In what crazy world do you live that it takes a week to fix a car? And that there are no transport links or taxis? This whole discussion is coming across as if

In what crazy world do you live that it takes a week to fix a car? And that there are no transport links or taxis? This whole discussion is coming across as if Americans have crap transport links, have no such things as taxis and really bad quality cars. Because this discussion is just plain bonkers from a UK perspective.