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My 1997 W210 used to eat up bulbs both front and rear for all its five years with me. I traced the problem to arcing between bulb-pin contact and bulb holder. The parking light bulb at the front used to go regularly, particularly the most inaccessible bulb, by the aircon unit. Twas truly a...

Not mine, a neighbour's :( Pesky relative borrowed a horse unasked and it kicked in said plastic thingy. My horse, my neighbour, my responsibility. Anyways, it looks simple but knowing merc dealers I wondered where I might get a slightly used replacement before neighbour gets ideas about...

Can someone tell me which it is, belt or chain? And how often do they need servicing? Btw is there a 'big' service on the E55 AMG other than the 'B' service? - Rich If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you

Sold my last ride with a new MoT and 92,500 on the clock, all mine. The fast idle test gave CO 0.30% vol - right on the limit. Lamda was toward the upper end at 1.015 and HC mid-range at 99 ppm vol. Natural idle values were comfortably in the middle. The service people said 120 -130K...

Has anyone done this and are there any realistic power gains, I wonder? Mine's a 2001 E55 but I sort of assume the engine is the same across the AMG line-up, no? - Rich

Just bought the E55 AMG tiptronic model and after 500 miles got around to reading the manual, like you do. Found I had adaptive suspension. Can't honestly see the point of the sports setting except on a race track but the comfort setting is perfect for motorways, fast roundabouts, B roads...

I can recommend Derick Wells of Badley, near Needham Market in Suffolk (01449-774222). The building looks like a Qwik-fit facility and it doubles as a tyre depot too. Ray the chief mechanic is Mercedes trained and pretty much knows what he's doing. Did a major service on my (then) four...