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I like the sound of the autosock product but struggle to understand for my typical journey how I could best use it. For example, my journey consists of a 2mile local trip from my estate to the nearest motorway junction, then blast up the A1 for 25 miles, then country roads & icy roads for 10...

Could it be a fuse blown on the wiper circuit?

Quick update - it's happened 3 times now where I am basically without washers until I get to work which ain't good on a 38 mile trip. I've flushed out all the old washer fluid and put 2 x bottles of proper MB blue screenwash in and kept dilution as little as possible under these current cold...

Probably not rated to that - I assume the -30C stuff you refer to is thegenuine MB pink stuff?

Hi all Is it common on W203's in this very cold weather we are having for the front windscreen washers to be frozen solid even after driving for an hour? I have put in premixed concentrate screen wash yet despite letting the engine warm up on tickover for a while, spraying de-icer into the...

V12 DV? on a Merc CL600 - Ossett nr Wakefield

The very people last week that were scoffing about me having a RWD car were the very people who phoned in absent from work on Friday and yesterday, whereas your truly made it into work and felt very safe driving in! Some of the offenders cars to name & shame: BMW Mini Coopers (FWD) Alfa...

Perhaps removal/reconnection has surged a fuse. Check the fuses to the instruments etc one may have blown. You have connected the battery the right way around (of course you have :thumb:)

I reckon the're borrowed off an NHS surgical trolley!:D

I'm looking into getting some Vredesteins as I have 75 mile round trip each day and once you get snow like today it's nice to have some added confidence in the grip levels. I'm trying to source some local to the Leeds?Wakefield area, so if anyone knows a tyre fitter/stockist in this area I'll...

I had a Toyota Celica Premium Red running on 17" alloys and low profile tyres and the road noise was so bad, particularly from the rear quarter panels and rear arches I had "Dynamat" put in all the rear panels and the boot. It did help, but then I too started to hear a droning noise. The dealer...

Some manufacturers websites state to put new tyres on the rear irrespective of whether the car is RWD or FWD. In this mornings snow my normal tyres performed quite well overall, but at times the driving wheels (rear on most Mercs) would have benefitted from having the extra grip. Ideally fit...

My thoughts as well, if the scraping noise is your brake pads binding or partially binding then the car will constantly have to work hard to move so resulting in dreadful MPG. On my W203 the doors lock when traveling over 5 Miles/hour as a security feature, but it sound electrical if yours...

Maybe I've misunderstood what the intent was so apologies if I have, but I thought what was being recommended was to just use the winter tyres on the rears. Oddly enough, I phoned a local tyre place to see if they stocked winter tyres as they used to do Vredestein (sadly no longer) but was...

MB Leeds had the car back and did a full geometry job. It is a much nicer car to drive now. Still a bit camber sensitive but I understand that to be a trait of the chassis.

I noted in the FAQ on Vredestein's website the state " Never drive your vehicle with winter tyres on one axle and summer tyres on the other axle." So does this mean that, as some posters have done, putting just winter tyres on the rear only isn't recommended?

Do you notice any more road noise/tyre noise in the car by using winter/snow tyres compared to all weather tyres? If I bought "winter" tyres do I have to take them off when the nicer weather comes or can they be used in summer as well?

I fear for when we all get to that age

For those who may have not seen the program already, on Discovery Turbo channel (Sky) tonight (8.00pm I think) Wheeler Dealers will be having a go at renovating a Mercedes 230.

In post #205 I mentioned my friends Mondeo 2.0 Tdci having injector issues, well it happened to him again yesterday, on exactly the same injector that was "fixed" 7 months ago. He was told by the engineer who fixed it that it had been cleaned and reset against the ECU. He's been quoted £180...