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[judas]

cornershop said:

judas said:

Had the first niggle with the new XJR today Just as I was pulling up outside the house this evening the headlights flickered off and then back on again. This also happened on one of the previous jags and was fixed by replacing the combined indicator/headlight switch stalk. I'm hoping it will be the same again rather than a different cause - there are plenty available on ebay at a reasonable price.

It's a bad time of year to suddenly find yourself without headlights

If it’s an x350, it could be worth checking the earth points behind the headlights, although they normally generate a few other messages on the dash

I don't think it's the earth points as both lights went out and came back on at the same time and IIRC each is earthed separately. Had to repair one of the earth points on the same previous car too.

TyrannosauRoss Lex said:

just out of question when did you sell your old 750iL, and if I may ask, why?

Oooh, that was a good while back - five years ago according to my PH garage history. It was because I'd just bought the Bentley Turbo R (from our very own 21st Century Man) and running both, plus the other cars we had at the time, was just a little too extravagant, even by my standards

Incidentally, it went to another PH'er, Bob the Planner.

Edited by judas on Thursday 5th December 21:53

[bolidemichael]

tobinen said:

Has anyone ever driven through an underground car park barrier in Spain while trying to feed a ticket into a machine on the wrong side because the driver left it in park with the handbrake on then slipped on to the throttle while reaching over through the passenger window?

I have.

Perhaps the Merc was wise to have passed the trip because of a
'headache'!

[Jimmy Recard]

mondayo said:

I know it's too small and not a V8/10/12 petrol but I like the look of this, as mini-barge/tip car (it's even got a boot liner).

C270cdi estate, in a good colour. £1500
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Does anyone off the forum live near Kilmarnock?

Edited by mondayo on Thursday 5th December 13:58

Edited by mondayo on Thursday 5th December 14:00

I live nowhere near Kilmarnock, but I’ll be there the weekend before Christmas if it helps!

[Northbrook]

tobinen said:

Has anyone ever driven through an underground car park barrier

Not quite!

But I nearly soiled myself in a similar situation when I stepped on the throttle of r129sl's W124 at the car park barrier in Le Mans.

After a couple more episodes, I decided it was better for my nerves & back to just hop out and run round...

[21st Century Man]

Barriers, drive-ins etc. just go through backwards. Les Flics love a high speed reverse 180 out of an autoroute toll booth.

[mondayo]

C12HLL said:

I live about 30 minutes away and spotted that on AT this morning. My unsuccessful GS300 purchase has left me perusing the usual websites. May want to check the MOT history.

Edited by C12HLL on Thursday 5th December 16:27

Good point, I've now checked.
I can't imagine them fixing all that.

[V6todayEVmanana]

Stegel said:

And it’s been relisted- item 274127298938

The final bid from a zero feedback bidder, and speed of relisting, will only heighten suspicions that the vendor expected it to get close to, or exceed, thread max.

Your post enlightened me, wonder why so may cars I watched on the bay would get relisted so often after being "won".

[Johnspex]

bolidemichael said:

tobinen said:

Has anyone ever driven through an underground car park barrier in Spain while trying to feed a ticket into a machine on the wrong side because the driver left it in park with the handbrake on then slipped on to the throttle while reaching over through the passenger window?

I have.

Perhaps the Merc was wise to have passed the trip because of a
'headache'!

Am I missing something here? You drove through a barrier because your foot slipped on to the accelerator pedal? How could that happen if the car was in park?

[TommoAE86]

21st Century Man said:

Barriers, drive-ins etc. just go through backwards. Les Flics love a high speed reverse 180 out of an autoroute toll booth.

All I can imagine is one of our erstwhile barges powering up to the toll, some form of Scandi-flick (not sure how many of us have actual handbrakes now), then into reverse, throw some notes out the window and then power out backwards performing the obligatory J-turn and disappearing in a wall of cylinders and petrol fumes.

[728 days later]

Supercharged L322 in a nice spec, just £3750

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[nobrakes]

Triple Sixes:

2004 645i
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

2006. 630i

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Both £3k each!

Then I spotted this 2004 645i at £3.5k - probably the better buy.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Top up to thread max on an initial service you can move up a slot in the golf course car park.

[mondayo]

Someone has taken a disliking to my off side rear light.
Does anyone have a top tip of where I can get a new or second hand S211 rear light cluster please?

[RicksAlfas]

728 days later said:

Supercharged L322 in a nice spec, just £3750

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

A handsome beast, right in the middle of Manningham. Would be an entertaining transaction.

[W00DY]

728 days later said:

Supercharged L322 in a nice spec, just £3750

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

That is value, but I couldn't live with that colour scheme.

[cornershop]

W00DY said:

728 days later said:

Supercharged L322 in a nice spec, just £3750

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

That is value, but I couldn't live with that colour scheme.

The number plate addendum puts me off

[Krikkit]

mondayo said:

Someone has taken a disliking to my off side rear light.
Does anyone have a top tip of where I can get a new or second hand S211 rear light cluster please?

I usually use ebay for parts like that these days - so many breakers out there.

[bolidemichael]

Krikkit said:

mondayo said:

Someone has taken a disliking to my off side rear light.
Does anyone have a top tip of where I can get a new or second hand S211 rear light cluster please?

I usually use ebay for parts like that these days - so many breakers out there.

LED or non-LED?

[bolidemichael]

cornershop said:

W00DY said:

728 days later said:

Supercharged L322 in a nice spec, just £3750

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

That is value, but I couldn't live with that colour scheme.

The number plate addendum puts me off

As does 'Bradford', 'maintained regardless of cost' (how would they know what works were advised?) and the corresponding MOT history for the last two years. I'm out.

EDIT: The roof box looks non-standard, too

Edited by bolidemichael on Friday 6th December 11:58

[rich12]

2,000 miles since May 2017. Those Rangeys do not like being sat for long.
among others, anyone that puts 'priced to sell' in an advert for ANYTHING is an utter moron.

Who puts something up for sale with a price that isn't a price to sell? Doesn't make any sense.

[austinsmirk]

bolidemichael said:

cornershop said:

W00DY said:

728 days later said:

Supercharged L322 in a nice spec, just £3750

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

That is value, but I couldn't live with that colour scheme.

The number plate addendum puts me off

As does 'Bradford', 'maintained regardless of cost' (how would they know what works were advised?) and the corresponding MOT history for the last two years. I'm out.

EDIT: The roof box looks non-standard, too

Edited by bolidemichael on Friday 6th December 11:58

Well the "Engerland" flag on the no plate says it all. I can actually work out where in Bradford that photo is taken. I wouldn't be buying anything from those inner city areas. Quite surprised it hasn't feature on police traffic cop interceptors already.

If the photo were taken on a shingle driveway, outside a nice cottage in a Bradford village, I'd think differently.