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I’m sat in Starbucks browsing MBClub and having a coffee whilst Mrs D has her barnet perfected so I can immediately ruin it by driving home in spitting rain with the roof down. Anyway… …as I’m sat here I received multiple motion alerts telling me that the security cameras had spotted people at...

I wouldn’t usually post about the comings and goings in the fleet at Chez Dazz, but I make the very occasional exception when there’s something I think members will be particularly interested in. Here’s the latest. A CLK GTR Roadster will nestle between the Mark 2 Astras. Unfortunately i had to...

This week I was listening to a podcast from The Intercooler which is a few months old now, and Andrew Frankel and Dan Prosser were debating what makes a great Winter car, and it got me thinking… …What would you look for in the perfect winter car? For me, whilst it might be well suited to...

The used car market - and the sudden post-pandemic surge in used car values and more recent market correction - is referred to often on MBClub but it’s split across many threads. I thought it time to have a thread on the subject. The trigger was some chatter on a WhatsApp group I’m part of -...

Cheesed off with your Mercedes, because it has touchscreens instead of buttons; servicing is too expensive; it gets through a set of Nankangs too quickly; it’s range is just 6% of what the manufacturer claims; the 3G module has been retired; you don’t like the “stuck on” iPad look; they’re not...

Not Mercedes related, but given that there are a few members who appreciate McLaren - not least because of previous partnerships with Mercedes in both F1 and developing/building the SLR - I thought I would mention this to the forum. It’s an event taking place on the EVENING of Monday 4 December...

Of all of the cars you’ve owned, which ONE would you choose if you could only have one car to do anything and everything you would ever need a car to do? Or said another way, which car have you owned which proved to be the one which performed best across the broadest range of purposes...

I don’t usually post photos of cars I buy but this one might be a rare exception. It’s both a Mercedes and an unusual example at that, and so it might be of interest to some MBClubbers, so here it is. Today I picked up a Kleemann SLK 55K S8. I know, I know it’s a little dull compared to a...

…Google’s three “curated” highlights from your travel timeline in the last month are two fish & chip shops and a buttermilk chicken shop. Keeping it real 👀 For those who don’t know or have opted out, Google creates a travel timeline of every place that you - or rather your phone - has visited...

I would be very interested to know which insurance companies and/or brokers members use for very modified car insurance. I’m interested in a car which has been very professionally tuned and delivers more than 70% more than when it left the factory. Visually it is completely standard - inside...

It has just dawned on me that despite being a member of the best forum for more than 18 years, the number of longstanding regular members I’ve met in-person is relatively small really. Both Olly and Jay have hosted some incredible large Get Togethers over the years, with fantastic turnouts, but...

I fear that this one might stump even the formidable collective intelligence of MBClub, and before I start I know this is a really weird one - I’ve put off posting about it for years but I can’t resist any longer. The car is a 2014 W166 ML, and every time we pass Strensham Services on the M5 in...

I have a challenge to test the collective intelligence and all-knowing nature of MBClub members. Fingers crossed someone knows about this topic: I’ve recently bought a property with a very nice and relatively new kitchen, however we want to change the configuration of a few doors to suit some...

I’ve Googled it and found a few potential specialists who appear promising, but I was hoping for a recommendation. We recently moved into a house which has quartz worktops in the kitchen which are immaculate and almost new. Unusually my son wanted to be helpful and put away the clean dishes...

I moved house a couple of weeks ago and the amount I’m spending on gas has really surprised me. Each 24-hour period is costing £18 to have the heating on 21-degrees for just 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the evening, and to heat the water cylinder for just 1 hour in the morning and 1...

Please don’t confuse this with an anti-EV thread, because it’s not (and I’m not). Also apologies that this will be a long post, but I think the context is key. Today I was sat first in the queue at a set of traffic lights, in the left of two lanes. To the right of me - in the second of the two...

The MBClub collective never ceases to amaze me. Even the most obscure topics often have a few members who know quite a lot and there may even be one or two professional experts. So fingers crossed… I’m very close to buying a large late Victorian building which will require some restoration to...

Brand new set of floor mats for the W163 Mercedes-Benz ML, purchased by me from my local main dealer and never used. The label is attached, and have been stored flat and in darkness so they are just as they were when I bought them 20 years ago. The only set I can see for sale on eBay at the...

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s been a decade since we last held one, but @jaymanek and I wondered whether there might be an appetite for a Midlands Mini-GTG. A very informal affair at a pub with plenty of parking somewhere near Lichfield, and on a weekday evening. Just a few drinks and a bite...

Mondays and Tuesdays are Car Club nights at Caffeine & Machine, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Entry is free and children and dogs are welcome. The food and drinks are good, and there’s usually some interesting metal, albeit Mondays & Tuesdays are quieter which makes it ideal for car clubs. Who...