[parichay]

I am a dog magnet and both my cedia and fabia have had close encounters with the four legged creatures with unfortunate consequences for both. The last time it occurred I was driving my fabia on the krishnagiri highway when the canine just sauntered accross the road as if on an evening walk. I was doing about 120+ km/hr and needless to say the canine met its last. While I am pretty shook up for the departed soul it's the fabia's bumper that has me bothered currently. It's right side is pretty badly damaged and needs to be replaced. The guys at Vinayaka skoda gave me a quote of about 15k whereas the guys in marikar - kochi where the car is presently are giving me all sorts of figures that boggles the mind. They even went so far as to suspect that the intercooler is broken! This inspite my telling them that I have done two trips to Bangalore after the incident. Vinayaka seemed to be pretty good at this point but that means another drive to Bangalore. Does anyone know any aftermarket specialists for Skoda in Kochi where I can get this fixed?

[Yeldo]

Try Mustang Motors, which is on the same side as Skoda showroom, but nearer to Palarivattom junction/ traffic lights. Spares for the Fabia might be hard to come by, I think.

Marikar Engineers people are a little overboard when it comes to giving you estimates. From my experience, the final bill was lower than initial estimates, in almost every case. I am yet to have any experience which could be termed "bad" with them.