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So my SL has a bit of an appetite for tyres esp rear ones. After some research and help on this forum decided to get some Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres. Now I normally use BlackCircles but they don't do them in my size but MyTyres do. No worries used them before so I pays my money and books my slot...

I booked my ML 4200 in for a gearbox oil & filter change at my nearest MB dealership last Friday. I agreed a special deal price of £250 for the work to be carried out. Pretty good I thought. Given the cost of the oil and the need for star trickery, it was completed and paid for. I drove...

Hello folks, Well, I'm yet another newbie to the site and looking to pick the brains of anyone who can help! I've recently acquired a '79 350SL V8 auto. It has what looks like a fairly unused soft top in a dark blue cloth and in very clean condition with a clear and crack free pane of clear...

So, I had to do the old "new key issue", £240 job as had no spare with the ML. Dealer was fine, polite relatively efficient etc. Said it would be about a week and was there in a couple of days. They forget to copy my V5 but no big deal I took it back in when I went to collect. So, nice shiny...

This is a balanced but ‘be aware’ post following a disappointing transaction with Nick. A nice guy, I met him at his house after driving up a few weeks back to buy a brand new wind deflector from him via this forum. When I returned home, I noticed that one of the two fold out arms that support...

I picked up my R129 on Monday; well, I say I, but in fact it was a recovery truck. I will explain… (Picture of the car down below, and a question; according to the data sheet the paint code is 199 (SchwarzBlau), but I’m beginning to wonder. Can anyone identify the colour? It’s noticeably...

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Yesterday when driving out of my street, I just turned a corner at low speed and the back end of the car made a clunking noise and it felt as if I had a puncture. I stopped the car, all tyres OK however the back end seemed low. As I was only about 100 yards from my house, I gingerly drove the...

Car is 2013 W204 C220, and the windscreen takes an age to demist in the morning, as bad as any car I've previously owned. I use the "max demist" button, and, as stated on other threads (yes, I have searched!!) this seems to turn the rest of the AC off - not a problem, if it would only demist...

Picked up some new Pagid shoes for my S203 as the original (Galfer) ones were crumbling. They were fitted with new adjusters and cable knuckles but when I went to fit the disc both sides would not go over the shoes despite the adjusters being in their smallest position. Once removed I checked...

First and foremost, let me say that I quite like the service vodafone provides- and most of the time they are pretty good. Over the weekend, I misplaced one of my phones and given that it's a number I use for work, I cannot warrant not having the phone for more than a day or so. So today I...

I needed the glow plugs changing on our E-class (mines the OM642 V6 variant) and out of convenience entrusted the work to a mechanic in my local village as opposed to travelling out. I’ve previously seen him rebuild a customer’s Merc 3.0 V6 petrol when the bearings failed and he’s always working...

My father took his car in for MOT today - a 2004 E320CDi with a paltry 47k on the clock. It's been looked after all it's life (we both take pride in our cars!) The car failed for the first time ever on:- 2 x Snapped rear springs 1 x lower front arm dust covers perished (needs new lower front...

1. CLK 320 A couple of days after a service the engine response was jerky and sometimes there was no response when you accelerated , especially after Engine breaking. Checking a few posts it pointed to the MAF. Checking I found that the air cleaner assy was not sitting snuggly on the MAF...

I first found the detailingworld forum 2 ½ years ago, and have used it (and recommended others to it) many times since. It saddens me that my this post, instead of being a celebration of what I have learnt and achieved as a result, is instead a report of my very bad experience with a “detailer”...

So a few weeks ago I decided to de-rust and respray the wiper arms on the headlights, so I took them out, they were rusty and blocked, so i cleaned them and left them in vinegar (as you do!) for the rust to dissolve, the next morning there was a lovely fizzing sound coming from the bucket with...

SWMBO set out to buy a used R171 this weekend. Local MB dealer seems a bit confused as to what cars they actually have in stock and where they are. Phoned before hand to check they had a car SWMBO was interested in. Arrived and no sign of car and they knew nothing about it. Excellent. Just...

Friend of mine is in the Police force. Whilst on a surveillance task, the marked PSU full of officers noticed a car backing into a parking bay beside them. This one happened to be a disabled bay. hmmmm.... he got out and asked if he could park there :doh: They looked at his car windscreen...

Hi I am a new member and I very much hope that you might be able to give me some advice. I apolgise in advance for the long story… I bought my 2001 C180 Sport Coupe (automatic) in Sept 2009 from a local independent dealer. It only had 46k miles with full MB service history and 1 previous...

Spring time & about time to touch up the W209 CLK. Down to the dealers with the chassis no & back with a set of two small bottles with screw in brushes. No useful instructions, just how to dispose in 99 languages. So I applied the no lacquer to the chip on the roof. My car is a metalic beige...