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Alf

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Spring has arrived in UK
« on: March 11, 2012, 13:16:51 »
Spring has sprung, the sun is out, the hardtop off. There is nothing like the 1st drive of the year with the top down.
Alf
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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2012, 16:20:41 »
Oh yes indeed....taking my hardtop off this weekend !

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2012, 16:50:18 »
 Glad to hear our friends in the UK are having some nice weather and will be enjoying their Pagodas "topless". Here, in Northern California, after enjoying really nice weather for most of the winter, will be battening down the hatches this week for a fairly large storm coming in off the Pacific. Even though this means keeping my car safely tucked away in the garage for awhile, we really need the rain and snow up in the mountains.
  It won't be long though before the top gets hoisted off and we too will hitting the road with the wind in my hair (what's left of it:-)

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2012, 19:02:57 »
If any of you (UK) guys are UK MB Club members, there is a 'meet' at RAF Museum Hendon on Sunday 18th March 2012 from around 10.00 am.
Museum entrance is free but parking charges are payable.
At least 50 MBs have signed up so far on the Club Forum.

See you there?

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Darren

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2012, 04:25:54 »
Naj

Sadly I will be at my sons Rugby Festival in Richmond all day co can't make it....have a good day out.

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2012, 20:14:59 »
If any of you (UK) guys are UK MB Club members, there is a 'meet' at RAF Museum Hendon on Sunday 18th March 2012 from around 10.00 am.
Museum entrance is free but parking charges are payable.
At least 50 MBs have signed up so far on the Club Forum.

See you there?

Naj

Hi Naj,i will be thre.

Sully

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2012, 23:13:32 »
That's mothers day. I would get murdered or worse if I ran off to play cars on Mothers day >:(
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jaymanek

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2012, 09:28:40 »
I have really been enjoying the pagoda last few weeks.

Its such an addictive driving experience.

I spent last weekend giving the car a good service and a re application of waxoyl - which I do every 2 years.

With my new wood steering wheel, im ready for another summer.

The choice is always difficult when I open the garage and decide between the pagoda and the R107 500.


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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2012, 18:50:50 »
April bloody showers!!!  >:(  when will it stop?  :-\
She's desperate for a drive out of the garage.

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2012, 11:39:50 »
Yes this weather is really getting me down.. I taxed the 500SL R107 for the summer months and as yet have not had one chance to use it... The pagoda has only been out a couple of times.

frustrating.

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2012, 16:59:51 »
NO RAIN  ;D

Nice drive  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2012, 18:42:53 »
We are in London this weekend

Car is in Suffolk. Last time it went out was "drive it day" >:( >:(
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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2012, 07:11:34 »
Well, I just drove down to the Amalfi coast in my £400 C class where the temp is a cool 30 celcius!

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2012, 12:50:54 »
It's the dolce vita
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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2012, 21:04:34 »
280sl gone to Kevin Okeefe on tuesday,today it was wery nice i used 230sl all day still not  taken hard top off but enjoyed it.

Sully

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Re: Spring has arrived in UK
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2012, 21:43:25 »
Sully,

My car sat on the drive today while I tinkered with my Elan +2, I must have my priorities wrong, btw I will give you a call tomorrow.

Peter
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