The Natural Philosopher wrote:

The last two cars that left me sitting by the roadside were both
vauxhalls..one snapped its timing belt at 65K and the other snapped its
CAMSHAFT at 95K.





Last breakdown I had was a Vauxhall (Cavalier, so probably not relevant
to more recent models).

Apparently it was a dodgy fuel relay.

the symptoms we Engine fault light and immediate loss of all power.
Will not restart until AA man arrives 55 minutes later, when it starts
with no problem. Then repeats it again half an hour later.

Don't you love faults like that?

Andy