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    My first MB just happens to be a.....

    Congrats on your C63. Like yourself, my first Merc as well. Had for 1 year now and still very much loving the car. Not to alarm you or anything but mine has developed an annoying rattle near the infotainment screen tho. Heard it's a common problem on the w204. I usually open the windows and...
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    Disappointed with my car. Respect to the 335d!

    Not as good as V8 AMGs but have to say SQ5 doesn't sound too bad given its a V6. Think best sounding diesel I've ever come across. I haven't heard the old VW V10 or LR V8 diesels in person and you ll never be able to rev like a petrol but with proper acoustic tuning V8+ diesels could potentially...
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    Issue with going to stock from Eurocharged V5 on C63

    Hi all, Been having problems going to stock using myGenius handheld. I was trying to switch the car to the original file the other day (1st time since I’ve flashed it to v5). It gave me an option to flash to original, but during the process somehow it failed to complete the flash. The car...
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    Driving to France for skiing trip

    No, Maggi Trak Sport. Did consider Thule K-Summit and heard equally good things about it, but Maggi was much cheaper with a promotion at the time and also came with the right size without having to fiddle / remove bits of the chains initially.
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    Driving to France for skiing trip

    It's been more than 1 month since I went to France, so just thought I'd write up how I got on with my C63 on summer tyres equipped with a set of decent snow chains. The ones I got were great and it was worth spending the extra money on. CONDITION: It did snow heavily the night before I got...
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    Snow Chains

    I'm going on a skiing trip to France, so I've beed doing some research. Autosocks now seem to be approved by the French authorities since a few years ago. Even then, I heard that the Gendarmerie can still give you grief, so need to print off the necessary announcements from their own website...
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    Driving to France for skiing trip

    Thanks for all your advice, guys. Winter tyres are obviously recommended, but snow chains are necessary in any case. The modern snow chains actually seem very well-designed, or at least the top of the range ones seem to be. They can fit performance cars which have little clearance between tyres...
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    Driving to France for skiing trip

    That's the advice the chain manufacturers or retailers will give you. And also I have had to use snow chains on FWD cars a few times when living abroad and fitting on driving wheels only was fine. Clearly fitting on all wheels is the safest option and as you say fitting on either front or rear...
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    Driving to France for skiing trip

    That's the advice the chain manufacturers or retailers will give you. And also I have had to use snow chains on FWD cars a few times when living abroad and fitting on driving wheels only was fine. Clearly fitting on all wheels is the safest option and as you say fitting on either front or rear...
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    Driving to France for skiing trip

    No you don't need them all around under most condition. Obviously it's better.. You need snow chains for traction under load normally so why they suggest fitting them on driving wheels. But you also need traction under braking and to certain extent to change direction. If you are going a steep...
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    Driving to France for skiing trip

    You are absolutely right. Wasn't saying that 4 wheel drive will solve everything but its better than RWD and at least can get away with fitting snow chains at the front only
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    Driving to France for skiing trip

    I do like the idea of all seasons tyres but as you said maybe a bit of a compromise during summer. Besides would still need to have snow chains in France... Heard, when snowing, Gendarmerie will turn you around without snow chains even if you have winter tyres on.
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    Driving to France for skiing trip

    Hi folks, So booked my skiing trip to the French Alps. Decided to take my C63 estate and now need to think about what to take for the car. I already decided against winter tyres as I live in London and normally drive short distances around town. Just can't justify spending that much for 2-3...
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    Instrument cluster

    Coming from an Audi also, I know what you mean... I can check when I get to my car, but I think the only way you can display the outside temp is put the central multi display on trip mode. I normally do a quick flick to check the outside temp when I need to, then flick back to AMG screen to...
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    Eurocharged handheld programmer

    Cool. thx. Suppose you don't need it for a while now. :)
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