Glad you figured it out! On my Toyota the steering lock automatically disengages when you hit the Power button, but on my old Ford I had to tug it.

MadEngineer:

It was simply the steering lock.

I have this problem in my Nissan occasionally. It happens about once a year, the steering lock must just get on a funny angle, but it's guaranteed to happen on the day when you are most in a hurry.

Ordering a bluray from the other side of the planet, waiting over a month for it to arrive, and when it does it won't play.

Due to region code or defect?

Defect. Actually trying to, erm, backup. Tried about 10 times so far. Cleaned, polished, looks flawless, isn't.

Ah, yes. Been there before. The NZ version of Spider-Man No Way Home seems to have some deliberate errors on it (returned it, got a new one, failed at the same point... while working fine on an actual player) but foreign ones apparently don't. Hopefully you're not seeing the same sort of thing there, and hopefully a replacement will sort it out.

Doubt if its deliberate errors. Its (sort of) a golden oldie - 20000 Leagues under the Sea from 1954. The disc is new but made in 2019, got from ebay. Not much danger of a replacement.

Just wish 'backup' programs were a bit more tolerant of errors. Or maybe it needs a quick polish with Unicorn spit...

Yes. Finally managed to make a copy. Must have been the mere mention of Unicorn spit that did it. Remember that for next time...

I was going to offer you use of my drive, in case it helped, but sounds like you've got it sorted :)

Thanks for that. I actually have two drives in a Fractal case, but neither worked. Till half an hour ago anyway. Might well have been third time lucky though 😀

EBGames,

I saw that microsoft said there would be a shortage of controllers and as I only have one, wanted to get another.

Went on to their site, saw that most colours were gone but blue and black were in stock, so chucked one of each in my cart and an off brand media remote since the microsoft one is so aweful.

Glenfield listed stock so click and collect because their "economy" shipping is $9.50 (thats not what I call economical)

Anyway, about 15 mins later get an email that they dont have stock, click to edit the order. I do that and newmarket shows as having stock. So change to that.

Time goes by, same email arrives again, but Manukau have stock, so change to that.

And again, same thing happens so I choose the cancel option to get a refund. Which will apparantly take 3-4 days.

So that is 3 branches that have no idea what stock they have in them. Totally hopeless.

I went to JB and they only had 2 blue ones left so got one of those, checked out themarket and ordering a yellow one from someone on there (I think its noel leeming but not sure)