What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

davemercedes

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They don't drive past... they (expletive deleted) well FLY past with inches (or millimetres over there) to spare! I had a flat on the dual carriageway round near Heathrow a few years ago - the maniacal drivers got to me and I bent the jacking tool into an "S" shape under the stress!
 

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C250 CDI - Sport 125 - 2011
New tyres all round - set of Conti Sport Contact 5 MO far more confidence inspiring that the cheap stuff that was on there when I bought it. Why people buy any old rubber for cars I will never know, the thing handled like a banana skin on them.
For info - F1 Autocentre came up best on price, full set was just over £420 for 18" staggered setup which was a good deal better than Black Circles for the same tyres - £122 for the rears, £87 for the fronts VS £149 and £106 respectively.
I was honestly surprised that they didn't charge or even offer any extras either - even with the free alignment check they could find no adjustment worth doing.
 

alexanderfoti

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Drove down in a friends sprinter van, to pick up a 617 lump for the new 123 from Devon.

There and back in 9 ish hours. Knackered.
 

Wighty

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Drove down in a friends sprinter van, to pick up a 617 lump for the new 123 from Devon.

There and back in 9 ish hours. Knackered.
If you could use whatever model number the Sprinter is you could do that all in numbers ...try again buddy :D
 

Wighty

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View attachment 52929 At a visit to Claire House to take some supercar type things there and this made an appearance ...
Very nice JL , I stopped into an MB VIP event in Chelmsford by accident the other day , and had a sit in a new SL 63 , black with red leather.....Madre De Dios it was a stunning place to be :D (only £112 k as well :rolleyes:)
 

sl500amgsport

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Very nice JL , I stopped into an MB VIP event in Chelmsford by accident the other day , and had a sit in a new SL 63 , black with red leather.....Madre De Dios it was a stunning place to be :D (only £112 k as well :rolleyes:)
I nearly joined you there, wife told me flying to Bali was more important:-(

Mercedes SL500 R231
 

alexanderfoti

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Welcome to my world Alex!

Can quickly become quite a tedious drive, can't it? Did you do A303 or M4 & M5?

Definitely, especially the last 80 miles on the way back. I did A303. Left the house at 5am so missed out most of the rubbish at least.
 

Rotorhead500

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Used to have a C63...
Definitely, especially the last 80 miles on the way back. I did A303. Left the house at 5am so missed out most of the rubbish at least.

It's frequently taken me 7+hrs to get from Plymouth to Haslemere area, let alone Biggin Hill.

Best run I've had was leaving Biggin at 23:00... lovely & quiet. But did get home at 03:45! o_O
 

alexanderfoti

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It's frequently taken me 7+hrs to get from Plymouth to Haslemere area, let alone Biggin Hill.

Best run I've had was leaving Biggin at 23:00... lovely & quiet. But did get home at 03:45! o_O

Ah then I didn't do too bad. Was at the destination at 9:20 am so did pretty well.
 

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2002 SL55 AMG, 2005 E320 CDi, 2014 SLK250 CDi, 2003 SLK200
Nice drive to Walsaw and back again on the 55, now totally feeling refreshed :cool:
 


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