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Snapped yesterday.

Just taken delivery of my shiny new Samsung Galaxy S. Very impressed with the phone, not the least because the extra home screens enable me to have the sort of widgets I was missing on my iPhone, calendar entries, tasks, Twitter and Facebook feeds etc. It features BT SAP profile and paired with...

Anyone know where to buy these? I've had them delivered on various retrofit OEM kits but now want some to fit a third party digibox but can't find a source anywhere.

The recent bout of cold weather has seen me wishing the heated steering wheel was ordered as an option on my W215. I have two questions relating to this so please bear with me. The first thing I would like to know is if it possible to retrofit these (I know the list prices is some £2,000)...

Today I noticed, for the first time, a whirring noise from under the dash on the drivers side. Anyone have any idea what it is? Should I be worried?

On my 2000 W215, the front plates are fixed with two self-tapping screws. Although the previous owner has driven these in in the wrong place, presumably to fit the holes drilled in the wrong place in the number plate, the screws do fit into the factory holes provided for them. These self-tappers...

The blinker lamp on the nearside door wing mirror of my 2000 W215 keeps telling me to replace it as it has gone onto back up lighting. Looking at the part numbers on EPC for my model year comes up with A2208100164, which is for "Panelling with Blinker Lamp" at a cost of some £85! Yet the...

If I'm in the car with th phone connected by BT SAP and someone sends me a multimedia messag, it shows up in COMAND as "NO TEXT MESSAGE". When I check my SIM messages there's nothing there and niether is there anything in my inbox. What happens to them and is there any way of retrieving them?

I've finally sourced a starless grille for my CL500. I know some prefer the bling of the big star but I'm going to try for a more understated look. It has the same fittings as the standard grille so I can always swap it back. It comes in primer so I'm now pondering what finish it should be...

Apparently, if your remote key fails to work and replacing the batteries has no effect the following procedure resets it: Place key in ignition. Press and hold the "Lock" button for five seconds. Press the "unlock" button five times in succession. Has anyone tried this? Does it work? Would...

... as I'm typing, casing my typing to miss huge chunks of text or the text to be entered in a new window. It's very annoying. Does anyone have any idea what is causing this?

Barely two months after replacing two wheels because I hit a kerb which also involved having the OSF track rod end and ball joint replaced and steering geometry realigned I get it back from the MOT today with an Advisory Notice from the testing centre that there is play in both NSF and OSF ball...

Picked up my CL500 from the loacl dealer today after MOT. While there I noticed a brochure for Mercedes-Benz SMART (Small Area Repair Technique), so I asked the sales guy how much to repair three small scratched on my paintwork and get rid of some kerb marks (previous owner, not me) on my alloy...

Whilst driving through the Blackwall Tunnel today my COMAND 2.5 screen suddenly displayed "Alarm 10009Test" overlaid on the Navigation screen and the audio output switched from my MP3 Player (Aux 1 on the TV Tuner) to what I took to be Classic FM. I could not cancel the message or switch to...

I have a DVD/MP3 player feeding into one of the auxilliary inputs on my TV Tuner. The last couple of days the audio has suddently stopped. If I pull over and change to TV everthing is fine and when I switch back the AV2, the input the DVD/MP3 Player feeds into, everything is fine again. What...

Hit a kerb last week, swerving to avoid a grouse. Both offside wheels are damaged beyond repair and will need replacing. I have two options, besides stumping up £700 for replacement Difda wheels. 1. Is replacing all four with these. 18 AMG GENUINE ALLOY WHEELS on eBay, also, Wheel Rims, Car...

The near side mirror signal light on my W215 keeps sending me a message that it is not working properly. A visual inspection confirms that the indicator is only flashing on the small area nearest to the body, indicating that the unit has switched to some sort of standby mode. These don't seem a...

It's my Uncle Peter, who was proud to be an Old Contemptible. I have Christmas cards and birthday cards sent to him by Queen Alexandra and Edward VII. I recently unearthed this photograph but am unsure where it was taken. Hopefully someone will recognise the sentry box? and know its location.

My neighbour has just purchased a lovely E320 and it has everything he wanted apart from Climatronic, just having the standard air conditioning. He was told that retrofit is not possible but that can't be true, can it?

Just this morning and only 60. A great loss. Solid Air is one of my favourite albums of all time. http://www.johnmartyn.com/