Earlier today, a truck appeared to take away my old Rover Metro. Nicknamed Lasagne (from the number plate), I'd had the car for 3½ years but it was becoming increasingly unreliable. After being broken into by possibly the most inept car thieves in Coventry, the steering column was left at a funny angle (they managed to break into the car but not start it - they were probably confused by the manual choke). More recently, the starter motor had become temperamental which led to a push start in the Tesco car park.