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Season's Greetings all, just ran a quick VIN check on my car out of curiosity and the only thing I hate about owning my car is the general sense of dread in owning it without any service history and a pretty much guaranteed fiddled odometer. You may ask why I bought the car but its how Mercedes...

I've just been comparing the emissions test results for my other car (2000 Honda Accord) from the last 4 years and I can see a trend in the CO reading. Each year it has been getting closer to the maximum limits and this year it was bang on the maximum (fast idle <= 0.2; natural idle...

Affected by the amount of fuel held in the tank?

Just in case anybody is thus inclined Winterreifentest 2009: Tabelle Reifengre 205/55 R 16 H Whole thing if your German is up to it: Winterreifen-Test, der ADAC-Winterreifentest And the 2009 summer tyre test results as well ADAC Sommerreifen Test

I have spent 2 days giving my merc a good clean and please with the results :D. The process I went through was: snowfoam rinse wash with Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss rinse dry off with Sonus Perfect Shine Drying Towel one coat of Chemical Guys EZ Glaze with Acrylic Shine II (a very...

Finally had a successful dyno run on the E55 at Surrey Rolling Road - cheers Charlie :) At the crank... and at the wheels... Have had the car on two other rolling roads with unsuccessful top end readings, as it was spinning the rear wheels in 4th at 2900 rpm :rolleyes: I'm...

heres the results of my compression test can anyone tell me if this is ok 4.12 bar 165psi 3,just over 12 bar 165psi 2,13 bar 170psi 1. just over 12 bar 165psi from the front of the car

Not gospel figures as its not easy to dyno an auto, car threw a bit of a wobbly as well BAS, ABS light on etc but we did a few runs to get a consistant figures FWIW i've had this box (Van Aaken tuning box) on my car for about 6 years now and around 50,000 miles , i took it off recently to...

Day off work today, daughter ill, so went to BCA in brighouse for first time All the following are ex Lex cars so known mileage, service history and 1 keeper 55/05 SLK200k 12k £13400 55/05 CLK280CAB 35k £14000 55/05 C200CDI 4dr avantgarde 56k £8150 56/06 ML350se 44k £15400 55/05 C220CDI 5dr...

Some of you may recall some time ago that I offered our eldest daughter £100 for every A* she achieved in her GCSE results. Now, she took 10 GCSE's so I was possibly looking at the thick end of £1,000:eek: After the exams, said daughter opted to trade the deal in if she could have a new...

Firstly, thanks Malcom for your suggestion of taking my coupe to a Bosch Specialist for a diagnosis, at £98 incl vat it was good value . I went to one 5 minutes from me and he kept the car two days and ran all his magic connections etc to it and seems to have identified problems with the Warm...

Hi, Sat in my office today, which is in the area of a scrap yard, and bored I used a website my friend had let me know about. It basically tells you the make and model of the car, and whether it is insured (or at least on the database) or not when you enter the registration number. I entered...

Eibach springs arrived last week and got them fitted on Friday. There is not much loss of comfort, but the handling is a lot better with less roll when cornering. The only problem I've got is that I think the rear now looks too low. I can use a thicker shim, but that would only increase the...

The new standard tyre test is out. http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/total_tyre_guide/213186/tyre_guide.html adam

What do you do when you buy a new car? Drive it around alot? Not me, my sad CPD (compulsive Polishing Disorder) illness kicked in :crazy: I have been dying to put a few pictures on the forum of our new SLK. We picked it up on Monday and drove it back to the midlands. Here is a diary of...

Over the last couple of weeks I've down the auctions looking for vehicles for some of my Leasing Customers and I always keep an eye out for the older Mercs to see what prices they are making. 2 cars have recently caught the eye and the prices paid were quite surprising and show that prices...

First off I am NOT criticising any of our children's excellent results. I congratulate them on their achievements. We have a few educators on this forum so please take the following as more of a question. Schools only allow students to sit exams if the school thinks the pupil has a very...

Darling daughter got her A level results today and in spite of the year that she's had she's done it.:bannana: :bannana: :bannana: She's got the grades she needed and will be off the the University of Surrey in September. I am over the moon for her, but I am going to miss her so much.:(...

Hi all Just thought I'd share with you my results of changing the engine and gearbox mounts. Totally transformed the drive of the car, much much quieter and smoother. (Didn't even realise the engine was on when sitting in the car!) Also, the original gearbox mount had split and now with the...