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From the Internet I learned to re-set the ECU and the Transmission on both our W204 c Class cars. Brings the settings back to where they were when car was new. Even so, apparently the settings drift over time as well. A quick run up the street proved the point . much livelery.. Mr Google,:D you...

Here are the photos of my newest baby :) 204 C Class Elegance Turbo 2010 I had to install my portable Garmin sat nav as the factory pop-up unit cannot be upgraded after 2012. Even if a factor upgrade was available it is a ridiculous price. Thank you Number One granddaughter, Emily.

Perhaps I should remind myself of the old Mercedes ad which said that a used Mercedes was better than a new anything else.... Dollar for Dollar. There are a number of low Ks 204 C Class for less than the Price of a New Golf. All in the 60,000/ 70,000 Ks brackets........

WE are never too old to learn ! Best tires for our 204 C class Turbo ???? Current Tires look ok, but I notice in the wet that they break traction on acceleration way to easily. So breaking on the front tires must also be questioned. It is little Wifey's Car and as she drives like a Hearse...

Here we go again,,continual flat battery was eventually sorted by Mercedes when the 2010 C Class was 3.5 years old. Been ok:eek: for the past 5 years. currant battery is less than 2 years old. There is a currant draw with everything off over night. Heater fan motor was running once with...

Just watched a program from Wheeler Dealers featuring an '82 500 Mercedes Coupe. Brought up to AMG specs.. The workshop skills in America have to be seen to be believed. The scan tools and bending tools in the workshop to make a complete copy of the factory exhaust, plus the skill of the men...

For Brian..... Peugeot 207 faulty Light control $1000 to replace !! Usually this type of item fails because of small components. e.g., an Electrolytic Capacitor, a 20 cent piece. Do you know of anyone who can repair these Light Controls. I used to have a Home run business repairing early BMW...

To Canberra and back 5lts/100 K ==== 56.5 MPG. Fascinating to watch the Hybrid at work.. charging needle up and down like a Fiddlers Elbow , as the driving conditions dictated, on the fluctuation of the Road. Down Hill and on the Float Charging... Up Hill and on Power Battery, boosting the...

http://prius.ecrostech.com/original/Understanding/WhatsGoingOnAsIDrive.htm If you can understand this very, very detailed explanation of the intreciates of the 4th Generation of Toyotas Planetary Gear CVT please tell me !!!! Lots of things are a mystery to me in my declining Years !!!:o

And again I say, that no Automatic Transmission will work properly unless the Engine is in Tune. Just sorted another one for a friend by checking the Vacuum at the Inlet Manifold. Reading 14 , advance the Timing to max at idle 19 , retard 2 inches to 17 . Problem solved. But now the...

After a year of denials about Faulty Airbags in our 2010 C Class 204 . Mercedes replaced both Front Airbags last month. A welcome move, as I understand that Airbags have a reliable life of 10 years. Then they should be replaced.

Speaking to a Ford Engineer (ex UK) about the neutral handling of old British Cars in particular, he advised me to decrease the Camber and add pressure to the Front Tires of my "56 MGA. It lightened the Steering and improved the turn in when cornering. As there is no provision for Camber...

It has occured to me the reason why my old Transmission Shop founded in 1967, has folded it's tent. There is no more maintenance on Transmissions. Our C Class is sealed for life, At 70,000 Ks the oil still looks like new. Last of the 5 speeds Our Camry Hybrid has no moving Parts.. no Torque...

Where would we be without the Internet..... Our 204 C Class 2010 70ks car had a modified Rear Light Cluster wiring replaced under Warranty, a known issue back in 2010. Problem has returned as the Mercedes fix was a band aid. They will still repair it, as the plastic of the connectors melts. The...

I can't believe it Fords 105E is 60 today. I worked on them when they were new !! It was at a Ford dealer on the Pacific Hwy in North Sydney. Now long gone , i cannot recognise the place now. E,g., Chatswood had a milk bar and a cinema, now it is Hong Kong ! Stop the World I want to get off.

Okey.. okey I heard you say.... The Paint on my new Hybrid Camry is tissue Paper thin and scratches if I look at it sideways. Where as our nine year old C Class comess:( up like a new Car when Hand Washed by local Car Wash. This I find very annoying .. so I will look at selling the Toyota to a...

And I ask... what happened to tire re-treads?? Taxis in Sydney used to run exclusively on them as they never ventured over 80KPH. Side walls outlived the Treads by many KLs. Is it that new tires are too cheap ? Like many cars they are not worth repairing ? :confused:

The World moves on... I read that the currant Car sold with a Holden Badge the ZB has the lowest resale of any Car sold in this Country. The die hards will have to get used to FWD. And that, while it is currently a rebadged Opel , in the near future it will be a rebadged PSA design. The other...

This new Camry Hybrid continues to amaze me...... Drove back from Shell Harbour on Cruise Control, with Automatic Braking all the way Home. Car kept at a programmed safe braking distance.. accelerated and braked as necessary, and back in Sydney traffic brought car to a standstill as necessary...

I used to be a fan of this but I fear today's cars don't respond to any interference with the back pressure. Inlet, firing, and exhaust are now a designed continuous loop, computer controlled. Disturb one element and performance drops. I'm very fond of a comment made to a young Gun Ho teen who...