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I remember setting off bright and early to Welling in a car i'd just bought off my step dad with Hash,Ev and Torps. He'd advised me not to go because the fuel pump was on it's way out but being 18 and always knowing better i totally ignored him and went anyway despite not being in the AA or RAC! Anyway i picked the lads up and armed with the directions off we went. All was going brilliantly,traffic was great,car was flying and we made great time and we arrived safely about half one. Only problem was we arrived in Welwyn which was absolutely nowhere near Welling! Only being young and not really travelled around much i'd written down directions for totally the wrong place! Not to be deterred we parked up and headed off to WH Smith to have a nosey at an atlas to see if Welling was still possible. After working out it was only a couple of inches on the map we thought we'd give it a go,only problem was when we got back to the car it wouldn't start! The fuel pump that was on its way out had totally given up! We spent the entire day marooned in a place where we really didn't want to be. Luckily Hash's Dad was good enough to come and pick us up and  brought his mechanic mate along to see if he could do anything with the stricken car which he couldn't without a new fuel pump. So the car was left abandoned in Welwyn and all the the way home Ev had to lye across the rest of us in the back of the car because there was six of us in a five seater! I had to go back to Welwyn the next day with my stepdad to fix the car and it turned out there was a new fuel pump in the boot all along which he just hadn't had time to fit! That weekend left alot of people very unimpressed with me!