death

Occasionally, about once in every ten drives, when I switch the engine off, it continues to rattle and splutter for about 3 seconds before it dies. This is completely random as far as I know, it sometimes happens after a long journey but also occurred recently while the engine was still cold...

I was rudely awakened this morning by the sound of a car crashing outside my house . When I leapt out of bed and looked out the window I was met by the sight of a Toyota Corolla protruding through my garden wall and embedded into the side of my 300TE-24 :mad: Worse still , my car had been pushed...

DaimlerChrysler to buy out McLaren? From 4CAR DaimlerChrysler is considering buying the 60% of McLaren that it does not already own, according to rumours in the German media. DaimlerChrysler bought 40% of McLaren in 1999, as part of the programme to develop and produce the Mercedes-Benz...

With the recent thread on the compressed strength of MB springs I'm wondering what happens when the spring perch fails due to corrosion like this US car. At parking speed it must be contained by the wing but at high speed there must be a danger of the tyre being shredded and/or the steering...

'' The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71. Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California...

Sometimes you have to ask yourself why, after eons of evolutionary progress, this is the best some forms of life can aspire to. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=72205&item=7933387396&rd=1 Many years hence, when the remains of our culture are being excavated, what...

You will all be very sad to hear that my engine died last week. It was a sudden death and was unexpected. The post mortem will take place after Xmas but food poisoning looks to be the likely cause, it ate its own tappet buckets! If anyone has a 250D (602) engine to fit a W124 in a corner of...