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After 10 years of ownership, the Key Fob on my W169 has worn out. Despite changing the battery, the Key Fob would always unlock the Car - but locking the Car was intermittent. For those in a similar situation, Mercedes charge £150 inclusive for a new/reprogrammed Key Fob. This requires making a...

My local Mercedes dealership informs me, due to component shortages, that a factory ordered EQA 250 Sport (placed today) wouldn’t be delivered until March, 2022 (!).

My (2012) W169 had its annual MOT and Service this past week. The technician alerted me to a ‘kink’ in the Timing Chain (which is starting to stretch). If and when it gets worse (age and mileage related), it’s likely to cost £1k to replace it. Given that the Car is only worth £3.2k, I’m minded...

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Presently, my W169 is achieving 3 weeks to the Gallon.

I’ve owned my W169 for 8 years. I don’t like the current A-Class, so decided to go car window shopping elsewhere. I chose to visit my local Audi and then BMW dealership to check out the A1 and i3. My experience at both dealerships was identical: first, neither model was available to view in...

I own a routinely serviced 2012 W169... Yesterday, when regularly applying the usual force to apply breaking to full stop, four of the central dashboard LED’s turned Red (rather than their usual Amber) together with an constant audible warning. Once I took my foot off the brake and then applied...

My W169 is 6.5 years old. The near-side mirror adjustment fails to respond to control. On phoning Mercedes to book it in for repair, I’m quoted £110 labour ‘just to look at it’. On the day, after waiting an hour while they ‘look at it’, a technician reports back that they have attempted to...

Last August, I had my local Mercedes dealer replace all the tyres on my Wife’s W169 (A-Class). She typically drives less than 5K miles per year. All was fine until last December, when the front near side front tyre deflated by exactly 7 lbs, causing the car’s deflation alarm to trigger. I had...

Today, I had my annual Mercedes service in Birmingham (LSH Auto). In the past, the ‘Lounge’ service tier enabled complimentary access to their self-service drinks machine (cardboard cups) as one idled the hours away while the car was being attended to. This suited me fine. Now, all that has...

i was in Mercedes Solihull Service Centre yesterday, and taking-up one of their walls was an artist impression of a new/planned £20m Mercedes dealership. The proposal is to redevelop a Solihull office building into a new four-storey head office with showroom, workshop bays, MOT bays and 223...

My low-milage W169 had its annual service/mot at Mercedes, Birmingham yesterday. My attention was drawn to the rear tyres: the tread was within acceptable limits, but the rear tyres 'were misshapen'. I was informed that this wasn't dangerous, that the tyres were safe, but I might notice...

After watching a recent episode of Car SOS, I Google searched the registration of our old Mini Chelsea. To my surprise, I found it. My wife was the original owner. The Mini Chelsea model commemorated the 5 Millionth production-run of the Mini. We were able to celebrate the Mini 40th...

I've just upgraded from an iPhone 4S to an iPhone 6S. I had been using a TomTom windscreen mount (with 30 pin connection) - with integral amplification - alongside my 4S for GPS duties. Now that I've upgraded to a 6S, there doesn't appear to be a similar windscreen mount with a Lightning...

While my W169 is in the bodyshop, I've been loaned a 65 reg B180D Sport. There's no user manual in the car, and I can't find the answer to my query online. There's an integral navigation system in the car, but there's no supplied SD card with the requisite navigation data on it to insert...

Mercedes plans on releasing a new range of electric vehicles... Mercedes Is About to Unveil an Entire Fleet of Electric Vehicles - Bloomberg

As Foreign Secretary, Boris is in charge of MI6. That's like Mr. Bean being in charge of James Bond. Just don't let Boris wander around Q's workshop unaccompanied. A gift for comedy scriptwriters everywhere. All fun aside, it's a refreshing new perspective on politics.

After completing her post-graduate studies, my daughter is now permanently resident with a good job in Oxford (Associate Marketing Manager for Routledge). Ideally, I would move there too but for Oxford's high property prices compared to where I presently live (and for the type of home I'm...

Bad news indeed: from 2019, Sky will have exclusive rights in broadcasting F1... Sky secures exclusive F1 rights from 2019; to broadcast every race in UHD from next year | a516digital