After seeing your tyre size question on the Fb group I found a thread asking the same question elsewhere - received wisdom seemed to be the narrower tyres were fitted in other countries and then it degenerated into a debate about insurance. That is exactly what I found from searching. I believe the...

Bit of fibreglass on that and send it out the door.

If the impact is struggling, I find a fully charged battery is often enough to get it over the line.

Looking at tyres at the moment. Currently has 225/55/16 on it. It appears some had 205/60/16 which is much cheaper and far more available in that size. Not sure if compatible with my rims though. I'd quite like a set of 17s to be honest as the 16 have a bit too fat sidewall for my liking. My eBay se...

If I can get mid to high twenties running around and low thirties on a run then I'll be happy. I'm getting mid twenties from the TT at the moment anyway. That's not helped by Mrs SiC being rubbish at changing up through the gears. We got to 50mph in 3rd gear before I finally had to intervene and que...

Ran it up to temperature and tried to burp the system. I think these Mercs are good in their design to not get air locks. Certainly didn't notice any major level drops even when up to temperature with the stat open. This is where having a handheld diag tool is invaluable compared to dragging a lapto...

Picked up the thermostat from the local car part shop earlier. Quality is okay. Not fabulous but not terrible. https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2023_11/PXL_20231107_150125652.thumb.jpg.b976b8f95a37dcbb338e84566fe953aa.jpg https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2023_11/PXL_20231107_150121878.thum...

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The Eddie Hammer is next on the list. If not me, the MOT tester!

The SBC module on these is the complete master braking system. It looks a bit like an ABS module except it's function is more than that. Basically a fully fly by wire brake system that has a pump, reservoir and actuators. A Bosch idea that they no doubt spent a small fortune developing. Problem is, ...

While waiting for a build to finish compiling, I went out to put the bins away. Looking back at the car, I thought "sod it, let's get this job started" https://autoshite.com/uploads/monthly_2023_11/PXL_20231107_112324789.thumb.jpg.1761e917d0c0fb039937d8083d2f4741.jpg As I'm not confident t...