motoring

Question for those of us with convertibles: how often do you get your top down? If my car had one of those Mini-style openometers fitted, it would be showing upwards of 90%, as the only time the roof stays up is if there's something wet falling from the sky, and even then, if I'm already...

Anyone going this weekend? The official MB Club have a stand on all three days, I am going on Sunday in either the V12 W140 or the SL if the weather is good. Come and say hello......

Two spectators sustained minor injuries after this Mini crash in Australia!:eek: lC2oArZP8wg&feature

I have been giving this a lot of thought and we are living in a democratic country (where the majority should dictate the rules) my observations suggest we need to change our rules of the road to suit this majority. I am therefore suggesting 1. It's obvious to me that front fog lights are so...

Whilst driving home this afternoon there was quite a bit of drizzle and at times fog. With my wipers on I also had my lights on. But there were still maybe 10% of people without their lights on, despite the fog. When I was taught to drive I was told; if your wipers are on so should your lights...

I've just roughly worked out something pretty good interesting..... Right, now I spent £995 on my S320, granted it isn't showroom standard but it's well above average for a 12 year old car. So anyway, a cheap economical, car just now is a Daihatsu Sirion 1.0S. It does 56mpg combined and it...

My son’s girlfriend is the proud owner of a 1993 1.7 diesel Chavalier. It was MOT day today and the car failed on 3 items. It required new wiper blades, a front antiroll bar link and rear brake cylinder. The total for these items was a wallet bending £16.38.:eek: My son fitted the bits in under...

Hi Anyone going to this? It says in the blurb here that there are 'over 90 club stands'. I've not seen anyone on here mention it but i'm guessing there will be an MB Club there of some kind. I'm going along on Monday as it's not far from me. Trando

Good interview with Nick Freeman (Mr Loophole) on Autotrader LINKY :rock:

Since my wife’s ML has been with the dealers on and off to try to resolve the Airmatic issue, we have had the opportunity to sample quite a few diesel autos in the Mercedes range as loan cars. I tend to travel light, so to avoid swapping stuff from one car to another I have used the loan cars...

Tristram Hunt looks at how motoring has gone from allowing us to explore the English countryside to the present day of speed cameras, congestion charges and environmental issues. Could be interesting :rolleyes:

Culled from The Register roadpricing trials Of course it's only for our convenience.

Got back from our 2 week holiday in France on Sunday. Car did a brilliant job. Totalled 1930 miles round trip, 29.8mpg overall and it was loaded to max weight. Only one minor malfunction [right hand rear number plate lamp, which cleared itself after 10 mins] and she didn't use any oil or skip...

Couldn't keep Baby BTB (or Mrs BTB) off the damn thing!

Hi Just got back from a week in France and Holland and have a few motoring pics from my 1800 mile trip. 230K's mount just before heading off with all 7 of us. Got as far as Paris from Belfast via Stranraer and tunnel. Stopped for fuel on M25 somewhere that was our only stop until...

SOME MOTORING FACTS AND FIGURES Not surprisingly lots of threads include remarks about congestion, the number of cars, lorries, buses and so on and the speed of traffic, the number of accidents and many other issues on which having a few facts (or statistics) can be useful. As an economist I’ve...

Because, as I understand it, many drivers are useless, there are many aids to driving, and some have been highlighted on various threads here recently: ESP We're all too good a driver to need this ABS As ESP BAS As ESP Road Angel-type devices We're all too busy driving to see our...

I recently had to MoT the SL (R129). The previous Mot had been 18 months ago (don't ask ...) and nothing had been done in the interval except the normal fluid level checks. Preparation consisted of cleaning brake pipes and rear discs- total time 10 minutes- cost- NIL- Mot result- pass. The SL's...

I was reading a magazine interview where this was one of the questions posed and it got me thinking. At first I would have said that being fascinated by the little coloured globes on the centre wheelcaps of Dad's Triumph something or other. But then I remembered that Dad's cars got bigger...

finally bought myself a small van,pre registered fiat doblo cargo 1.3 multijet 75bhp.had ecu altered to give 110bhp.. bought from london on ebay so sunday travelled by train to london then drove home to manchester.6 hour journey with traffic using the toll road at birmingham.the doblo has to be...