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My trusty C250CDi is approaching its 5th birthday and 43000 miles. The display has just come up with service A3 required. It looks a fairly simple service, but MBs online service calculator says this is a £950 job, a B service plus change brake fluid & fuel filter (both done last year), air...

I've a 2012 W204 C250cdi. The start/stop function is gradually becoming slower to engage, and lasts less time. It occasionally turns green after a mile or so, but more usually it takes 10+ miles. The time it will operate in stop mode has gradually decreased to between 10 and 60 seconds. I...

Just had my 2012 C250CDI serviced. No surprises, except front brakes. The car has done 30,000 miles, and the front disks/pads looked OK for another 5 to 10 thousand miles. However the dealer says the disk is down to the minimum (26mm), but the pads are OK, 5mm+ £423.64 to fix! Are W204 disks...

Mercedes Benz SLK 350 First Registered 17/10/2007, one owner. Factory fit options 7G-Tronic automatic transmission Obsidian Black with Orient Beige leather Parameter Steering, Steering wheel gearshift paddles, Parktronic, Airscarf, Rain sensing wipers, Tyre pressure loss warning...

Retirement is coming up on the horizon, so I need to rearrange my cars. The SLK350 needs to go, with great regret, and be replaced with something smaller and cheaper to run. So the question is where best to sell the trusty SLK? Are places like webuyanycar any good, or is there a better way? I...

BBC News - Trip Advisor couple 'fined' £100 by hotel for bad review And looking at the trip advisor reviews for the hotel, if they fine everyone that leaves a bad review £100, they nust be making a fortune! :eek:

I currently have a C250 cdi AMG sport + on a 2 year deal. This is coming to an end in November, and I can buy the car from MB finance at an agreed price of just over £20k. I'm happy with the car, its the spec I wanted, has comand and HK, so the plan is buy it. I'd just like a sanity check...

My trusty SLK is approaching 30k miles and 7 years old, and the front brake pads were looking a bit wornm so I thought I'd give it a treat and replace them. Buy the new disks and pads, make sure I've got the right tools and away I go. Except. Challenge 1 is the wheel is welded to the hub. A...

The blower has become noisy, sounds like a dry bearing. The vents/drains are all clear, and no error codes registered, so it sound like the motor needs a clean and lubricate. So, how do I remove the motor - seems to be stuff saying it's easy or hard, depending where you look! Anyone any...

If I park my 2012 C250CDI, assuming the engine is warm, an odd noise starts after an hour and keeps occurring for at least 4 hours. The car is running perfectly otherwise, using no oil or coolant, just this odd noise, which is loud enough to draw attention to the car. Anyone any idea what it...

I'll need to replace the pads and disks on my 2007 SLK 350 in the next few months, so I thought I'd order them early. Went to Euro car parts, put the reg no. in and away I go. Except I have a choice of 2 part numbers for each component. ie, rear disks, both Pagid, 2 slightly different sizes...

I went to a security update today, and looked at emerging threats. One is password cracking tools have improved greatly thanks to improved CPU performance and a cracking botnet. For example, probably this - BBC News - Thousands hit in Tesco.com attack Upshot is make sure you important...

Last night I parked and locked my car as normal. Couple of hours later I checked everything was OK outside, it was very wet and windy, only my greenhouse was suffering. So I went to bed. Got up this morning and went to work, except the boot of the car was wide open. No damage, and no sign of...

Took my C250cdi for a new rear exhaust box (the baffles had come loose and were rattling), 2 recall jobs - rear light and lock fix and a comand update. No problem, a 40 mile drive in slightly snowy weather over the Cumbrian fells. Dealer starts fixing the car, I go for a nice tasty breakfast...

My W204 (2012 250ci) gets a bit farty under hard acceleration. Not really a problem, sounds almost like a performance car. :thumb: Went in for a service today (well, yesterday), and the flatulence is excessive it was decided. Baffles in the exhaust failed, so a new one needed - warranty...

A forklift truck and a poor memory.... Oops...

Mercedes releases nine-speed gearbox | Auto Express Presume this is real, 9 forward, 2 reverse gears:)

BBC News - Brazil referee decapitated after stabbing player :eek:

Since I got my C250CDI I've been looking at how quickly from a cold start the start/stop eco function activated. Usually between 1 and 4 miles depending on temperature. Over the past 3 weeks the distance increased gradually until it stayed inactive at 20 miles. Over the three weeks I'd only...

I bought myself a Google Nexus 7, nice bit of kit. I also bought a ELM327 bluetooth OBD 2 interface, and the Torque + app. Works a treat! Real time monitoring of the ECU, seems to cover most things... RPM, GPS speed, coolant temp, boost, transmission and engine oil temp,fuel flow, voltage plus...