Paul C

have to agree with johnboy, its only once you come back home to England from the good ol' US of A that you realise how much this place truly sucks!!!!! go to eat in america & your treated like a member of your waiter/ress's family, friendly chats, cant do enough for you, nothing seems too much trouble, no matter what you ask for. over here you get your food chucked on the table as the waitress runs past at speeds close to our zeds. & if you ask for a drink as they pass (whilst avoiding eye contact with anyone in thier path) its just like youve asked them for the impossible oh & we have to pay about ten times as much to eat out. oh and pay for refils on soft drinks/ tea/ coffee. oh & you dont get to "eat all you can". what a rip off :rolleyes: rant over!! :D I need to book my next holiday to america soon

got a price from my supplier for these, its not from their usual wholesaler so not sure if the prices are so good I know a lot on here have them so how do these prices compare? 225/45 17's £92.30 +vat 245/40 17's £97.50 +vat

iv got a stage 2 RPS darren, its a nice unit cost about £350 from smiffy. stock is deffo no good for your mods matey so dont be tempted to skimp & put a standard one in

LMFAO!! :D

well I was very impressed with the quality of my mongoose exhaust.

well I nearly met you once timmy but you never turned up!!! LMFAO! :D

At the TB end you mean?

where do they go exactly?

what was the alternative tho? lose the site altogether. or maybe the internet pixies would have paid for it? :) like Gio, I havnt been here that long really, but I must say I think its all coming together now, it went a little quiet to start with but now its just as mad as ever imo I gotta admit, I first thought, why should I have to pay to use this place, its the internet, free access for all. trouble is someone somewhere has to pay for the hardware,software,bandwidth etc. so really £20 seems very reasonable,esp when you think how much finding this place has prob saved you! :cool:

yes please! :D

Yup, brabus is the daddy of engine transplants, holds the record for fastest saloon, estate & 4x4 i believe. got thier brochures in at the mo as were in negotiations to be a brabus dealer. (whoo hoo!! :D ) The new AMG 55 SL is AWSOME, 0-60 out accellerates the new Lambo!! the older 129 series SL, in AMG form was again the AMG 55, the SL500 AMG was just kitted up. still a very nice car. oh, and as for it being an auto, merc cant make a decent manwell box for toffee!!! (& SL's are only available as auto anyway)

British Sport Karate Assoc. headed by Vic Charles (wado ryu), a very inspiring instructor. sorry, it was work courses i used to come up on, not karate. I work for Merc.

3rd dan shotokan, with BSKA, been training about 18yrs now. if your ever down here well have to meet up for some zed talk & some training! I used to get up to milton springsteen for training courses, but thats all stopped for a while

btw, what style karate do you do, how long for??

positive (+) to positive, negative (-) to negative. leave the donor car running for a while before trying to crank yours over.

erm, hate stating the obvious but.......................................its not just a flat battery is it? if the lights on the dash are dim then it would suggest low voltage. have you checked the battery voltage??

mark - i know a top engineer that does all our rebore/resurface work. he can usually get standard (oversize) pistons etc at very good prices. let me know if you want anything

workshop manager for merc garage, part time karate instructor & all round top bloke :D im in se kent

john - you lucky sod!!!! Florida's my fav place in the WHOLE world :D (even if you are there for work)

yup, seen it many times. looking at total engine rebuild. we had a brand new S class do it a couple of years back when we had flooding. The customers insurance company paid for a brand new engine - just a thought.

nah, leaving it to mrs c!! (same as every year :D )

is everybody out crimbo shopping????

lol! seriously, its not unusual for companies to charge for disposal of waste products, as the cost of getting them removed has risen a lot over the last few years due to new disposal regulations, although £12 is very much ripping the arse out of it.

its not unusual for them to crush with that type of tool, just keep the pressure on & it will unscrew.

a few listed: uniroyal rainsport £99.80 pirelli pzero £118 bridgestone s03 £140 michelin pilot sport £151.53 all prices + vat i'll try & find out about the toyo's later