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    mercedes HFP bluetooth adaptor

    removed from my W203 today. I perfect working order comes with instructions and pin code. £100 includes delivery PM for details.
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    W203 - Adding a Bluetooth adaptor.

    i have one of these for sale after I sold my car today. PM if interested.
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    Leaving the brand for a while

    well what an eventful week! I had traded the Mercedes in against the new VW and on sunday, I smashed all the near side in. both doors and the rear wheel arch are 'rearranged'. gutted doesn't explain the way I have been feeling. so I called the dealer and explained the situation. they came back...
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    Leaving the brand for a while

    i did look for a while at a B class, but there was a lot of bad press about them. I read some really bad owners reviews. I know not all cars are like this but with a disabled member of the family, I cant take the risk of a car being in a garage every month (and the cost). I've had the Merc for...
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    Leaving the brand for a while

    i purchased a VW Tiguan. its only a couple of years old. got direct from my local VW main dealer. I would NEVER buy a bmw anyway. we needed a SUV/MPV and I couldn't find one that met my criteria so with a heavy heart, the VW ticked all the boxes. I got a great deal and a fantastic car with full...
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    Leaving the brand for a while

    today I traded my C200 in for a newer car. still german, but not Mercedes. found the car to not be practical for our family needs going forward. so I will have some things for sale in a couple of weeks when I get rid of the car. i will list them in the for sale section. i would like a 'job lot...
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    C180 K timing chain and sprocket kit

    so if I aim for a 2013 onwards, I will avoid this trouble. sound advice there. thanks
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    C180 K timing chain and sprocket kit

    i have a C220 and was thinking of getting a more modern version of the car, W204, but petrol. after reading all these stories about how poor these petrol engines are, i'll keep my car a bit longer.
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    Selling Car/Retention of Reg

    ok, I guess that makes sense. cheers.
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    Selling Car/Retention of Reg

    often wondered about this since the dvla offices shut. if you transfer the private plate to retention, then they put the original plate back on the car? what happens with the tax and insurance situation then? oh and the mot cert. they all with have your personal plate on them. the 1st time you...
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    Cheap Oil

    im not shopping in Tesco anymore now that they don't cook their own chickens. it will have to be nando's. do they buy their chickens from Tesco?
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    Lanzarote taxi

    having just returned from a holiday in Lanzarote, I noticed the age of the taxi's out there and wondered what sort of KM they had clocked up. so on the way back to the airport on Saturday, I asked the driver of the cab I was in. (E class estate. manual around 2000/2001 at a guess). his reply...
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    w203 200 cdi 2002 Limp mode and black smoke

    does the intercooler pipe have any splits in it?
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    MB Factory trip

    i do love driving in Germany. i remember a year or so ago, the sound of a C63 passing me at about 140mph or so on the autobahn. :bannana: you can really see what these cars are about.
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    Has television ( Malcolm ) left the site

    never knew him, but he helped me out many times on issue's with my car. RIP.
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