Posted by Philip Norton on July 7, 2007
Go a bit of a shock the other day when I got a letter through saying that I hadn’t paid the tax on the Fiesta and was therefore liable for a fine. Well I wasn’t going to have any of this as far as I was concerned the car is a cube of scrap. So [...]
Posted by Philip Norton on July 1, 2007
I got a call yesterday from the Police saying that they needed a witness statement. I asked why they would need such a thing and they said it was because they had caught the guy (apparently he is just a kid) who stole the Fiesta! She said that I should have been informed when he [...]
Posted by Philip Norton on March 17, 2007
I walked out to my car yesterday morning and saw this… Someone had stolen the Fiesta! My initial thought was “Did we take the car somewhere last night?”, but then it clicked that it really had been stolen.Who in the world would steal a 1.1 Fiesta with about an much “GO” as an anorexic hamster [...]
Posted by Philip Norton on January 10, 2007
Mandy was driving the Fiesta back from shopping today when it conked out on her. Luckily it had stopped by a garage (the same one where I got the MOT for the Skoda) so they got it started again and drove it in for a look. After a quick check they said that the battery [...]
Posted by Philip Norton on November 14, 2006
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 to Congleton road that is quite windy and hilly at the same time. This bit [...]