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MOT and a B service. Car feels very fresh now.

A Vauxhall Astra 1.9 cdti (150ps). The main reason i chose the driving school i did was because i knew this guy had a far quicker and nicer learner car than the others in my area. I passed first time, but how i did that I'll never know. I drove absolutely dreadfully on the test. I was...

Yes I had mine done at kwik fit last September. I seem to remember the fronts being towed in as well. Until it was done, i always had to hold the steering wheel slightly left in order to drive the car in a dead straight line. I don't know if these cars are especially susceptible to...

Generally feel very tired for the first 10 minutes after a standard sleep before the kettle and the toaster go on. I tend to wake up quite gradually although a few of cups of tea usually do the trick. What i really hate is those nights when I don't sleep at all. I tend to get up feeling dizzy...

It's supposed to be 538lb ft (735nm). However some people have taken certain cars to 1000nm and claimed it works fine ( I'm talking about the famous gold E420 cdi from YouTube). Anyway, the 3.0 v6 probably won't reach 538lb ft with a normal remap, so you should be absolutely fine.

Just out of interest, does anyone know when the 350cdi engine had its output changed again? The reason i say this is because the even later 350s ( called bluetec i think) are rated at 254 bhp and 457lb ft. It looks as though the power rating was actually decreased at some point presumably in...

The original engine was called the OM642. The revised version was called the OM642 LS. Automotive engineer

The revised 265bhp engine didn't come in until mid 2011 if i recall correctly. Any pre facelift 212 made between 2009 and the early part of 2011 Will be 231bhp. It's a bit of a pity to miss out on it because the mpg became better and tax came down as well. A remap could improve the...

I think that although the newer Mercedes are undoubtedly good cars, they don't feel or look particularly special anymore. I think part of the reason for this is that other manufacturers have improved their own game a lot in the last 10-20 years. For example, the W212 is considered to be a very...

In my experience it doesn't use very much at all. I have done 10000 miles in mine and it has never asked for a top up. My previous car was an E90 325i and i had to add 2 litres during the 6000 miles i had it.

1st car at 17 - 2001 Honda Accord 2.0i se. I inherited this car from my gran when she got a newer Accord. I absolutely loved this car. In 5 years i had some great and memorable drives. I felt brilliant when i was 17 with this car because all of my contemporaries had fiestas and polos with about...

Did you hear about the man who was arrested for stealing paving slabs?... The police said they had concrete evidence against him.

Hi Gareth I think a lot of people used to think this was how to tell the difference, however I'm sure it was disproved on this forum somewhere. My own car has the ruffled door card and yet is listed as black artico leather.

Hello and welcome. Your car looks stunning with those modifications, almost similar to an A45 actually! Hope you enjoy the car and this forum. All the best

Are you by any chance talking about the new straight 6 quad turbo diesel? I think that will be amazing. Mercedes really have fallen quite a long way behind Audi and BMW with their big diesel engine. I have driven a brand new E350 Bluetec diesel and it feels plenty quick. However when you think...

I had this problem on my E90, although it had halogens. It's not as straightforward a fix as you might hope. I was told mine had a cover missing inside the wheelarch and that was where the water was getting in. There was a puddle insight the light unit and condensation inside the glass. I don't...

What kind of gains did you see with your 320 CDI? The figures most companies indicate are around 265bhp/445lbft. However i think one or two are more like 290bhp/480lbft. I'm kind of debating whether i should get mine done or not. The standard 224/398 definitely isn't a slouch but more would...

I don't even know if a remap AND the brabus box together would be compatible. Remapping and tuning boxes deliver similar results in a different way. I don't think it would end very well. The box would be telling the ECU to do one thing and the remap to do another. Bigger turbo and maybe a new...

That's quite interesting. I had to replace the front springs on my e320 sport, and it did actually look slightly higher at the front afterwards than it did before they were replaced. I think it must be the case that merc85 is right and they just need to settle down.

S500 will be smoother, quicker and will probably be better specced as they had more standard equipment than the diesel. However the OM648 diesel is absolutely bombproof according to my local mechanic and Mercedes specialist. Very economical for such a big car as well. You can't really go wrong...