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    Genuine alloys 2011 c220 with winter tyres.

    I have sold the car, but have a set of alloy wheels and winter tyres left over. I am sure they fit many different mercs, you guys will know which better than I do. Pics etc here...
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    What is in a B3

    The answer from MB, er not sure at least £460, for an A, it should be a B but we cannot say now much that will be. And £50 for a courtesy car :) Shambles...
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    What is in a B3

    My car, W204 Est, June 11, ~55K says it would like a Be service soon. Sorry sounds lazy, but B3 is too short to search for here and in the ESS tool it seems not to mention the 3 part, should it? And roughly what should I expect it to cost from an independent? Ta
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    Bluetooth disconnection problems

    Not sure if it is too late for -dawg1, but I have a Z3 compact on a 2011 C220, it works mostly except; The phone [throw app] continually reports disconnection and reconnection. If you play audio from the phone you just get one song over an over. The Z3 is on the compatibility list, as is my...
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    What is the average Mercedes owner

    I drove a Sportage demonstator, it was so rough I barely got it off the forecourt before I was asking if it was broken, the salesboy assured me they were all like that. Once you cross off all french (bonkers engineering) and VAG (poor service) and Toyota/Honda (sheer tedium) there are not a lot...
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    What is the average Mercedes owner

    Maybe it was jonobigblinds, it was a lease car that did loads of miles in the first year, then seemed to get parked for 6 months. Buying one new must be disheartening, mine was under 2 years old and was half price!
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    What is the average Mercedes owner

    The parking break on my is hopeless, when I first got it it did nothing at all depit only being a couple of thou past a MB service, when I looked into it the adjuster had been wound beyond the end stop that it does not have and the shoes were metal and some shiny bits of charcoal. Considering...
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    What is the average Mercedes owner

    The w204 made it worse, the older models had bolts (offset/ecentric?) which could be used to adjust the tracking/castor, the MY12 version does not have these fitted, you have to buy them along with getting it tracked. So far I have changed all the tyres had adjustable bolts fitted and it has...
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    What is the average Mercedes owner

    After last having a VW Passat with the fiasco DSG gearbox, all of VAG are on the no way ever again list. I don't do anything like enough mileage to justify yearly replacements, the idea was to get a nice car look after it and keep it for years - so far the C class is taking on a distinctly...
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    What is the average Mercedes owner

    In an S class does it dive down any camber, "they all do that"? I have driven A and B class they were OK, but for a C class they say the atrocious tracking is normal (but offer to fix it for several hundred pounds out - but not under warranty). I guess what I am askign is why do MErc owners...
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    What is the average Mercedes owner

    I know the manufacturers often paint a picture of a fund manager from Frankfurt with 1.8 kids, 0.8 wives and 0.1 mistresses, but I am beginning to think they must be doormats. I have a C class, it has plenty of design issues which just seem to be accepted and for when I take it in to get things...
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    Blue Efficiency injector recall?

    I took the covers off and had a look, I think mine is good, but can someone say if these are the good injectors.
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    Opinons needed W204 220 CDI noisy?

    I came from a VW diesel to the MB diesel, the VW was way quieter and smoother. I had expected it though from press reviews eg whatcar giving it a 2 star rating for being so noisy.
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    Blue Efficiency injector recall?

    Is there an actual list of affected engines - do we have to create one? I thought MY12 cars were ok.
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    Comand Online NTG4.5 - C Class face lift - Current Navigation Map Data

    v10 loaded last week. Just map data, no fixes.
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    NTG4.5 reverse wire

    I guess the simplest way to check your unit is to play some video in from something like a portable dvd with a video out (yellow usually) lead. Any UK unit will be PAL. I think I saw PAL and NTSC in various places in the menu, for the DVD and the reverse camera. I did not even think of...
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    NTG4.5 reverse wire

    I think the NTG4.5 can handle pal or ntsc, mine is pal and I use the first entry in the camera menu and get colour. In this system the reverse status passes from box to electronics (and COMMAND) as encoded data not a voltage PIN. The only place to pick up a simple voltage is off the reverse...
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    Average mpg

    Canot read all that but if someone is collecting data All OBC. C220 BE Estate On a run 61 mpg Around town - was around 40 mpg, but down to around 35 since MB fixed the stop start by almost disabling it. Mixed commute gets ~42 mpg. It would be nice to have a MPG meter that actually worked to...
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    Comand music storage

    Don't know about the ipod, but on USB and SDCARD it can manage to play the tracks in order, I often listen to audio books. There is a random setting, and typically it is a little confusing, when it says random media, it means random on that medium, random is random within a folder. There is no...
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    Which Sat nav to buy - Tomtom Garmin

    @Ditch - While you are trying android apps, try Waze. it uses way less data than G-Maps, and I think the live data is better. In the US waze is at the point you get a warning of cars parked on the hard shoulder, it can only get better here.
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