Recent content by tomw

I thought I was the only one who was so paranoid about stuff like this. Drives my girlfriend mad :D

I have several new dings in doors from my week there.

Speaking of MPG - just got back from a trip to the south of France (and back). It read 33.5MPG on the first leg to the Eurotunnel after some 50mph stints on the M25 and M20. Not bad overall I thought.

I thought the refrigerant quantity was the same regardless.

Thanks, yeah I gave them my IBAN when creating the account. Finally got an email yesterday morning saying they were verifying the account details - 7 days after I signed up! Not looking too hopeful now. On the other topic, I had my car re-gassed by ATS today. They seem to have done a decent job...

I saw that - that's part of the reason I ordered one from Ulys :D

I ordered an Ulys one last week but it hasn't arrived yet. Getting a bit worried it won't show up in time now. How long did yours take to arrive?

Someone else mad enough to be driving an E500 across Europe soon? I'm off later this week. I suspect my AC isn't quite as cold as it should be but I'm worried about regassing it before I go in case it triggers some leak in the system and I have no AC for 40C France... In preparation I replaced...

I ended up buying one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07TZ412J5/ref=emc_b_5_i And it works really well with my iPhone and the aux in.

Turns out I actually DO have an aux in socket in the glovebox. Never trust your girlfriend when you're driving along and ask her to check the glovebox and she says there isn't one.

I did consider replacing the unit but my car has HK and I assume the adaptors required to keep the amp etc happy aren't cheap. I've had similar situations with other cars in the past when fitting CarPlay units to HK, B&O etc systems. I might explore the possibility of running a simple aux lead...

I had my armrest / centre console out recently to replace the shift selector module and don't have the Bluetooth module either unfortunately!

I have a 2004 W211 and I need some way of getting audio off a phone so I can have podcasts etc during an upcoming long drive across Europe. Without replacing the OEM equipment, what options do I have? I believe I don't have the aux-in socket in the glovebox that I've read about. I currently...

I think there are at least 3 guys there but I've only dealt with two of them.

I found it a bit hard to get hold of them every time I needed to speak to them but they were very helpful I did get through to someone. Keep trying by phone.