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Me too. But I will be very picky when I collect it. The (sort of) good news is that at least it's the whole new nosecone that needs painting, so there will be no issues with blending paint on a panel. This was a private waste company, not the Council, but it does indeed sound like driver...

I took my 2014 SL400 into my local independent dealer this morning to have a minor, but annoying rattle looked at. It's under warranty there, which is good as I think it might be the turbo waste gate actuators that are rattling. Dealership is very good, very thorough. They wanted the car for 3...

Thanks - I tried that, and managed to set the volume to +2 (max setting), but it's still really quiet...

All, Seeking some advice here, the telephone volume on my 2014 SL400 is very, very low. I have tried the obvious solution of turning it up using the car volume controls and the phone volume control, but it never seems to get loud enough to hear when driving. Has anybody seen this before and...

Been there, I have three Deerhounds and despite being the ultimate canine athletes, they are all lazy feckers at heart. One time, I bought a sofa. Never again.

Damn. That was good. Almost as good as real tandoori chicken cooked in a tandoor.

Try the Meguiars Ultimate snow foam. It sticks like shit to a shovel.

Tandoori chicken (with onions and peppers) and onion bhajis in my (really quite big) air fryer, plus basmati rice from the rice cooker.

No it wouldn't. You need a silent dog for deer stalking. I have three of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Deerhound But they'd be rubbish for deterring car thieves.

Wonderful. Enjoy it. I have been to Wales a few times this year on my bikes. Don't worry about the 20mph bits as you wont be in towns or village much anyway. Elan Valley loop is always good, and a particular favourite of mine is the B4391 out of Bala towards Pentre. Also the B4574 which takes...

Just to confirm, I am back with the car today and checked it out. The red button works just fine as long as the boot is at the extent of travel. Engine on, engine off, keys in, keys out. No issue at all. So it was down to me just me not opening the boot far enough. Thanks for the advice -...

That’s interesting. The car has another three months warranty on it, so if I can confirm that’s how it is meant to work, I will take it to the dealer and have them fix it. I am not near the car right now, but when I get home later in the week I will have to mess around with it and see what I...

OK, so I appreciate that the title isn't great, but what I am after is some knowledge on the function of the W231 SL (mine is a 2014 SL400) that lifts the stowed roof out of the way, so you can actually put stuff in the boot while the roof is down. Mine has a little red button on the left hand...

:-) Well....the bikes can't come out of the garage. It is a double garage, but I have way to much crap in there to put the car in it. So the SL is going to live outside. I must admit though, I am in 2 minds about a cover. I fully get the point that if there was any dust or grit on the car, then...

On a similar note, I have a 2014 R231 SL and I am intending on driving it through the winter. Not as a daily driver, because I have a Volvo for the shittier days, but certainly whenever it is nice. It will live outside on my drive, so does anyone have a recommendation for a particular brand or...

Yep. The ones with all the little holes that piss the fluid directly onto the windscreen are expensive but great. When I got my SL, I made the dealer fit new ones. They should last a few years.

Well, I think you can overthink these things. I have several motorcycles and have tried a Bosch garden blower (not great), a Makita LXT garden blower (good) and an eBay "Pet Dryer" with heat (very good). But in the end, with the bikes and the cars, I find it easier just to wash them, rinse off...

Stick with what you have. Ratchet gun to get the wheel nuts off, ratchet gun to put them back on again. Then use the torque wrench you already have to check the final torque. Just remember to loosen the torque wrench all the way off when you put it away. They don't like being stored when...

The standards of lane discipline in the UK are definitely getting worse. On a 2 lane A road, we now have 2 lanes of traffic moving at roughly the same speed. This is because people do not pull back in after passing, no matter how slowly they are actually passing. They will stay out, moving 3mph...

Scratched car door ****, ****, ****. Expensive paint repair.