Category Archives: Car

Costly Octavia

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Philip Norton

Well I got the Octavia back this morning, although to get it fixed cost me £430! Basically the alternator had broken, and a couple of the belts needed fixing, these are important because the battery wasn’t charging while it was … Continue reading →

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Fiesta Troubles

Posted on November 14, 2006 by Philip Norton

Drove the Fiesta into work today and booked the Octavia into the local Skoda dealer/garage. However, on the way home it was raining really badly and the roads were very wet. There is this section of road on the Buxton … Continue reading →

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Octavia Breakdown

Posted on November 13, 2006 by Philip Norton

I was driving into work today and was about a mile away when the Octavia made this funny gasping noise. It kept driving so I wasn’t concerned, but I didn’t know what was going on, it seemed to be running … Continue reading →

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Witness of a Crash

Posted on November 1, 2006 by Philip Norton

I was almost home today and was following this large truck transporting a crane, which wasn’t going that fast, but the road was windy so I wasn’t in any hurry to overtake. All of a sudden the car behind me … Continue reading →

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Skoda Update

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Philip Norton

I had a phone call from the Skoda garage today telling me that the flange wasn’t going to be here by Monday. Apparently they had to order the thing in from Germany. In the mean time I am catching the … Continue reading →

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