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Dear all I wonder if you can help. My R129 SL500 has a recurring problem. After a long drive and having been in heavy traffic, it will surge then nearly stall when slowing to a stop. Appears to be when the gearbox down changes from 2nd to 1st (it's a 98 car with 5-sp electronically controlled...

The amount of time it seems to take my car to kick down then accelerate when I boot it makes me wonder if removing the kick switch from the accelerator pedal may improve things. Has anyone done this, are there any implications?

Hi all My brother has a 2009 C220 cdi auto and every now any again it just stalls when he is slowing down at junctions etc. Does anyone have any experience of this or have ever heard of it. Thanks

I have a w210 estate year 2000, which is just beginning to show rust bubbling up under the paint around the rear wheel arches, which I believe is quite common. I've had a quote of £950 from a local body shop to get both wheel arches sorted (MB dealer quoted me £1400), but due to some unforeseen...

Click on something and it takes for ever to load or change. Is this something to do with the 'cache' needing cleared and, if so, how? Or is there something else I could do?

Is it just me, or do others get mildly annoyed by people who slow down before entering the slip road on the motorway. Yes if there are lorries in the left hand lane you have to slow down and slot in with them, but if there is nothing in front of you and a clear slip road surely it is better to...

Hi Folks, On my W202 C230k Auto, when slowing down to a halt or slowing down to take a speed hump, I am getting a clunk sound and it sounds like it is coming from the gearbox / propshaft area. It has that feeling as though there is some play occuring in some area. I doesn't happen every time...

...so says new research conducted by the AA linky Quote: A shock new study shows that driving at 20mph instead of 30mph actually pumps out more CO2. Research carried out by the AA has revealed that slowing traffic down can boost carbon dioxide levels by as much as 10 per cent. And the...