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Ken's Fish Bar in Dulwich never let me down when it was my local fish & chip shop.

File and forget - not worth the effort of them pursuing you.

Evenin' all. Have had a scare tonight while driving back home - both the battery and orange brake wear lights both came on without warning. Couldn't see anything obviously wrong under the bonnet, and the engine was happily ticking over. The lights were bright when idling, but dimmed...

Well, it's interesting to see that the arrest was carried out "off camera"...

Bit of a waste of a nice S Class, but I'm sure Boris will be jumping on this bandwagon soon enough... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fWN0FmcIU

Interesting website - never heard of it until last nights TG. Turns out that I'm responsible for the extinction of the Rover Metro City Automatic - mine went to the knacker's yard in 2004 and it turns out that it might have been the last one! Luckily there are quite a few W123 230E Autos...

So, I took part in a charity rally over the long weekend (one way to get away from the wedding), and have come back with an extremely broken exhaust flexible downpipe - rusted through at the mid-box end. Bodge repairs between Strasbourg, Prague and Calais involving exhust sealant, tent pegs and...

See, I always read it as Prat On a Bike - mind you, judging by the majority of POB's that's fairly accurate too! On the subject of contraflow cycle lanes, I have to say that I'm not yet convinced. The ones that I've seen in London have in many cases been in rat-runs where the traffic level is...

Exactly. I've never even had a close shave with a car/bus/van etc in London, however I have had a major accident with left me in casualty and my bike a write-off. The culprit? A POB who jumped off the pavement 4ft in front of me, leaving me with no time to do anything but t-bone him while...

Firstly, I'd like to see the government address the scourge of unlicenced/untaxed/uninsured drivers before they even think about tatooing a number into my forearm in return for my "right" to cycle. Given the registration plates and the introduction of automatic numberplate registration, there...

That's useful - the front windscreen needs to be replaced before the MOT due to stone chips anyway so if it is coming in through there, it won't be for long. However, the hole in the seal is certainly still there, and does leak straight into the cabin from above - as proved when I chucked a...

I've been getting quite a bit of water in the rear n/s footwell - blocked sunroof drains suspected. However I've also found a hole in the sunroof seal which is obviously letting the water in. Any oadvice on the best place to source the seals (if they're still availalbe) and costs? Is...

Thanks all. I should point out that given mine is a 1981 car, it has the pre-facelift headlights - could this have an effect? In the meantime I shall give the reflectors a clean and run the lenses throuhg the dishwasher. My g/f's going to LOVE that...

I've noticed that the headlights on my 230E are incredibly dim - have changed the bulbs however this hasn't had much of an effect. I ended up using both the full beams and front fogs last night as the normal dipped beams were not up to the task. I don't use the car much at night, however...

Fixed! And then it wouldn't start... Seems the faliure virus has spread to the fuel pump, which has chosen this moment to chuck its hand in....sigh...

So, three days before I have to drive down to my folks for Christmas....and the brakes are...broke. Brakes were only engaging when the pedal was almost to the floor, stopped to have a look and found the offside rear wheel was red-hot. Looks like the blasted thing was stuck on. No time to buy...

There do seem to be some real idiots out there. My road hasn't been gritted at all for the last few days, so I've been driving very carefully and keeping the speed down to 15mph max as it's just sheet ice and compacted snow. So you can imagine my suprise when I was OVERTAKEN by a moron in a...

That's a very useful piece of advice - even more so for a W123 Auto that doesn't like cold starts!

I'd dearly love to use some properly designed cycle lanes - however the majority are subject to appalling, thoughtless planning with no input, it would seem from anyone who rides a bike. Search Google images for "poinless cycle lane" and you'll see some of thousands and thousands of pounds...

Can you point out the time in the vid? I've watched it twice and just can't see it - must be blind! If he is jumping red lights, then that's really poor form - jumping reds is dangerous whatever you happen to be in charge of (including a pair of shoes)...