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I've had an actual or effectivly 2 seat Dad's car for a number of years now - 8 1/2 years of Porsche 968 cabriolet and to date about 5 years of MB R171 (early facelift) SLK280, kept for dry sunny weekends and garaged on battery conditioner when not in use. SLK has been in her garage since...

In the gents at the Deutag (German drilling/workover contractor) camp in Dukhan, Qatar c.1997 was a sign which read "Bitte werft keine kippen ins pissbecken" which translates as "please do not throw your fag ends in the urinal"!!

Only on Ch4 highlights, MB have a way to go, they way MV blew past Lewis in the DRS pass and then ran away was ridiculous.

It's amazing that air ambulance is not government funded considering the essential work they do! KSS air ambulance currently lease one of their helicopters costing them £0.5million PA that they can stop if they buy the helicopter for £1million, as well as allowing them to operate more flights...

Where it always lives - in your wallet!!:D:D:D

I wonder wht happened to his lovely green 124 estate - do his family still have it? Hope so.

Had to use Google to identify this lovely car : https://www.jaguarheritage.com/vehicle-collection/1996-daimler-corsica-convertible/

Mars Red is the USA version of Fire Opal Red in UK. I would hope that the millions that the Fire Opal Red fiasco cost MB in about 2007-2012 they would have fixed the problem by now!

You can add carneol red metallic to that list, problems with lacquer failure rather than actual paint, MB not interested. In the past 4-5 years had bonnet and roof resprayed, under 2 years later paint shop had to re-do the roof FOC due to lacquer failure, 2 years later (March this year) had...

Makes a change from "as told by a friend"!!:D:D:D

On my S204 2008 C220 with Comand NTG4, key to position 1, hold down steering wheel buttons make/answer phone call, end phone call (both on right) and OK (on left) all together for about 5 seconds, new menu appears in dash, first item highlighted is Vehicle details, press OK and battery voltage...

Another quick and easy for us tonight - thick cut honey roast ham, 2 fried eggs, baked beans and cheaty deep fried frozen french fries, washed down with a rather nice Rose. Went down rather well. Back to proper cooking tomorrow and Sunday, no decision yet about tomorrow but Sunday will be roast...

Quick cheaty tonight following late visit to dentist, new range at Tesco in brown cardboard boxes, tempura prawns and battered cod bites, 15 mins in fan oven at 190C turned once halfway through and served with chilli dipping sauce and tartare (not supplied with prawns/cod, but from our store...

Semi snap - our dishwasher has a delayed start function that herself uses - but to switch it on so it finishes about 9.30 (we're both retired so do not start early!) so it starts about 7! Daughter and SIL have smart switches for a load of stuff in their place - which we house sat for a week a...

Like you, I have an Economy7 meter, and like you I record and spreadsheet gas and electric useage on an Excel spreadsheet, so I know how much we've used each month on the "day" and "night" meters (R1 and R2). We've been here 17 years, I've on a few occasions looked at switching to an economy 7...

I don't know what I dislike more about that car - the drug dealer look or the £100k price tag!:D:D

I understand that Alastair - our S204 is now 16 years old, and wife is getting antsi about her age (the car!) despite the facts car is very well equipped, comfortable, economic (until the last 4 months), very practical and easy on our aching bones. However, the recent £650 for replacing rear...

My SIL does not go to the loo, he disappears to the library, we often suspect he's reading War and Peace! Thankfully they have 3 loos - en suite, family and downstairs - so "relief" is normally available! However, I've learnt to lock the door downstairs as rising 5 grandson just bursts in when...

I take it you mean in your windscreen, not your rear view mirror!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Suspect you're right, Alloywheels direct or what I bought show 20 x ALLOY WHEEL BOLT FOR MERCEDES BENZ M14x1.5 (28MM LONG) ROUND LUG NUT [20MA] | eBay. Apologies, but same Ebay supplier may have correct ones! Compared to the way MB ones rust, these have been better on my SLK!