Recent content by krisby

I had hoped to keep it long term, but my mechanic got me a deal with a chap last year, he only works for the trade and is renowned, apparently. My guy got me a deal for £400 for all 4 wheel arches, which I was pleased with, and that was meant to be a strip down and remove the rust from the...

so no one else has had their W203s painted? yeah ok.

Last summer I had all 4 wheel arches resprayed to remove the rust. I had already treated the rust on the rear wheel arches with a hamerite rust converted, but that was presumably removed by the painter when he stripped, bogged, primed and painted the arches. Assuming he did all steps. My...

Really? no auto lights? My 2000 C320 does. Though admittedly when the key is removed only the spotters stay on, I think for my pre-determined 30 seconds.

I can believe those figures, I'm running at 50% lemon rate of the 8 cars I've bought from traders in the past 4 years. One of the cars I bought and go no satisfaction from the yard, I reported to WAtchdog, seems loads of others did too, as they were soon on TV and then closed down...

I was advised when I started riding in 1996 that it was very dangerous, common for bikers to be hit etc etc, I carried on in the hope that if I did get hit it would only be a scrape. I was extra vigilant and never had a major, I did drop my bike a couple of times, with no injury apart from a...

Yes, but as I stated earlier in my post, most of us would (or should) know the difference between a comment made for entertainment purposes, whether in good taste or not, and one intended to incite hatred, Clarksons slope comment was obviously not the latter.

Where do you stop though? Everyone, and I mean everyone just need to get a sense of humour and be able to sit back and laugh at oneself and with each other (unless the term intended as a direct hatred inducing insult). If TG is to be stopped, then what about "Come Fly With Me?" Also a BBC...

I gave up when I noticed on 2 occasions I had a £5 off voucher, but the £5 was not taken off my transaction. I didn't realize at the time unfortunately, only when checking my bank statement later. This was supposedly credited back to my shell card and I was meant to receive new vouchers, which I...

Esso 97 or Momentum.

Thanks for the reply, tyres checked and ok, bushes etc checked, twice. Admittedly alignment not done, but then it tracks straight and true, so I haven't gone there yet. Shocks done as springs appeared fine and shocks were OEM and old enough to justify replacement ARB is last resort though. I'm...

Oh come on, a bit of harmless jibing offends you? I appreciate your comments regarding suspension, but if that comment is offensive, I wish I had as little to worry about in my life as that.

are you mental? no point having a 3.2V6 if I can't give it some. Extreme circumstances wasn't necessarily meant at the same time, I mean odd road surfaces, eg near work, in fact outside QPR, there is a curve and part way round there is a crack in the road perpendicular to the direction of...

not sure where to go though. It had the MOT in February, my mechanic has looked over the car twice, there is no rattling, nothing loose, and really the problems I had with handling are in extreme circumstances, i.e. when giving it some, but his point of view is there is nothing wrong with it...

I had KYB Gas A Just rear shocks fitted yesterday, not sure if that is has cured the high speed shenanigans yet though, wasn't even sure it was the fix, but my guy said the old shock was compressible by hand, so even if not completely resolved the issue, I'm sure it will have contributed...