I just drove around aimlessly for over an hour and it was fun..

[Conor]

So..

My E class has been out of action for the best part of two months due to the alternator issue.. Considering the SL is in storage, I basically spent two months using my track spec Renault Clio 172 Cup as my daily.

My alternator is fixed and I am back cruising in comfort. I just can't get enough of the smoooooth V6. I went for a quick spin earlier and ended up driving around London twice.

It is chalk and cheese between the two cars.. I may as well have gotten into a Rolls Royce.

I feel like it was the pick-me-up I needed while in isolation.

As the cool kids say, PFA! The car was filthy after gathering dust, literally, for a couple months.. but it's nice and clean now

(I know you can see the swirl marks from where you are sitting and a few odd scratches.. some day I will get around to bringing this baby back to the glorious state it was once in.. but still not bad for 196k on the clock.)

 

[Blobcat]

Parking under a tree

 

[John Laidlaw]

Yup be some lovely resin mixed with brown/yellow dust on there now....

 

[Conor]

Oh guys, I know.

In the estate most of the parking is covered by trees. My bigger worry is stones being thrown at the car from the lawnmower / strimmer

 

[Blobcat]

Oh guys, I know.

In the estate most of the parking is covered by trees. My bigger worry is stones being thrown at the car from the lawnmower / strimmer

Strimmer at one of my work sites took the back window out of my smart I was away in a hire car so didn’t know about it for a couple of days. They’d fixed some black bags over it to stop rain getting in, until I got back.
Auto glass couldn’t repair it, being a convertible so it had to go to Mercedes main dealer. Gardening contractor paid Mercedes directly so no insurance issues for me.

 

[Conor]

Strimmer at one of my work sites took the back window out of my smart I was away in a hire car so didn’t know about it for a couple of days. They’d fixed some black bags over it to stop rain getting in, until I got back.
Auto glass couldn’t repair it, being a convertible so it had to go to Mercedes main dealer. Gardening contractor paid Mercedes directly so no insurance issues for me.

Oooph, very lucky the contractor owned up to it.

 

[Blobcat]

Oooph, very lucky the contractor owned up to it.

Depends if he ever wanted to come back and work at my site really...
Plenty of cctv /witnesses and being one of the senior managers on site meant he didn’t have many options open to him...

 

[McDonald]

Parking under a tree

In advance of today's deluge I washed my wife's Astra GTC yesterday. I then washed my neighbour's long neglected Range Rover. After a bit of lunch I went to my wife's car intending to polish it. The nearby tree had made such a mess, I had to wash it again. Instead of polishing it, I did a quick once-over with McGuires Quick detailer and was surprised at how this cursory job made a difference.

It's now parked away from trees.

For a few minutes I was in agreement with Brazilian President Bolsonaro - get rid of the trees. Then I came to my senses.