Archive for category VW Beetle
Escaped…
Posted by martin newham in Musings, VW Beetle on May 25, 2008
Oh snow!
Posted by martin newham in Musings, VW Beetle on April 6, 2008
Beetle Milestone
Posted by martin newham in Musings, VW Beetle on September 26, 2007
Little celebration on the way home from the datacentre today; my VW Beetle turned 50,000 miles! I like the car, it has its good days and bad days – but I still love driving it around.
Earlier on I was working at home, one of the perks of my new job – it’s still not 100% perfect but the iMac performs well emulating 2x XP workstations, and if required a further Windows 2003 server. Below is my normal setup;
The iMac is running 2 screens, the one on the right is my "work" XP VMware machine and the main iMac screen is running iTunes, and my "personal" XP VMware machine. The laptop is from work, at home I don’t use it much.
Beetle change
Posted by martin newham in VW Beetle on May 22, 2007
Like this design – was thinking about having a Union Jack (splat) added to the front on my Beetle, is this a little to extreme?
VW Beetle Update
Posted by martin newham in VW Beetle on March 14, 2007
Well the good news is I have my Beetle is back – it wasn’t the o2 sensor (although that mybe still faulty – time will tell), it was one of the four ignition coils. With that replaced the little Beetle is running like a charm again. The cost? only £164 – bargin.
Ok, it’s gone!
Posted by martin newham in VW Beetle on March 10, 2007
On the way home today my poor little Beetle had the wind taken from its sails – power dropped, the engine choked and the engine management light flashed like a possessed firefly. I drove my poor little car home (about a mile), lurching and spluttering all the way; very poorly indeed. I attached the diagnostic tool to the car and prepared for the worst.
The laptop booted, and the Beetle sung its misery through its attached USB umbilical cord. But there was nothing new; the intermittent Lamba sensor which had begged my attention for the last 12 months still showed – I can only assume the sensor has progressed from intermittent to failed. Reading through the results from a Google search it seems almost a guaranteed cert that it’s the failed item, giving symptoms similar to the recent "bad fuel" problems with Superstore garages. Admittedly I did fill up, but it was at a BP garage yesterday (Friday).
Just need to check in with the garage on Monday to see if they can fit me in; typically Dad has just started to drive again otherwise I could be using his car until it’s fixed. Unbelievably my road tax is also up for renewal at the end of the month – jeez £190 for what?!, answers on a postcard please!
Three wheels on my car…
Posted by martin newham in VW Beetle on February 14, 2007

Three wheels on my car…
Originally uploaded by S’mart.
… there was a nail (BIG) in the tyre
Blue Ice
Posted by martin newham in Musings, VW Beetle on February 6, 2007
… bloody cold this morning, the ice was thick, thick enough to break my ice scraper – best one I ever had (sob)…









