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Just passed my local MB dealership and saw a notice propped up outside. The notice is in banner format and purports to show what can only be described as a "back street garage" with the following "advice" printed underneath the picture. "THEY MAY CHARGE HALF PRICE FOR LABOUR BUT MAY TAKE TWICE...

Just what i needed.put the roof down on my clk w208 1999 to make cleaning the interior easier and now the rascal(thats polite)is stuck down. I'm on my own today and trying to pull the thing up alone is unreal.Is there a valve to release the hydraulics to give me half a chance.Cheers Chris

:bannana: hello I'm a newbie today, so greetings to one and all :) in the stable is wifies MX5, my caterham and the merc220, order has been placed for a new E250 to be collected from Germanland in early march :p, hoping to do a few miles before returning it to the dealer for the summer for...

Hi, I've purchased a set of alloys for W202 1999 C250 Turbodiesel. They are 17x7.0J. I am now a little unsure whether they or the tyres I have now bought will fit... please could somebody put my mind at ease? I have read on a site (which I cannot find now) that 17x7.0J wheels will fit a...

Sitting in traffic and all of a sudden the ABS, ESP and BAC lights come on, with a constantly rotating message for each saying visit workshop. There is no noticable difference in the drive of the car, so I'm wondering first of all what might have caused it and secondly is it safe to drive. Any...

My 250 D (W124) has had a diesel leak from somewhere in the engine bay since as long as I've had the car (about 4 months). The obvious fixes, such as replacing the leak off hoses and injector seals didn't cure the problem but it never really worried me until now. The car went in for its MOT...

Just got back,God iam glad i got home,......Before i mention what happened, make sure you don't make the same mistake. Here goes - parked at the parking bay, mrs went in for the shopping,leaving me and son (asleep),and iam totally knackered.About half hour later she got back with the...

Anyone reading the general section may have seen I've collected a '94 W124 (I think) 250D. The seller never mentioned the leaking windscreen seal and of course I never noticed it. It was sunny when viewing but the heavens opened on the way home and so it was easy to spot. the glass doesn't...

I just bought a C180 1996 mode with no service history, It is very clean 46k on the clock, Is this a problem guys Thanks

Driving the car today i heard the sound of water dripping inside .. and true enough there was a liquid puddle in the front passenger footwell ! i felt, smelt and looked at the colour of the liquid and all the evidence is that its water, not coolant or anything else. Note that it had rained for...

Encouraged by how well various mods have gone I thought I would atempt to fix what I thought was a problem. How does it go? a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The accelerator pedal was moving from side to side and not just down & up like it should. No problem I thought I'll just whip off...

got a bit of a fright driving to work this morning. driving out of town, the road goes from 30 to 40 but everyone's doing at least 40 well before the 40 sign. anyway, out the corner of my eye i see a couple of flashes, no-one else around, and my heart goes into overdrive. i'm sure you all...