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hello to all today i placed my order for my new car, i was tempted to go for the fully speced 3.2 cdi sport but that would not be ready untill june, and they had another 2.2 cdi in white. as it was for the other half i decided that she did not really require the large engine as it is just for...

hi there ok to cut a long story short, i had a non fault accident in april 2007, car was sent for repair in june 2008 (yes over a year later) and claim settled in september 2008, the car was not fully repaired in 2008. i was fed up with wating even though i paid my excess it should have been...

hi there all i have some sort of problem with my air con system, i know its cold but the temp reading shown on my dash is -40 which by any standard is not correct, also the heater does not seem to blow hot air out. The car has to be warmed up and driven for about half an hour before i even get a...

hi there, i am looking to replacing my front suspension along with the bearing and mounts, i have been told that this is a good idea as they have been updated and also improve the handling. i wanted to know if there was any diffrence between the petrol and diesel struts. i have a c180 and the...

Hi there all, its been a while since ive been on the forum. Some bad news this weekend, my fish tank cracked, this was due to the cabinet warping. It was made of melamine face chipboard which swelled when water got to it. i was very upset as i have many exotic species of fish, i had to get hold...

Hi there all, it’s been a while since my last post but I’ve had exams and been real busy, but now I’m on holiday i have the time to do some of my planned mods. I’ve already added my iPod adaptor! My car is a c-class classic w203 2001 non sports pack model I have a set got hold of a 2006...

hi there A long story short. I purchased a house not to long ago, it needed some attention, which is now done, time to tackle garden, looked in rear garage which was packed, garden tackled time to empty garage, a surprise a 306 was tucked under all the mess under a cover, what a find...

Hi there Today i serviced my w203 c-class. everything went fine, i changed the oil, oil filter and sump plug when i went to check the electronic oil measurement it said it was ok, then i closed it all,up, reset the service indicator, I ran the car round for about 20 mins and left it for about...

hi there does anyone have a garmin nuvi 310? i have the 310 but i went to update it this morning but thought i had to format the disk to put the new software on, only to find out that you have to keep the old version and it updates from there, which means no old software= no update and therefore...

hi there, After so much trouble with my W203. I decided to find all the ground points i could and check them all for corroded or broken wires, as my scanner pinted to a short to ground, none found and all were fine, checked every fuse (all 3 fuse boards) and replaced a dodgy looking fuel pump...

hi there im after some advise, both my merc w203 c-class and lexus is200 sport require a service, my question is about the oil, i spend about £150 on mobil1 0-40 for both cars and thats without the filters. But kwick fit seem to have an unbeatable deal on an oil service £35 per car with an oil...

just as the title says i want to add leds to my side lights but get the warning on the dash, also tried adding the resistors accross the circuit but no luck, is there a setting that can be done on the star to enable these to work woth out adding the resitors ect, (like settting the xenons to...

ok long story short. i have had my car back from the bodyshop about 3 months, had the whole side resprayed along with "new door handles" i was washing my car to see that the handle appears to be peeling, and revealing what looks like my old handles, this has made be abit angry, as it looks like...

After having the car diagnosed i require both upstreem and downstreem lambda sensors, i have looked in to the price of the mercedes parts and they are £80 and £150 ish and the bosch direct fit are not that much different price wise £20 cheaper from euro parts. I have looked on fleebay and found...

My car was involved in a very low speed accident on the 8th of April this year, and the other driver is not addmitting liability, so as it stands i have told the insurers that i will pay my excess and have the car repaired at my choice of repairers, As it stands the insurance company have agreed...

hi there all Today i got my c-class back from its rear end repair. the engine check light was still on and the garage could not justfiy it to my insurers to do the repair, no problem really so i scanned the car and the following codes came up,i scanned using a geniscan handheld scanner...

This morning (well about 11:30) i woke to a crashing sound in front of my house. I checked outside my window and didnt think it had anything to do with me then i went back to my bed, The bell rang and i went to answer, it was my neighbour, apparently he was doing some DIY and when he extended...

hi there I recently went to visit my grandad and he asked if i could service his little renault clio which also had the engine check light on, as i mainly service my own cars and have a scanner, i agreed and left my car at his and took his back to mine (where i have all my tools) Anyway all...

Hi there all As the tile suggests i need some advice, i had 2 non-fault accidents one with a car pulling out in front and another with a chavalier rear ending me. The rear end damage was minimal, A bumper graze and my door being scratched (deep & leaving a crease), the garage are insisting...

hi there all today i had an unlucky incident, i was hapily driving along on my way to uni, the traffic was slow and i was enjoying my music, just after a set of traffic lights there was a parked car which ment that the cars from the other lane had to merge in to a single file, so it was mis one...