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    Different wheel bolts? (X254)

    Sadly they don;t have the X254 on their fitting chart - Mercedes-Benz Fitting Chart and Wheel Fitment Guide | Alloy Wheels Direct (that's the first place I tried given the sticky ;) ) On the rim selector, they do, but not the AMG (which I believe has bigger brakes, thus making 19" the smallest...
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    Different wheel bolts? (X254)

    So I wanted to fit winter tyres... and stupidly assumed that the ML wheels would fit the GLC as they are both 19" rims. When it came around to actually putting them on, I realized that the bolts from the GLC wheels (19", AMG x254) are so long that the ML rims aren't held on. So three...
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    GLC Facelift Boot Divider (x254)

    Ended up speaking to the local dealership where the car was ordered, he provided me the part number: A2548602600 It's not a metal one - but that should be ok. They can be found online for about a third of what the dealership wants... so while I feel a bit bad for the dealer, they did get a sale...
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    GLC Facelift Boot Divider (x254)

    So I'm coming back to the fold... and have an X254 on order that should arrive by the end of the month. That said, I cannot seem to find a boot partition/net/guard thing (to keep the dog from jumping over) from Merc. I found one for the 253, but not the 254... There's a few aftermarket, but...
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    190d for sale (spares or repair)

    Sorry for the delay - with the new year's celebrations everything went a bit haywire. I will also respond to all the PMs in a few minutes :)
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    190d for sale (spares or repair)

    I have dads old 190d in grey to sell. I was offered 350 scrap; but I reckon as the interior is in really good condition it could be more interesting to someone else. I’ll get some more pictures up tomorrow; but thought it would post this with what I have. (Sadly the forum won’t take iPhone...
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    How Long Does Stored Petrol Last?

    Started a car that hasn't seen a key in years... Half a tank of fuel left since fuel was still cheap-ish. Started without issues and drove to the mot station
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    LEZ with a Foreign Car

    If you don't register, you cannot pay the £200 a day charge... and then get a £1000 "fine" at home a few weeks later (there are MANY reports of this online). In fact, on average, they send 20,000 fines per year to foreign plated cars that have not registered to pay: FOI request detail The real...
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    LEZ with a Foreign Car

    Indeed - but they just say this: " We may not hold emissions information for non-UK registered vehicles The charges shown will be what you need to pay today. Vehicles registered with TfL If you have registered this vehicle with us, we'll know if the vehicle meets emissions standards and you...
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    LEZ with a Foreign Car

    As they say, an image says 1000 words
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    LEZ with a Foreign Car

    I fully agree - but how do I get EPC to agree? On the tfl site, I am getting charged £200 per day for the car “until I register it as LEZ exempt on EPC”. EPC stated that my car is not LEZ exempt (in an automated email when I uploaded the cars details) and thus I need to pay… Also - that’s the...
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    LEZ with a Foreign Car

    Howdy, I have an issue... I'm back in the UK with my Swiss registered car, which is a car. Albeit a 4x4, it's a petrol car. I tried registering on EPC; to avoid paying the £200 per day to drive here (as it's a petrol car, so no subject to LEZ); but this got rejected. No explanation why, and no...
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    Price of fuel in the UK amongst the highest in Europe

    Interesting how the table doesn't include some European countries... for example, Switzerland... current average here is 2.20CHF/l - or around £1.92
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    Buying a Car Cash...

    A UK account was an option, until a few weeks ago... then I got a letter telling me that unless I had a UK address, they would shut it. Closed my account out of disgust rather than find an alternative... now regretting it... Here's another option - I transfer the money to a friend's UK...
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    Buying a Car Cash...

    Greetings - it's been a while since I've been here :) As some of the older members may remember, I moved out of the UK a while back... First to Switzerland, and then to West Africa. I've continued to do my endurance rallies... but COVID has put a pause to that for a bit... Now, with the end in...
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    Fastest WiFi? Or ideas on how to wire the house?

    I seem to have found 1G powerline adapter... not a 10G... still don't think I'll get that throughput though. The real question is -1G powerline of wifi AC? You joke, but when it was moved out - and she saw it empty - her comment was that it would make a great wardrobe... and "all we had to do...
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    Fastest WiFi? Or ideas on how to wire the house?

    It used to be in my bedroom...when my (now ex) moved in, the rack moved out. That's when I realized that over time, it had bowed the floorboards. It's now in the office in London, and running a very cut down set. Most of the rack is now redundant equipment, that has been replaced and surpassed...
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    Fastest WiFi? Or ideas on how to wire the house?

    The one I have here is fairly old... 2x 8core processors and 32GB of ram if memory serves. I think the limitation will be primarily the write speed of the HDDs, as I have them in raid 5 (4 drives, but not particularly fast ones), so I reckon that will be the limit... If I can convince SWMBO, I...
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    Fastest WiFi? Or ideas on how to wire the house?

    That made me laugh out loud, literally. It even comes with a fixed IP... I think they are counting on no-one being able to actually use the bandwidth...
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    Fastest WiFi? Or ideas on how to wire the house?

    Welcome - Salt Fiber Switzerland... 40chf if you have a mobile from them...
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