abroad

The manual is not particularly clear on setting the headlights for use abroad, but has anyone set them for European use themselves? I know the Intelligent Lighting System can be switched off by the computer (but will this be hazardous to foreign drivers anyway?) and daytime lights can be...

I'm going to tenerife in January for 3 weeks and need to answer my emails 1 or 2 times a day on my notebook. not sure if a can get free wifi so i will need to buy some type of dongle or something not sure which would be the best route. any ideas please.

Whilst abroad last week in antigua i tried to send emails via my laptop.I could recieve mail but it would not send any. My provider is the old freeserve/wanadoo account.The only way i could send mail was through webmail. When i got home all was fine.Am i missing something as to why it didnt...

Due to a change in numbers (!) I am now taking our 2004 E320 cdi (with Xenons) to France tomorrow for a long week end (wedding) Old E series I've owned I used to stick neat black tape on the outsides but the E320 obviously different. Have read previous posts and does anyone know please...

This is the new Turkish 1 Lira coin. Virtually identical to a 2 Euro coin. Check your change carefully!

I've been asked if I know of any car hire companies that allow you to take cars such as an RS6 estate abroad (France). Something I've never done, so I'd be grateful for any recommendations. Thanks Mike

Hi, I am planning to drive my ml270cdi (registered Sept 2003) in France in a few weeks time and want to know what I need to do to my dipped-beam headlamps to make them legal in France. In the past with other cars I have always used those stick on headlamp converters. These worked well on cars...

Has anyone heard of the mobile sim cards you can buy to cut down the costs of roaming charges whilst abroad. I am away for a week at the end of the month and usually my mobile phone bill for this week away is around £250, but if I use these sim's then I could potentially reduce this to around...

I have recently moved abroad and have taken my N reg 1995 E220 (W124) Estate with me. As the evenings are now drawing in, I have realised that I need to convert my RHD headlights to LHD headlights. I do not want to use tape or paint, as these are only temporary measures. Does anyone know how...

Just got back from a 7 day trip to Brittany and back. The CE performed excellently as a family holiday wagon and despite being covered externally in the finest French agricultural mud and internally in biscuit crumbs (thanks to Junior B) it didn't miss a beat. Well not entirely true... the NS...

Hi Internet boffins, My brother lives in New Zealand but wants to listen to a local UK radio station on the Internet. Unfortunately he gets a message telling him he has been deported to the colonies and cannot access this facility. (or words to that effect :)) Is there a legal way that he can...

Has anyone had their Merc serviced abroad in France? If so where and was the price competitive? Does it affect the Mobilo cover? Cheers:rock:

If you thought owning a car in the UK was exspensive check this out http://www.contactsingapore.org.sg/overseas/moving_gettingaround_buyingacar.shtml The coe (certificate of entiltlement) bands currently cost Cat A $ 5,200 = 1800gbp Cat B $ 6,002 = 2070gbp Cat C $ 1...

hi i am due to go on holiday to spain in 3 weeks time.... i heard that you can now only hire a car abroad with a photo style licence... is this true? i only have the original paper licence (not the photo type). any idea how long it takes to get a photo licence? i am now in the...

I am about to take delivery of a SLK280 fitted with the Bi_Xenon headlamps. Can anybody tell me how you adjust them to dip to the left for driving abroad. The only comment I have got so far from the dealer is that I will need to get them re-adjusted each time I cross the channel at a dealers.

Stealership parts department say that these are no longer available for UK cars for W124 . Can anyone help? I'd prefer mercedes parts to anything at Halfords... Cheers Les Extra bit - could I just change the glass lenses at the front for LHD ones or would I need to change the whole...

I put a post on here before because I thought I may have been flashed in france, but heard nothing. At easter went to stay with my girlfriends family in france, on the way home on the motorway my girlfriend saw speed camera but it was to late before she could say slow down got flashed at 100mph...

Against my best judgment I may have to fit a tow bar to my car in order to bail out my parents (need to take their caravan to Spain!!) Any mods I need to do or problems towing with a C240?? Do I have to do anything to my lights to drive abroad, or any other things to watch out for? Or does...

Read in the paper today about a BMW owner who's car was due a service whilst he was abroad. He booked it in to a local Dealer the next day and on arrival was given a BMW replacement and told to come back in 3 hours. The bill for the service was considerably less than he would have paid here...

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