Time to say goodbye to this one!

Final Curtain

So that's it then
No more 230TE.
The final distance that this car travelled was 247038 which exceeds the distance to the moon by 8181 miles.
I don't know if that is the end of the road for this particular car but I sort of hope not.
Although there are lots of faults with this car there are also lots of really nice points to. For instance I don't suppose the comfort of the seats can be bettered. The leather was only just beginning to be worn in!

So whatever happens I hope it goes to a good home.

.....and I'll continue this Blog about my new car.

So actually I did it a while ago!!

The Merc has Landed!!


The Moon moves around the Earth at an average distance of 384,403 km (238,857 mi), and at an average speed of 3,700 km/hr (about 2,300 mph). It completes one revolution in an elliptical orbit about the Earth in 27 days, 7 hr, 43 min, 11.5 sec according to sidereal time (that is, by reference to the stars).

Congratulations are in order!!

It's the end of the beginning

Well.....I am absolutely on the verge of buying a V8 E Class Elegance. Helllllppppp!

Who is this Mechanic Anyway!!

I hate to say it but I am looking for another car. I took my car to John Griffiths as previously reported and he found the following:

1. Timing Chain Noisy Tensioner
2. Steering Idler Worn
3. Anti Roll Bar Bushes Worn
4. Wrong Shock Absorber Spring fitted to front Driver's Side wheel.
5. Near side front tyre needs replacing (I knew)
6. Engine Mounts were worn
7. Head Gasket leaking oil
8. Middle section of exhaust pipe close to failure
9. Rear lower arm bushes need replacing
10. Rear differential bushes need replacing
11. Front wheel bearing rumbling
12. Rear Brake shoes need replacing!

So that was about it!

Well we are close to the moon but we may crash and burn yet. It remains to be seen.