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- Sat Aug 30, 2014 4:40 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: NEW word association game
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- Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:09 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Teacher nicknames
- Replies: 22
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Re: Teacher nicknames
The deputy headmaster was called Coombes, 'Crapper' Coombes to all and sundry.
Good one that.
A quite detestable man as I recall; he died a few years ago and the obituaries were the most strained in their praise you could ever read.
Good one that.
A quite detestable man as I recall; he died a few years ago and the obituaries were the most strained in their praise you could ever read.
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:49 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Paper Tax Disc To Be Scrapped
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5480
Re: Paper Tax Disc To Be Scrapped
Ha ha - yes indeed; that aspect is sure to be 'fraught with teething problems'
- Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:43 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Paper Tax Disc To Be Scrapped
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5480
Re: Paper Tax Disc To Be Scrapped
Yes that's right, a postal or email receipt only.
One supposes the reasoning was down to ANPR cameras and immediate police access to DVLA records rendering the discs obsolete.
Sad day though - just ordered the last one here; another slice of motoring tradition heading into folklore territory
One supposes the reasoning was down to ANPR cameras and immediate police access to DVLA records rendering the discs obsolete.
Sad day though - just ordered the last one here; another slice of motoring tradition heading into folklore territory
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 11:04 am
- Forum: Technical queries
- Topic: Mercedes-Benz M112 engine - preventative maintenance
- Replies: 9
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Mercedes-Benz M112 engine - preventative maintenance
Hello all: Being the very fortunate owner of a good 2005 R230 SL - seals don't leak! roof works! sbc unit hasn't failed! - is a rare thing from the nadir 98-07 Chrysler period, and I'd like to keep it that way. Just wondering if any of you have experience of the above V6 lump; it was manufactured la...
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 3:45 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the all new unofficial Practical Classics Magazine forum
- Topic: New Member
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22234
Re: New Member
Thanks Terry - you know what I mean guv!
Goodness me... whether a 1976 450 SL should have tungsten or aluminium rear lens reflectors shouldn't, as Woody Allen put it, 'end up like a scene from Murder Inc'
Goodness me... whether a 1976 450 SL should have tungsten or aluminium rear lens reflectors shouldn't, as Woody Allen put it, 'end up like a scene from Murder Inc'
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 2:24 pm
- Forum: Welcome to the all new unofficial Practical Classics Magazine forum
- Topic: New Member
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22234
New Member
Hello all: Have subscribed to the print edition of PC for many years and always found it the best all-round classics read; committed but not obsessive, with a wry sense of self-mocking going through it - just my kind of thing. Had enough of car club forums now - too intense and all wrong; some of th...
- Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:08 am
- Forum: Classic Friendly Garages / services in your area
- Topic: BMERC Ltd - Barnet EN5 North London
- Replies: 0
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BMERC Ltd - Barnet EN5 North London
Hello all: As a long-time subscriber to the print edition I was googling around for online representation of this august publication - and here it is! Could I just commend to you all the following terrific garage: BMERC Ltd Unit 25 Alston Works Falkland Rd Barnet EN5 4EL 020-8441-3904 http://www.bme...