Game Over

Well, sadly I've had enough with this 5mm hex screw.
I have given it my all, I have had a hack saw, mole grips and other bits and pieces sent to me - in a bid for my victory.
I have stayed out under the car when I have been so cold I felt like I would freeze to the spot.
I have tried molegrips, I have tried plenty of WD40 and I have tried plenty of elbow grease but the darn thing is NOT moving.
I would love to introduce heat to the equation, but being just below the petrol tank; it's not something I wish to tempt fate with.
This screw has been on the car since it was made, nearly thirteen years ago. It has huffed and puffed and it has corroded the place down in there.

I have already spent around 5 hours labour on this one, tiny piece of metal and now is the time to give up and hand over to a local mechanic, I say 'local', the 'local' mechanic wanted to charge £65 which included a call out fee. The mechanic I have chosen comes from Swindon way and by all accounts seems a fairly decent lad - I can't wait for him to get stuck in.
I have told him exactly what's happened, he did ask how I got the sensor off without taking the bolt off... To which I told him, chiseled it off lol.
He recons it should take no more than an hour and cost no more than £28.

To me, £28 doesn't seem too bad at all. But when you think of the size of the screw holding this up it is a lot.
I know that £28 will get it sorted and it is perhaps a small price to pay to get the job finished but it's more than that to me.
I have failed.
One tiny bolt has beaten me.

I guess, on the flip side when people are getting their cars ready for an MOT and know it will fail on something, usually it's not as cheap as under £30 pounds.

You bleepety bleep bleep bleeper!

There's a local lad who always brings home a flat bed truck, a mechanic-type person.. anyway, I have never made contact before, I do however notice how his old flatbed was a Citroen and now he's driving a Peugeot one... (he instantly wins points for that!)
Anyway, I thought - what the hell, I have nothing to lose. So I went and asked if he was a mechanic.
He said 'kinda' and then I fluttered my eye lashes and asked if he wouldn't mind to come and have a look at a bolt for me... He then confirmed 'the peugeot?' I said yes.. He's clearly seen me out there all the time faffing about.... hard not to notice me eh?
He came (oh behave readers!), he saw, he didn't conquer lol. No one will. He asked for the mole grips and couldn't do it.. Bless him he had a go and I thanked him very much for trying.
So, that's 2 men that have now tried and can't, including my woman-hours on such a job, I resign!
I'll hand over to my tame, but brutal mechanic with his Cobalt ... Wink wink.

Local neighbour who tried to help.......

Now, bolt aside.

I decided to clean this sexy bitch.