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Post by Humph on Feb 26, 2019 15:52:13 GMT
Maybe. A bit...
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Post by WDB on Feb 26, 2019 17:23:17 GMT
Yes please. Mine came back from the service in November looking much better and brighter, making me wonder whether there was some easy way of cleaning them that I’d been missing. They pretty soon reverted to their old, discoloured selves, though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 12:34:57 GMT
Try this search on Amazon...
4x Mercedes-Benz Hubcap Hood Cover Hubcaps Wheel Cover Lppe Cap Diameter 75 mm Wheel Cap Wheel Discs Blue A1714000125 5337 Star with Laurel Wreath For E-class C-Class CL CLS SLK Ml GLK A Class B Class
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2019 19:04:54 GMT
Exectly three years and four months since I bought the Merc I have rolled over 30,000 miles in it (now at ~50,960 miles). 9009 miles a year.
Despite all the naysayers on HJ, and my modest driving, I don't appear as yet to have suffered any DPF or other problems of a similar nature (watch out it'll die tomorrow). Maybe my daily seven miles on the motorway helps? I used a tankful of Shell V-power to go to London on Sunday and filled up today with BP Ultimate (the Shell station being closed). A nice long journey also makes the car feel that little bit sharper in the week afterwards. I hope the better more expensive fuel will keep that going...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2019 19:10:48 GMT
Pity you're sharing that fuel out over so many cylinders. It'd probably be thicker if it was only stretched over 4.
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Post by Humph on Mar 1, 2019 7:43:06 GMT
Mine has more than 100,000 miles on it now, and the previous one went on to nigh on 200,000, both mainly on Sainsburys or Morrrisons cheapest diesel. No problems at all with either.
Make of that what you will.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 8:25:55 GMT
Good grief. I'm amazed Humph. Unbranded things, whatever next?
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Post by Humph on Mar 1, 2019 10:17:27 GMT
Diesel doesn't have tread.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2019 10:22:49 GMT
Ooo but special lubricants and additives and snake oil...
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Post by Humph on Mar 1, 2019 11:03:20 GMT
I tend to save all that stuff for the weekends mostly...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2019 18:28:59 GMT
Based on what the soothsayers say, given the type of driving I do, I should or may benefit from better more expensive fuel, whereas Humph's regular long distrance trips are so beneficial of themselves, that he is likely to be wasting money using V-Power or similar.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2019 10:10:02 GMT
Got my insurance renewal quotation last week. Wanted about £480, up about £10. Thought I would have a shop around and wandered onto the LV= site. They had an offer on multi-car policies. Espadrilles insurance expires a week after mine. So after inputting all the information, it came up with £520 for both cars.
Before I agreed I checked on a couple of other sites. Admiral wanted over £1,100 for multi-car cover. Others wanted £400 just for Espadrilles car. Her existing company emailed today offering it at £477.
So from £960 as a renewal premium for two cars, we have 'saved' £440. A nice result...
I notice the CMA is going to investigate the fact that loyal customers pay more than new ones. And about time. My loyal clients get better deals from me that new ones.
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Post by Avant on Apr 3, 2019 12:46:23 GMT
I agree absolutely with your last line, although it's worked in your and my favour this time.
SWMBO is moving from a Group 15 Audi A1 to a Group 29 A3 convertible, yet it's going to cost about £50 less to insure it for a year. This is with Send All Grannies Away, who are always helpful, but their computer hasn't got the imagination to transfer a policy from one car to another, so it has to be a new policy. Thus she gets the deal for a new client.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2019 12:54:21 GMT
Thanks for reminding me that I'm going to be eligible for SAGA next year.
Bloody hell.
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Post by Avant on Apr 3, 2019 14:04:27 GMT
Never mind - it can also mean Sex And Games Again.
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