Recent content by clarkyboy

Post of the day - nearly spat out my hot chocolate! LOL

Thanks for replies to date. Have had a reply to an e-mail query I sent to Chris at Alloy Wheels Direct and salvation may be at hand! Have purchased bolt pack 4 from their site and he suggests that with 225 tyres on the front we will not need spacers. Not a disaster as two of the 245 tyres...

Just been out to check, yes wheels are 8.5". Two of tyres do not have too much life in them; is it worth (or even possible) changing for 225 and put these on the fronts; or have I not really bought suitable wheels?

Hi markjay Tyres that came with wheels are 255/45/17 all round. Ian

Evening all, Bought some 17 wheels that were originally from a SL500 R230 (2003) for my 2001 c270 as part of plan to have two sets of wheels, one for winter tyres, one for summer. The 17 inch wheels I have bought are 8" wide, with 35 offset. However, having been up to local garage...

If a bird craps on your car... ... time to finish with her lol! Sorry, I'll get my coat.

This really has become a sorry excuse of a news programme. Fatuous comments, presenters who want to talk about themselves, laugh at their own (terminally unfunny) attempts at humour and make ridiculous ill-informed comments on serious matters (on the rare occasions they talk about serious...

I have never bought a new car in my life, and don't think I ever will as a private buyer, I just can't justify to myself writing off big money for the undoubted pleasure of owning something modern that is new or nearly new, though not in any way knocking anyone who choses to spend their own cash...

Found the relative mpg figures on the internet which prompted me to go for the 270 over the 220 and later read the better mpg being mostly down to larger engine being in a sweet spot for motorway speeds doing about 2000 rpm at 70 but the 220 having to work a bit harder at that speed. Best I've...

Have a number of windscreen chips on 51 plate w203 and fully comp insurance with LV who say Autoglass need to do windscreen repairs if they are to be covered by the policy. So, if I have read the gist of some posts correctly, is the wisest course of action if the chips cannot be repaired to...

Thanks Dieselman Ian

Hi all First post; bought my first merc (c270 cdi avant garde) five months ago and am loving it, but (in the engine section there had to be a but, didn't there)...:) Having noticed smell of diesel for past couple of days in cabin and around car after a journey had a look under engine cover...