Recent content by Combo

To be fair, I’ve never had to return anything but they are fast to post and reasonable too. I’ve used them quite a lot for car and UPS batteries. Amazon have price matched the Bosch so maybe I’ll get it there.

Thanks all, I tend to use Tayna as their service is excellent and no idea how they price so competitively! I like Varta too but the Bosch was the same price and spec but 1 year more warranty. I’ll get the meter in the battery and test, then get a quote from that garage to compare to Tayna...

Hi all, I'm having a bit of an issue with the dashcam in my car. I have a 2016 CLA, I bought it this year and assume the battery has not been replaced before. Start/Stop has never worked (on the dash it has the line through it) and I installed a Blackvue DR900X dashcam but I find that before I...

As you found, you can't extend to empty space if another partition is in the way in Windows disk management. Bit silly as 190 is right, the data is not stored sequentially anyway! When I have the same sort of issue I run a partition editor like Gparted, Parted Magic and I move the partitions...

Really late to the party on this one but rather than aggregating/bonding connections it sounds like you are looking to load balance. Maybe look at picking up a Draytek Vigor 2860/2862 router used on eBay, these are triple WAN routers and highly configurable. They have a VDSL modem built in, you...

Is this the info on the system? It's a 2016 117 model, I don't think I have a touchpad and wanted to avoid voice control as when shuffling my music there's a load I want to skip through. On my last car I could just press a skip button on the steering wheel even when using an aftermarket stereo...

I've had my CLA for a little while now, a Mercedes dealer retrofit Carplay for me which was one of the main things I wanted but I find the control of the whole system (with and without carplay) to be really clunky. Is there a way to skip tracks playing from my phone using the steering wheel...

I'll get some photos up at some point once I get it cleaned again. I am upgrading any halogen bulbs I find to LED so if it helps anyone new I can make a list of what I bought. I upgraded the standard gear shifter to the AMG one, it already had the GT grill, moved my pressed plates from my old...

Hi all, Picked up my first MB (CLA45 MY16) last weekend and now looking to add some options. I'd really like Carplay, I know I can buy a box that will add the function to my stock display but I wondered about the 10-12'' android replacements as the difference in price is negligible. I spoke...

On Saturday I finally picked up a MY16 model, so far very happy with it! It doesn't have Carplay so looking at retrofit options and want to make some minor changes such as swap out any halogen bulbs for LED like the puddle lights, cabin etc.

Did you get the reversing line etc to work ok? My aim is wireless Apple CarPlay and reversing camera. Usually I work on my own cars but doing 6 day weeks at the moment and don’t think the missus would appreciate me spending my Sundays getting frustrated at the car 😅

Thanks, I have messaged them for a quote and I have had a quote from another place outside of Essex but ideally will find someone a bit closer to home.

Looking for recommendations of somewhere that can do retrofits in/around Essex? Such as swapping out the COMAND display with an Android one, retrofit reversing camera with the lines etc. I think it will need STAR programming. Cheers

Cheers, it's been over here for 4 years now and only MOT failures are for tyres. Good shout on the fuel, I imagine it's ok but will check. I'd have thought the parts would be similar but no idea how to check. I am looking at another that isn't quite as good spec but it is a UK model and cheaper...

Looks like I can get a used cluster for about £200, then I need to find someone who can recode it for me, looks like STAR can do it. I've done some recoding on my Audi but have no idea what is needed for Mercs.