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Due to hot & dry weather recently, my car front suspension started to squeak while driving over the bumps or up the kerbs. I jerked up the car and moved around all the lower & upper control arms, track rods, ball joints and the front anti-roll bar. Fortunately, I found out the rubber mounting...

Getting in the car this evening after leaving work I noticed that the main display was dim and flickering slightly. Are display problems common on W203 models and is there a fix or is replacement the only answer? Thanks.

Hi all, I have a 2.2 tdi. W203 sports coupe. Have noticed my fuel economy has got very poor recently, originally I thought it was because my car was coming up for an A Service. But I have now had my car serviced about 500 miles ago and am still getting rubbish mpg. Usually I would...

Decided to shoot to Amersham tomorrow to pick up the CL, dealer is shut and im planning on leaving 6am. Need to know how it is en route I'm M6 M40 then A road from j4 Anyone able to give an insight please.

In the early hours of tomorrow I have to Chauffeur 2 customers from Burnley to Heathrow. Please could you give me weather reports where you are on my route down (M6,M42,M40,M25) it would be very much appreciated. :thumb: I dont want to do it but its work and I can,t get out of it :doh: Thankyou...

I have a troublesome C250 diesel 1998 , it starts first turn and imeadiatly stops within 3seconds will not go again this only happens when we have very low tempratures and the car has been sitting over night out side , the temp was minus 7 , it happened before when we had minus 6/8 i tested...

Have a wee problem with my merky benz C250 Turbo diesel 1998 on an s reg ,she starts fine no probs up till the frost arrived then was dificult to start would start after preheat light went out as normal but would stop more or less imeadiately would try again same thing on the third go it went...

Will this rain ever give up i am sick to the back teeth of it. The garden is a swamp it has reached saturation point that there are puddles on the grass now..George..

Washed and waxed the CLK today as the weather was so good. Standard two bucket wash with microfibre wash mitt 1 coat of Chemical Guys 50/50 wax. Chemical Guys Tyre and Trim Gel on tyres There was no need for a polish as I only machine polished a couple of weeks ago. I figured you guys &...

Considering adding Dunlop 3D's w/ MB OM alloys to my forthcoming C220 CDi and I would like to reduce road noise as much as possible. Which CW/Winter tire has the lowest road noise? Does anyone have any experience of doing this or any idea of where I can find out about this? Also the C220 on...

About 6 weeks ago a fault came up on the dash that the brakes are worn and must visit a workshop on my 2004 CLK 270CDI, this turned out to be a censor that needed replacing, which I thought was going to be the case as all the discs and pads are only 3 or 4 months old. This week the same fault...

Just checked the met office forecast for the next few days & for surrey it's going to be 63 degrees saturday:),so to all of you that have bought winter tyres:p;)

It's a long shot, but does anyone know of a data set online that contains the average temp for the UK on a daily basis for say the current year?

I've an interesting little thing going on with my 2007 B180 CDi which has a slipping belt somewhere in the engine bay. I've only heard it on wet days and whilst the engine is relatively cold. When slipping there is a slight effect on engine rpm, perhaps by 50/100 rpm drop which recovers once...

Mercedes-Benz inaugurates new climatic wind tunnels: Weather at the touch of a button Stuttgart, Jul 18, 2011 Stuttgart - Mercedes-Benz has inaugurated two new climatic wind tunnels at its Sindelfingen site, designed to bring extreme weather conditions indoors. Temperatures ranging...

Well the open is under way,shame that the weather is so bad in Kent,(saw it on BBC news) umberellas and such. Such a glorious day here in Cheshire,has been for two weeks,I hope the weather in Kent improves before it finishes,or we could end up with a wash out like wimbledon or the final day at...

So just under 10 days ago the reports were: "UK consumer confidence falls again on job fears" "UK consumer confidence remains in the doldrums" But today. "UK consumer confidence jumps in May to 2011 high" And the stock market bless its cotton socks of course reacts to this and goes up...

Although I had to sleep for a night shift, I awoke to find a glorious day of an indicated 23 degrees :cool: Car was running exceptionally well, I even had to turn down the air con as I was getting too cold ! On the way into work, after an hour stop off at my parents, the car was very eager...

Now the weather's warmed up a little bit I see that my C270 CDI is using a lot less fuel. Amazing difference: up to 33% better off when the temp's up past 12 degees than when we were experiencing zero and sub-zero. With Gadaffi's civil war (supposedly) pushing up oil prices, the warmer...

Parked the C32 on the drive way on Christmas Eve in a few inches of snow, having driven 10.5 very steady miles without touching the brakes much at all. It's stood there until this morning, so 10 days in total. I covered about 120 miles in the week before Christmas, and I'd been very light...