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no worries Bob.....I get a lot knowledge myself from these forums and thought it was time to share some of my own limited knowledge. I haven't logged in here for a while but would have replied to you if I had seen your post.

apologies, should have stated the model..it's 2009 E350 CDi (V6 Diesel)......212 chassis

thought I might share these musings...I bought a control module off eBay, xenon headlight control module. It is a Hella unit, same as the Mercedes OEM but half the price. I fitted it myself - (quite easy) only to discover it didn't activate the main beam. After a few phone calls to Mercedes I...

thanks to all who have commented here so promptly - the general consensus has confirmed what I thought.

mbenz1 - coolant level is fine........I'm quite meticulous about maintenance. Thanks for your comment though. I don't really think having it garaged would make much of a difference.

Mike - yeah I turn the heat off or low as well to help the engine warm up but it does little to help. I don't believe this is normal for this engine - that doesn't make sense. For one surely it's going to cause a bit more wear and tear on the engine as it is not fully expanded (being colder than...

Hi, wonder can anyone offer their opinion on this. I think my thermostat is locked in the open position. On these cold mornings I struggle to get the car above 40deg, maybe 50deg in the town. Has anyone else experienced this. I presume that the thermostat is fully open and continually letting...

Wil...I reset the trip meter and reset the MPG information as well

ok, maybe I confused you when I stated 'Merc quoted figures' - what I was referring to was the OB computer quoted figures.........but I never mentioned any 'brochure'. There is however nothing wrong with my calculations. They are accurate and indeed, nothing is amiss with the car. The real-world...

very occasionally sitting idle, but I'm not talking about bringing my MPG figure down...that's not the issue. The issue is that the OBC figure is so different to the real world figure. If I'm sitting idle the OBC computer should still be able to record my fuel usage and my miles covered and do...

To be honest, I would rather not have MPG information at all on my OBC than be given inaccurate information....I mean, why bother. I've stopped using it and in fact it annoys me when I scroll past it and I see the fraudulant figures on display.

RedC220.........good that you are getting such accurate info in your SL...I wonder why Mercedes can't they use the same reliable technology between their different cars

well I checked out fuelly.com (only one user with same car as mine) and she was getting 36mpg...which is more or less what I am getting. I also checked out honestjohn and the result is 36mpg real world against 47.1mpg official Merc statistic...which is even more appalling. I mean there there...

well that's impressive Whitenemesis - I wonder can the software be re-calibrated??

no....what? that can't be right!! A UK car giving me my MPG based on US gallons...that would mean my real world MPG would be significantly worse.

well maybe that headline grabber is a bit unfair as we all know that manufacturers' MPG statistics and 'real-world' statistics are two different things. However, I have been doing my own MPG experiment for a few months now and I'm quite appalled to report that the Merc quoted stats for my car...

well I pay around £430 (Bedford Insurance - GoCompare) for my 09 E350 but I only have 2y NCD...I did have a company car up until 2013 with no accidents but the 'barstewards' at my previous place of employment wouldn't give me a letter stating that so I just had to start from scratch to build up...

definitely not compareni.com.......they were very expensive. I've never used the same insurer twice. Always been using gocompare and comparethemarket which return similar results. A friend of mine did get a quote from directline so I'm going to include them in my list next time but I would be...

Oh, the Renault12 was a great car btw.........I remember really sensitive brakes and also over-heating it to seize the engine trying to follow the Circuit of Ireland rally back in 1987

Hi, Loughinisland, Co Down