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    Keep Left Unless Overtaking

    I have to report a sighting of the lesser spotted 'Keep left unless overtaking' matrix sign in the wild! Heading down the M1 from Leeds on friday night. First one I've seen in a long long time. Wish they'd put them up more frequently. D.
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    Odd cd/aircon layout

    Doing a little bit of e55 drooling ;) and I came across this one on ebay E55 is it just me or are the locations of the cd and aircon unit swapped over? D.
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    Parktronic

    Hi all, Quick question... I've walked past an e-class estate the last few days at work, and it's got parktronic sensors at the rear, but not at the front, and afaict from a quick peep inside, it doesn't have distronic. I always thought that parktronic was only available as a pair? Obviously...
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    AMG cars

    I've just realised that over the last couple of weeks I've seen an awful lot more nice cars on my commute.... from memory: 2 SLK55s 1 SL63 1 S65 2 CLS63s Apart from the SL which was the new, imo messed up look, I've got to say I love the styling on them. Anyone else seen any particularly nice...
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    Ranting at stupid people who move out without looking

    Had a silly bovine in a newish corsa decide to cut across the hatchings where the M18 joins the M1 north on my way in today... then try and move into the side of my car when I was in lane 2. *EXPLETIVES* I had to brake/move over and thankfully the person in lane 3 was far enough back to let me...
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    What's up with the paintwork on this?

    http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/MERCEDES-BENZ+S+CLASS/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-240-4294967097-4294967262/advert.action?R=200904327652528&distance=&postcode=&channel=CARS&make=MERCEDES-BENZ&model=S+CLASS&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=&vehicleYearOfManufactu...
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    W202 C240 'stalling'

    Hi all, We had our car MOT'd last week (ouch :() but then on saturday night it started cutting out somtimes, almost as if it had stalled, but since it's an automatic I didn't think that was possible. The problem only seems to manifest itself when stopped, but it does seem a little sluggish to...
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    Getting a VIN from a VRM

    I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but was wondering if there's any way to get a VIN from the Registration number? David
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    Am I the only one who can't get to Jay's site?

    Not sure if this is in the right place, but was just doing my normal window shopping :) Trying to look at Jay's site, but all I get is an error saying: The connection cannot be used to perform this operation. It is either closed or invalid in this context. Is this my end or somewhere in...
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    Learning to do repairs

    Firstly, apologies if this thread is in the wrong place :o Basically, the thread title should say it all, but I'm wondering if anyone can suggest good ways to learn how to do car repairs, I'm not a mechanical genius by any stretch of the imagination, but neither am I a complete idiot...
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    Clonking noise

    Last night our car started to make a clonking sound from the front drivers side wheel. It seems to happen at ~3/4 lock and also when going over speed bumps? Any ideas on what it is would be appreciated, mildly annoyed since had the car serviced 3wks back. D.
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    1999 C240 Estate, advice please

    Hi all, I am going to look at a 1999 C240 Elegance Estate tomorrow, Autotrader advert says it's a Tiptronic, 60K on the clock. I'm wondering if anyone can give me advice for what to look for problems wise... I mean the pics online look nice, but of course you can't really tell! The...
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    Thinking of getting a W140

    Hi all! Having lurked around here for a while I'm now looking for some advice. Basically I'm thinking of getting a late W140 (or in deference to MBManInKen quite possibly a V140;)). Last weekend I went to have a look at a '98 320LWB but it had done 240K (despite the seller saying it was "just...
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