driving

Driving on two lane stretch of A1M, guy in an old BMW 3 series comes hurtling up behind me while I'm sitting behind 7-8 other cars at ~70mph in overtaking lane with the first car is overtaking a couple of lorries and a national express coach. Guy in BMW keeps dropping back a car length and then...

Hi All For those who are regular followers of this forum site, you may remember a couple of months ago, I posted on the site, my near thing with the rear suspension arms being rusted through and collapsing(see photo). The garage which I use instead of main dealers fitted rear suspension arms (...

Woman hurt when car ends up on Ipswich church wall A car ended up on a church wall when a woman accidentally hit the accelerator and crashed while parking her vehicle. She was trying to straighten her car while parking at St Nicholas Church in Ipswich when she "shot forward" into a stationary...

How mad is this. Left UK to live in Turkey 16 years ago with a full UK License. It expired a few years back (3 or 4) and needed a new picture to renew so in essence being in Turkey just used the old as it's no big deal with their police ;) Now returned to UK with a temporary "one use"...

O.K, I know I'm a thick Yorkshireman I but need to change the headlamp dip direction on my CL (2003 600 biturbo) as I live in France. I originally read that the command system would do that automatically:doh: but unsurprisingly that didn't happen, so I looked for the levers to do it manually...

As of January next year, DVLA will no longer be issuing counterparts with our licences. They will issue photocard only, and as of January 1st 2015 counterpart may be destroyed if you wish. More info here https://www.gov.uk/government/news/driving-licence-changes

Took my 12 years old daughter there (Brooklands). Overall, a great experience. She really enjoyed it... as did I :) On the plus side: It is not a 'go cart fun day', it is proper driving tuition. There are different levels, the first two consist of driving slowly around cones in a very large...

Hi All Off to the South of France soon via the tunnel , early start on Sunday with a return late two weeks later. Thanks to this forum I have my toll tag next question. I am heading down to near Perpignan, basically have the choice of two routes, one via the Paris ring road and the other...

You have already passed your driving test, but here's an opportunity to test your knowledge based on the theory tests in today's world. Each exam contains 50 multiple choice questions. The pass mark is 43 out of 50. Take tests 1 & 2 report back with your results, and be honest! LINK.

S320cdi 2001 W220 The trip computer on my car has been giving faulty reading whilst driving for the last 2 weeks. It will randomly jump between 0 and 99.9 whilst driving. Does not affect the fuel consumption. Its done it before and then went away and now its started again. There is no...

I mentioned this about 18 months ago when my girlfriend was looking at an A class when they first cane out, but I had another go in one recently and am just flabbergasted at how wrong Mercedes have got the driving position. I just can't get comfortable in it - IMO, the pedals protrude into the...

S320cdi 2001 W220 The trip computer on my car has been giving faulty reading whilst driving for the last 2 weeks. It will randomly jump between 0 and 99.9 whilst driving. Does not affect the fuel consumption. Its done it before and then went away and now its started again. There is no...

The paper part of your drive licence will no longer be needed from 2015 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/driving-licence-changes You can check yours here https://www.gov.uk/view-driving-licence

As per the title, taking the SL to Jersey for a few days break next week. Never been before so looking forward to it. Anything I should know about the driving over there?

I have had my C63 Coupe just over 3 months now and absolutely love it, however!, while out for my usual stress relieving blasts, i cannot stop the bloody back end from weaving about when exiting any sharp corner or roundabout. I have tried feeding the power in gently, but usually end up with...

Ok so we finally get some good weather and the air con decides to take a holiday! I took it to get it regassed but was told it did not need it and that there was a fault that would need to he investigated. If I start the vehicle and put the a/c on low and auto (climate control), the blowers...

Anyone else got this email from MB? I can't make it. Wonder if anyone can 'apply'? -------------------- Exhilarating, head-turning and totally tempting. The Mercedes-Benz range of coupés and cabriolets are without equal. We are delighted to invite you to experience the range first-hand at...

Hi, I'm off to France for a short break and will be hiring a car while over there. Some time ago, I understand that the French introduced a law to say that you had to carry a breathalyser kit in your car. It was later reported that legislation regarding penalties for not carrying one had not...

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Greetings people, hope you can help me with these three problems which are frustrating me as I just haven't had the time to get round to fixing them! I thought I'd put in one post rather than three separate posts. 1 - On my 04 E270 the 'auto' lights do not switch off nor do they alter if...