Passed her MOT with flying colours.
Nearly 208k and going ok, glad I kept her a couple of years ago although SWMBO has told me I'm not allowed to sell her even if I get a new(er) car.
Alarmingly I only did 2.5k miles in the last 12 months, perfect excuse to buy a V8 next :D
Hi everyone
I'm new here so finding my way. Please be gentle!
I've had my 1999 CLK230K for nearly 5 years and love it. But it's getting very rusty and it's time for a change. But I don't know what. I've grown very fond of Mercedes because my car has been completely reliable from new (my...
The 'More Jokes' thread is a nightmare to post on because, I'm assuming, there's been that many posts.
Pretty much every time I post, it double posts, so I thought it'd be better to simply start a new thread....
Where do I start, As I have been squirrelling away parts for the old girl, I bought a set of projector headlights, Mtec grooved and drilled front discs, the heated element for the windscreen washer bottle, twin exit exhaust,new tyres all round, and a good bonnet in silver as mine had a huge lump...
1 week old and I've finally given the car some much needed TLC with a lovely coat of SwissVax "Best of Show" - many thanks to Steve of Mirror Finish for turning up on such a horrible morning and keeping the faith that the sun would eventually appear long enough to put on some wax!
Here are...
my old girl reliable and goes like the clappers(bit like the wife):D
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With the recent blips of nice weather to enjoy I un-wrapped the old girl (98) R129 SL32O and took it out to clear her lungs but when it was time to give it the boot it didn't want to change smoothly at high revs. Tootling along.. just fine but at full throttle I got a back fire, bit of a delay...
Alright peeps,
ive had my car for over 6 months now (prefacelift 202 C280) and ive never really given it any serious welly what with me now being a old fart.
Anyway was waiting to turn right at a major crossroads today and just as I start to move off a car coming towards me decides to jump...
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