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After leaving my w203 behind in favour of a vw camper (and loving it for 7 years) - it is now written off, hence i am looking for a new whip. The only thing i can get exited about (within budget) is a W211 E320 or 280 estate An 09/59 avantgarde tickles my fancy but i will need a towbar...

Hi Folks, After 80k + miles of no issues; i went to start the car this am and nothing :confused: There have been no error codes or funny electrical issues & battery voltage is 12.4v ; could it be that my battery is going / gone?? It was fine yesterday :( Any help would be greatly appreciated...

So i recently discover Blinkbox, and get a load of stuff to watch for free. I cannot abide watching films on the laptop so i bought a VGA/RGB lead to plug into the side of my TV (a la Wii / Gamecube etc); but i cannot get it to work :( :wallbash::wallbash: Has anyone achieved this ??? Cheers rob

Hi All, My alarm started going off on its own last night (i heard an alarm going off and looked out of the window - but as my car was not flashing i thought it was coming from somewhere else :rolleyes:) Anyway, i've checked all the door sensors; all seem fine. I've disabled the interior...

I need a pair of springs for my merc to pass an mot and i have got a price of £107 inc vat from MB, which i thought was quite good. When i called GSF - £72 in vat :bannana: Does anyone know if the quality would be the same? Am i better off sticking with the MB ones? Cheers robb

If you are in the vicinity this weekend - check out this bad boy: Birmingham Airport News: Second Airbus A380 to visit BHX in September!! Its truly a monster; i worked for 3 yrs on the development of the Fly By Wire actuator controls :bannana: rob

Hope the collective oracle can assist: My mate has a 1.6 petrol Zafira, which has been causing trouble recently. It is the only one of the 3 types of 1.6 petrol engines that came with an EGR valve :doh: [Im guessing your first reaction is the same as mine: EGR valve - Petrol errrrrrr...

Some advice needed please. My mum has spotted a pretty SLK200 on auto trader for £5200, e-mailed the vendor to question the price and the reply was Yes - £5200. woohoo she thinks. The problem is that it is a 54 plate UK registered convertible & the owner is selling the car using Ebay as an...

Hi peeps, i have ben looking at some head units to swap out for the audio 10 currently installed - and some are 'steering wheel control ready'; so far so good. Question is - what level of control can i expect over my ipod (6th gen 120gb classic) through the s/w controls?? Can i change albums...

Hi all, I have just been looking at sat nav's in halfords (having a sale - dont ya know ;) ), and the one i like has MP3 capability as well, although there are no leads for 3.5mm headphone jack to audio 10 input. Is there a suitable input on my audio 10 for this? Are there leads available to do...

I have got a blinding deal on a set of front speakers :bannana: :bannana: , and the set comes complete with decent cable/crossovers etc (which is nice). There are no visible crossovers in the door though - with the tweeter cable and main speaker cable appearing from the main door loom:confused...

Greetings Peeps :) Now that i have a couple of weeks off, i am working my way round the car sorting those things that i have been putting off . . .. Speaker replacement is under way, amd i am tempted with replacing stereo with new/amp etc. . . Anyway - I need to remove the dashboard to...

It was only a matter of time i suppose :mad: , both front & rear stars gone - with baked beans + eggs for good measure :mad: :mad: (raging??? err hell yes) The question is this: To replace front star with same or to fit a flat one ?? I'm between "***k it i'm having a real star" and "they...

Over the last few days, the hazard lights have been coming on on thier own: when locking the car & just now my neighbour came round to tell me..... sometimes opening/locking the car causes it to stop: but then it starts again :confused: Also - the interior lights come on . . . . Can anyone...

I thought this was amazing, it can carry 400lbs, walk on ice (ish) and do the long jump......... not bad for a robot..... http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog enjoy

Whilst the merc is off the road (as per http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=49237 ), i have a nice V70 D5 SE Estate: which is not bad at all. Does anyone know how to change the clock?? Thanks to BST it is now wrong. Also, are there any user settings for the auto box that can be...

well to be honest it was a little old lady in a ford focus. OH well $hit happens - nobody got hurt thats the main thing (i'm getting philosophical in my old age :rolleyes: ) Anyhoo, my courtesy car was delivered a little while ago; a 57 plate V70 D5 estate (auto), which is quite nice.....so...

Dog for Sale Dog For Sale: free to good home. Excellent guard dog. Owner cannot afford to feed him anymore, as there are no more thieves, murderers, or molesters left in the neighborhood for him to eat. Most of them knew him as 'Holy $**T'

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A couple of weeks ago i opened the door to get in and there was approx 1" of water in the footwell :( :( After a little investigation i determined that the right hand side runoff (inside engine bay) was blocked, and duly proceeded to clear it with a long bendy pokey thing: which seemed to help...