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Hi I'm sure your posting is intended to be funny rather than insulting to council house tenants, I know quite a few very wealthy guys who started life in a council house, you cannot help where you are born. As for 'A' brand tyres that cost the earth, how can you guarantee that they are not made...

NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR RANT. YOU'RE SPOT ON MATE! Hi All you C-Class owners. At last I have cured the cold starting problems on my C-270 CDI. The initial diagnosis was that there must be a leak somewhere in the diesel fuel lines that is allowing air back into the supply lines when its very...

On the rear driven wheels I went from a 40-profile summer to a 45 winter but it probably was not enough to make much difference. I have no idea what the car had on when it had the 16-inch wheels as I bought it with the 17-inch ones but am more than happy with its grunt, speed, grip and economy...

I'm a bit confused here; I would have thought that having a larger diameter wheel with the same profile tyre that was on the smaller wheel would give a larger circumference? This should mean in theory that for every revolution of the larger wheel that vehicle would travel slightly further. If...

Thanks Rory, I used to live up that way. So the car is too clever to allow grown up kids mess it about, I must admit that computer is something else, it keeps telling me that my number plate lamps have blown but they are still lit? I'm still amazed at the power that 2.7 lt motor produces, today...

Hi all you winter tyre owners. I took the advice that I received on this forum to fit winter tyres to me C-270 CDI and am very glad that I did, as been driving AWD for around 10-years so the C-class was my first rear wheel drive. I can report that the winters have been great, 17 inch Conti's on...

Lights wiring Hi Diesel Man, All interesting and useful stuff. Having sailed and live on boats for year I know w little bit about electrical wiring in damp environments. Before we left Cape Town for the UK I made sure that the cables I used for the masthead lights was of a thickness a little...

NEW ROCKWORTH 1.5 HP 6 LITRE LTR AIR COMPRESSOR - LIGHT WEIGHT - OIL FREE | eBay This link should take you right to that eBay compressor for less than 50-quid. Al.

Hi Rashman Jist found one on eBay for less than 50-quid, main OK to keep in small garage. Here the link, air compressor in Vehicle Parts & Accessories | eBay Al.

Hi, I found one on eBay about 2-years ago for £24.00 incl delivery. It loosk like a flying saucer with a tiny compressor on top. It is mains 240-V operated and will pump up to 95-psi, I needed this for my Coach based Iveco motorhome that has bus wheels. Try searching for it on eBay. Al.

Or too slow at it? Al. Is that short enough?

Sorry for the typos on last post, it should have read, the system cut me off so I lost the draft. Then went to do something more productive! Whenever I do a reply, then press POST the system responds by thinking that I have not logged in so I have to re-log in then when I return the whole draft...

Hi, I tried to give a decent reply but they system cut me off and told me I don't have permission, by the time I got back to it my daft was gone, so have a good Christmas one and all I'm off to spend my time more roductive than having stuff deleted! Al.

Most of the good cars I've owned in this long life have not come from dealers but from private sales. When you meet the owner you can see if he loves the car or just loves to see himself in the car. Any guy who buys a Mercedes buys it for its perceived quality and most of these will do their...

A BIT OFF SUBJECT BUT? On the subject of our under exploitation of the UK's natural recourses and villains, I noticed since arriving back in the UK in 1997 that on the subject of villains alone, we do seem to have more than our fair share of them in this fair land? Some of these villains are...

Here is another road to take this subject down? Why are we still concerned with meeting CO2 targets when a lot of the research into the link between CO2 production and global warming has been cast in doubt? When Al Gore started his therory and had ice core sample to back up his statement that...

Hi Guys, Thanks, flanaia1: Here's an interesting fact about coal mines and power stations. While living in South Africa from 1966 to 1997 I was involved in contracting to Coal, Gold and Diamond mines in the bad old days when the country was on top of the world, some would say as a result of...

I enjoyed reading all the posts on energy and yes, we do still have a lot of coal, at the last count over a 1000-years at current consumption so why did we close all the minens? Was it so that we would still have coal when Poland's had all be used up? Why are we not producing fuel from our coal...

Just a thought! When I bought my first C270 diesel estate, the dealer took me for a ride and forgot to fasten his seat belt. The bleeper sounded and he struggled to fasten it. It does your head in he said. I agreed and the wife also struggled with her side so I ordered a pair of seat belt buckle...

Hi all, When I went to the tyre fitting garage to have winter tyres fitted they explained that you cannot simply change a rear wheel for a front on due to them being different sizes? My C270 CDI has a 17 X 225 X 45 on the front rims but 17 X 245 X 45 on the rear rims. I am assuming that the...