It took them a while, but by 1:30 in the afternoon (after dropping the car off at 9am) the oil and filter was changed on the Panda 100hp. As we expected, no apology for the wait was offered, but luckily the bill was reasonable so we didn’t feel the need to complain to excess. A [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Nine O’clock we pulled up at a very busy Fiat service centre to drop off the Panda. We queued to hand in the keys for 20 minutes or so only to be told that it would be at least 2 hours before they started the job, as people had come in at 8am and they [...]
We collected the Panda on Monday afternoon after getting a few forms sorted out to enable Fiat to collect the money from the insurance company on our behalf. The job is excellent with no way to tell the car has had any work done aside from the scratched registration plate, which are nigh-on impossible to [...]
Took a call from Fiat on Friday saying that the Panda has been repaired, but we needed a form from the insurance company before we picked it up. What with work and Greek services closing early, this was not possible, so Monday will have to do. It’s been two weeks already so another couple of [...]
I’ve had better weekends that the one that has passed. Happily driving to work on Saturday evening, I was five minutes from my house and making my way up a residential street towards the main road. A junction that could be roughly described as a T was coming up on my left, which had a [...]
Living in a warm country ensures that I have lots of visitors escaping the slightly chillier UK climes, especially recently. My best friend has been with us for a couple of weeks and during his stay we took a trip to an island for a four day break. Before you wonder, no, I do not [...]