That's what the RAC man's report says, and it turns out that on the whole, this isn't a good thing.
Thankfully it happened not very far from home, so all I was aware of was the fact that lots of warning lights came on in the car, which I made a point of ignoring for the last mile of my journey.
The car will be getting a tow to the local garage in the morning, where hopefully they will be putting it together again.
Unfortunately, I have a rather early start in tomorrow, as I am off to Jersey for a meeting. Being without a working car means that Nicky will be getting up along with me at stupid-o-clock to give me a lift to the airport.
Jake has very sensibly decamped to Nanny and Grandad's so that he doesn't have to be woken up along with the rest of the household.
Right - can't sit here typing. Need to go to bed. It'll be time to get up soon.