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“First battleship sunk by a torpedo since ww2”

As long as you ignore the Falklands. But yeah, the US didn’t want to help us then.

I thought they were all kind of interesting.

The ‘worst’ was probably his e30. It was a late one, but a 316i on bottletop alloys. By then the e36 was out so it was the old shape, and the 316i was the worst model.

It was actually a nice car, but he had some terrible luck with it! Someone shunted ...

Is it just the crap old cars I own, or have brake parts got really cheap?

After paying £55 for a pair of rear calipers for the mito I thought I could do with changing the front ones on the compact. I can buy a pair of nice shiny factory refurbed ones for £40. It’s probably £25 for a seal and piston ...

So, it turns out that the occasional squealing I was convinced was coming from one of the front wheels was most likely a sticking rear caliper.

Ever after a drive where it had been making the noise I couldn’t feel any wheel noticably warmer than the other. I also don’t remember ever smelling the ...

I’ve been reading up about the balancer shaft sprocket issue our merc ‘should’ be afflicted with. Watched a few videos and started thinking that pulling the engine out doesn’t actually look that tricky.

If anything, modern cars seem to be more modular that older ones, if you’ve got the time and ...

I’ve been reading up about the balancer shaft sprocket issue our merc ‘should’ be afflicted with. Watched a few videos and started thinking that pulling the engine out doesn’t actually look that tricky.

If anything, modern cars seem to be more modular that older ones, if you’ve got the time and ...

I seem to be hoarding parts, much to the disappointment of the Mrs who wants me to do her golf…

Merc, mot, flying colours etc. phew, something I don’t need to spend time on.

Mito, feels much better now the power train isn’t rocking around. The exhaust flexi needs replacing, normally I’d just buy a ...

I think occasional use is more of an issue, once you get corroded spots from standing the done get used hard enough to get worn off. Rinse and repeat. Usually seems worse on the inside too, you’d think the outside face being more exposed to rain would be, but maybe they corrode more uniformly ...

Well, I took a chance, ordered another set of bushes from Amazon.

Today a boxed set of four turned up :lol: it was worth the chance as they’re £135 on Amazon, £230 direct from the manufacturer on eBay. Just hope they don’t muck about refunding for the single one.

Merc - had a wash. The mot ran ...

I hate led street lighting, it seems very patchy with bright spots and harsh shadows. Always preferred the gentle orange glow of sodium lamps.

Plus you can usually see the actual optics of the leds which seem unnecessary bright, but at the same time don’t cast much useful light.

I drove into ...

Welp, my Amazon bushes turned up.

Or should I say bush, because instead of a set of four I got one :lol: customer services say yes, definitely should be a set of four. Can they send me three more? No.

So I have to send back the one and get a refund - they did say I could keep it with an £11 ...

Supreme Court declares tariffs unlawful. Trump says how horrible they are and pledges an extra 10% tariff on everyone.

Come on, even full on maga nut jobs have to realise he’s lost the plot soon.

One bonus thing about the Ferrari wing is that it (briefly) acts like a massive air brake as it rotates back around into a braking zone.

Several people seem to think it’s legal within the regulations.

But yeah, I can imagine if it becomes detached at any point, even in practise, it will be banned ...

“ and even components like rubber bushings have been upgraded in order to handle the forces at play.”

I assume they’re just copy and pasting from the press release because that’s been standard in performance versions of pretty much every car for about 40 years.

New Car! Bigger wheels! Bigger ...

Missed a trick by not putting the sponsors logo the other way up

If they’re allowed to do it I’m surprised no one has done it before.

I actually thought the drs activation mechanism was a standardised part, or at least the amount it was able to move was limited.

Hopefully he drags a whole load of others down with him

Thought my x5 MOT was due in March, turns out it’s not until the start of April, giving me a bit more time to sort a few things out, so have ordered some poly bushes for the rear subframe mounts.

Powerflex want £480 for a set, which is insane. PSB poly are £230 on eBay but spotted them on Amazon ...

Looks alright.

No fully loaded doom blue 520d though is is?

Yodel marked a parcel as delivered at 20:45 last night.

Spotted them on our doorbell cam putting it behind the garden waste bin at the side of the house at 01:47

I mean, I’m glad it turned up, but that seems rather dodgy having someone poking about at that time on a dark, non streetlit road…