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4 Oct 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower
Some more fixertaing for tonight, bangernomics fans* Since I've owned my C-Class, there is a bit of a vibration when you hit the brakes above 50mph, pottering about its fine but a bit of a chore on the motorway. Since I'm due to put about 400 miles o...
29 Sep 2021 5 minute read 1 comment Angel Wings Holistics
As there is currently a fuel shortage in the UK, albeit an artificial one seemingly caused by mass hysteria, I thought this would be a timely moment to share my own biodiesel journey with you all. I'm going to add a caveat right at the start that I'...
27 Sep 2021 4 minute read 2 comments Lawnmower
Some more work undertaken today, the Mercedes received a gearbox oil change, probably for the first time in its history. Getting the car up in the air was a piece of cake with my new lift from CJ Autos. This is a tilting lift with worm drive gearboxe...
20 Sep 2021 7 minute read 3 comments Lawnmower
Ok I'm going to just come out with it. I'm not a huge fan of alloy wheels, especially 20 year old ones which are a pig to keep clean and in good condition. Add in a couple of previous owners who weren't hugely keen on keeping all the original bits of...
15 Sep 2021 1 minute read 0 comments NotFamousYet
Have you ever wondered what are the top 5 fastest supercars in the world? Many don't know the answer to this, so let me share those cars with you. The top 5 fastest supercars in the world is one of the most coveted and controversial topic in all of m...
13 Sep 2021 3 minute read 2 comments Lawnmower
In a fit of Corona-virus-self-isolation-crawling-up-the-walls-with-boredom I ordered in some bits from a local motor factors the other day, which duly arrived this morning I R XCITE An air filter each for both cars, and new spark plugs x8 of two di...
6 Sep 2021 6 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower
Having driven the Daewoo to the hospital recently, the front drivers side brake is binding a bit. The wheel is VERY warm to the touch after a 70mph run down the motorway (like too hot to touch for more than a second or two) but oddly it'll pull along...
31 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower
Fresh from the MOT I decided that I had cash to burn and wanted to make some final cosmetic improvements. As with so many Mercedes' some joker has snapped the star off the bonnet, leaving the circular chrome plinth with a grotty hole in the middle. I...
23 Aug 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Lawnmower
The sun shone today and I set to with myriad jobs including the Daewoo brakes. The MOT man suggested that there was a slight binding in the front brakes, more than likely due to the brake sliders needing a re-greasing. I bought a tin of silicone grea...
18 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Lenny the blogger
Hello everyone, in this blog I'm going to talk about some kind of technology which is available in some cars but sadly not in all of them, and it's really essential for a variety of reasons which I will cover in this post so without further ado let'...
