motoring

To quote the late great Douglas Adams most stories that have passed into folklore are either apocryphal or at least wildly innacurate, but does anyone have any motoring anecdotes they have heard over the years? I'll start us with the story of the man who had just bought a brand new Rolls...

Sand and deliver My nephew had his car damaged by a Middle Eastern Gentleman driving a McClaren Mercedes. The incident happened on a Saturday afternoon outside Harrods in Knightsbridge. The MIG reversed into my nephew’s Audi, clipping the wing as my nephew drove past. My nephew stopped, and...

Howdo all, I go to this each year and have decided to take the trusty Merc and show it in the 'one make only' section - this is the section where anyone can show their cars (non-concours/non-club). It's the biggest one day classic car show event in the world and is well worth a look if you've...

Looking for a good motoring solicitor - if anyone has direct experience of one please post. Done the searches via usual channels including Law Soc, but looking for more concrete recommendation.

Question for those of us with convertibles: how often do you get your top down? If my car had one of those Mini-style openometers fitted, it would be showing upwards of 90%, as the only time the roof stays up is if there's something wet falling from the sky, and even then, if I'm already...

Anyone going this weekend? The official MB Club have a stand on all three days, I am going on Sunday in either the V12 W140 or the SL if the weather is good. Come and say hello......

Two spectators sustained minor injuries after this Mini crash in Australia!:eek: lC2oArZP8wg&feature

I have been giving this a lot of thought and we are living in a democratic country (where the majority should dictate the rules) my observations suggest we need to change our rules of the road to suit this majority. I am therefore suggesting 1. It's obvious to me that front fog lights are so...

Whilst driving home this afternoon there was quite a bit of drizzle and at times fog. With my wipers on I also had my lights on. But there were still maybe 10% of people without their lights on, despite the fog. When I was taught to drive I was told; if your wipers are on so should your lights...

I've just roughly worked out something pretty good interesting..... Right, now I spent £995 on my S320, granted it isn't showroom standard but it's well above average for a 12 year old car. So anyway, a cheap economical, car just now is a Daihatsu Sirion 1.0S. It does 56mpg combined and it...

My son’s girlfriend is the proud owner of a 1993 1.7 diesel Chavalier. It was MOT day today and the car failed on 3 items. It required new wiper blades, a front antiroll bar link and rear brake cylinder. The total for these items was a wallet bending £16.38.:eek: My son fitted the bits in under...

Hi Anyone going to this? It says in the blurb here that there are 'over 90 club stands'. I've not seen anyone on here mention it but i'm guessing there will be an MB Club there of some kind. I'm going along on Monday as it's not far from me. Trando

Good interview with Nick Freeman (Mr Loophole) on Autotrader LINKY :rock:

Since my wife’s ML has been with the dealers on and off to try to resolve the Airmatic issue, we have had the opportunity to sample quite a few diesel autos in the Mercedes range as loan cars. I tend to travel light, so to avoid swapping stuff from one car to another I have used the loan cars...

Drivers Republic have posted some great classic motor videos here. Here's my pick of the bunch: Poor quality sound, but truly amazing car control by Mark Blundell in a Nissan R90 1000bhp at Le Mans <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie"...

Tristram Hunt looks at how motoring has gone from allowing us to explore the English countryside to the present day of speed cameras, congestion charges and environmental issues. Could be interesting :rolleyes:

Culled from The Register roadpricing trials Of course it's only for our convenience.

Got back from our 2 week holiday in France on Sunday. Car did a brilliant job. Totalled 1930 miles round trip, 29.8mpg overall and it was loaded to max weight. Only one minor malfunction [right hand rear number plate lamp, which cleared itself after 10 mins] and she didn't use any oil or skip...

Couldn't keep Baby BTB (or Mrs BTB) off the damn thing!

Anyone going? I try and go every year if at all possible, and as it falls on Fathers, I get automatic permission this year! I love it, I get to spend hours boring my 10 year old son pointing out cars that I or his mother used to own ( XR3is, Matra Bagheera's, MK2 Escorts, Triumph Spitfire...