Tickman Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Dick Longbridge said: Hang on, are you buying back a slinky yellow two seater which you should never have sold?! I just borrowed it. loserone, 320touring, dome and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Tickman said: I just borrowed it. the one with pac man on the back window ? ace Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: Hang on, are you buying back a slinky yellow two seater which you should never have sold?! Dick Longbridge, privatewire, 320touring and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Just now, gm said: the one with pac man on the back window ? ace Tickman, gm, dome and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 PLUCKED from it's parking space and ready to point south. High powered sports car, seen here with an SLK. Roof down. Hat on. Pray for sun, hit the road. Traditional pez shot. Traditional delivery malfunction. Traditional breakfast shot. RobT, w00dy, Barry Cade and 19 others 15 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Reports from the road said almost 150 miles were achieved before rain caused the roof to close. Still goes great. VID_20220731_112400189.mp4 Tickman, sdkrc, privatewire and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 They say you should never go back. I absolutely love the power delivery on this thing. It just hooks, books, then goes and goes and goes. Getting back in it has reminded my of why it went in the first place though. It's very cramped and uncomfortable for a lad my size. With the roof down it's epic. 320touring, Barry Cade, mk2_craig and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 First things first then. Naked carpets will NOT STAND. Luckilly, I had some OEM Merc nice rubber floor mats in stock. That's better. Rust Collector, dome, Barry Cade and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Big thanks to @Tickman @davehedgehog31 and @sdkrc for combining for what might have been a three or four way?! vehicle swap/collection/delivery mission. I never cease to be gobsmacked by the kindness and willingness to get shit done that Autoshite folk display. Dave_Q, 320touring, RobT and 11 others 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 A look round the car then. It has more brown and green then in previous years, but these colours come to us all eventually. Brown. Green. Nice bit of moss. Decals still hanging in there. Interior. Console. Cracked dash. BL Bloke and Shirley Knott 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Barry Cade, TrabbieRonnie, 320touring and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 I set off at ~530am this morning and had the roof down for 140 odd miles. Was glorious. Morning sunshine, supercharged whistling and almost no dobbers on the motorway. The journey very nearly turned into a 4 legger with 3 cars collected but it didn't quite pan out right. 30mins of my journey was looking for the button for the fuel cap and driving home for some WiFi so I could Google it. 320touring, Dave_Q, dome and 2 others 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 Had a good run round in the damp today. It's a fun thing to drive, and very cool but getting into it after the Rexton really emphasises the lack of space in the SLK for someone my size. Not sure whatll happen long term. sdkrc, Nyphur, 320touring and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 minute ago, sdkrc said: 30mins of my journey was looking for the button for the fuel cap and driving home for some WiFi so I could Google it. Spoilers, you just press the back of the cap door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkrc Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 randoms please Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: Not sure whatll happen long term. We all know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 18 minutes ago, Tickman said: We all know... I'll put you down for number 13. 320touring and Tickman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 42 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: This bit was in place but broken until one day when I opened the window and it vanished off the face of the earth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Is this automotive ping pong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 sdkrc and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 31, 2022 Author Share Posted July 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: Is this automotive ping pong? DarlingFaintChick-mobile.mp4 Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 So the rear arches - when I bought it in 2012 on the blue forum there were some gentle blebs and the seller did them before delivering it to me. That repair has held up well, I think! Perhaps it could be done again still. Shame the sill ends have succumbed 😕 Those wings have hung on precisely six years longer than the point where I'd started planning to buy genuine new replacements (£360 each at the time). Dashboard is like ??. But that's not a hard part to source and replace... Also did it not have factory mats before? Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Yay , another SLK back. I'm sitting in a Travelodge in Towcester.. realised today what Sally Traffic was going on about when she mentioned Toaster.. 7 hours down in my SLK on the way to the Black Forest, 2nd tank just brimmed, working out at just over 36mpg, sitting all the way down the M6 with cruise on 80. Nothing to report. Jim Bell, dome, Tickman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 9 hours ago, RichardK said: 😕Also did it not have factory mats before? It did have when it left, but not when it returned. I put some in to protect the clean carpets originally but they've disappeared over time. New ones in now though. Shirley Knott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 *supercharger noises* gm, Lacquer Peel, Tickman and 7 others 7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Love the over exaggerated head wobble 😄 Sounds good while on the guzzle though. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 39 minutes ago, garbaldy said: Love the over exaggerated head wobble 😄 Sounds good while on the guzzle though. That's the car pulling Mach3. I was hanging on for dear life. garbaldy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercedade Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 @Jim Bell Have you achieved true internet fame?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 22 minutes ago, mercedade said: @Jim Bell Have you achieved true internet fame?! Nah man, I just stole the pics from the internet. Nothing you read in my thread is actually real. UltraWomble, Lacquer Peel, Tickman and 2 others 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 16 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: Nah man, I just stole the pics from the internet. Nothing you read in my thread is actually real. Coprolalia, dome, AnnoyingPentium and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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