Recent content by nickmann

Hello, long time no see, (me that is...) Mine's a 240 v6, so not identical to yours but similar enough. From memory I used 2 bottles of coolant. Note that you dilute the MB coolant before use - 50% IIRC. I raised the rear of the car and used the drain tap under the rad. I bought 1...

Hi All. Went diving this afternoon. I was at 35m, went to my pocket for something, and was less than pleased to pull out my car keyfob and my phone. I must have put them there between dives as I never normally even have them with me when I'm diving but we had gone ashore for lunch...

...around Brittany then up the Loire Valley. All loaded up and ready to go, there's just time in the morning for one last wash. (The car, not me). See you in a couple of weeks.:)

The cans were about £10 for the two, and I'd definitely take the sensor out to spray it. Drill a hole in a piece of card, mount the sensor in the card, and spray.

That's right, my experience of the two systems is - ASR is only any use if you are on the power, AND the rears are slipping. It cannot detect an understeer condition. ASR does not know the front wheels exist, it can only reduce wheelspin using rear brakes and throttle ESP chimes in if...

I'm glad you're OK. I expect it was slippy after the long dry spell, and an S bend gets the weight transfer going. The damage doesn't appear too extensive, but as has already been said, you will be weighing it up against the value of the car. It's only metal. And hours of TLC...

Thanks Alfie - I tried that. The NAVI menu has only Traffic Info, Connection Counter, Location and Calibration. The Sound menu has only Bass Treble Fader and Balance:crazy: ...And as I type my eyes have fallen on the answer - Language Sound Volume Difference under Sound in Navi Settings...

Hi all, I'm sure this is simple, but I still need some help. I've been trying to show my Dad how to use his COMAND (2004 ML). I showed him how to set the volume of the NAV announcement by turning the volume knob during an announcement. The problem is that the volume of the radio or CD...

I think that's an airpump - runs for a short while on a cold start to dilute emissions.

I think the explanation is as follows - In S you have creep, for manoeuvring. Creep means the gearbox is in normal mode, the power from idle is enough to move the car on the flat. A hill will overcome it, so you will rollback. This is fine, indeed useful, when parking on a slope in the...

same as yours, yes in D, no in W, both for my 202 and the 210.

You choose and record a keyword, which you can then say out loud to activate the system. I have chosen "telephone". Then I say the name to call, then I say "mobile", or "home" or whatever. When I receive a call from someone in my phone book the system speaks their name and I say "answer" or...

That's a bit Harry Enfield isn't it?

I installed mine before I realised it is fully voice activated. I assumed that I would need to press the button to use the unit, so I placed the display accordingly. If I were doing it again I would place the display out of sight. One of our members has done this in his W203 - it's in the...

That's very true, but it's not an indictment of our members being Daily Wailers. It's because the written word can be sometimes be open to mis-interpretation because of the lack of facial expression (smileys are no substitute), the lack of intonation and the lack of gestures. Not everyone has...