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Cynical answer - to try to stop you using independents... Tried to get a quote today for the next service on my C63. It's 4 years old, 30k miles. When I rang my local dealer, they adviced I use the website to check what was needed and get a quote, so that's what I did. Here are all the things...

There's the Mercedes dealer themselves of course, and I've heard good things about Nick Webster in Poynton. I'm sure there was one in Macclesfield itself too, but I can't remember the name for that one. I need someone who I can trust with a C63, who has access to the Mercedes servicing software...

.. so it's perfectly reasonable that I only just spotted the speedo is non-linear, right? Past 100mph, the same markings are used for 20mph increments instead of 10mph increments. What elser have you noticed about your AMG and thought - how did I not spot that earlier?

I managed to get hold of the official Mercedes roof bars (for a W204 C class) - but as I suspected, I find that the bars are too wide to fit my roofbox using the U-bolts. I will therefore have to use the T-track system - but can anyone who has done this advise on the size of bolt which will...

Is there a way of making the car do this? Or does it do it automatically under certain circumstances? 99% of the time, if the speed drops below about 10mph, the car will change down to 1st automatically, but I'm sure I have seen it remain in 2nd on a couple of occasions. Even when coming to a...

My (W204) C63 has just started telling me to check the coolant level. Doing so has me somewhat unsure whether it needs a slight topup though. The manual talks about it "being at the level of the marker bar" when cold. But my marker bar has a black top half and a white bottom half. Is it...

I'm probably being too picky, but I want to match the correct fitment perfectly, so: 8.0J x 18 H2 ET45 on the front 9.0J x 18 H2 ET54 on the rear They don't need to have good rubber on them (or any at all), because they're for winter tyres. But they need to be structurally perfect, and...

I installed the Me Adapter app on my phone a few days back. A couple of times, when starting my car, I've heard the sound of a car accelerating through a couple of gears from my car. No notification afterwards, no indication what's causing it to make the noise. Is it the app? Confused the hell...

We've just moved into a house. The conservatory roof is fairly ropey, and I suspect will need replacing. Room is about 5.5m by 4m. I would quite like the room to be more usable that I have found conservatories in the past. So glass roof? Or the new lightweight tile roof I've seen some info on...

And now I've had to start this thread so we can all think of other excuses to drive with the boot open again. I mean this car sounds ace from inside... but it sounds utterly unbelievable when you can hear the exhausts directly. Popping and burbling and crackling, it was awesome. And I was only...

Is there a way to get Comand to display the whole song name? Or to scroll through the name once at least?

I quite fancy giving one of these a try - but given that they're a bit gimmicky, and I think the interest will die out quite quickly, I don't really want to spend the £40 they seem to cost from dealers. So I wondered if anyone else has one that they've already stopped really using, and would...

The lighter socket which is in the centre console - has anyone had any luck removing the spring loaded cover from it neatly? With my USB adapter in it, it hangs open just enough to stop the ashtray cover from closing, which is a little irritating. (I do have an adapter which is short enough...

What is it good for? I've just enabled it for my car, on the basis that it cost nothing, so I might as well. What does it actually allow you to do without paying though? In theory I can look at the Digital Service Record. Is that everything? Everything about car status seems to require...

Or at least that's where it sounds like it's coming from to me in the driver's seat. Any known culprits in this area? Obvious and easy fix I could try before I start trying to self diagnose?

It's a C63, but I think that doesn't make any difference. I was looking at the Thule wingbars, as I'd quite like something designed to be aerodynamic and reduce wind noise - but having looked at them in person, they are incredibly wide. 90mm - meaning that the majority of accessories which...

Sorry for all the questions folks, you can tell I've got a new car, can't you?! My wayer temperature in normal use sits at 93 degrees according to the electronic readout, which looks about right for the needle gauge too. My only reason for wondering if this is high is that midpoint on the...

It only just occurred to me that it's slightly odd that my car has the tirefit temporary fix can, but also has a spare wheel. Is this perhaps because the spare won't fit over the front discs? Or is it just a belt and braces approach?

With the headlights set to auto, and the stalk pushed away, the high beam icon with the 'A' lights up on the dash to show that the car is deciding when to turn high beam on. But can anyone confirm that it will only turn on high beam if you're doing more than 30mph? This seems to be the case...

I got my C63 last weekend, and it's phenomenal! Really pleased with it. I moved to it from an Alfa 156 GTA which I'd owned for 10 years, and it's about the only choice I could find that had the practicality (both cars are estates) and sounded even better than that Alfa V6. Anyway, I've heard...