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if only I knew anything about model building I'd be so interested in this: Model Ferrari of course I probably couldn't afford it... dave

Heya folks, I was thinking about the numberplate thread and I wondered if it might be interesting to have something similar about interesting cars seen. The cars have got to be seen in use. So on the road or in a car park is fine, dealership, museum, tv or show doesn't count. and the car...

Hiya folks, this post comes from a discussion between shude and I on Monday, walking back from the pub! why do powerful cars have 4 exhaust pipes? is it just vanity or is there a proper reason? Looking at something like an E55, it's a V8 engine. I can well imagine that the exhaust from each...

This pic was impressive enough to be worth posting... AMG Engine Testing dave

the latest news just in: Chris Bangle has quit BMW whoo.. BMW might once again get some cars that are actually good looking, rather than just having looks that are somewhat "controversial"... dave

BBC News article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7778110.stm apparently the voter figures were about 4 to 1 against. I voted against in the referendum even though I would very rarely get charged by it (I live in the centre and work outside the city, so I go against the flow...

I got a letter from the AA the other day. On the envelope it said "Look inside for a great quote!". I had to phone them and ask if they'd forgotten to put the great quote in the letter as the quote they sent me sucked. Okay, I know that different companies are going to differ by a certain...

well, the SLK has gone, and in it's place is an '06 BMW 330d auto. Whilst the back light clusters still looks somewhat pinched, I think the rest of it is a fairly nice shape (ok, it's grown on my since the new shape came out). it's also gizmo laden which I like :) the car is metallic grey with...

Hiya folks, I'm thinking of chopping the little SLK in for something a little more practical and I've found a few cars I'm interested in (I decided against that alfa I was thinking about). To get some idea of the value of my car, I've put it through the parkers used car price guide (adjusted...

Hiya folks, are there any recommendations on dent repair people? There's a dent I've had on the bonnet of my R170 SLK for a while now and I really ought to do something about it. annoyingly it's on a slight swage line and thus the BMW bodyshop (that everyone uses) in manchester won't even try...

Hiya all, parked up in a supermarket carpark yesterday to go and get some money, got back in the car and started to program an address in the satnav and the car across the "corridor" slowly reverses out of his space and straight into my car! First thing I did was hit the horn, but with the...

Hiya folks, not sure if this is just me being funny or a symptom of something but I thought I might as well ask. My R170 SLK seems to have two quite different temperaments. Sometimes when I start it in the morning it seems ready and raring to go. just sticking it into reverse and it seems...

heya folks, well, I was one of the people who spotted the post about the VXR trackday and immediately went and bought a couple of tickets. I had my session this morning. Firstly, brands hatch is a long way away for a guy from manchester, but it was the only location left :) fortunately the...

heya folks, I've got a roof gizmo from these people (http://www.reinhold-engineering.de) installed in my R170 SLK. lastminute installed it mid last year and it was fine, but post christmas, when it began to brighten up a bit, I tried to remote open the roof and nothing. in fact, the roof...

Well, this afternoon I decided to be a good boy and check my tyre pressures.. okay, okay. so I bought a digital tyre pressure gauge thingum with my petrol this afternoon and I wanted to test it. so I test and pressure all round looks pretty good, a little high at the back maybe but not ouside...

Hello all, I just wanted to give my thanks [1] to Ian and Brian for working on my car on saturday. I asked them to do three things for me, Install my HID kit, refit my Becker GPS/head unit so that the aerial and mike were properly installed, and not just draped over the interior, and to...

afternoon folks, everynow and then in my Y reg SLK, i heard a kinga BOING noise from behind me, like metal under tension. I don't know what it is or whether to worry about it... it's not that often and I suppose I usually hear it when in reverse, but sometimes I hear it going forward too. the...

Evening folks, I'm thinking of getting one of these units for my SLK and I noticed from searching the forum that a few of you have installed these units already, was hoping you might be able to answer a question or for me? does this unit support 7 digit postcode search, or is it only 4 or 5...

Good evening folks, after trying several other marques over the years, this time I've ended up with a merc. I've just availed myself of a nice blue 2001 SLK320 auto which I'm enjoying alot so far. of course now I've bought a convertable, the weather has turned nasty, but that's only to be...