What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[HappytalkAgain]

As always. Mum's GLA is in for MoT & service next month too.

Aye. Richard & Steve are good guys. And don’t slap your ar5e like main dealer.

 

[Skd884]

New post cat lambda sensor for the m274 w204

MB = £125 - trade price
ECP = £96
CP4L = £75 for a bosch one

Paid £30 labour to have it fitted, purchased from CP4L.

Further superb service from CP4L, front brembo pads (£42 - MB were £72) for the c180 m274 ordered late yday and delivered this morning by the local ECP branch, having them fitted at 16.29.

CarParts4Less

CarParts4Less

www.carparts4less.co.uk

 

[OneForTheRoad]

Updated the satnav. Sprayed whole car with autoglym magma , then waxed the beast. Jobs to do sort out a service package somewhere to keep the warranty people happy , wire in my dash cam.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Further superb service from CP4L, front brembo pads (£42) for the c180 m274 ordered late yday and delivered this morning by the local ECP branch, having them fitted at 16.29.

CarParts4Less

CarParts4Less

www.carparts4less.co.uk

That's a very specific time!!!

 

[OneForTheRoad]

That's a very specific time!!!

Must be a good garage ,they close at 17.00

 

[Skd884]

Further superb service from CP4L, front brembo pads (£42 - MB were £72) for the c180 m274 ordered late yday and delivered this morning by the local ECP branch, having them fitted at 16.29.

CarParts4Less

CarParts4Less

www.carparts4less.co.uk

Front pads £42 and £20 labour all done, slow fit quoted £155.

 

[Skd884]

That's a very specific time!!!

As is 16.30?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Front pads £42 and £20 labour all done, slow fit quoted £155.

Blimey £20 to fit is a deal and a half.

 

[HappytalkAgain]

Fitted cup holder unit to ma van.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Fitted cup holder unit to ma van.

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Reminds me of Blakey.

 

[HappytalkAgain]

Reminds me of Blakey.

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I’lllllll get you butler!!!

 

[SpikyMikey]

Reminds me of Blakey.

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[Skd884]

Blimey £20 to fit is a deal and a half.

A mechanic i have known for years, his boss lets him do private work after hours.

 

[Londonscottish]

Yesterday, I learnt more about Android Auto and Google Maps; namely that what will appear on your phone natively isn't always what appear on your dash.

Having spent ages trying to get the Google Maps speedo ad speed limit to display on my dash (to little or no avail) I tried turning off bluetooth and seeing what the phone did in native mode - and there were the two speed displays.

Oddly enough, when I went back to Android-Auto-In-The-Dash mode the speed limit display popped up with no prompting from me (for the 2st time).

So maybe I've somehow fixed that. But not speedo.

TL;DR the version of Android Auto cast to your dash may vary from the version running natively on your phone.

 

[meeshy]

Trying to get to the bottom of gearbox troubles, checked solenoids for resistance, cleaned TCU again, thinking it is a problem with the differential as I recently changed it and think the ratios are different.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I took one of the fastest for a high speed takeaway run to pick up our dinner from a takeaway we enjoyed regularly near to where we used to live, which 45 minutes or so away. Today there was 5 mile queue!

Google Maps to the rescue, passenger footwell heater set to max temperature and max flow, and it was still warm enough to eat just over an hour later. Mrs D’s feet still haven’t cooled down though

 

[ChrisEdu]

Set a new PB.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Not long come in from replacing the air intakes on my car. They’re the material type with a wire spiral to give it form. The first one took a few minutes but the second took a fraction of the time.

Worth checking whether you have the same type as they tear over time letting in warmer air from the engine bay, and more importantly the material and wire can get sucked into the air box - best avoided.

Feeling that strange sense of reward from a DIY task going surprisingly well.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

Set a new PB.View attachment 144886

Try resetting once the engine is hot , otherwise it factors in the first 20 or so miles when everything is cold . At least you'll get the true mpg when it's at it's best efficiency level.

 

[ALFAitalia]

Its more a true figure to include the cold start.....you have burnt that fuel afterall.......hot only figures are not realistic...and cheating!! A long slightly downhill motorway drive and I could get 80mpg on the gauge after a reset....means nothing though.