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Dear All, I have been offered by MB to change my car (E estate will low milage) for a new CLS Shooting Brake and my dealer worked out some rather good figures on a new PCP. The deal I have been offered is based on a £5k deposit followed by 48 payments of £499 each. I have obtained on the way a...

Dear All, I am contemplating the CLS Shooting Brake to replace my E-Class estate (model 212). Both cars look very similar from the inside but look quite different from the outside. Not too sure about the road handling of the CLS but I will be test driving one shortly. I have no complain about...

Dear all, My CLK (209) convertible requires my front pads (possibly new discs). Could anyone recommend the way forward to have this done, please? There are so many garages and repair centres which offer those kind of services, I just do not know which way to look. Many thanks for any...

Dear All Someone with half a brain fell on the driver's door of my CLK (209) convertible and damaged the panel so badly that it will need full replacement. I have received two quotes, one from M-B and one from CW Tonbridge, a large firm located in the Kent area. Both quotes are very...

Dear All, After many months of pondering over what my second car would be, I have decided to go for one on display of my local MB dealer, a CLK 200 Kompressor convertible (reg.05). Price around the £10k mark. The car is in very good condition all round and seems to be ticking all the boxes for...

Dear All I am looking to buy a nice R129, ideally post first facelift (96) in good condition with reasonable mileage. It has to come with FSH and clear IP. Any colour but white is fine. My budget for this second car is around £5k. I live in Kent (Tunbridge Wells). Any serious proposal...

Dear All For some times I have been thinking of buying a second car for taking me to the station and week-end use, but it is only now that I have decided to make the crucial step of hunting for one. I don't want something too boring but in the meantime it has to be perfectly usable. I am...

Barely 2k miles on the clock and my brand new E-estate (W212) has already got a couple of scratches on the rear bumper! My wife (typically!!) reversed into the neighbour's BMW causing several dents into the plastic bumper (two of which have gone into the plastic quite significantly) and loss of...

Dear All, Our family car is a W212 E-estate but I now feel the need of an alternative to the large hearse to do the school runs and take me in and from he train station in the morning. I have looked at a few cars, and there are quite a few nice little Smart cars out there for sale. Prices for...

Dear All My e estate (w212 BluEff /220 CDI) is equipped with the ECO system which switch off the engine when the vehicle is running but stationary. The car is only a month old with less than 1k on the clock. Recently I noticed that the engine would not switch off even after having run for a...

Dear All I have just bought a new car and was thinking of taking GAP insurance in case of write off during the first few years as it is traditionally at that point that depreciation is the highest. I would be interested in hearing from those of you had / have GAP insurance and which cover...

Dear All I have just bought a new 220 CDI E estate (Executive SE trim) - still to be delivered - and was wondering if it was equipped with the new 7G Trip gearbox or the older 4 speed auto. I seem to remember having read somewhere that all E Class cars had been upgraded fairly recently to the...

Dear All, I have purchased a new car (an E-estate) and the dealer has suggested that I should look at some of the products MB has currently on offer. The two main products are: - wheel protection (£449) which covers up to 5 tyres and 10 wheel-refurbs over a period a three years; - StarGard...

Dear All My Agility agreement is about to come to an end and the big decision time has now arrived: 1. shall I keep the car and pay the ballon payment (only £13k which I can finance myself); or 2. renew my contract and get a new car. I have been scratching my head with this and my wife...

Dear All, I am looking to purchase a SLK 200 Auto pre-2005 shape with reasonable mileage (no colour preference), as a station / week-end car. Condition needs to be good in and out with no rust. FSH preferred. I am located in Kent (Tunbridge Wells) but can travel around if necessary...

Dear All, My wife and I have decided to look into estate cars for a replacement to our ML which is now already 4 years' old. Although my immediate instinct would be to go for the E220 CDI estate, I was recently recommended to look into the Audi A6 Avant (2.0 TDI) as well. Look and...

Dear all, I have a 280CDI ML (08 reg.) which I would like to update by installing Command and parking sensors. At the time I thought I would save money by not having those options added to the car but frankly not having them is a pain! Would anyone know what is the best way to go about...

Dear All, I will need to change my ML's two front tyres (Cont. 235/65R17 104V) very shortly. MB has quoted me £375 for the tyres + fitting. Kwik Fit has quoted me £360 for the same. All very expensive but for the (roughly) same price I think I prefer to go to MB. Could anyone advise any...

Dear All, As a replacement to my ML 320 CDI, I have been considering the new R.350 CDI LWB. 7 seats (perfect for my large family), not as bulky and cumbersome to drive and to park as the ML and generally very well equiped. Looking at the "approved used car" MB website, recent R-classes with...

Dear All, My second post on this Forum which i have just discovered. All of you seem to be driving exciting machines with exotic tags such as AMG, Brabus and others. Well, I am a mere Chelsea tractor owner, otherwise known as a ML 320 post facelift. Not the best handling in the world but...