Well I have just arrived home having left at 5am this morning. There have been several things that have gone wrong today but the one that has annoyed me the most is the oil light coming on in the hire car. I obviously pulled over and checked it and found that it was at the minimum leve. Now I guess this could be down to one of two things: an oil leak or the level not being checked before it was given out.

I would usually give people the benefit of the doubt but considering there was mud on the rear view mirror and the dashboard and dials were dusty, I am guessing it's because whoever has sent it out hasn't checked it properly.

While I was at the garage buying oil I thought I would also check the tyre pressure as I wasn't sure what else they had neglected to check. Guess what? One of the tyres had a pressure of 15psi, less than half the recommended pressure!

Maybe the car has a oil leak and a puncture but surely that would be noticed if it was checked regularly? You would notice if oil was leaking out that fast.

So basically I am very annoyed with the incompetence of Hertz Newcastle branch. I am going to phone them at 8am tomorrow morning and demand that they bring me a new one. That doesn't really help though as I was supposed to be in Worcester for 8.30am so I'll only be 4 or 5 hours late.