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Silver Star are not in the Business of serving the specialist Classic Market. Small Beer for any modern Company.

My latest reading tells me that Wiring Harnesses are going to become extinct. Even Mercedes is now importing some from Mexico to fulfill a shortfall. ICE Cars uses Kilometres of Wiring, heavy and expensive. Tesla has a type on modular System, to tackle the weight issue. Less weight = more H.P...

Like buying a used Car ( or Bike ) I buy from the Guy...if he does not pass muster move on. I trust "Silver Star" over many years always good advice and quality never had a problem. They just source OEM and are selective. Could be that what OEM supplies to a Manufacturer and what they dump to...

Yes and Yes Brian.. I can drive a Truck non Syncro.... I well remember rebuilding a 4 speed "Crash Box " in a 140's Ford V 8 in Melbourne in the late Fifties. Parts were in Stock ... drove like a dream .

6 Speed Manuals indeed Brian..... How about an 8 Speed CVT in my new Mitsubishi . Using the Manual Pedals on to shift up and down there are 8 distinct Shifts. The up and down shifts in Automatic Mode are indicatable. Smooth as Glass ( or a new born baby's Bum )

Brain will correct me if I am in error.... Cross swooping's.. In the Thirties R.R. adopted the front suspension design from Packard.... In their turn Packard Built the R.R. Merlin Engines under Licence....reputed to be better build than the original UK builds. The most successful American...

Yes Patrick .. most Accidents are caused by Mechanical failure..... The Nut behind the Wheel gets lose!!

Those Tesla Accidents with Drivers being 100% relaying on their Auto Pilot rings a Bell. Even though I can set the Cruise control on the Mitsubishi to stay as far back as I like ,I don't feel comfortable relaying on it. When I watch "Aircraft Investigation" on Foxtel there is all ways the...

Yes, that Body Less Chassis restored by Paradise Garage Sydney is a thing of beauty

Interesting that Mercedes changed Horses in Mid Stream, probably 10 plus Years ago when they had Major problems with the Electrics... Can't remember from whom, and who to.

Now don't tell Brian as R.R. are also a Kit Car....A BMW Engine and the Auto Trans from Whom ? The Brakes... the Tyres ... the Electrics ( Electronics ) ??? List goes on..... As Patrick says...... it was always thus.... . P.S. The more I drive the Mitsubishi...... the more I appreciate a...

My new Mitsubishi is 40% 0wned by Nissan .. Nissan is controlled by Renault in a 3 way Alliance. So how much of my Car, an Eclipse Cross Turbo, is actually Mitsubishi ?? They are also all in Bed with Mercedes in America. Throw in Russia.. Brazil ... Korea and China for good measure. Like all...

Is Rolls Royce just a Kit Car.... Bits bought in from everywhere like everybody else ?

This was my first foray into used Cars for 40 years. Always bought new.... To smart for my own good !!!!!

Yes Patrick I will use the Dealer at least till the 5 year Warranty... After that at 92 how much longer will I live !!!

Long live Petrol...... says a balanced article I just read....... The Stone Age ended not because we ran out of Stones.. The Oil Age will not end because we ran out of OIL ( or Gas ) There is no light switch to arrange an instant transition to renewables. It will be our Grandchildren's problem...

In God we trust... all others pay Cash..... A lesson learnt...... Just found out from the Trade in Dealer that the C250 CGI I bought 3 years ago was a Repairable Write off in Queensland and re-birthed in NSW Halved the Trade in Value !!! It was panel damage only Car was straight and true. I...

Still sticking with ICE Turbo MG.... An interesting comparison over 60000 miles between cost of Camry Hybrid and a Tesla... Tesla more expensive to own....... Probably because of the High costs of pure Electric Cars. Factor in the possible inconvenience of finding a Charging Point and the...

And the good news is that Julian at ECU Repairs in Brookvale now offer a repair Service to most electronic Items on Mercedes. The area that may condemn older Cars to the Scrap heap.. our 12 year old C Class W204s. As older cars mostly never go to a Dealer I wonder if their Spares are now...