Well, I posted here a week or two ago about bits and bobs to service it. Well, I never got to do it, because it left the missus stranded last night and had to be towed to a local euro car mechanic.

Probably a bit hard to really get a gauge on what it could be, but it was turning over fine, just not actually starting.

At one point the RACV guy managed to get it to start, but it was blowing a lot of black smoke, then wouldn't start again. I don't really trust his mechanical knowledge though, as at one point, he was telling me it could be a spark issue... :/

Still waiting to hear from the garage. ****ting myself, bought the car used 6 months ago, hoping it's just a blocked fuel filter or something simple. What am I looking at, worst case? Injectors? Loom? Fuel pump? Ecu?

edit: also my partner noticed that while trying to start, the rear tail lights would flash like a disco/police lights or something. I'm guessing this is just the light self test, but could it be indicative of something else?