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How times have changed. I picked up an AA Members Handbook today. No mention of motorways and middle lane hoggers. Main Cross Channel Airports at Southend and Lydd No mention of Stansted, Luton or Gatwick Airports. It was the 1958/59 handbook. Looking at my town I actually knew one of the...

Hi everyone, I would like to know if anyone had experienced this. Early this morning, when I started driven my car for about a mile at slow speed (around 30mph @ 1k - 2k rpm) upon the next gear changed suddenly all the warning lights came on and in split seconds they were disappeared. I felt...

can the ring tone in a W211 be changed? Just a point of curiosity really?

Hi, Just saw that my water pump is shot, there was some coolant at the front of the engine, odly it was a wee gold ish in color, once I openend the reservoir, the coolant was defenitly not the proper MB coolant color??? I have changed it when I got the car with the proper stuff. It is now...

What ya think, looks way more nice doesn't it? Took less than an 1 hour for my mechanic to do all 4 doors. What else is left to do can you all give me any pointers? Yeah, I remember now, I have the C55 caliper swap to do and retrofitting a power rear blind. I guess it's all done then?

I think my car was saying service 'D' due in <blah> miles but now it's saying service 'E' is due. Is this possible or must I have mis-read it first time? -g

Hi all, A few months back I asked about a whine coming from the drivers side fuel pump. I got this fixed by a local garage but now I have an issue with my fuel level, after i got it fixed i filled the tank to full but the gauge and trip computer are only seeing it as half full. Could...

My cars original alloy wheels were losing their paint.. It was lifting very badly (1st photo) This gave me the excuse I needed to change them for some 5 spokes.. The ones I have admired for quite a while now are the Adharaz ones.. These are available in both 16" and 17".. My car had the 16" as...

Well I 've had my 2000 W210 E320 diesel 7 seater estate for 18 months and lately its begun to get on my nerves a bit. She has served her purpose well, very economical very sensible, very minimal rust at all ( for a W210) But at 108,000 miles although the engine is fine other bits & pieces were...

Hi All, Has anyone changed bushes on the front suspension of a 211? My E Class is in at BSG having new front radius arms fitted - on both arms both sets of bushes are visibly shot and there is wear in one of the ball joints - seems cheaper to replace the whole units rather than spend...

Today as it was OK out in the dusty alleyway, so I decided to tackle the gearbox oil change. As you can see in the pictures, after all it was not really necessary, but hey, what the heck, I did it Now,what do you all reckon, was it necessary seeing the oil that was nly 120,000 :p Again A BIG...

Hi last year in November I bought a V Class 220 Ambiente the car as going fine but inside cabin was a terrible small of fumes. So I found out about the so called " black death" and I went to change the Injectors seals. This forum was good help just reading all the different topics about black...

I've just been to look at a 05 E280 and I was wondering if it was a facelifted model. Also what did they do in the face lift???

sorry i know.. :ban: But its feels so much nicer than the new e class cabrio.. (sorry new e cabrio owners) here are some pics.. audi quality really feels so much better than mercs of recent. hopefully its more reliable than the merc we bought at xmas last year. spec includes...

Hi all, I'm looking at a clk 320 cdi at the moment. It has 80k miles and the last ATF change was at 23.5k. Its no problem to get it done if I buy, but are there any potential problems with the car doing 55k with no ATF service? Thanks in advance Pete

Hi, First post as I never had issues with my 93 w124 300td. I changed the fuel filter (front mounted top of engine) yesterday. I never filled it with diesel and was had to start. I then took it back it back off and filled diesel into it. Started after some cranking. I think I got some diesel...

Today cracked on with changing the drivers wing on my C43. Bought a genuine one and had it painted inside and out :thumb: Striped off the front bumper as i was changing the Fog lamps aswell Wing off Wax-oiled everywhere and the inside of the new wing New...

Hello We are looking at changing our current Gas 'coal' look fire for a real log burner. I've been told (from a fireplace / stove supplier) that I don't Need a liner but would rather have one for piece of mind. Any idea what one would cost to fit to a std chimney 2 story building? Has...

In light of the recent spate of rioting / looting and general unlawfulness, has your opinion of the 'yoof' altered as a result ?

Hi all. My 211 E280 CDI showed 4000+ miles to next service (B) Trying to manage my money better; i came up with a cunning plan a couple of months ago... I changed the oil and filter, air filters, and air pipe (includes both MAF sensors). I then started keeping it garaged, to bring out only...