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Check out rods and sods if you want a cheap Herald. I saw one for £650 a couple of days ago, just before the gearbox on my ML lunched itself and took all spare cash
New gearbox for an ML? I'd have spent the cash on another house and had the holiday of a lifetime with the change.
Last time I had a Merc I found that the service manager carried a pair of pistols and wore a rather fetching tricorn hat and mask. Every invoice was handed over with a cheery 'Stand and deliver!'
That's quite a contrast to the Nissan dealer I go to now - yesterday the service manager actually bowed and was very apologetic when he passed me the bill for parts of...
If you want a 'fake' dateless the NI plates are worth a punt. If you w=are careful with the letters you choose it is not always that obvious at first glance*
I am sure there are other sites too, that was just the first I Googled
*Yes, I know the Irish specific letters give it away to those in the know. Irish number plates always contain the letters I or Z.
**The show plat was only while I was parked and I refitted the correct plate before I left
I liked the look and modest cost of your new plates to the extent that my forthcoming 250swb will be MIG1807.
Could this be the start of the Tribute Automotive 'MIG' club.
