I managed to get chance to clean and polish the winter grime away last weekend. Meguires Gold Class shampoo, followed by Autoglym super resin, followed by Autoglym extra gloss. Some tyre dressing, and hey presto, one very clean and shiny CLK. I'm really chuffed with the finish, not bad for a six...
Just back from my daughter's school and am really chuffed. She worked extremely hard for her exams, far harder than I ever did, and today she got her reward.
13 GCSEs 6 at A* and 5 As. :bannana: :bannana: :bannana:
Just wondering what results you get from your MOT test emissions.
Here's mine to start the ball rolling:
C180:
Fast idle test: CO: 0.00% vol, HC 24ppm vol, lambda 1.005
Natural idle test: CO: 0.00% vol
S320:
Fast idle test: CO: 0.04% vol, HC 72ppm vol, lambda 1.007
Natural idle...
:D Do you think I over did it?? :D
Imagine the fingerprints!!
Read more here: http://www.worldcarfans.com/news.cfm?newsid=2031224.001&mercedes-benz=1.html/country/gcf
Following on from the discussion here, post your dyno results.
If there are enough to make a worth while start, I'll see about having a graph made up that we will link to from the Engine section. A bar graph of cars against power.
Rear Wheel figures ONLY please.
GrahamC230K - 1999...
One very proud very delighted mum - my darling daughter got 9 As and 3 Bs in her GCSEs. We're over the moon for her. :bannana: :bannana:
Good luck to other parents who's munchkins are getting their results today ;)
Following on from my earlier thread last week concerning what I did to source the right car.....
For those who didnt follow that thread, basically I emailed every dealer in the country, with the exception of Northern Ireland, Jersey and the Isle of Man. I sent my email on a Sunday morning...
I've just bought a WAP phone and am trying to find a decent low graphics WAP site that will display the latest footy results. I don't want to pay for the latest results sent to mobile. I just want to be able to see the latest results if I'm away. Any good sites ?
Went to the BCA classic car auction yesterday as there were a couple of Mercs going through and I was interested to see how much they went for....after seeing the results keeping my credit card under control was very very hard!!!!:)
1976 380 SL......Red, very good condition £4500
1979 450...
Tried a few companies over lunch for a W202 250TD:
Liverpool Victoria - site crashed
Morethan - entered car details; 'unable to quote'
Tesco - £550
Direct Line £409
Admiral £416
I'll go with Admiral - the other car is already with them.
MOT emissions for my 280E - usually use Sainsburys or ASDA unleaded.
2003 - 2 tanks of Shell optimax prior to test
Fast idle test CO 0.05% HC 56ppm Lambda 1.002 Natural idle test CO 0.49%
2004 - 2 tanks of BP Ultimate prior to test
Fast idle test CO 0.01% HC 26ppm Lambda 1.004 Natural...