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So yesterday I finally fitted the 18" AMG II to my car, all looks very good apart from the camber on the drivers side front wheel is a bit too +ve compared to the passenger side, but thats another story for another thread...:( Got the wheels fitted and before taking it up the road for a spin...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/columnists/kelvin_mackenzie/article1843882.ece "A MONTH ago I was critical of Mercedes-Benz who gave me a £1,500 estimate to repair a two-centimetre square scratch, which in the end I had fixed at my local body shop for £350. I challenged the...

Orange have to be the worlds worst broadband provider ... Originally i was with BT Freeserve , then it was bought out by Orange ... while it was BT , never had a problem , and i mean ever .. Now its Orange , the line drops out all the time , and currently is only working intermittantly ...

My rant! I recently acquired a E320 CDI W210 2002 estate which had the usual rust. I sent the car for an inspection to MB Colindale who subsequently agreed to repair the rust on the rear 3/4 panels, bootlid and door tops/bottoms. The car was sent by MB Colindale to M&A Coachworks, their...

Can we have a forum with no rants for one day? :D We supposed to discuss MB not politics. Well at least for one day

I got my car in December and the one thing I was always concerned about was someone nicking the star. So I came out Monday morning very early so still dark and notice the star at a funny angle, so got out to straighten it up and I thought oh well I will just change it for flat one, at least...

Just done junctions 16-18 on the M4 - visibility to normal tail lights was about 1 mile - bends, hills etc meaning the lie of the land limited visibility more than what fog there was did. As "useful" visibility wasn't reduced traffic was moving at its normal 70-80 with some clear gaps. Yet 30%...

What a Trip. 4.5 hrs to do 198 miles.:devil: M6 motorway I have been up to Ian Walkers place http://www.w124works.com/ to get my alternator pulley belts and some other bits done. Ian likes working on older Mercs but agreed to look at mine, as i was meant to be in his area .:devil: Ian did...

Just been to my local stealers (as that is what they are). I enquired about the price of a new electric motor and regulator for my drivers door on the Coupe. Total cost...............................£375+vat :eek: :eek: They can forget that. Asked about some form of discount, they didnt want to...

Mercedes Enthusiast - (Not Just a) Friday Afternoon Rant (Eventually) received the latest Merc Enthusiast yesterday. Its got a great big feature on loads of Mercs cabrios including lots of nice stuff about SLs - all good so far. I am, though, here to rant and so must complain about the...

Hi i am sure anyone who has to queue from the Forth Rd Bridge into Edinburgh city centre every morning knows how badly ridden motorbikes are swooping in and out of the traffic. This is fine IF THE TRAFFIC IS GOING BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT DUE TO A Q... the bike then rides up the middle of the...

OK guys, sorry if this offends anybody but I feel it's got to be said This is a PC advice and support thread so can anyone tell me why that virtually every thread ends up with a "well if you were using Linux this wouldn't have happened" type reply to a question about Windows? ~these reply's...

So - as some of you know, I was booked to get a nice shiny SILVER grille fitted to my baby at 3.30 this afternoon. Arrived at said time handed over keys and sat back and waited. Half an hour later "you car's ready" yippee!! paid, and in the meantime was chatting to the guy who sold me the...