Door in the desert: pic prompt

Today’s writing prompt and my response.

Day two for this week. Use the prompt however you like, one at a time, or pen a short story over as many as you like.
Door in the desert: pic prompt

Fifty miles from the gas station, the steering went. He wrenched the wheel to the left, hauled hard, stamped on the brake. The estate car slewed in the sandy verge and shuddered to a halt on the side of the road. More a track than a road. A short cut, suggested by the SatNav to save him an hour.

Damn d...