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I am trying to purchase a set of Nokians for my car from Mytyres. Initial online attempt with payment by a Visa card..Delticom Tyres Ltd claimed that my card refused to pay them. I obtained printed confirmation that that my order was then cancelled. Second attempt, again online with...

Hi guys, I'm a US Mercedes-Benz owner with a W123 1982 300D Turbodiesel. My current master cylinder (004-430-23-01) is failing and I have an opportunity to purchase a brand new Metelli master cylinder. Until recently, I'd never heard of Metelli. I did a search and found out that they are an...

Well as promised I am ready to share my experience of my recent personal collection from Mercedes Benz. I ordered my E Coupe 350 Cdi just over three months ago from Mercedes Benz Brooklands and opted for the personal collection program as I had heard good things about it through this forum...

Just back from having an A service carried out at my dealership. I was quoted £200 on the phone and this was clearly printed on the job sheet I signed when handing the key over. I had a relaxing coffee and read in the waiting area, inspected the latest crop of cars in the showroom. One rather...

Just stayed the night in the the very nice Brooklands hotel and am gearing myself up for my half day SLS experience that my girlfriend bought me for my birthday. Firstly this hotel is lovely...I highly recommend it based on the few hours ive spent in it! I am easily bought though...its got huge...

My W209 CLK55 AMG went to Mercedes Benz Stockport for a general "check up" on the 8th July 2010 as I'd only recently bought the car. I was charged £253 for the privilege of being told that my car needed (amongst other things): New front anti roll bar, bushes & links. headlamp level...

Hello everybody, newbie here. I like your site very much, so I decided to ask you for kind advice. I recently bought a 2008 C 220 Sport Estate I was in nirvana, but it did not last long. Here´s why: When I test-drove new C 220 in official Mercedes garage, I was very impressed by its...

On the way to nursery with my son this morning when the front end on my W124 totally collapsed. Fortunately I was a few corners from my house and not on the motorway or a fast A road. It was the drivers side and it totally collapsed, I had a look and the ball joint had snapped clean off. The AA...

Well it happened today. Speeding onto motorway from slip road. Indicated and was going to drive straight into middle lane. Suddenly beep beep beep. I immediately recognised it as the lane warning. At the last minute I stayed on the inside lane instead of going into the middle...

It seems that I may be able to have access to a fairly new GS430 or GS450h, depending on a few factors. Without going into too much detail as to why & how this will happen, can anyone tell me if they've had any experience with these cars? I'm quite tempted to go test drive some GS430's in the...

Hi All, Would any CLS55AMG / CLS500 (5.5ltr) owners kindly share their ownership experiences please. I am considering one of these for a replacement to my C32 AMG estate at the appropriate time and am interested in running costs. My C32 varies from 16mpg across city (start/stop) on the daily...

I'm thinking about the doing the below as a treat to myself on my 30th Birthday. Has anyone done it? Would you recommend it? Last year I did the VXR trackday at Thruxton where I got to drive all the Hot VXR cars to the limit and was awesome. Anyone care to put their two cents worth in...

After receiving 2x 1 hour AMG Experience sassions for Christmas, my brother and i hopped in his Porsche yesterday afternoon and headed down to Brooklands. It was possibly one of the best afternoons ive had in a long time, even though the weather was lousy and the wet circle was out of action...

Today I experienced a CLS 320cdi properly for the first time. Without sounding too over the top, I was blown away. I loved the CLS as much, if not more than I expected to. Very stylish (to me the best looking 4 door ever), supremely comfortable, very fast and although not quite as good a...

The SL goes to a new home tomorrow morning (took it for a final drive tonight, or actually, the 3rd decent drive I have given it - the rest were just to keep it 'ticking' over) and the itch of car ownership means that I want it replaced last week! As I metioned in the Wanted section, I am...

For 8 years I have been a member of a US Merc forum and they are very into lowering their cars. I have a 2004 W211 E55 and am looking to fit some larger alloy wheels but think the overall look would be enhanced by lowering the car slightly. Their is very little on this forum on lowering the W211...

Hi Guys Sorry if there is another thread about this but i cannot find it. Has anyone been to the Mercedes World and done an AMG experience? I have just booked it for 1 hour and just wondered if somebody could give me a bit of a run down what it is like?! Thanks in advance Ted

I need to get a vehicle to replace my (278K miles) Volvo V70 T5. It needs tobe able to carry 5 people at times, and to carry a 6' x 3' dining table, or a double wardrobe at times (I'm a furniture restorer). I think that a V Class V220 cdi looks to be ideal : 1999-2001, around £5000-£6000...

All I'm choosing a gift for a friend (my boss !) - has to be a car day out. What is the best suggestion pelase ? I was thinking : - Palmer Sports Day - MB track day - Brands Hatch day Any better suggestions please ? budget is 1k. much appreciated in advance. ta t

Hi. I thought I would share my experience of the dreaded clicking sound from the Dashboard. This happened to me on my C200k Kompressor Avantgarde W203 2001. Same old story, after starting the car, a loud clicking noise can be heard from the dashboard. After a minute or so it stops until the...