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Has anyone experience of this extended warranty insurer (Warrantywise). I have an AMG that Mercedes UK will no longer extend their warranty to and am thinking of getting cover elsewhere. Alternatively, can someone tell me of a good exended warranty provider that has a reliable track...

Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell below $36 a barrel for the first time since June 2004 as declining demand created a glut of crude and the weakening economy undermined OPEC’s efforts to reduce supply. JPMorgan Chase & Co., the largest U.S. bank by assets, reduced its 2009 average oil...

WASHINGTON 18 December: The White House said Thursday that an "orderly" bankruptcy was one option being considered to try to rescue General Motors and Chrysler, which are seeking billions of dollars to avoid a shutdown. "Disorderly collapse would be something very chaotic that is a shock to a...

As we watch the slow death of the American automobile industry I am moved to ask, who will survive? Not over there, as the new-broom democratic president will pump in whatever it takes to preserve the US industry - just as they will always subsidise their farms. It's the votes, stupid! But...

Is there a car out there that does as much for as little? I mean, a year ago I paid £30k for a delivery mileage pre-reg 3.0TDI that feels it's built like a safe, drives like a safe (i.e. safe-ly) and has seats that give me a lumbar massage while air conditioning my backside and a sound system...

Having promptly replaced four wheel arches under warranty last month Mobilo sent a specialist Mercedes techie to the door within ninety minutes of my call today, to investigate a worrying power loss on the E55. Out came STAR - no fault found on engine or gearbox so after topping up the...

Has anyone used this product? http://www.dieseltuning.nl/index.php?q=explanation-system-0 It's distributed by: http://www.dieselpowertuning.co.uk/index.php The manufacturer has some experience in performance engineering, it seems. I'll let you know what I think of it, next week...

On Jan 4 the W210 E55 went in for a time-based 2-year 'B' service (still had 4800 miles to go on ASSYST) and on the basis of members' experience I asked the garage to make a careful check for rust. On Jan 11 the bodyshop asked MBUK to pay for repairs to all four wheel arches and one door...

The earliest my car can be booked in for its next main dealer service is January 4, 2008. The last dealer service was Jan 3, 2006 so two years and one day between scheduled services. Since I'd be mad to lose Mobilio cover through a single day's overrun, does anyone have experience on how MB...

The E55 is at the MB bodyshop to repair damaged paint on five different elements caused by some low-life - roof & pillars, both front wings, bootlid and a rear door panel. The paint shop manager tells me that the insurer will pay for the paintshop repair all damage and "blend in" the newly...

I had asked for a quote for Mercedes' maintenance and repair contract on a current shape E55 and was now ready to purchase. This is the email that arrived yesterday, putting an end to my hopes of buying into peace of mind with a new E55 Kompressor: "Mr Birdman (not my real name, obviously)...

What is the shelf life of a 100% synthetic oil? I have 10 litres of Shell Helix Ultra 5W-40 with a date stamp 30-05-06, unopened, that I'm intending for my next service, in January 08. Does the date stamp refer to the dom or is it a 'best before'?

The warning message came on in France 500 miles into a 2,000 mile tour as the suspension went rock hard. Meanwhile the suspension hydraulic fluid reservoir level went UP and brimmed the container. Fault codes flaggged the rear rhs acceleration sensor as defective and one of the two hydraulic...

"The seaside town of Torquay has the highest proportion of bankruptcies per head in the UK, closely followed by Plymouth, Newton Abbot, Barnstaple, Weymouth and Truro." Julian Knight, BBC News, Thursday, 15 February 2007

I was in a hurry and as you can't really see the ignition slot in the facelift W210 in the dark - it's masked by the steering wheel - there was the usual fiddling around to find the slot. This time the key just wouldn't go fully in and I couldn't turn it to the 'start' position. Removed key...

Has this one been around before? It is truly beautiful captured moment. There is a god and she's a very old woman with a handbag (watch out for the airbag). http://www.coolbuddy.com/videos/video_clip.asp?id=799 Mind you turn up the volume first!

Came back from library to Suffolk market square and next to my chosen wheels (a 1.6 litre VW Golf belonging to my currently antipodean daughter if you ask) was a CLS 63 AMG displaying a Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea resident's parking permit on the windscreen. So Royalty, obviously. In...

All the manual says about headlamps is they need frequent checks by the dealer and adjustment where necessary. It doesn't say how. The xenons are self-levelling but lack the cockpit adjustment that the halogen type have. How do I drop the dipped beam a little, as it's dazzling oncoming drivers...

Did anyone hear the item on (I think) the PM program with Eddie Mair, which I heard on Friday, where a very recently retired MoD official with lead responsibility for investigating and reporting on UK UFO reports (UAP's in the jargon) commented to the effect, "when you see something accelerate...