Recent content by chrisaaaaa

I have sold the car, but have a set of alloy wheels and winter tyres left over. I am sure they fit many different mercs, you guys will know which better than I do. Pics etc here...

The answer from MB, er not sure at least £460, for an A, it should be a B but we cannot say now much that will be. And £50 for a courtesy car :) Shambles...

My car, W204 Est, June 11, ~55K says it would like a Be service soon. Sorry sounds lazy, but B3 is too short to search for here and in the ESS tool it seems not to mention the 3 part, should it? And roughly what should I expect it to cost from an independent? Ta

Not sure if it is too late for -dawg1, but I have a Z3 compact on a 2011 C220, it works mostly except; The phone [throw app] continually reports disconnection and reconnection. If you play audio from the phone you just get one song over an over. The Z3 is on the compatibility list, as is my...

I drove a Sportage demonstator, it was so rough I barely got it off the forecourt before I was asking if it was broken, the salesboy assured me they were all like that. Once you cross off all french (bonkers engineering) and VAG (poor service) and Toyota/Honda (sheer tedium) there are not a lot...

Maybe it was jonobigblinds, it was a lease car that did loads of miles in the first year, then seemed to get parked for 6 months. Buying one new must be disheartening, mine was under 2 years old and was half price!

The parking break on my is hopeless, when I first got it it did nothing at all depit only being a couple of thou past a MB service, when I looked into it the adjuster had been wound beyond the end stop that it does not have and the shoes were metal and some shiny bits of charcoal. Considering...

The w204 made it worse, the older models had bolts (offset/ecentric?) which could be used to adjust the tracking/castor, the MY12 version does not have these fitted, you have to buy them along with getting it tracked. So far I have changed all the tyres had adjustable bolts fitted and it has...

After last having a VW Passat with the fiasco DSG gearbox, all of VAG are on the no way ever again list. I don't do anything like enough mileage to justify yearly replacements, the idea was to get a nice car look after it and keep it for years - so far the C class is taking on a distinctly...

In an S class does it dive down any camber, "they all do that"? I have driven A and B class they were OK, but for a C class they say the atrocious tracking is normal (but offer to fix it for several hundred pounds out - but not under warranty). I guess what I am askign is why do MErc owners...

I know the manufacturers often paint a picture of a fund manager from Frankfurt with 1.8 kids, 0.8 wives and 0.1 mistresses, but I am beginning to think they must be doormats. I have a C class, it has plenty of design issues which just seem to be accepted and for when I take it in to get things...

I took the covers off and had a look, I think mine is good, but can someone say if these are the good injectors.

I came from a VW diesel to the MB diesel, the VW was way quieter and smoother. I had expected it though from press reviews eg whatcar giving it a 2 star rating for being so noisy.

Is there an actual list of affected engines - do we have to create one? I thought MY12 cars were ok.

v10 loaded last week. Just map data, no fixes.