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    Wife got a brand new car yesterday, hit by flying wheelie bin today ......

    Many years ago elderly relative picked up his new car on a new reg at midnight (when it was a thing to do). Emerged from the dealers exit straight into the path of a bus, writing the car off. Must have driven his new pride and joy for less than a minute.
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    What makes the perfect Winter car

    Daily hacker finally expired so we were looking round for a cheapish replacement, small petrol and auto, without much success. Relative offered us his 2015 Hyundai i40 large, diesel but auto really the opposite of what we wanted. Had it a couple of weeks and took it to Stafford last week in snow...
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    Dashboard Gone Wild with Warnings

    Have you checked the output from the alternator? We had the red dash of death on our SL - turned out to be the alternator regulator.
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    Reduction in main dealer service pricing

    Price reductions seem strange in the face of some service plans doubling in price.
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    Need wheel/ wheels for 2013 cl 500

    You might struggle to find just 1 wheel. Have you tried an MB dealer? Might be cheaper to buy 1 new if still available than a used set of 4. The last time I looked the 20 AMG wheels for the rear were £1600 each but NLA anyway! But are you sure the wheel is beyond repair? Might it be worth...
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    Biggest Car Engines

    Not obviously for production line vehicles, but GM seem to be selling a lot of their fairly new crate 632ci V8 making 1000hp out of the box. Of course these are finding their way into road cars as a custom application.
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    You seem to be more conversant with Building Society auditing systems of 50/60 years ago than I am. I bow to your superior knowledge.
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    Well said and this highlights the personal affects of this total debacle. I can't begin to imagine what it must have been like to go through this. Still some seem to dismiss the whole affair - must be galling for the victims.
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    More info is coming out as you would expect. The designer of the IT system is insisting on immunity from prosecution before he will appear as a witness at the public enquiry. (you can't do this anyway). So perhaps something to hide eh? PO has suddenly dumped thousands of documents at the enquiry...
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    Some were some were CPS.
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    Why are you asking me - I was never a Building Society manager:p. Every transaction was hand written recorded. It took 3 hours at the end of each day to reconcile the tills, so some system must have been in place to identify errors.
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    Because my father had to personally balance every till at the end of every day. Each till was allocated to a staff member and any under or over could be traced to that staff member. Most staff had worked at the same branch for decades and you have to remember that this was the 50's and 60's...
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    Therein lies the problem- most don't take notice until it appears on the telly, simply because it doesn't affect them. In the meanwhile large corporations continue to misbehave in ways that make your eyes water. When these activities affect the previously unaffected they are the first to whine...
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    Funnily enough my dad was a Building Society manager and way back then if a till didn't add up he had to send the person responsible to collect money or give it back to the customer at home. I'm guessing that staff soon learned to be extra careful.
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    Yes exactly. One wonders what she got up to during her stay at the PO, apart from allowing unlawful prosecutions. Some perhaps imaginative accounting to exaggerate the results? And no I'm not a conspiracy nut. We've all seen how indie auditors have been involved in skulduggery over companies...
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    I wouldn't call hundreds of prosecutions of innocent people hysterically exaggerating the issue. It seems a shame that after all these years it takes a tv programme to highlight the issue which was happening for well over 10 years and cost some people hundreds of thousands of pounds. Scotland...
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    Anyone watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office ?

    Whether it's 700, 550 or just 10 victims is not the point. It's still a national disgrace. Victims were clearly poorly represented, were lied to, and their defence counsels were prevented from getting access to all the relevant documents (which is surely illegal on it's own). The board takes...
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    CLS63AMG "Factory special order, Absolutely Enormous Specification"

    On the CL you got an increase in the limited top speed, attendance at an AMG driving event, carbon fibre trim, 27hp increase in power, cf engine cover and AMG Performance steering wheel. Similar to what BD remembers for the CLS.
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    Have all motoring manufactures given up on SAFTEY?

    I wouldn't worry about being doomed Bb - it's only a car forum;). You may have info which will help others.
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    Service plans doubled overnight?

    I find it hard to believe that MB have virtually doubled the price on service plans, when they weren't exactly bargains to begin with. I wonder whether this is a prelude to them offering "discounts" on exaggerated prices? If not they are playing directly into the hands of good indies.
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