Corrected that for youOriginally Posted by Barry
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Corrected that for you
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Absolutely, and that's just as bad as middle-lane hogging. NO lane on a motorway should be hogged - the whole point is to use the full width of the motorway (all the lanes), if necessary, depending on traffic conditions and how fast you wish to go, not sit there, rigidly, in the one lane for the entire duration of your journey!
You need to be willing to MOVE and REACT/ADJUST to the prevailing conditions, and also respect the fact that you're sharing the space with other road users, and who may wish to drive at a different speed from you, especially in the 'fast lane', and allow them to do that.
It's not your job to impede their progress, just because you don't think they should be going faster than you!
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It's not only BMWs but Audis and Mercs, as well as lesser marques.
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Lesser?
Only in the minds of the aforementioned owners lol
I'd have a Toyota/Lexus over all of those
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Project Debut II
Pioneer A656 Reference
Epos M5s
Atacama Stands
Maplin speaker cable cos I can't hear a difference
Various interconnects as above
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I had in mind 'boy racers' in their tarted up Ford Fiestas or even some 'white van' drivers.
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Lol - shows you how different we are... Those are quality cars, no doubt, and super-reliable, but also BORING as hell!
The only Japanese cars I'd own is a Honda Civic Type R, or a Nissan GT-R. The rest are for pee-soaked pensionersAlthough I'd concede that Grant's jalopy is quite cool...
Give me a nice BMW M3/M4, or preferably an Audi RS [whatever - they're all superb] any day!
Don't rate modern Mercs....
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Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Any reason why?
Shame you're not closer to me as i'd take you out in a C63S, E63S or when we get one in, a GT R.
But, i will say that the build quality was a country mile better on the old Mercs than it is now.
Getting into bed with Renault was never going to work well.
Funnily enough i've never heard one of our sales people mentioning that a lot of the range have French engines and share rather a lot of other parts.
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