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I'm visiting Stuttgart in a few week time, and besides planning to spend a day at the Mercedes-Benz Museum, was wondering if there's a track driving experience, similar to Las Vegas or Mercedes-Benz World there? PS Not sure it's the right sub-forum, so if not, my apologies

Following Steve(SJMaxwell)'s thread last week I bought one of these things.. Went for the 11.4l prefilled unit from Daqua, again from the previous thread I thought I'd save myself the adventure of filling it myself for another day. It was around £110 delivered. A bit dubious this morning...

I bought my E350 avantgarde diesel 10 months ago with 12,000 miles on the clock. Today approaching its 3rd birthday and 24,000 miles, I took it into the local MB dealership in Nottingham for an A service and MOT. I booked a 10 am appointment and was told the car would be ready at 4.30 pm. At...

MSL Experience 21 August 2014. I just thought I would share my experience with you all. I have wanted to tune my C32 AMG for some time and I finally called Acid MSL Birmingham for advice. Acid gave me his personal mobile number and he spent his own time explaining what can be done ect, I...

Well, yesterday I took test drives in a GLA and GLK at our newly opened MB dealer in Vladimir, Russia. ??-???????? - ? ???????? - ? ??? As you'd expect, the dealership is exactly the same physically as the ones in the UK, spacious, lots of glass and the standard MB style. Also, this one has...

I just completed an oil change, the last resort before opening the engine, to stop the hydraulic valve lifter noise. I had already done an injector clean solution,a valve lifter solution, and an engine flush, with no difference. My first impression is that the space is so limited under the...

I'm looking to change my other car. I've been looking at E46 M3 and the equivalent Alpina B3S. I've also been considering the CLK55 for some V8 goodness. I'm targetting W209, 2004- cars. What have been your experiences ? Are there any weak points on these cars ? Any that I should avoid ...

Hi all Does anybody run the KW v3 or clubsport coilover suspension on an AMG? Would love to know the perceived difference vs. stock and how bearable they are in the city. Also, any commendations for installers and who could do corner balancing and alignment? Thank you very much. Kind...

Just wanted to give a shout out to John Haynes in Worthing, where we took our car down for post purchase inspection and transmission fluid change. Good and prompt communication via email from David the service manager and he also very kindly agreed to meet us on Saturday for car drop off and...

Hi all. I went to msl on fri to have valve cover gaskets and 200 mph clocks fitted.. that place reminded me like something from fast and furious movie. Absolutely amazing place and acid and his brother and rest of his team are a great bunch of guys, they couldnt be more helpful. I can highly...

Hi all, Despite the issues with my s class, I've gone and got a 170 slk 2.3 98, high mileage at 145,000, but seems in pretty good nick to be honest, and for £1700 with new mot, I couldn't really say no. I've had a read around here for the past few hours, but I can't seem to find a...

Afternoon all, Got the lowering bug with my W203 already and am on the hunt for some coilovers. I haven't got the budget for £1000+ jobs nor do I want to go for £200 ebay specials. I've found some FK Highsports for £349 online which i think is a great price as most retailers want £500+...

On Saturday I was driving back home after lovely spent day with family and at one point had to refill tank asap. Since I was on M20 driving towards Dartford crossing on M25 you all know how many services are there so at one point when I was almost on vapours just after toll I had to stop and...

Hi, I'm getting too old for crawling around on all fours or back-shimmying, (unless it's grog induced, of course). Has anyone used a scissor lift that'll hoist a big car about five feet or so from the floor without fear of it dropping on their head? Any mobile lift, really. I would...

A friend is lusting after an Alfa Romeo Brera and I can understand why, hey are rather beautiful! She wants a diesel as she covers around 20,000 P.A visiting her parents regularly which is a 500 mile round trip, I have suggested she avoid the 1.9TDi as they have a lot of well documented...

We bought a used E220 S212 recently with Audio 50 Navigation, but it turns out that you cannot do full postcode search on it and there is no way to upgrade it to do so (confirmed by Mercedes). This function is critical for is, so we decided to change the car. We have had the car for 26 days...

Today, while driving down the M5 in what can only be described as a tremendous rain storm and very high winds, I came up behind a Citroen Picasso where the driver wouldn't go over 60mph, mainly due to the spray from lorries. As we crawled past one lorry the airborne water was enough to drown my...

Thought I would share this one ... Enjoy the exhaust grumble folks! How do I get this job??? Pure Driving Experiences: Final drive - PistonHeads

Well done Chet, i just had to thank this guy for taking the trouble to sort out a problem with a purchase. The story (abridged version). Last august i purchased some arrow style wing mirrors and gave the year of registration instead of the model year, subsequently i received the wrong part. I...

Could the forum please give it's experiences, good or bad of the 2 companies above. Cheers Matt