Archive for 'Offbeat News'
Ford favourability foils me
Richard Aucock writes:
Panic flashed through me. This ‘ere Ford Fiesta test car I was standing next to, whose key I was furiously pressing - it wouldn’t open! Miles away from home, snow starting to fall, stress levels rocketed. Why wouldn’t it let me in?
Then, out the corner of my eye, I noticed something […]
Posted: February 10th, 2010 under Offbeat News.
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Mad dash for scrappage deal
Richard Aucock writes:
Hurry, car makers keep telling us. Scrappage is almost over, meaning you’ve only a few weeks left to trade your old nail for something nice and new. We’re sure, though, English Ford Poole didn’t mean for one chap to be quite so quick.
Roundabout? No time! I’ll straight-line it instead, so’s […]
Posted: December 3rd, 2009 under Offbeat News.
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Super shock from supercar
Richard Aucock writes:
MSN Cars had a team gathering last night, where we get together with the great and the good elsewhere within the organisation for a catch-up and a drink. Fine night was had by all. CJ and I had a train to catch though, so we hot-footed it to the Tube. And, lo, […]
Posted: November 27th, 2009 under Offbeat News.
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Bentley bus brings great charity cheer
cj hubbard writes:
Ok, I may have been a little hasty in declaring the Hyundai Morris Minor story cutest press release of the week on Tuesday. If this doesn’t stir some warmth within you, well, best change your name to Scrooge and think about cancelling Christmas.
The above Routemaster double decker bus belongs to St Luke’s […]
Posted: November 26th, 2009 under Offbeat News.
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Hell in the aisle
cj hubbard writes:
Picture by Onur Aksoy
Well, I think we can forget about popping out for lunch goods at our local Sainsbury’s ever again. They – it’s got to be a ‘they’ – have just replaced the six dedicated basket checkouts with four of those new self-checkout stations. So that’s two fewer of a system that […]
Posted: November 25th, 2009 under Offbeat News.
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Hell in the aisle - UPDATED: actually, it’s joy
cj hubbard writes:
UPDATED: I’m eating my words here, as well as my lunch. Sainsbury’s hasn’t put in four self-checkout stations. It’s put in 10. A triumph for technology over random grumbling. Or something… Post below reads as before.
Picture by Onur Aksoy
Well, I think we can forget about popping out for lunch goods at our local […]
Posted: November 25th, 2009 under Offbeat News.
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Rescue a Moggie for charidy
cj hubbard writes:
And the prize for the cutest press release of the week goes to… Yes, I know it’s only Tuesday.
Hyundai, as I think we all know by now, is doing brilliantly well out of the Scrappage Scheme. This has already seen the sacrifice of one Morris Minor (actually I think it was donated […]
Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Offbeat News.
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Oi! Geezer! No!
cj hubbard writes:
If the audience stats Dan dug up the other day are anything to go by, the three of us in this office are amongst a very select minority who appreciate BBC 6Music during the day. This, therefore, is a bit of an ‘insiders’ titbit.
But if you happened to be […]
Posted: November 24th, 2009 under Offbeat News.
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More VW Group Audi recycling
Richard Aucock writes:
I thought I was having a funny turn earlier today, when searching for images of the Skoda Octavia Scout. Lo, as I glanced - what’s this ‘ere Audi popped up in the results for?
You may indeed think it was a funny turn, or worse. That’s clearly a Skoda Octavia Scout, which a […]
Posted: November 2nd, 2009 under Offbeat News.
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F1 star Vettel finally makes it
Richard Aucock writes:
No F1 driver worth his salt can call himself a true great until he gets a watch with his name on it. Sebastian Vettel may have won a couple of races, may be billed by some as ‘the new Michael Schumacher’. But really, he’s just been a pretender. Until now. […]
Posted: September 9th, 2009 under Offbeat News.
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