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    W115. Pics to follow.

    Mercedes also built pickup versions of the earlier Ponton models in South Africa . Known affectionately as bakkies, heres a restoration article http://www.mbzponton.org/pax058/people/bakkie2/perold.htm
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    Luton Airport car park fire

    Diesel Range Rover iirc ?
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    The EV fact thread

    Then there is the way manfacturers should be going- cheap and cheerful. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/citroen-progressive-hydraulic-cushions-replace-hydractive-3-suspension-108175.html
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    The EV fact thread

    to lighten the mood!
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    What makes the perfect Winter car

    the racy one was probably the twin turbo conversion!
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    Celtic Connections 2024

    City halls tomorrow night! if its not sold out! https://www.celticconnections.com/event/1/teddy-thompson-with-sarah-jarosz
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    Celtic Connections 2024

    If you want a bit of Americana to bow away the January blues Glasgow's the place to be. A double bill to die for SARAH JAROSZ And TEDDY THOMPSON
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    CLC Owners Handbook

    Its basically a rebodied W203 so that would be the closest?
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    Do we still have engine snobbery?

    This guy's excellent videos take a lot of beating when it comes to basic principles of reciprocating piston engines and their balancing characteristics "Ye Cannae change the laws of physics Captain " Montgomery Scott chief engineer NCC-1701 USS Enterprise ;)
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    The EV fact thread

    Lithium-ion battery fire safety - Best Magazine The professors profile
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    Immaculate 190e

    The 5speed manual gear change on the 190 isn't exactly " slick"- looks a nice example mind
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    The EV fact thread

    Oxford dictionary FACT=a thing that is known or proved to be true. The word itself implies truth a "false fact" can't exist in linguistically its self contradictory --its more accurately described as "false information" :dk:
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    How much would you pay for a Mercedes?

    https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/how-to-insure-a-1955-mercedes-benz-that-sold-for-the-record-price-of-142-mn/articleshow/92312476.cms?from=mdr In valuing such items it is perhaps useful to regard them as works of art rather than manifestations of their original...
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    The EV fact thread

    According to the video comments the red car on fire in question was a Jaguar I-Pace. Are they still assembled by MAGNA-STEYR in Austria? The fire chief also had some interesting remarks about folks charging electric scooters and bikes in sole exit hallways
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    F1 2023

    Maybe we should start an F1 2024 thread? ;)
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