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  1. garystu1965

    Very poor practice by dealership - possibly my last Mercedes

    Hi folks, I have owned my 2017 W213 E220d for nearly three years now and I am very happy with it. Its a very smooth car with lots of kit. I am much less happy with my local dealership who I will not name at this time. When the one year approved used warranty ran out I bought the service plan...
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    Engine died when stop start was active

    Hi, I've just driven from Blackpool to Harrogate where I work and was in standing traffic and stop start kicked in. When I took foot off the brake the engine died ! I put car in park and turned key and engine fired up again but it was a bit embarrassing as I was stopping cars turning into...
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    Back with the star again - E350 CDI Coupe.

    Hi all, I've not been here for a few years as I owned my one and only Mercedes, a C270 CDI which I owned from 2005-2008. Since then I bought (huge mistake) a Lexus IS250 and then a Jaguar XF 3.0D which I loved. I had that from nearly new and owned it for 5 years. Anyway I've just bought an E...
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    How can I improve sound insulation on a polycarb conservatory roof ?

    Hi all, Any ideas how I can reasonably easily further soundproof my conservatory polycarb roof ? I enjoy listening to the rain on it but I am concerned about the noise we emit from the conservatory with music. We don't play the music very loud but the neighbours mentioned they can hear it...
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    Part-ex value against private sale value

    My 3 year PCP is up on my Lexus and the dealer I am buying my new car from has offered me £13,500 part-ex. If I sold it privately for £13,500 would this be really worth more than the dealer part-ex ie negotiate on screen price of the new car etc ?
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    Media Center remote controls

    Hi all, I need a remote control to control my PC - just normal operations like web browsing, navigation, keyboard inputs etc. There are quite a few Media Center remote controls for sale. Do these devices also just do the normal PC actions or are they specifically designed to control...
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    Excel advice please

    Hi folks, I have two dates in this format... 04/01/2010 08:20 and 11/05/2010 11:15 Need to work out the difference between them in minutes. Then when I have got the minutes value work it back so it show its in months, days, minutes. Crikey !!! Any ideas bright sparks ? Gary
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    Excel help required - moving range of data from one worksheet to another

    Hi all, I was wondering if an Excel expert on here can help me with something I need to do for a report. One worksheet has multiple columns of data. I want to be able to filter the data and transfer it to a fresh worksheet so I can put some fancy formatting so it can be used for a...
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    Best product for deep eggshell finish that lasts

    Hi folks, had a search on forum to no avail. Best product for high quality finish on black plastic dash. My interior looks faded and dull somewhat. Thanks in advance.
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    Washing machine pump broken

    Hi all, I've had a Candy CE 104 washing machine for over 10 years and it has never let me down once. I only use it twice a week so it hasn't been that heavily used. Yesterday I noticed a problem where everything went as nornmal but when everything finished the water was still in the machine...
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    Am I being totally thick or what ? Securing wireless router with push button

    Merry xmas everyone. I have a Belkin wireless router and I want to secure it. The instructions say click on the PBC button on the router then start PBC on the client device (I've got an iTouch) within 2 minutes. Does that mean just push the "on" button on the iTouch ? Knowing my luck...
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    I've been a complete idiot / bit hasty

    The dealers had replaced the seals. I've had a closer look at them in the rare sunshine. The reason I thought they hadn't replaced them is the seals on the body side are still the same (my silicon grease is in there). It doesn't mention the body frame seals. Anyway the car is finally fixed. The...
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    Thinking of getting trading standards involved or even a solicitor -please advice

    Thinking of getting trading standards involved or even a solicitor -please advise <edited out due to me being an idiot>
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    E200K Elegance vs E320 CDI Avantgarde

    To me it's a no brainer. The E200K is on the board at £23,500 and the E320 CDI is on at £25,999. I reckon the residual on the E320 CDI will be higher so my mate may end up paying roughly the same as the E200K. Both are 09 reg. The E320 CDI has 2000 miles more on it. So guys and gals...
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    Please help my mate not pay too much for his new Merc

    Hi folks, I would really appreciate some quick replies and thoughts on the below as my mate is getting back to Mercedes within the hour....ta everyone... He has seen a black 2009 E200K Elegance Auto for £23,500 on Merc Direct. It's got COMAND, Parktronic, Black leather, Phone prep etc and...
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    Finally located rattle in my Lexus...need advice on how to fix

    For 18 months there has been dreadful plastic creaking and rattling that appeared to come from the centre console and Lexus have not been able to fix it with several attempts. My mate found it ! He said "it's coming from the glove box door". It's wierd how it seems to be coming from the central...
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    Bird trapped in our sports hall at work

    It was there on Friday lunch and I asked the receptionist to ask someone to try to free it. It's flying up on the high bits of the hall and the only way out is through large shutters that open up at ground level. It was still there tonight. I have left a message on their phone to ask them to...
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    Quick question about POIs on a Garmin

    Sorry to post on here. I always get a quick response and the sat nav forums are hopeless.... I've downloaded all the Wetherpoons pubs to my Garmin 1240 and associated an icon with it. All looks correct on the map but if I do a search of POIs by name around my area it does not display them on...
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    Just bought a Garmin 1240 sat nav and...

    there's one pixel at the bottom of the screen which is white on the black screen. Would you take it back for this ? I've only had the unit 5 mins and it's annoying me already.
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    Just bought an RAC 1000 sat nav but don't know where to download POIs

    The forums say there is a folder where you put them but they always refer to an SD card. It has an SD slot but the slot is empty. In explorer it shows up the flash memory and I assume I cannot place the CSV file anywhere there. So do I need to buy an SD card and copy them on there ? I assume I...
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