Recent content by bluevenetian

right let me get this straight - DM had to react quickly to a road layout he was not expecting and he avoided having a crash. The fog OP guy had to react quickly to a road layout he was not expecting and he also avoided having a crash. For DM to keep harping on about how he was driving at the...

What's with the "almost symmetrical"????

what goes around comes around. The authorities in Whitehall spent a great deal of effort in the late 19 th century trying to stamp out Welsh. It's about having a cultural reference and a sense of history; it would be a bit hard trying to appreciate some of the ancient Welsh poets if no one...

Just had my kona push bike serviced, needed pretty much everything replaced bar the frame after fairly heavy riding and neglect last year. It needed two new wheels and I went for bling chrome ones.....anyway total bill £486 :o

and out of that population of 63 million, exactly how many have access to a gun?

:cool:it looks good until it is used!

The fog lights on 124s are next to the main beam - not under the bumper at all

Went to local kwik fit to have tracking done and new tyre fitted. I, and two other customers, waited nearly 10 minutes before someone came to office. Very casual and pretty unprofessional, however they did fit new tyre, but they couldn't do tracking on my 124, suggested I go to the next nearest...

the cheapest merc is one that someone on an Internet forum bought for a "few hundred quid and has only had to replace a lightbulb"....for many of us, old mercs are not cheap to maintain if you do it properly. I've spent far more than my car is worth keeping it in good shape because the appeal of...

68 wpm, no mistakes....as someone else mentioned - A touch typing course in 1990 was the best training I every had.

LEOS OUT -- Which should be LE 05 OUT - can't remember what it was on

Thanks all, I checked the fuse - it looked ok, but replaced it anyway and hey presto! all working again

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Yesterday a few of the instruments readings on my W124 stopped working. Fuel, oil pressure, temperature - all kaput :mad: But, the speedo still works, as does the odometer.:) The rev counter is also bust:(, but the clock is still keeping excellent time:cool:.....Any ideas on cause and fix?

No one asked me as a Londoner or as a tax payer whether I was in favour of bidding for the Olympic Games. Who exactly made the decision and what was their mandate and public accountability? Exactly why are we having the Olympics in London, other than some notion of "national pride" and lining...