Trade show

[television]

I had a very good day at the trade show at Sandown Park today.
The lecture on Common rail deisels has opened up a whole new world to me, as now I know how they work and the pitfalls on servicing.
The lecture on diagnostics was also brilliant, interesting, the opening line was, "if you do not listen to the customer, you will never find the problem" (MB,where are you).
Things are looking better on the diagnosis front. We now have real time diagnostic testers. You put it in the car and go for a drive, this thing monitors fuel,spark,combustion and exhaust, if the fault was say hessitated at 40 MPH.
you replay the real time info, and there it is on the srceen, on this demo it was number 5 coil pack
I will let other bits out slowly as needed in the threads.
This is the longest run in the SL since driving it home. Leaving Heathrow at 6 pm, I was 150 miles and home in 2 hours, drove it quite hard, its very good at 125mph Hardly notice it, it returned 26 MPG and makes a wonderful sound. Very pleased with it.

Malcolm

 

[daveenty]

I had a very good day at the trade show at Sandown Park today.

Glad you liked it. Hoped it would be enjoyable when I read you were going

it returned 26 MPG and makes a wonderful sound. Very pleased with it.

Malcolm

Thta's the bit that spoilt it for me........can't quite get that.

Having said that, if I wanted economy I'd have bought something else (wouldn't we Malcolm)

 

[television]

Thta's the bit that spoilt it for me........can't quite get that.

Having said that, if I wanted economy I'd have bought something else (wouldn't we Malcolm)

E55 AMG well, what can one say, having never owned a car that did much over 20, my V70R would have only returned 20 mpg at the speed I drove it home.
Its all Davids SL500 fault, he sent sly little things like videos and comments, cant thank him enough now, and the other 500 owners here.
If we wanted economy----- We would. sad when I had to get out of it.

Malcolm

 

[Rory]

its very good at 125mph

You won't keep your licence long if you do that regularly.

The trouble is that the bits of road that are suitable for a good speed are well known to the Police and the Camera partnerships and they're the very places where you're likely to get caught.

(Good to hear about the show, by the way).

 

[television]

You won't keep your licence long if you do that regularly.

The trouble is that the bits of road that are suitable for a good speed are well known to the Police and the Camera partnerships and they're the very places where you're likely to get caught.

(Good to hear about the show, by the way).

On the last bit of the A303 just before it joins the M3, no other car in sight,and a split level dual carraigeway for the small burst. The bulk of the motorway driving was done in Distronic cruise at 75 mph.
I do hear what you say, and for 99% of the time I do abide by the limits.

Malcolm

 

[Myros]

naughty boy Malcolm

it is a nice noise though isn't it. I can't get over doing 2000rpm at 70mph. that's the revs little cars need to get off the line.

 

[television]

it is a nice noise though isn't it. I can't get over doing 2000rpm at 70mph. that's the revs little cars need to get off the line.

The noise made my day, winding it up all the way home, nothing quite like it

malcolm

 

[tom7035]

The noise made my day, nothing quite like it

malcolm

If it's noise you're fond of, just give my missus a ring!! :-D

 

[television]

If it's noise you're fond of, just give my missus a ring!! :-D

Oh, she makes the sound of a V8, a much cheaper alternative :grin:

Malcolm

 

[littlebrooklyn]

I had a very good day at the trade show at Sandown Park today.
The lecture on Common rail deisels has opened up a whole new world to me, as now I know how they work and the pitfalls on servicing.
The lecture on diagnostics was also brilliant, interesting, the opening line was, "if you do not listen to the customer, you will never find the problem" (MB,where are you).
Things are looking better on the diagnosis front. We now have real time diagnostic testers. You put it in the car and go for a drive, this thing monitors fuel,spark,combustion and exhaust, if the fault was say hessitated at 40 MPH.
you replay the real time info, and there it is on the srceen, on this demo it was number 5 coil pack
I will let other bits out slowly as needed in the threads.
This is the longest run in the SL since driving it home. Leaving Heathrow at 6 pm, I was 150 miles and home in 2 hours, drove it quite hard, its very good at 125mph Hardly notice it, it returned 26 MPG and makes a wonderful sound. Very pleased with it.

Malcolm

Malcolm did you have a look at the ASNU stand whilst you were there, I know we had one there

 

[television]

Malcolm did you have a look at the ASNU stand whilst you were there, I know we had one there

I certainly did, its a very hot topic right now, the injector demo was good.

Where have you been hiding

Malcolm

 

[littlebrooklyn]

I certainly did, its a very hot topic right now, the injector demo was good.

Where have you been hiding

Malcolm

My partner designs and builds those machines, he is their General Manager

 

[television]

My partner designs and builds those machines, he is their General Manager

The world gets smaller and smaller, I used to repair the ultrasonic cleaners for Frank in his watch factory.

Malcolm

 

[littlebrooklyn]

The world gets smaller and smaller, I used to repair the ultrasonic cleaners for Frank in his watch factory.

Malcolm

Oh I didn't know Frank had a watch factory. When my diamonds lose their sparkle my partner cleans them in the ultrasonic tank for me

 

[television]

Oh I didn't know Frank had a watch factory. When my diamonds lose their sparkle my partner cleans them in the ultrasonic tank for me

Interesting, Frank had a unit in the Watford clock factory in Whippendell road, though Frank made watches and bracelets, the original building was build by a Mr North who made car clocks for S Smith & son and the Watford magnito as fitted to Rolls Royce cars up to 1932 when lucas bought them out and the factory closed.
I interveiwed Mr north just before he died and I should really publish the story as it tells why Smiths only made instruments and lucas only made lighting sets, No one in the UK knows this story,other than me.

Malcolm

 

[littlebrooklyn]

Malcolm you really should publish that interview, I'm sure it will be of interest to a lot of people. The guy that owns ASNU used to work for Lucas before he set up on his own. It is a very small world

 

[kth286]

Malcolm

Were you there in time to get the free bacon roll and MechanEx PMM T-shirt?

Oh ! and the free tickets to a Sandown Park raceday?

 

[television]

Malcolm

Were you there in time to get the free bacon roll and MechanEx PMM T-shirt?

Oh ! and the free tickets to a Sandown Park raceday?

Hi Keith, yes I did, re the bacon rolls, I soon worked out that you hand your ticket to the one behind the counter,and when you get to the check out you say free, and through you go this worked for the next two times.
Did you enjoy it, lots of interesting things there.

Malcolm

 

[BarryG]

The world gets smaller and smaller, I used to repair the ultrasonic cleaners for Frank in his watch factory.

Malcolm

Smaller still I used to work with the ultrasonic cleaners, when I was a trainee watch repairer on leaving school.
Most boring job I ever had. Left after 8 months luckily for me or I could have ended up just replacing batteries.

 

[littlebrooklyn]

Smaller still I used to work with the ultrasonic cleaners, when I was a trainee watch repairer on leaving school.
Most boring job I ever had. Left after 8 months luckily for me or I could have ended up just replacing batteries.

And there was silly me thinking ultrasonic cleaners were some recent invention duh!