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  1. KillerHERTZ

    GFP (German Flower Pot) spotted!

    Out tonight on a pub crawl I happened to spot a familar W124 over the road from my work :D First time I have spotted a fellow forum members car unplanned :bannana: Great looking car in the flesh, but im not a fan of the wheels though :crazy: - each to their own and all that :D Had you...
  2. NW_Merc

    Spotted on german ebay, curious W202

    Mercedes W202 220CDI Kombi *Guter Zustand* bei eBay.de: Mercedes-Benz (endet 30.08.09 20:45:25 MESZ) Is the centre of this dash standard in some models? (above the heater controls)
  3. grober

    Want to know your real world MPG??

    From time to time people post questions about what MPG to expect on their Mercedes.:dk: They are worried because their consumption has markedly increased or is very different from the manufacturers figures.:( Don't worry help is at hand on this German Site where people post their real world fuel...
  4. D

    German Vehicle Taxation

    Hi, Does anyone know much about the German road/vehicle Tax? I've been told it is outrageously expensive, my German friend says Tax for a 500SEL would cost £1200!!! THIS CAN NOT BE TRUE!!! I mean he's a good enough bloke but I'm sure he's having me on, no? Does someone know of a web link...
  5. KNU7S

    260 cars in German motorway crash

    BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Many injured in German motorway crash
  6. R

    Any one fluent in german

    I recently bought a item off of flebay germany, I,m trying to ask him for his address so i can POST the Payment in an envelope.He comes back with his bank detials but due to security issues the account number has a part with XXXXX on it. I would like someone fluent in german to translate this...
  7. s88

    Command reads emails in German

    2006 SL 350. I discovered in the Command set up today that it reads the email in German! I clicked the English in settings and appears to have made no difference, am having no joy finding this little gem in the instructions, it just says you can have your emails/sms read to you. Did a full...
  8. M

    buying and driving back a german bought car

    Ive always wanted to buy a classic merc from germany and drive it back here. I did look into once but couldnt really see a way to get the car insured first because it would be on german plates and my insurance company at the time wouldnt insure a non british registered car. As i remember, there...
  9. un1l

    German Night @ Ace Cafe - 27th April

    Hi Guys, Just thought i would see if anyone fancies meeting up and driving down to Ace Cafe next Monday. Next Monday is German Night, its open to Bmw + Mercs, but for some reason theres never a good turnout on the MB front there! It's full of BMWs, and then you get the odd VW/Seat/Audi...
  10. gt-83

    German restoration, heinkel

    guys, im sitting here excited, ive just been offered a heinkel 3 wheeler for restoration.....ive been asking around for about a year now for another project (ive brought two old camper vans back to life), when today a guy who lives on my road told me about a mates mate who has this old heinkel...
  11. Venomous

    The German Automotive Experience

    Well the C220 became due for: A Service ATF Change MOTSo rather than my usual trip to MB Derby, I opted to try German Automotive based at Ascot Drive. First impressions were very good, and it got better from there. The total charge for the work came to £275+VAT, with labour being £60/hr. MOT...
  12. st13phil

    German Auto Industry Facing the Abyss

    A sobering article on Spiegel Online in which Dieter Zetsche, the CEO of Daimler, notes that: The second page contains some interesting analysis of how the short-termism of the financial markets leave Daimler very vulnerable.
  13. S

    anyone ordered from German Ebay sellers?

    Im after some bits for my CLK 208 seen some really good bits in Germany but bit dodgy about ordering from Germany and that. Has anyone else ordered from oversea ebayers before??
  14. M

    My German holiday

    Last Christmas my brother gave me a present of a trip to Germany to include a visit to Stuttgart and the Mercedes museum, and a drive round the Nurburgring. It was redeemable in the Summer, and so the trip took place beween the 5th and the 11th July 2008. We drove to Dover to catch a ferry to...
  15. anarchy-inc

    CHAV car -German style

    Two weeks ago we traveled to Chemnitz in Germany for a gig with the band and walking down the street I spied this hunk of junk . . . Yuk is an understatement.
  16. 8

    my commands in German can any one help

    Hi all, I’m new to your forum, I have a problem with my command unit, managed to reset it and now every think is in German, any one no how to revert back to English ? My car is an S 430 Year 2000, haven’t got an instruction manual can I get one any where ? Thanks for any help.
  17. mb240

    RHD S-Class with German plates

    I was over at my local MB indy today (Auto Motion in Galway) and noticed a not so unusual S-Class (W221 new model) parked up, didn't think much until I saw German plates on it. Anyone seen such a thing before? Not the first time I've *heard* of somebody ordering direct from MB in Germany in...
  18. R

    Any one speak german

    I recently won a item on german Ebay. Can any one translate this into german please: Hi there I have just won item XXXXX on Ebay at a cost of XX euros.Could you please advise me of the total cost including postage to London and your address for payment Many thanks
  19. grober

    w124 blast from the past (german style)

    Came across these w124 archive how to's on a German site. Some of em work some refer to articles no longer available. here's a selection. Rear door strut on an estate...
  20. 6CylinderMerc

    My first German car before the Mercedes

    'Twas a 1.9 TDi Audi A4 90bhp. Not the fastest, not the most luxurious but crikey was it ever economical. I used to regularly get 600+ miles out of a tankful of diesel. :eek: It arrived lacking TLC but a lot of elbow grease, some 16" A6 alloys from ebay ( at a bargain including Michelin tyres...
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