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As I know there are several watch fans on here, I'd like to ask if anyone has any recommendations for a watch for an 18 yr old male for around £500. Not much to go on, but I don't want to constrain the thinking too much at this point, but I'd be interested in unusual but stylish. What have you got?

The condenser on my 99 500SL is cracked so needs replacing. Does anyone have any top tips for doing this (other than getting a mech to do it). It looks relatively straightforward to me but there may be traps waiting such as specialist tools and I don't want to get halfway through to discover...

Here's a link to a dashboard that shows how much energy the uk is using and where its coming from. It also has historic views. https://www.energydashboard.co.uk/live If you look at the whole of the data, its interesting to see the demise of coal since 2015 and the rise of renewables. There is...

Swapped my 2014 250 E estate for a 2017 Volvo D5 V90. Wasn't probably my first choice but the deal was too good to miss (still got the SL though). Probably an unfair comparison as its a newer car, but its a nice place to be. The seats are better and it feels well screwed together. The park...

I've converted an old bike to electric by fitting a motorised front wheel. Its great and is limited to 12 mph which is fine - it takes all the hassle out of hills. Thats all fine but I can actually pedal faster than this, but even so parts of my daily commute mean that I could go faster if only...

Whilst reversing, I caught the drivers mirror on a bush which bent it backwards. Although it survived, it’s pulled away part of the casing. (See picture). Facelift version -1999. Does anyone know how to either get it to go back together, or how to separate it completely so it can be repaired...

In an idle couple of moments, I was wondering what the relative costs of refuelling petrol and evs was. I found this comparison from the states, which shows the relative costs of adding 100 miles of range to each type. What was also interesting is that the average economy of new petrol cars...

On my 2014 E class, its started giving a higher temperature from the passenger side vent. Eg if i set 19 degrees it sends out hot air and the other side is then trying to send out cold air to compensate. If I turn it down to say 17 then the passenger side sends out cooler air but then heats up...

Yesterday, after just standing for a couple of hours, the SL wouldn’t start. it would crank, fire and then stop. after 3 attempts it did actually run and it lasted about 20 seconds ( long enough to move it about 10 feet) before dying. It then tried to fire but died. Left it overnight and tried...

Thought I’d change the CPS on the sl500. Did all the research and got all the tools including the magnet on a stick. There was more access than I thought and got the bolt out very easily. Couldn’t get the sensor out though. It was well jammed in despite getting a mole grip on it. Mamaged to...

Apologies if this is something everybody knows about but I was looking around for information on how to test the AC module and I came across this guide- http://manual.startekinfo.com/manual/JSP/preface.jsp It details the AC but also many other diagnostic features across the whole car. It...

I've just recently noticed that I don't get much (any) air from the centre vents on my R129 99 500SL Selecting the manual air directing button (the one with three triangles on the LCD) only allows me to select "Down" or "up" or "Down and Up". It never allows the "out" arrow to be selected. Any...

Has anyone any experience of refurbishing the seat squab on a facelift R129? Mines a bit hard so I think the matting has probably collapsed. Does anybody know of secret and reasonable suppliers of the matting? As an alternative, do the passenger seat squabs fit the drivers side? I imaging most...

To cut a long story short, I went over a speed bump (at a low speed obviously, otherwise I wouldn't be moaning), and it resulted in significant damage to the under-shielding/padding under the car. Some details: Its an E class estate, so not low slung. It was a very narrow road (single lane) in...

My 2014 E class estate (with 30k on the clock) has started sagging at the back overnight, with the message on the dash "Wait - Car rising" or something similar. It pumps itself up and off we go. The first time I noticed this was a couple of days ago when I came back off holiday so the car had...

So driving along the motorway yesterday, I look down to see that the temperature gauge is off the top of the scale. Very alarming, but everything seems to be working fine. Start thinking about what to do, surely there should have been some other kind of warning, when a big red message appears...

Had an issue with my W212 estate with "auxiliary battery malfunction". This stopped the ECO function working (maybe no bad thing!) and sometimes stopped the "HOLD" function operating. On my version this battery is located in the boot next to the spare wheel. It is reported to be in other...

Whilst lying here with the lurgy, I was contemplating the upcoming changing of the glow plug relay. I've realised I don't know where it is, so I thought the forum might like to enlighten me, as inevitably I going to end up doing it in the dark and rain with a slightly dodgy torch and a...

The glowplug light on my 2007 E320CDi has come on. The light comes on as normal, goes off and then I start the engine. Immediately the light comes back on and stays on for about a minute. It started behaving like this for a week or so, then it cleared itself and behaved normally for a...

I had this report yesterday on the alignment of my 2007 E 320CDi. This is the after report. The technician was able to adjust the toe to get everything lined up (which was my original request due to having a ball joint replaced a while ago with the result that the steering wheel wasn't centred...