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Saturday, April 29, 2006

Car Better

Not so expensive as I thought.

It wasn’t the gearbox but the ‘controller’ - some electronic device that determines when the gears will change on an automatic car. This still cost a lot to replace but took a long time to track down.

During my discussions with the mechanics, I was reminded of the process for finding a bug in software. Still, at least we made it home, unlike the VW that you see in this photo!

Posted on 29 Apr around 12pm • Filed Under Around and About

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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Car Broke

Returning from our trip to Germany, our automatic gearbox on the VW failed us.

I couldn’t get 4th gear after we stopped for petrol near to Brussels. We had to crawl our way to Calais because no help could be found. Surprisingly, the gears seemed to work from Dover after a 2 hour rest. The worst moment was getting lost in Dunkirk becasue we were trying to avoid the motorway.

Car now at the doctor’s and I am expecting a large bill.

Posted on 19 Apr around 4pm • Filed Under Trips

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