Saturday just gone I went to Bletchley Park (again) with Martyn and Robert. We met a bunch of friends at the Park and had a fab day. The highlight of the day for me was seeing the Colossus in action. Don’t let anyone convince you the Americans made the Worlds First Computer. That honour goes [...]
Having now actually measured the fuel consumption on the Benz, the magic number is 21.5 mpg. Which sounds almost reasonable
I just heard from Martyn in the DeLorean. Unfortunately, after an hour or so slogging across London in the huge heat of the day, a fellow motorist pointed out the steam escaping from the engine compartment Of course, the temperature meter expired some time ago, so engine temperature measurement is largely guesswork. So, to simplify [...]
The Benz seems to have consumed a quarter of a tank of petrol just getting me to work and back yesterday. Gulp! Looks like I need to check the fuel consumption figures… Driving a Mercedes Benz C43 AMG is just like having your own personal roller coaster
I seem to have acquired a Mercedes Benz C43 AMG. It’s a small Mercedes car with a ludicrously large engine. I mean a 4.3 litre V8. Which produces 302bhp and 302lbft of torque. It’s a Monster! I think I’m still acclimatising to the whole thing
Well, the bank seem to be very keen to lend me money to buy a car. They’re even more keen to do that and also pay off my credit cards. Which is nice So, all I need to do now is sort out the insurance with my existing company. It’s due for renewal in October [...]
I’ve been offered a Mercedes Benz C43 AMG for £12,500. These are the cons: It costs £12,500. I’m trying to pay off credit card debt, not acquire more debt. It’s a Mercedes – what does that say about me as a driver? It’s green (the same as my existing car). It’s rear wheel drive, so [...]
I’ve been offered a Mercedes Benz C43 AMG for £12,500. These are the pros: It’s got a V8. It does 0 to 60 in 5.8 seconds (allegedly). It can keep up with a BMW M3 unless the M3 driver is incredibly good. It’s an extremely solidly built car. All the work that should be done [...]
Don’t click here! I tried to use the esure website to get an insurance quote for my car. Unfortunately I failed at the first hurdle because the site refused to let me continue with my current browser, Mozilla 1.7 running on RedHat Fedora. I was told rather brusquely that I should download MaSIE or Netscape, [...]
Today I spent an amusing afternoon at Thorpe Park with Martyn, Avinash and some of Avi’s friends. Martyn and I didn’t manage to get to the park before about 13:00, but it meant we avoided all the queues to get in When we arrived, Avi & Co were waiting to go on the Colossus roller [...]