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Aahhh. 2007 E 500 Sport, a somewhat rare car but not off of the scale. Now at 58 k miles. I am struck - mostly in the wallet - at the 180 degree contradiction between what car manufacturers, including MB, advise buyers, and what some after-market brake component manufacturers say about a...

2007 E500. A HID headlight ballast failed a week or so back. The MB garage wanted £360 for a replacement, plus 'about an hour' in labour for fitting. The Hella part number of the ballast is 5DC 009 060-011, and while it is available fully dressed in MB labels for the price above, the part it...

Slight misfire and diagnosis of vibration on heavy braking needed, so took the car to Automerc, the Newbury independent. As usual, thoughtful and informed analysis followed by 'least regrets' repairs. In the end it needed all disks and pads at each corner replacing, as well as the 8 plugs, but...

Believe me I have tried to find this via the forum search but I guess advancing years and a native dimness conspire to leave me with no answer. Here's the question. 2007 E class. Which is the latest appropriate Comand disk I should buy and, so importantly for me, will it allow full postcode...

I posted here a few weeks back after doing my first *proper* journey in the new-to-me '07 E500 Sport, recording 37 mpg from home to Bristol and 36 back again(uphill) at a cruise control 60 mph. Have just returned from an overnighter in Dumfries & Galloway, 337 miles each way with cruise control...

As above- One of the gotchas on a E300 I bought. It's not a suction mount as the seller claimed but is glued....to a leather dash. Any wisdom about how I remove it without leaving a scar - of even whether I can remove it without leaving a scar. Google suggests veg oil in a dam to contain the...

Whatever MB's official reason for moving to SCN coding might be, the net effect is frankly simply anti-competitive - in other words it forces owners to use MB dealerships rather than independents. MB may well point out that *anyone* can buy a Star system, but the reality is that the capital...

Nearside Xenon flickering after being lit for a minute or so. Bulb change didn't resolve the issue so new ballast ordered from MB at, frankly, utterly absurd cost. Fitting it will be a game. Airmatic pump smack in the way so the front bumper has to come off. Grinding my teeth at the hideous...

This is most emphatically not a rant: I make a rule never to let the behaviour of other road users wind me up. However, in the spirit of informed debate here I offer the following - Motorway - it doesn't matter which one. Light-ish traffic, most of it in the outer two lanes, naturally. Yours...

I bought CYC's Super Snow Foam and foam lance a few years ago and have used them irregularly since. Doing the particularly dirty family VW today I broke out the lance and foam - and was struck by what a complete waste of time and money it is. After a pressure wash, a good coat of foam left for...

As above: what have you? For a pal who has a '99 estate. Thank you.

What's my '95 24 valve 7 seater E300 estate worth to someone? It owes me £6k, which may or may not have been a wise use of funds. It was 1st registered 28.3.1995 and has now covered some 194,000 miles. It was Cat D in 2011 (n/s front wing and bumper). It has full cream leather in truly...

The new-to-me '07 E500 saloon had its first *proper* drive today from Hungerford to Bristol and back, mostly on the M4. Picked it up last weekend but with work intervening and the nice surprise of the electrical collapse of the battery a day after collection requiring the intervention of the...

Am flirting with the idea of selling my '95 E diesel estate and buying an S Class saloon (non-limo) for around £8-9k. Would very much welcome advice on what engine to go for in order to have acceptable pace, minimum noise and the lowest maintenance costs. TIA

Folks - The search facility appears to be broken this morning so I am unable to mine the collective wisdom here to find an answer to my query. I have an 1995 300 diesel estate and have been working my way through its little foibles over the past three years. With the brake flexibles replaced...

Folks - Does anyone know if the seal for the tailgate on the W124 estate is available from MB? If it is not, and the chances of finding a good condition one second-hand are slimmer than a very slim thing, then has anyone here successfully used a seal from another MB type or even a different...

Folks - Can anyone tell me whether the rear bumper moulding strip on my '95 estate can be replaced with the strip from any 124? Mine has a crack which I had 'repaired' by a specialist last year and which has subsequently opened up again - possibly due to a careless soul in a car park, and/or...

Only three of the electric heating lines in the rear window of my 1995 estate were working. I did the usual and bought some of the dreaded silver paint, even though *everyone* said it would be a waste of time. Four hours later after careful examination with a magnifying glass, careful cleaning...

As it says on the tin. Some lovely red ones on eBay at the moment, but they'd look hideous with my green outside, beige/fawn interior. No PM facility due to my low posting count (I'm going as fast as I can!) so you'll have to reply here. With thanks.

Folks - I have a small water leak which appears to be coming from the RHS load area window at the front. The pillar trim (I believe it's called the C pillar) is masking the window seal, but I cannot work out how to remove it. I have pulled out the interior light, but can see no clips that might...