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Not eBay but a very tidy looking 560 SEC in the next Mathewsons auction. Estimate is £38-40k. There's a 10 year gap in the MOT history from 2005 (44k miles) to 2015 (65k miles), but solid from there on. Perhaps used overseas...

Noticed a small circle of fluid under the Vito today roughly below the fuel filler - from a quick inspection this proved to be diesel. The tank is about half full and the vehicle hasn't moved for 4 days. Looking underneath there's a plastic pipe with an open end near the top of the tank. It...

We have a set of shallow black hexagonal bowls that we've used regularly since we got them from the in-laws in 2006 ... they'd had them for 15+ years before that: Today Mrs BTB and I were having home-made lasagne for lunch - we each had a bowl with a portion of it sitting on the table, and I...

So OVO Energy are running a promotion aimed at getting people to use electricity outside peak hours. Between 5PM and 6PM yesterday you earned £3 off your next bill for each kWh your total usage was below a personal target set by OVO. So far so good. Except our personal target was ... wait for it...

Saw this on YouTube ... something a bit different: https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-660---1985-mercedes-190e/?lot=19813&so=0&st=190e&sto=0&au=57&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=48&pn=1&g=1

This isn't so good: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67073446

Following on from the Thrust 2 and Thrust SSC land speed record cars Richard Noble has a new project running to go for the water speed record - Thrust WSH (Water Speed Hydroplane). They're using spare Rolls-Royce Spey jet engines that were put into storage after Thrust SSC was wound up, and one...

I have a strange problem with the OM642 V6 CDI in our Vito, which is occasionally reluctant to start when hot. It turns over very slowly, just as if the battery was flat. But once cooled down it turns over at a more normal speed and starts fine. It only does it now and again, but today I was...

The era of the 'Volvo estate' is finally over: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/volvo-goes-suv-only-uk-all-saloon-and-estate-cars-axed This was my all-time favourite :)

We have a lot of guttering downpipes at home ... from a quick count at least 15. I've got the standard type of guards to stop leaves and other debris going down them: Problem is that these are basically level with the bottom of the guttering and block up easily, so I'm forever having to get...

Yup! Saw this picture on Facebook today (Austin 7 in the middle) :)

As some of you will know, in addition to the three Mercs I also have a tractor :oops: :fail: This has a 24 litre tank - the filler cap is right on top, in front of where the windscreen would be if it had one :D ... so filling it from a 20 litre jerrycan full of diesel is a fairly strenuous and...

I know MPVs aren't the most glamorous of things, but surely Lexus could have done better than this ... Impressive inside though. https://www.topgear.com/car-news/hybrid/hell-yeah-new-lexus-lm-ultra-posh-mpv-coming-uk?fbclid=IwAR2En84gJFgFQl3iy56rvcYNUi5CHZU3fYoz_xHznydX1hFoHhgNRMusye0

Had quite a few logs to shift after cutting down some trees in a couple of our fields, and the tractor is away being serviced. Hmm. The old ride-on mower has 15.5 bhp and there's a hole at the back that looks like it might take a towball. It did, tank full of V-Power just in case and off we go...

Saw this in the Matthewsons ('Bangers & Cash' TV series) auction in a couple of weeks. Looks amazing but I wonder if it will meet the estimate of £25-30k...

I recently renewed the MB 'services' for our car and noticed that current prices were no longer being shown against fuel stations on the navigation map. I contacted Mercedes Me support today and they advised that this service has been 'sundowned' and cannot be renewed, so it will disappear as...

6 points is equivalent to two minor speeding tickets ... surprisingly lenient for a dangerous driving conviction? :dk: https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/29/wandsworth-mum-found-guilty-of-running-over-seven-children-17090328/

Some of you will know that my wife and I have both competed in dog agility for many years. Our son Max started training and competing with one of our older Collies at the age of four, and at six got his own puppy from a friend of ours ... a Papillon crossed with a Bearded Collie / Border Collie...

By an electric car (of course), but with fans that generate 2 tonnes of downforce :eek: before it is even moving ... Of course Chaparral and then Brabham both briefly used fan-assisted racing cars in the '70s, before they were ruled illegal.

Looked at the solar water heating system when we got back this afternoon and the heat exchanger on the roof was at 106C :eek: Meanwhile the 14 PV panels on the garage were pushing 2.1 kW back into the grid (this was with the washing machine running, consuming some power): Best news...