I've got a small 65 plate car. It belonged to my husband and he used it as an occasional runaround when he didn't want to dirty his nice car. Then he got terminally ill and it didn't get used. He wouldn't sell it and it just sat around with one of those trickle charge devices keeping the battery from going flat.
DH died last summer. I've had the car MOTd a few months ago and, aside from a couple of advisories. (Two tyres and two brake discs) it passed fine. Then it went back to sitting around while I was dealing with other admin.
I decided this week that it's time to get rid, as the insurance runs out in February. I just went out to make sure it starts ok and it made a horrendous screeching sound when I turned the key in the ignition. Can anyone advise what would cause this? I'm guessing I'll need a mechanic out to look at it, which is depressing, because it's not worth a fortune, and it didn't want to spend hundreds getting anything repaired.
Any advice welcome. I know nothing about car engines so wouldn't be able to fix it myself.