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    Hillman Imps / Our other cars

    My first Imp. the first one sold by the local Rootes dealer had all the Imp cooling issues and seizing kingpins etc and I traded it after a year and the second one was trouble free. Then after a Cortina interlude a Sunbeam Stiletto with a Webasto sunroof fitted at the huge Rootes Ladbrook Grove...
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    Lower Spec UK Mercs

    You can but it will cost you £40. DIY fitting job.
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    Oil level rising on dipstick

    The only way to stop such a runaway engine is to cut off its air supply. Open bonnet and hand / lump of rag over the engine air filter intake. Easier said than done !!!:(
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    Discount on a service at main dealer

    Re the service plan. If you sell the car you do get the unused balance returned.
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    Driving lessons in Tesco car park

    The far end of one Tesco car park in Ashford is usually lightly used and those of us who care about our cars tend to park there well out of the way of the cut and thrust nearer the store entrance. Of late I have noticed that some driving schools are using this area for their pupils to practice...
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    BUPA, Axa PPP, Benenden etc.

    I ran my own business from 1981 until 2012 and paid into AXA PPP for all of that time. In retirement continue to do so, but having gone through a broker, greatly reduced the premium for the same policy. During that time I had two hernia ops, gallbladder removed and a dyno rod job on the...
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    Lorrys overtaking each other on Dual Carriageways

    [ Not unusual for the M26. Where is Plod when this happens, someone must be seeing it on camera.
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    Who likes Gin?

    A double measure of Larios in a pint glass filled with tonic and ice with a dash of sparkling lemon and lime!!
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    Brake Hold Function! Hidden Options!

    In another world, SBC stood for Sheer Bloody Carelessness. Just about sums up that feature.
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    M4 Mobile Speed Cameras??

    Quote "I was driving on this route, cruise control set to 70mph, and EVERY SINGLE car flew past me.... however on PistonHeads posts from a few years ago seem to talk of the M4 as being littered with vans, I, however, have never seen one ever in the last few months although I am not particularly...
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    Petrol into diesel

    Petrol floats on top of diesel so continue topping the tank at the halfway mark for a month or two.
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    Distronic airfield radar interference

    Years ago the alarm on my W124 230TE used to set and go off when passing Popham? airfield just off the M3 on the A303 when going west . Never did it going east and could be cancelled with the remote.
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    Deer me!

    A stretch of the M25 clockwise just before the M26 has Deer Warning Signs. Surely if that is the case it should be fenced?
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    It was just a puddle..........

    That concealed this massive hole in the road in south Croydon yesterday! Raining, wet road and BANG a friend drove into it and wrecked a tyre, wheel and probably more. While she was phoning recovery someone else did the same. Apparently , Thames Water's contractors had fixed a leak the day...
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    2:1 Oxford graduate sues £1M for poor career

    Why stop there - sue your parents!
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    Drilling out a hardened steel 'roll pin'

    Bit late now, and it seems that all is well but just Google some combination of the words "effects of Loctite on torque settings". Loctite lubricates the threads and with the wrench se at the dry setting one can just go on turning , until........ !
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    I have put 6 litres of petrol in my diesel E350 2011

    The user manual for a diesel car that I had some years ago actually said that it was permissible to add X% petrol in cold weather - must have been a Merc as only petrol till then.
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    W205 head lights

    Is switching the dipped beam for driving on the right really a dealer job as the manual suggests?
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    W205 spacesaver ?

    Don't fancy a trip to the Black Forest with only a bottle of glue and a pump in the boot. Any recommendations ?
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