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Or maybe 'rigour'? I know a lot of the MOT is a matter of opinion, but has anyone had an MOT done at different places and got very different results? Had my car MOT’d and, as last year, got a long list of advisories for corrosion and wear on pretty well everything underneath the car, as well...

Noticed the car (sat south facing and little used) had the whole light sensor assembly hanging down. As far as I can tell the sensor is separate (as in, not clipped to) to the frame attached to the screen that the trim snaps on to, but both had fallen off. Separated it all (right fiddly behind...

Car in garage for ESP/ABS fault after very little use over last 12mths. Running diagnostic they noted alarm related fault stored and suggested changing the siren. I'm not bothered about having it - to be honest I've never thought about it even having an alarm. Garage says it can be left, but...

The inevitable happened to today – got into my car to go and buy a Christmas tree and it wouldn’t start! I don’t know – is 14yrs too soon for a battery to capitulate? :) AA replaced it with a Bosch one of the same massive size and capacity. Somewhat alarming thing discovered was the battery...

Is there a specific "Mercedes" way to test the a/c air outlet temperature? ie, is it done on auto with the temp set to min, or manual with the fan on max...? And what temp should you see at the vent? I ask as mine (which I've owned since nearly new) has never blown properly cold. It's been...

Car is in garage and just been told they need to replace main radiator. To be honest, I prefer the minimum interference with my cars as possible and this looks like more meddling than I'd like! Is it a straightforward job? I did one myself mid-journey on a Ford Capri some years ago, but life...

Moved away from the franchise dealer network a couple of years ago after they quoted repairs at its last service that would render the car and economic write off. A trusty local indie assessed the car and did what was needed. He just serviced the car again (only done a few K miles over the...

I might be going mad here, but I've become aware of a very subtle vibration through my car. First noticed it immediately after service and thought it was maybe that the dealer had dropped the pressures on the All Season tyres and I was picking up their extra "coarseness". However I then...

It's a bit OTT, I suppose: Pride and joyride: Chauffeur left furious after mechanic broke speed limit 9 times in his £48k Mercedes

Shall I put (formerly) beloved S203 out to grass? Took her in to the dealer for service today – I know it’s daft taking an oldish car to the dealer but they’re convenient and do a not-bad price and with it only needing service every 2yrs I feel it’s worth it to keep Mobilo. Also, while there...

As the car approaches 11yrs old, time for yet another MOT. I usually take the car in early but they didn’t need it before 9.30 so left it until then. I found the dealership (MB Chester) to be the busiest I’ve ever seen it. Nowhere to park at all but thankfully a Service Advisor was showing...

I don't use my car much and am aware the brakes were feeling a bit "dead" but today the dealer reported heavily rusted inside faces of both front and rear discs. The rears have never been changed but the fronts were changed a few years ago under the old ServicePlus scheme due to pitting. The...

My faithful (touch wood) 2005 facelift C Class estate has thrown up a problem - COMAND intermittantly doesn't know where it is, which left me in something of a pickle in Windsor the other day! That's the second time it's happened in the last couple of weeks. I know the aerial can fail (I...

I thought mine was pretty good, although since the ATF was changed by the dealer a couple of years ago it’s never seemed quite as good as I remembered, but I’ve put that down to thinking about it more than I used to. Was in the US on holiday last month and we had a couple of vehicles, one of...

Interesting article in FleetNews: Insight: Mercedes aims to be No1 - fleet news.

Stumbled across GLK listed on a leasing company website with the statement that it's going to be available in the UK in 2012. Not heard this anywhere else, but I also saw that GLK will be facelifted for the 2013 model year (available late 2012) in the US, so perhaps it ties in with that...

I've got a Blackberry Bold 9780 connected to my W203 using the pukka MB specific cradle which uses bluetooth to connect to COMAND. An irritation is that text messages don't appear on the COMAND screen, as they did when I used to use the Nokia 6310i and appropriate cradle. It's a bit of a...

Anyone here moved to a 16x9 HD (generally 1366 x 768) or HD+ (1600 x900) in a laptop? I have to change my ThinkPad T61 and find the 4x3 1024x768 just fine - anything smaller I struggle to read. I'm concerned that the lack of height of the 16x9 displays will be a pain and if I have to run...

Saw this elsewhere and thought someone might find it useful. Code is JAN20 - valid until 28th Jan.

Anyone running one of the above in the fixed MB cradle - any comments about it? I just got a 9780 (I hope/assume it will work in the 9700 cradle as it's phyiscally identical to the 9700) and I'd like the fixed cradle as I have one with a Nokia 6310i and it works well. I just didn't expect to...