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After replacing faulty Ball Joints and Sway Bar Links an annoying Knock over my Driveway still persisted Everything re -checked twice. nothing. Then a last gasp ... check the four bolts attaching the whole Suspension to the Chassis. Right side rear Bolt went up a half turn .. the others were...

Little Wifey says stick with and put up with the 18 inch Wheels and low profile Tires. Cost reasons switching to 17s But me running 34 PSI in the front did not help. How low could I safely go with up to 110 kph for around 50 Ks once or twice a month ????? Our C200 with seventeens ride very...

BCS Cans and Wurth Silver Wheel paint both from Germany and a perfect match for our C Class W204 10 year old Cars....... The white paint is a perfect match, painting the rear bumper. Takes the Clear without a reaction as the paint from Super cheap did. Not a perfect job but from a couple of...

From the Horse's Mouth...... Picked up one of our C Class W204 after having the Steering Wheel Lock mechanism repaired. Mercedes Specialist told me that a lot of the Parts for Mercedes , Audi and BMW are now sourced in China. The currant W205 C Class has the same steering Lock issues as the...

Common problem ..C Class . Car locked via the steering lock .. Major surgery to repair. Big $$$$. The Miniature 12 Volt Motor which fails, $12.30 on the net. When the inevitable happens ...I now have one. But then does the Key Module have to be programed by a Specialist ??? Anyone.:confused:

Tesla coined as a Computer on Wheels.... Now worth than Ford and GM (combined ? ) Mobileye sold for 15.5 Billion !!!! (Bought by Intel) They are an Israeli Company who supply the World with Autonomous Braking.. Lane keeping.. etc, etc. :cool: Big $$$$s out there still.

Jus:(t viewed a detailed Video on how to repair the Steering Column Lock on our 2 W204 C Class Mercs. A common fault and expensive. What an elaborate job it is to strip the Steering Column to replace the small Electric Motor which operates the locking mechanism. I learned, contrary to popular...

I read that the Peugeot 308 had the best stopping distance in a test of the best and the worst. Range Rover not so good. But I have always believed that the Tries stop a Car and that the Brakes only slow the wheels down. The Peugeot's sister ..the Coupe did not match the Sedan.... it had...

I have always viewed these Rovers as the poor man's Rolls Royce. In the fifties I went round Australia in a Land Rover fitted with the O/H inlet Engine .. never missed a beat... Also .. Datsun 240Zs were the poor man's E Type. I have had both.

It's true ... for me an Auto Transmission fixer..... with one small adjustment and after putting up with 4 issues with my own Auto Trans since I bought the C Class one year ago... :D in neutral the selector would pick up the Rev. camera.... Car would not start in Neutral moving the selector...

Do we have a Gurue on Air Con in our midst ?? My Climate Air in the C 250 2011 year works well when it works .... If the temperature is in the mid thirties with the car left in the Sun the air Con blows hot Air for 5 to 10 minutes before the compressor kicks in. There should be an interior...

I now get this message every time i open the Site ????:eek:

A good rule of thumb is 10% after 10 years for any Car in reasonable condition. $8K offer for my C250 C Class top of the line with 80,000 ks. Friend Impressa cost $25,000 valued at $2,000. Works for most of them. :eek:

Never a truer word... Horsepower sells Engines .but Torque wins Races. I now know why our C 200 CGI drives much better than our C250 CGI. There is no noticeable power gain until nearly 4000 RPM. in the C250. Whereas the C200 's power comes in at round half the Revs. Same 1.8 Lt. Turbo engine. I...

:confused:What now for the Commodore Name. Now that Peugeot own/control Opel/Vauxhall.. Fiat/Chrysler. ?? Second only to the VW conglomerate.

A minor win.... Special and expensive Silver Alloy Mercedes :D Paint from PPC Co lasted about 10 seconds..... no pressure left. They promanced to send replacement on Tuesday still waiting...... So I re- pressurized the Can with my compressor........ it works !

after much frustration I now have both our 2010 W204 C Class cars with Paired Mobile Phones. The one with the Command System took several days with visits to the Dealer and the Phone Supplier ( Samsung Android ) No one could sort it. Today a result. The system recognised the Phone, but only...

Beaurepaires came to the rescue today in Wollongong. A large hole in the tread in the wide rear tire driving on the Motorway . Not usually stocked, as it is 18 inch with :cool: wide rears on a C 250 CGI. It took a couple of hours to track one down. But it could have been much worse ie a Run...

I am wondering if Spray Pac Silver wheel Paint would be durable and then use a spray pac Clear ??:confused:

I have always known that there is no silver bullet to sort a problem. Today at long last our C 200 CGi performs as I thought it should. I have been through everything over the past month and the last thing was to clean the Mass Air Flow Meter and clean the intake Valves. I had thought of...