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Courtesy of Reuters. Drivers paying more for Petrol due to US demand. Motorists around the world have been paying more to fill up their tanks in the past month, as the start of the U.S. driving season soaks up supply, and fuel prices are expected to keep rising. The average U.S. retail price...

Hi all new to this forum - looking to purchase a new Vito 120 Dualiner compact with toys and would welcome any first hand experience of what life with one is like. The usual sort of stuff - Are the Comand / Parktronic options worth having? / Tyre wear issues / average fuel consumption etc. /...

...If you drive a larger engined BMW E46 http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/photo_gallery_e46sf.shtml We give Mercedes a hard time over rust but some BMW's rip their rear subframes out due to structural stress failure no rust required :eek: ! In the UK it seems mainly the 3 series coupes that...

ok it's in the News Of The World and it's supposedly from Merseyside http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_pages/news/news3.shtml You just got to love how not only do the police not know who's driving they don't even know who's car it is :) If it's not genuine then who's going to own...

Took the CLK into local dealer on friday to check out the COMAND after it played up last week. As expected they could not replicate the fault but added that there had been a new DVD (version 6.1) released which they would provide me under warranty :bannana: Well, that was the good news - they...

Tuesday and my wife takes delivery of her brand spangley SLK200 in black with grey leather, airscarf, phone pre-wire and lots of goodies. Great, wind in hair on days like these and can be a real Merc luxury car when the weather is less than dry. Thursday and a large double decker trys to take...

There's been a lot of bad news stories on the forum and sadly many of them are valid, but just to be objective about all of this, has anybody got a non rusty W210 E Class which they are delighted with??....it would be good to hear from you. Having run a 1 year old W210 for 3 years, some years...

Apparently Mercedes aren't making any more W211's untill July and then the new facelifted model are coming out:D My mate has just tried to order a new E500 and they have told him the above so he won't get his car until August.

Police-related road deaths rise http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4451760.stm An independent watchdog wants debate on policing the roads There has been a rise in the numbers of people killed in road accidents involving police cars. The Independent Police Complaints Commission said 44...

.......is what TFL would have said if they had rung me up last Wednesday to tell my that they'd just photographed my stolen car in a bus lane at Staples Corner (NW London, 5 miles from my house). But instead, they decided to wait 5 days and then post me a penalty charge notice for £100 which...

I know it happens, but was shocked at the proportion of bad servicing - over 75% of service centres service cars incorrectly http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4111534.stm

:) :) I just got the nod for a new car from my better half (how I love her). E500 elegance fully loaded in dark blue and light leather me thinks. :bannana: :bannana: :bannana:

Following on from my previous thread yesterday about tappets..... Spoke to the good Mr Ferns in Richmond with regards to the tappets (one of which has just started to sound like someone banging a trowel on some scaffolding) ... Colin reckons he can isolate which tappet it is and just change...

Couple of days ago I got a warning light up on the E320 Estate saying that both ASR and BAS (Brake Assist) were faulty. Fearing the worst (new servo, master cylinder, who knows what) I phoned the local dealership who said "pop it in later this afternoon, we'll take a look." Soon as I booked it...

http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/news-story.jsp?news_id=12335 And... http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/news-story.jsp?news_id=12337 !!!

http://www.sky.com/skynews/xml/article/0,,40000-214406,00.html Widen the M25, then choke it. Good plan guys . . . :crazy:

Scam offers 2nd chance to buy .....BBC Link

I see we're back to bashing diesels in the news because of the soot they allegedly produce... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4302211.stm

Look here Apple & Mercedes-Benz Unveil iPod Integration Kit Tuesday January 11, 1:55 pm ET Mercedes-Benz is First Automaker to Deliver Full iPod Music Navigation MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple® and Mercedes-Benz USA today announced the iPod®...