doh

Away at the weekend. Had to park on friends drive. As it was quite steep thought better be safe than sorry and put parking brake on. Come next morning and time to go home, packed up car got everyone in, started up engine waved good-bye to everyone, put in reverse, pulled lever to release...

Having returned from a 450 mile round trip - from habit I checked the coolant level before coming back to London from South Cheshire to find the expansion tank cap sat in a nook next to the expansion tank, where I left it prior to checking it before our boxing day jaunt.. I've driven across...

I was wanting to remove the "limescale"-like substance off the amg chrome tips and i used a wire brush and wrecked it (please feel free to bash me about it, because i thoroughly deserve it), i thought for a second that the colour is a pure colour metal, when its chrome LOL. So i was wondering...

I've upgraded the brakes on my W203 to the sport pack ones. They're just over 13" in diameter and need 17" wheels to clear the calipers. On the way into work I saw a W203 with 16" wheels, that made me think - I remembered that my spare is a steel 16" rim :eek: I'm running 18" AMG new...

I recently bought a pair of perfect Bosch amber front indicators from a scrapyard only to discover, when trying to fit them to replace the stone cracked ones I have, that they are both for the OS! I didn't notice. Does anyone have a good one for the front left? I have a set of clear front...

Dissappointed in having to have a second "go" at shutting the doors on my w210 facelift.What I deem normal force to shut the doors always seems to result in having to have another attempt. Any suggestions? Obviously any kind of grease on the door catches isn't desirable as it may get onto...

Having been having problems with the rain sensor not working as well as it used to, I had a look and traced it back to the fact that the wipers had become worn and were not clearing the screen very well around the sensor. After spending the princely sum of £38 to get a couple of new wipers...

I've just bought a goldwing... 1989, registered 1991 weird reg number - was transferred from H46 xxx to HI5 00L any ideas as to why? His ool? Hi Sool? Not initials of the bloke that did it.. 30 years old and riding a goldwing... oh dear. :rolleyes: mines a bit...

Going away with the caravan for the week, I had never towed the van with the Merc before and was looking forward to feeling the torque of all 3000cc's. Things went like this; 1 Reverse car to caravan. 2 At right point stop and engage parkingbrake to stop the slight roll back( I never...

..... spotted at the weekend .... posted on one of my frequented Alfa sites for my behalf .....

Being a complete turnip when it comes to computers, can someone plase tell me how to correct this problem: Although I have no problem surfing the net, If I click on a link that someone has added to a post, I get a new window like I should but that's it. The new window is empty. Nothing...