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    Philips Color Vision Bulbs - Pre-Launch Testers Required!

    ill happily test a set of any colour h7's. Cant use pm's yet because i haven't got a high enough post count though......
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    I Want a G-Wagen

    Theres an AMG one sat on the forecourt about 30 secs away from my house.......the number of times ive nearly hit the back of the car in front after staring at it!
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    Look what i saw today

    I know what you mean, We used to have a few when i was in saudi, Sandy coloured sort of things. ........which i used to enjoy regularly sending them airborne on the perry track around the edge of the airfield!:cool: Would love to have brought one home with me!
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    Look what i saw today

    I was on my way back up the road from leeds this time last year, (in a focus courtesy car because id had the front of the E46 wiped out by some lunatic in an X5) id pulled up at Tebay services because in needed a cigarette. Pulled into a space, looked down at my phone to check texts and heard a...
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    How much!!!

    Any main dealer work will always cost a fortune as the try and say its all background cost. Had a mate that used to be a mechanic (8-9 years in the job,fully qualified, mot tester, etc) and was geting £7.87 an hour down in leeds. (Main dealer too) yet the dealership were charging £91 per hour...
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    strange noise when unlocking CLS

    What side is the fuel door? I was getting a funny ratchety type noise on the 202 and a bit of spray grease on the fuel door lock cured it!
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    smashed head and nose

    I did exactly the same thing with a saxo when i was younger. Was doing something....cant remember what.....under the bonnet. now being 6ft 2 and leaning under the bonnet of a lowered saxo doesn't feel too great on the old spinal column, So i left the bonnet of its stay and pushed it up vertical...
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    My Workplace

    Since coming into the oil and gas industry my workplace isn't too interesting, its just a workshop, full of pipeline and process equipment! Hopefully will be pushing for offshore or overseas again within the next 12 months or so! But here's a few of my last one before coming into the industry...
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    Intermittent heating controls

    Blower motor bushes think i paid £4 for some new ones of ebay and fitted them. mine went intermittent for a while then stopped altogether. Would occasionally kick back in if i gave under the dash a whack in the passenger footwell. All fine now though! :) And if its still having grief try a new...
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    Alarming yearly maintenance costs ..is this normal

    All depends on how the car is driven and maintained, i'm always putting my cars on ramps to have a poke about and keep an eye on various high consumption items. (bushes, suspension arms, brake parts etc) keeping things greased up and cleaned up! And as soon as i hear a noise that isn't quite...
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    W202 Mileage

    i know im resurrecting an old thread, so please don't shoot me..... 1997 C180 Elegance Bought in June with just turned 60K on the clock, 600008 if i remember correctly! just clicked the 69k mark on Christmas Day! Was bought for £360 with a burst brake line, and the tax and mot had about 3...
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    My Mate Dave...

    Some quality Dave stories here! My very best friend, David Davis.....aka.....Dave... was 17 and had gone and bought himself a Vauxhall Calibra Turbo with about 300BHP+ behind the loud pedal.... One paticular morning after having a general prod an poke with said calibra he noticed it needed...
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    Irish plates on cars

    irish style plates wont add any value, you can get them for about £50+ transfer fee. I had irish plates on my e46, covers the date it was made at least.......but when it was registered to a caravan site it used to cause no end of blue lights in the rear view mirror late at night!
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    Hey guys!

    welcome along mate, looking forward to seeing how this pans out, cant wait to see it stanced! p.s.....im one of them E30 boys!haha
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    noobie who with a stumbled upon 202

    Cheers storm. I think once ive had a chance to do a full rotary on it then I might come round to a the colour. 202 seem to be pretty honest motors to be honest from what ive seen round this one. needs a rear arch done as theres a couple of bubbles and on the boot either side of the number...
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    noobie who with a stumbled upon 202

    Hi everyone, Im Steve, usually a BMW man and have been for years, recently threw the keys for an e46 coupe at an ex girlfriend (not literally;) ) just so she would leave........so needed another car quickly, a day spent scouring gumtree and I stumbled across a p-plated, w202, with 60k miles...
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