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  1. Smithy53

    Great Value Dashcam

    Be careful with these cheap dashcams, I once had one and it only recorded when it wanted to, I used to check the sd card and big chunks of my driving hadn't been recorded. For the last couple of years I've been using a mini 0806 and this one is around 99% accurate and cost less than £100.
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    Cross channel ferries

    Driving through France (using the back roads) is the best part of the trip when I drive to Spain. I prefer the ferry as I can get my breakfast when travelling on the 06:40 from Dover to Calais.
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    Planned your 2017 road trip(s)yet?

    The best part of driving to Spain is the drive through France. I've done it twice in the last few years and I've always avoided the motorways and dual-carriageways and gone via A&B roads. One year I went over the Pyrenees and the next time through Andorra. You won't regret it.
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    Planned your 2017 road trip(s)yet?

    If you are going through central France make sure you pay a visit to the World War 2 village of Oradour-sur-Glane, it's very sombre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre
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    The country you've enjoyed driving in the most?

    France for me on my way to the Costa Del Sol. Once from Calais over the Pyrenees (Col du Tourmalet) and another time through Andorra while avoiding the motorways and dual-carriageways.
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    Uber and the rise of fleet managed drivers

    Are private hire drivers allowed to do that?
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    Cruise control for Dummies?

    I was talking about CC. I only use CC to stick at the same speed, very rarely do I leave it on after I've accelerated.
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    Cruise control for Dummies?

    When you take your foot off the accelerator doesn't the cars speed not got any lower than the speed it was travelling on cruise control before you put your foot on the accelerator?
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    Smoking

    I gave up 9 years ago. Used to smoke 200 a week and had smoked for 20 years. I was using the patches, I was about to got to work, I had one cig left and one patch, had my shower and had the cig when I was getting changed, I had the intention of putting on the patch. I got to the car and as I...
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    Eco Display Surprise

    Your passenger takes a great photo.
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    Help please?

    If the insurance company writes it off see what the estimates are and then see what the insurance company will the sell the car to you as salvage. You never know.
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    My mate Dave the Spaniel

    Sorry for your loss, he looks a cracking dog. Since I was a kid I've lost 4 dogs, it's always hard to lose them.
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    Ipods artwork and crap mb interface

    Instead of using .jpg files you should use .png embedded into your mp3 files. http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/electronics/185679-w204-album-art.html
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    W204 Album Art

    I use mp3tag to embed all the album artwork (.jpg) and all the artwork shows up on my laptop or phone, but when I put the same music onto a usb stick only selected artwork would show in the car. But when I coverted the .jpg files to .png and then embedded them using mp3tag all the artwork now...
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    W204 Album Art

    Yep, got all the album artwork showing, put around 150 albums onto a usb stick and changed all the artwork from .jpg to .png (used mp3tag) and they all show up. Previously when they were all .jpg only around 50% showed up. One thing I can't work out is getting a playlist to work. Have created...
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    No rear lights in heavy rain.

    All you have to do is look at your dashboard, if there's one light that is on it is green you have your sidelights on, if there are two lights that are on and they are both green then you have your headlights on.
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    W204 Album Art

    Right, I was wrong and I didn't get this sorted, but I do think I have now. Of one of the albums that didn't show up the artwork I changed the file from .jpg to .png, I had two music files in a folder both embedded with the album artwork and only the one with the .png showed up.
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    C204 - What does this mean on my display?

    It goes off after a short period of time so shouldn't be a problem.
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    Phoning Whilst Driving

    Would that be the same if you were talking to a passenger in the car?
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    MPG Display

    Got a mate's C220 for a week on a test drive while he's away. One question I have is on the screen where it says "From Reset" and "From Start" the MPG on display doesn't adjust in jumps of 0.1 sometimes it can be 1.1 or 1.2 etc, the other day after I'd travelled over 200 miles the screen was...
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