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i know tesco do a huge 4 liter own brand mineral water bottle (square sharped) for only 69p, fairly cheap .. i admit i am thinking about using that in the washer

To all of you CDI merc owners... how does 14 mpg from my C43 sound to you ? :eek: (and this compares with the "official" 18-22 range for this model!!!). Me thinks i should buy my own petrol station....

Hi Tan, here is the link where it says that AA warranty is no longer sold (but my guess they will honour all existing warranties until they run out) http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/warranty/warranty_holding_page.jsp The "parts and labout cover" which they mention on that page is not the...

This is a very topical subject for me, i am glad someone has raised it. I have been looking to get third party warranty on my 1999 car, and was keen on "reputable" companies that wouldnt try and wriggle out of paying when the time comes, so I thought about the AA and the RAC. When i bought...

I seem to recall that Porsche has the best residual value of all cars (67% of its value after three years with average mileage). I am sure there is a UK magazine (might be Autocar) that has the deprecation values for every car in its listings, and the Porsche 911 and Boxter always comes out best

Damn, the C55 is in that list, i was hoping to pick one up after huge depreciation in three years time ! (I bought my C43, MY 1999, with 58k miles, in 2002 at 37% of it new price , i was hoping to repeat the same trick with the C55).

Thats not a bad idea at all, i think there was a post here a year ago about someone taking their merc to France, and having it serviced there for much less that the UK. Anyone remembers something about that ? P.S. Top prize goes to Vlad, for his £2600 estimate!

But how can one feel any heat in the car, surely all that heat from the heater is just going to dissapate away with the roof down. I drive a saloon and even loweing the window for few moments on a cold day you and I can feel the cold air rushing in. Besides, surely its damaging for the...

Damn.. there arent many of those C30 AMG cars around, even checking a german site like www.mobile.de only shows five on sale, versus tons of other cars in the C-Class range past and present. There something nice about something so rare, too bad they only come in LHDs

My suggestion is just to do the B-serivce only (for the sake of the stamp on the service book) at the dealership and leave any other things that need fixing to be done by an MB specialist (for probably half the price). Otherwise, i agree with the comments above, you are looking upwards of £1500...

hmm.. i think the C36 and C43 are two differnet cars each with its character, and therefore no one should claim the C36 is better than the C43, or vice versa. As the proud owner of a C43, i wouldn't swap the deep rumble of the 4.3L V8 for anything, C36 or other. I did test drive a C36 before...

:eek: Don't you mean '89 ?

The other side of that is that now must be a good time to buy mercs or any car for that matter..too bad i am far too attached to my C43 to contemplate buying another car for the time being.

Just Saw BAD 130Y (BAD BOY) on a black Ferrari in Kings Road (London).

hi john, just did that myself (see message above) on Tesco online and also comes up with nohting for this and some of the other regs as well.

Ok chaps, I typed some of the regs mentioned above on Tesco online insurance quotes site and it came up with the following cars for each of the registrations as found on the current database (note that as regs are bought and sold, this listing is current and may differ from the time you saw the...

I saw 007 on a Bentley (or Rolls, can't remember).

Here is a US site that states the MPG as being in the range 18-23: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/15017.shtml

From my practical experience, its in the range 17-24 depending on driving situation/conditions. I do most of my driving inside London, so i am towards the lower end of that. It is a 4.3L V8 engine, and i am afraid it is a gas guzzler ! Note that my C43 is a saloon not estate, i would have...

The porsche 911 listed by these guys has among its details the HPI stating that its a "rebuild". What does that mean ?