leaving behind the stampede of screaming schoolkids, things started to look positively rosy. Plus Lounge warmly recommended and value for money.
Nearing Scotland now, soon down the green staircase to car deck 5 and off we go!
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