What are the worst words you can say to car guys I.e. us lot?
Mrs Mark, " I'm just taking the car "
" just nuts and bolts anyway "
" just had it up the ramp...(dramatic pause) not good I'm afraid. "
" we have got you a like for like courtesy " *Toyota Aygo
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What to expect? I put my car into a Specialist for a intermitant fault.
The car didn't play up on several test drives they carried out, I left the car with them for a week to see if they could fix it.
During discussions possible TC could be but unlikly just starting to fail causing my issues...
Blimey, Autocar must have had some column inches to fill :eek:
"Perhaps nothing exemplifies this more than the engine’s capacity to languish in the background. Muffled would be an unfair description - instead it hums benevolently in the background, waiting to be whisked up by a brilliantly...
In the last couple of weeks, web pages seem to have lots of words underlined.
As the cursor goes over the underlined word an advert box opens.
Even a post I made here myself:
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/ot-off-topic-forums/147262-roof-remedial-work.html (post #4) has the word "access"...
Moving house shortly (subject to contract!!) and will be increasing mileage as a result. Got to keep the CLK55 cos its fabulous... Think the VW Phaeton -at 30MPG and £250 a corner for tyres (not to say top rate of road tax, and pain in the neck servicing cos it needs a "specialist") will need to...
I tried putting up a e-bay post and the automatic sensor says that there is a banned word in the post. The nearest thing I can see to something rude in it is the word cult? Is this the Scunthorpe phenomenon?
Every now and again you know you have to do some routine maintenance of a more than the normal kind, even to these noble beasts.
So up for change were the rear subframe bushes both fore and aft of my 124 Estate. I may add that the milage is now around 227K and this car works for a living.
So...
Was driving along A419 towards Swindon this morning, pulled out to pass two slow moving cars ahead, when the latter of the two - a Renault Clio - indicated left. I assumed (big mistake) that he was intending to pull off to the left into a garage...........................big mistake to assume...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-MERCEDES-SL600-AUTO-BLACK_W0QQitemZ150221477987QQihZ005QQcategoryZ9855QQtcZphotoQQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
thinking VERY hard about this as a 3rd car/ boys toy.
opinions welcome about a) the ad itslef (i.e. genuine) and b) living with a car like this...
Single blade wiper stopped yesterday. Its been kept fairly well greased for the last couple of years, so no great deal I thought.
Ha!
Wiper Gearing/Linkage £357.60
Then after fitting that
Wiper Motor £198.68
Then fitting charge £? still to be...
'Brains' under bonnet to put an end to speeding
By David Williams,
10 August 2004
Plans to stop motorists speeding by installing an electronic "brain" under the bonnet of every car in Britain came closer today.
Government experts want the device introduced to prevent drivers going...
Most people on here will know I don't often have much sympathy for anyone caught speeding but in this instance I'm of the opinion that the law has been proved to be an ass.
A work colleague was driving on a quiet dual carriageway at 70 MPH when he came across 3 wagons in convoy doing about...