Recent content by beezer60

There is volume limitation on EU iPods which can be over-ridden by software produced by these people: http://gopod.free-go.net/ Works for 3G, 4G and iPod Mini Would you believe it's illegal to use this software in France:crazy: I'm a deaf sod anyway so I need the extra 15-20% volume:p

Best laugh today. Thanks Rory

Just thought I'd recommend Gorrias, a Mercedes main dealer in Isques, just outside Boulogne. I had an A service done there yesterday on my W203. The hourly rate is Euro56. Took them only 1.1 hours. They used Antar Excellia LDX 5W40 oil which I don't think is sold in the UK. Had some other...

No need for paranoia. Alfie installed a Comand 2.0 in my W203 last week. :bannana: Neat job, works fine and very competitive price. He knows what he's doing. Go for it.:D

Alfie, you have mail:)

If the CD is getting stuck in Comand this may be of help: http://www.mercupgrades.com/comand/faq.htm If you don't want to go down the DIY route Mitesh seems to get good reviews: http://www.mercedescomand.com/

I don't know who I hate most, middle lane owners or tailgaters:crazy: I accidentally hogged the middle line on a Belgian motorway. You know the ones that suddenly expand to six lanes and then fork in different directions? Christ did they let me know about it. About 5 cars speed past on the...

I've not seen these yet but they sound like the sets of yellow overhead cameras on the M1 widening stretch which point at you and measure your average, not your maximum, speed through the roadworks. They seem to have the desired effect. Everyone travels through that stretch at a steady...

That looks like discontinued stock to me, i.e. the ice>Link Plus version 1. That website hasn't been updated for at least 12 months. I held off getting a Version 1 ice>Link after reading about the problems so many Merc owners had with it, andf I was waiting for the new ice>Link due out in...

I think SKY are starting some HD transmissions next month. You can get an idea of what it looks like if you go to a Dixons/PC World/Currys/Comet. They have HD demos on some of their plasma screens. Why they don't all show what it looks like on the smaller (26" +) LCD screens I don't know. But...

benzworld forum says approx AU$50 as of one week ago. Why would you in Australia have to pay twice what we pay (and we pay a bit more that mainland Europe)? Is this some kind of import tax?:confused:

Ahh. The penny's dropped. You mean an ipod charger. I was referring to the aux-in cinch which retails in Australia for AU$50 (part 210-440-50-05) - roughly the same as here in the UK. Sorry. I'll get me coat.:o

Still a big discount on what we're expected to pay:(

Last time I checked they were about £18 from the dealer. Maybe miro sells them for £3:p

Sniping is the only defense I know of against shill bidding. It discourages the shill because he doesn't know how high to bid and that levels the playing field. If he puts in a large enough proxy bid he is going to end winning, when his goal is to be the second highest bidder. That's when you...