cautionary

So my SL has a bit of an appetite for tyres esp rear ones. After some research and help on this forum decided to get some Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres. Now I normally use BlackCircles but they don't do them in my size but MyTyres do. No worries used them before so I pays my money and books my slot...

This is a balanced but ‘be aware’ post following a disappointing transaction with Nick. A nice guy, I met him at his house after driving up a few weeks back to buy a brand new wind deflector from him via this forum. When I returned home, I noticed that one of the two fold out arms that support...

I picked up my R129 on Monday; well, I say I, but in fact it was a recovery truck. I will explain… (Picture of the car down below, and a question; according to the data sheet the paint code is 199 (SchwarzBlau), but I’m beginning to wonder. Can anyone identify the colour? It’s noticeably...

Picked up some new Pagid shoes for my S203 as the original (Galfer) ones were crumbling. They were fitted with new adjusters and cable knuckles but when I went to fit the disc both sides would not go over the shoes despite the adjusters being in their smallest position. Once removed I checked...

So a few weeks ago I decided to de-rust and respray the wiper arms on the headlights, so I took them out, they were rusty and blocked, so i cleaned them and left them in vinegar (as you do!) for the rust to dissolve, the next morning there was a lovely fizzing sound coming from the bucket with...

Well I have had a terrible last evening/morning Decided that I had to rotate the wheels front/back again as I an still on winter tyres. Shifted wheel bolts no trouble but could I get the wheels off? No. They were really stuck, especially the rears. The wheels had been refurbished (full...

Approximately 6 months back I acquired some brand new 15" AMG Type 2 alloys (the genuine thing - MB logo and part nos stamped inside) off of eBay. The reasons I elected to stick with 15" wheels were; 1) I had renewed the tyres about 3 months beforehand therefore only 3-4,000 miles on them, and...

Just over a year ago my vehicle was written off by a 20 ton lorry driver attempting a u-turn on a dual carriageway. I have won the claim. Police gave lorry driver extra driver training ("prosecution too expensive") Useless :( Today I received the vehicle condition report commissioned by the...