european

Hi all, I dont post much as you can see but have just come back from 3500 mile tour of Europe in 07 SL55 Performance pack which we purchased in January. What a suprerb piece of kit for this trip, drove through France / Spain for Moto gp/Moncoco/swiss alps/southern Germany (mercedes and porsche...

Hi everybody,happy to be back from holiday in Europe.First picture is from Tuesday trip computer data-translated in English is around 1050 miles covered for 18 hours continuous driving.The second is from yesterday - 850 miles covered with 13 hours driving.Average speed around 63 mi/hour and...

I wonder if there is such a thing anywhere other than with eVan - year round cover with no limit on european travel... I had this with eVan then Asda took over and now it's back to 90 day limit with them, or if I stay with eVan they want to put my premium up from about £400 to £1800 despite no...

Arrived back home last night after covering 2639 miles around Europe in 10 days (63 hours driving time). The first two days provided some awful weather but it was non-stop sunshine after that. The car took everything we threw at it, from torrential rain to snow to mountain ascents in...

Morning all. I need European day trip cover for a trip to France to pick up some cigars at the end of April. I plan to use the E55, which will be 14 yrs 5 months old then. Does anyone have a recommendation for a provider? E55BOF

Hi, taking over my dad's 20year old w124 coupe, will restore and give it some upgrades. so this is my first euro car. personally, i'm a toyota/lexus fan, and always will be. however this mb is more of personal memories to me, therefore, i will be putting in great efforts to keep it my daily...

Just 6 days into our holiday taking our 11 year old e320 cdi through Europe and (touchwood) everthing is going well. We left Blighty on Sunday morning and travelled down to Bayeux to see the D-Day beaches of which my father landed on in 1944 rang him to say we were there and I said there is a...

In a fortnight I will be touring Europe in my 11 year old E320 for about a month(for my 50th birthday) although it is in pretty good condition I want to take out breakdown cover . I have UK cover with the aa but they are very expensive for Europe.Can anybody recommend a good service where if the...

Can someone share their experiences with european breakdown cover providers? I'm consdering AA, RAC, GreenFlag and EuropAssist... Never needed it... but the car I'm going in is the ford, and I'm not 100% sure about it :p Any ideas? M.

Just returned from a short European road trip driving holiday from the UK to Barcelona & can honestly say that the C350 CDI performed brilliantly over 2360 miles of driving. Stats from reset : 2361 miles covered Avg Speed : 54 mph Avg Consumption 44.4 Mpg 46:35 h Driving Time Just...

Hi everyone. Been a long time since I posted, however I wanted to pick your cultured brains!! I´m planning to do a tour from where I live in Malaga- Spain, to Tuscany. Can anyone suggest a beautiful route for this tour? Are there French and Italian towns I shouldn´t miss? My aim is...

A new tourism strategy, which is expected to contain plans to move British standard time to Central European Time, will be published by the government later this week. If the plans get the green light it would mean that the clocks would be brought forward an extra hour from Greenwich Mean Time...

NTG2.5 map update DVD set is now in the UK. Its called V5.0 Theres info on what is in it here : - Comand Online Ltd :: Mercedes SatNav/COMAND :: Mercedes Navigation Disks :: Comand APS Map 2010/2011 for Hard Disk COMAND NTG2.5 in A B CLC W211-E CLS SL SLK ML GL R Sprinter Vito Viano...

The new map set (V7.0 2010/2011) for COMAND-APS in W204 (C and GLK) and SLS has just been released, so if you are finding missing roads / inaccuracy on your W204 it may be worth upgrading the maps in the COMAND. Remember if you have a MY2011 car you get free updates for 3 years .. and I think...

Hi, This may well have been asked before but I couldn't find it. I have a work colleague who recently immigrated to the UK from Denmark, they have 10 years no claims on their insurance in Denmark - would any UK insurers respect this? If just a select few, names would be nice here please...

Hi Well guys i cheated, i posted the poll http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/general-discussion/92041-would-you-attempt-3000-mile-trip-e300td.html after i had successfully made the trip and I am glad to see you are nearly all on my side. 36 said they would with only 2 saying they wouldnt go for...

Driving to South of France in June and researching the above. Anyone have experiences - good/bad - who did you use? All advice welcomed.:)

Hi I have a 2010 E class whcih will tow my trailer to Germany next weekend. Will MB recovery scheme cover me in europe and cover my trailer ? thanks for your help wonk.

Hello, I am a complete newbie here. I live in the States and am looking for a Eurpoean number plate mount for w204 (2009 c300 4matic) I've already purchased a European license plate and a frame. I just a need a special mounting base for w204's front bumper... I'm sure it's common in UK...

B class (W245) Hints & Tips for Beam adjustment for driving in Europe Headlamp bulb Beam Adjustment for Continental Driving isn't difficult just fiddly. Here are a few suggestions that I found to make the task easier. Set bonnet to it's maximum height (nearly vertical) Remove the black...