personal

Hi everyone, I looking to buy my very first band new car, in the past I have always bought my cars 2nd hand and paid cash. I want to set the mileage at 15k a year (I normally do about 16-17k) and will pay the extra when I hand the car back. I plan on changing the car every 2 to 3 years and...

It's a 316 (160bhp!) 61plate lwb in silver with air con, cruise, int Bluetooth, chrome grille, high security dead locks rear sensors etc.... As you can prob imagine as far as vans go a real lovely van, and apart from command it is pretty much fully loaded. And yes UNDER 2000 MILES on the...

Hello, I am new to this, but am trying to see if / how could one download a file to be used as a personal POIs containing a UK speed camera database. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

Why aren't personal lease prices the same as business plus VAT prices? I've seen some really good prices for business leasing circa £239 per month, thinking that should equate to £286 but it comes to £395. No changes in deposits to balance the difference either.

Hi guys, I know there are a lot of leasing companies around, some with pretty good deals at the moment. Having done a search, I can see some members have successfully got Mercedes themselves to match/better some deals. The question is, who did you approach to get this? The local dealer or...

Does anyone have any experience of this service/provider GEM Motoring Assist Breakdown Cover | Motoring Advice & Road Safety Advice For the unaware, cover is personal rather than vehicle based which seems quite a good idea for those of us running older cars.

I'm thinking of selling the "OUI" dateless plate I've had on my CLS (and many previous cars) when I sell the car next week. If anyone is interested, please PM me for the full number (4 numbers after the OUI) and any offer - - I'm thinking it's worth something around £500...) If it's sorted...

gents, hypothocally of course if some one was NT coded and wanting to enter into a PCP agreement in UK would there be any implications with HM Tax dept ??? I work overseas mainly and temp fate for the sake of a PCP deal ??:confused: any experience of this would be appreciated.. stuart

Hi guys any information you can offer will be greatly received - browsing the bay one evening I happened to spot my initials SEC on a cherished plate X12 SEC - as it was a reasonable £120 a placed a cheeky bid on it of 123.23 - I won! Now I don't know what the next step is other than knowing...

Hi All, I'm looking to lease a C350 CDI, AMG Sport Plus with COMAND & Metallic Paint, 3 +35, 15k miles/pa. I'm getting quotes of around £480/month is this a fair price compared to any deals people on here have got? Cheers,

Hi, im looking into buying a c270 but im reading mixed reviews on the build quality and rust. So i thought who best to ask but the people have actually own them :D So my basic questions are, are these c classes built well and are they likely to rust? And basically any other useful tips for...

Hi all There has been quite a bit of what products are best to use for different tasks around car cleaning. Below are what my personal favourites that I am using this year. This is by no means my whole collection, but what im favoriting. When I personally clean a car, I always start with the...

Still hoping to buy an SL in the spring so thinking about removing personal plate from my existing car and putting on retention in readiness. Does anyone know how long it will take DVLA to process and send new tax disc / V5 etc etc -anything else I need to know / watch out for ? TIA

Hello all, I bought an 05 plate E320cdi with 68k miles on it in November 2008 for £13k. I have since covered a further 79k (comfortable!) miles in it. Just doing some filing and, through general curiosity, totted up my total cost of servicing the car at main Merc dealer so far to be...

Earlier today I received an email offering the C63 125 Edition on a 3x23 deal for £659pm. Whilst still being a substantial sum of money a similar email yesterday was offering a BMW 318d Touring for £499. To me the difference in value for money is far more in favour of the C63.

My traders policy is up soon so I'd thought I'd ask to see if anyone else on the forum had an insurance/broker that they would recommend. My current insurers have messed me about on a couple of occasions now, so it's time to get rid. Thanks in advance. :thumb:

Does anyone know what happens to a personal plate if the car it's on is stolen? Touch wood this hasn't happened to me (yet :eek:) but, if it did and the plate was "special", is it possible to keep the plate and if so, how's it done?

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...

Hi all, I will be ordering my new Mercedes C250 CGI within the next few mounths and am wondering whether or not to tick the 'Personal Collection' box, from what I have heard on different threads is that it is great and well worth doing, but there are some more detailed requests which I need to...

I've seen a plate I like The DVLA don't have it for sale but 5 of the Number Plate companies do have it apparently! How does that work then? BTW the prices range from £440 - £350