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    4x MER A21240104027X07 Mercedes Benz Alloy Wheel 8.5x17 ET48 5 Twin Spoke with Dunlop

    4x Mercedes A21240104027X07 Mercedes Benz Alloy Wheel 8.5x17 ET48 5 Twin Spoke with Dunlop winter Tyres for sale. I'm after £650 for them but am open to offers.
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    Colchester to Bulford best route Monday morning

    Advice required on the best route to take as I have the joy of trying to drive to Bulford from Colchester on Monday morning to take my son to his new barracks by 12 midday. According to the RAC A12, M25 North, M3 (which takes me past Heathrow) is the shortest/quickest) by 5 miles but I'm always...
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    Anyone fancy a drink

    BBC News - 'Most valuable' bottle of white wine sells for £75,000 W:eek:w. Not something you crack open and neck then.:D
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    UK Debt / US Debt

    I realise we are intrinsically linked to the U.S.A but just looked at the beeb news. Apparently the Yanks owe poor little UK $0.35 Trillion (approx £0.23 trillion), we are in debt to the tune of £900 billion. Now surely IF and note it's a BIG IF we called that in we would be us sitting a lot...
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    500KG Shark Lands on boat

    Gulp:crazy::crazy: BBC News - Today - 500kg shark 'lands in boat'
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    B180 CDI Fuel Economy

    I have the pleasure of a B class 180CDI auto as a loan car for a couple of days. Having just done the same journey to work with cruise set @ 75MPH I managed to achieve 46MPG. The same journey in my car W212 350CDI same speed 42MPG, I was expecting a lot better from the B class. Quite shocked...
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    No.1 Son's Driving Experience day

    No. 1 Son had a driving experience as his present for reaching the grand old age of 19 in January. He finally got around to booking it for last Saturday at 0800 hrs so we decided we would go stay over near to the track at Heyford Park, Oxfordshire the night before. SWMBO, myself and No.1 son...
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    MPG improvement winter to summer tyre swap

    I currently travel the same route every Monday morning before traffic builds so can achieve reasonably close results. I changed my wheel / tyre combination from winter 17" to the fitted as standard 18" summer conti's over the weekend. I have then driven down the A12 over the Dartford crossing...
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    Snow due in Essex and Kent

    Apologies to all living in Essex and Kent, it will probably snow in the next couple of weeks due to me changing my winter wheels / tyres back to summer wheels / tyres. It's now colder today than it has been all week.:D:D
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    Dealership Dealings

    My car is coming up for it's first service and I have the following dealership choice to make. Colchester (Near to home) or Canterbury (Near to work) I work away from home so stay in Kent during the week so convenience Canterbury wins, but I had a good buying experience from Colchester MB...
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    Digital SLR

    Having just spent the last 3 weeks in Sri Lanka & the Maldives I have come to the conclusion I need to move up from the compact digital camera to something which will give me greater versatility. I'm after advice on what is a good "starter" digital SLR with a budget of up to £800. The idea being...
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    Mainbeam assist on W212

    Does anyone else find the main beam assist sporadic. I have now switched mine off as I find it inconsistent in operation. I live down country lanes with no street lighting so in theory if I switch to main beam with assist enabled it should go onto main beam almost immediately until it sees...
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    Sri Lanka & Maldives Travel Advice

    I made a drunken promise to my wife a few years ago :doh:. It was, that if we were in the position to do so I would take her to the Maldives for her fortieth birthday. Well we are in that position and I am upholding my promise, we are however touring Sri Lanka for 12 days followed by a week in...
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    E350CDI Power Increase

    Just been on the MB car configurator for E class saloon and noticed the power has increased from 175kW to 195kW 0-60 time is better and the combined fuel is quoted at 45.6MPG not 40.9MPG as is the case with my 2 month old E350CDI, the swine. :doh: If they had let me know this was occurring I...
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    W212 Bi Xenon Headlight Adjustment

    Anyone, I have a 2010 E350CDI Sport with Bi Xenon headlights. I am due to go to France soon and asked the dealer about headlight adjustment, he told me it had to be done at a dealer. (Kerrr-ching) I have since read through the manual and played with the settings in the car and it appears I can...
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