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Train, Bus or Car

kyber — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:16:10 +0000

My youngest daughter has to buy a bus pass each term to cover her travel to/from her college in Telford. This also provides unlimited travel throughout the area every day of the week. Sadly, she lost the pass last week. … Continue reading →

Train, Bus or Car

kyber — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:14:11 +0000

My car’s broken

kyber — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:21:34 +0000

My company car suffered an impact from some road debris. It has been taken away for repair and I have a hire-car from Hertz, a Golf, to live with until mine returns. Continue reading →

Car for my eldest

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:02:52 +0000

Just drove a nearly new Golf home for my very lucky eldest daughter. She has tried many cars but has been learning in a Golf and it seemed a more practical and longer term proposition than some of the more … Continue reading →

Canal Christmas 2008

admin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:00:38 +0000

We took the unusual step this Christmas (2008) of hiring a narrow-boat for the week and navigating the canals of England whilst everyone else faced the normal stresses of the celebration period. We had a great time away from the hussle-and-bussle that normally goes with this period. Continue reading →

Roof box

kyber — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:50:21 +0000

We have a choice of three cars for the journey to Scotland. My preferred choice was to use my company car: the most comfortable for me, the most fuel efficient, and the one I would prefer to put mileage on. … Continue reading →

Just in time windscreen replacement

kyber — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:46:07 +0000

I had to wait until yesterday to get my windscreen replaced. Not great given I had first called it in to Autoglass two Saturdays before. They had turned up at my place of work on Thursday the previous week with … Continue reading →

So much for 24 hour car windscreen replacement

kyber — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:08:46 +0000

I got a stone chip on my window last Friday. Fortunately it was near the bottom of the screen located centrally between driver and passenger positions. By midday Saturday, a crack had developed from the original strike to a vertical … Continue reading →

To Blog or not to Blog

admin — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:15:09 +0000

View from the Corner Seat

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I am not a car snob nor am I am environmentalist

kyber — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:19:05 +0000

At least, I don’t think I am a car snob. I decided earlier this year to go back to having a company car to save hassle. I chose a Ford Mondeo. This was after having two S-Class Mercedes and a … Continue reading →