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    The engine mercedes should have put in the smart...

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9072236535251471450 should still be a good city car with only a 1000cc engine and all
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    Thumbs UP Mobilolife. Thumbs DOWN MB SHEFFIELD!

    keep a careful ear on your engine for the next wee while. easy start is VERY bad for diesel engines, especially modern ones. it can crack rings, blow head gaskets, melt injector tips, generally bad stuff. plus if you spray too much in even switching the ignition off wont stop the engine until...
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    tripped out gatso

    On one journey on the a68 i got double flashed twice on the same journey by the same gatso, once on the way down, once on the way back facing on to the gatso. the other cars on the road were flashed twice as well. I was doing 45 in a 60 limit so i wasn`t too concerned. never heard anything about...
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    Losing His License !

    surely it was up to the officers discretion weather or not to report him to the cps. if the motorcyclist said the car driver wasnt to blame why clog up the courts with an unnecessary case when theres plenty more worthy people needing to be in front of a judge
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    Losing His License !

    Hope your dad gets off lightly marcos, it seems crazy the police pushing for a conviction if the biker doesn`t want to push the matter. I`ve ridden bikes for a few years and never came off (on the road anyway, had a few tumbles on my motocrosser) despite coming across plenty car drivers with...
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    Chinese death traps Vs MB

    i wonder if one of those jingaling loveyoulongtime panhandle surprise things would be worse or better than an average 4x4 to have an accident with if you were in the other car in the accident. i`m sick of the sight of ***** in range rovers 4.7cm off my back bumper on a hand held phone when i`m...
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    Bad experience on a HID conversion kit

    these worked when i had the same problem on my 2006 zafira, come on for a second then goes off again, dip beam bulb fail showing on the display in the dash...
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    Is there anything unusual about getting tracking done on a w208?

    I`m changing my lower balljoints, nipping up a wheel bearing, replacing the steering damper and going from 205/55/16 tyres to 225/40/18 tyres and wheels on my clk320 this weekend and i think it would probably be a good idea to get the tracking done afterwards. I`m sure I read somewhere that the...
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    Help! a class advice needed before tomorrow.

    excellant thank you very much thats exactly what i was looking for, I needed the price to work out how much to adjust the price of the car by. does anyone know any breakers with a w168 A140 for the instrument cluster?
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    Help! a class advice needed before tomorrow.

    got my a class up for sale and someones looking at buying it but on the test drive the drivers side front spring cup has broken. i need to know a price for one before tomorrow has anyone had to buy one? also how much would an instrument cluster for a w168 a140 out a breakes be and what breakers...
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    C180 Komp Coupe 07 Flood Damage

    any water damaged control modules, try srtipping out the circuit board, washing it in hot soapy water with a soft paintbrush, rinse it with purified water then give it a dousing in isopropyl alcohol and dry it out with a hairdryer. look at the vias, the pinholes going from one side of the board...
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    Attempted theft of the SEC

    get a pir activated floodlight in your driveway mounted high enought to prevent tampering. fit a 240v relay in parallel with the floodlight, run twin core cable from the com and n/o relay connections into your bedroom. get a plug top timer, a 12v plug top psu and a loud 12v buzzer. set the timer...
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    clean looking a class on ebay

    It`s mine. I spent days stripping the dash and fitting 3m double sided foam sticky pads to stop the creaking. the wheels arent the prettiest, but I was missing a wheeltrim and the steelies had 4 knackered tyres. I got those wheels with 4 almost new tyres for £50 as the sellers car snapped the...
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    That satisfying ownership feeling

    I used to get the odd few comments at my old work, I was 20 and i had a 10 year old bmw 735 SEi, when the boss only had a basic 3 year old c180 and the next nicest car was a 4 year old honda civic. but you find the money for the things you find important. i worked LOTS of overtime and done...
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    Audio 10 Mute connector?

    is there a telephone audio in pair on these stereos so the phones audio can be sent through the stereos amp?
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    Best place to get spark plugs for 320 v6?

    Wheres best to get sparkplugs for the 320 v6, mine are due so I went to maccess and they were 5.35+vat per plug, thats ridiculous! £75.43 just for plugs. I could service my a class at least twice using synthetic oil for that much money.:eek:
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    Engine Compression questions - running high compression + engine misfire

    dont know if it would help, but it costs nothing to try, have you tried retarding the ignition timing by 2-3 degrees, it used to help on old ford engines
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    Where would i find the colour code for my leather?

    Perfect, thats exactly what I needed. Thanks! :-)
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    Where would i find the colour code for my leather?

    theres the options list in the service book but its all in german, so i used an online translator and none of the numbers relate to the interiortheres a row of 3 digit numbers along the bottom but no description of what they mean. where would i post my vin to get the options list?
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