Recent content by poormansporsche

Nail on head there. It's been going on for years with the Prius Drivers but I think there is something in the Uber-a-like business model that rewards 60 mph driving that isn't there for normal mini cabbing. All these slow moving cabs has clouded the view in the moaning Minnie's eyes of EVs...

Oh and a couple of eyeball statistics from my 33 years of driving average 50k a year. Car model to which I have the most near accidents, only avoided by my superior driving foresight ...... White Nissan Jukes with "I'm a winner" sticker on bootlid.(This was every other car by my previous...

Apologies. A long winded post re the "60 mph" thing. Not a factual post in any way shape or form just my observations driving upwards of 12 hours per day in a vehicle speed limited to 63 mph which gives a real world GPS maximum speed of 61 mph. Cars that travel at a constant 60 mph (58 mph in...

I think that is highly unlikely as he was , sorry "Dave" thought he was a ***** of the highest order. Must have been a complete technical guru to diagnose a faulty ECU just by looking at the exterior of a car 😁

So about 6 weeks ago my mate "Dave" got a text from a well known dog based insurer saying your cheque for £1200 is in the post. He ignored it obviously as has not had a claim for years. But today a letter comes through "Dave's" door from said insurer saying we have re-evaluated your total loss...

The SEC never happened. 16 years ago when I bought my first W202 I looked at several SEC's around the 8 to 10 grand mark and at the time they were probably just as good if not better than the one in this thread. Due to having a new born the SEC just wasn't practical. So since then I've had 20...

If it's the my mates SLC you mean, it was green with a lighter green velour interior, seventiestastic 😁 He had a few pulley based issues when he started driving it daily and was only getting 8 mpg !!!! I haven't spoke to him in a couple of years so don't know if it's still going (it was the...

A quote from a different thread but my answer would be "Only because Bruce is no longer here"

Always think of Bruce when I hear of any humorously calamitous act in the locale .....

Not a W126 though. The first actual car that I ever drove (illegally, don't tell my Dad 😁) was a W126 and hopefully when the time comes a W126 will be my last, seeing me through retirement ! The first car I ever drove legally was a W140 but didn't really like it compared to the W126 and have...

I don't have the time or money to get involved with anything like that currently. But in the next 5 to 10 years I will be getting a Trust Fund come up and a likely inheritance so will get a C126 then. But shock horror probably will get it electric converted as hopefully by then it will be more...

Hence the use of my words "visible rust" 😁

I had the opportunity to buy a low mileage visible rust free 380 SLC for less than 5 grand a few years ago off a mate. I didn't buy it because I always promised myself a SEC :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: In the space of 3 years it's probably tripled in value and it's now being used a ULEZ...

Guilty as fook 😁