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Don't put someone off DIY. Yes you need the right tools but with proper prep and procedure you can do brakes and they're a very satisfying job.

Brakes are one of the easier diy jobs and theres plenty of info out there. Try this site, I've used it many times. https://www.pelicanparts.com/support/tech_article_directory.htm#mercedes

I quite enjoyed the northern accents.

You don't have to fill to exactly the markers. The fluid volume changes massively with temperature anyway so there is leeway either way. Drive the car til it's hot, stick it in P, is the level somewhere around the hot marks? That's all you need.

So I bought a dipstick from ebay, with a diamond stop mark. It is of a standard length so it can be used in any 722.6 tranny, whatever car it's in. When I put it into my W204 tranny it hit the black diamond stop while still having a good six inches of disptick not in the tube. I can't...

Brembo. Buy mine :D https://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/index.php?threads/mb-ii-and-brembo-brake-pads-p50070.175806/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48660623

Aye, my favourite bit of the last series was Chris Harris's piece on the best cars in each class.

I think it's worth giving it a few episodes to get going.

It was ok, the mickey taking of Harris could get boring, Flintoff was strangely stilted, that could have been nerves. Paddy is naturally funny though. I'll give it some time to get going, it is at least one programme we all watch together, 49,44 and 13

Barryboys wants its car back.

I dunno - faults are faults, and all cars have them.

I have a theory that for each generation the cars tend to be similar. The new Hyundai I10 looks like the wife's fiesta. I tried the self-parking earlier. I bottled it half-way through. Terrifying, it steers and brakes and changes gear, I just couldn't let it.

So collected it yesterday. First impressions are that it is a very nice car, quality has certainly been upped for this new generation. With 182bhp it is quite brisk but not outright fast. Acres of room inside both front and back. All sorts of collision assist and speed assist and other...

Seems to contradict this though: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/ownership/revealed-britains-most-dependable-car-brands-in-2019/ss-AAB7S2b?li=BBoPJKX

I'm picking up my new car on Tuesday with one of those dragon engines in it. Great engine, very efficient etc. Ford are making a big push to roll out various flavours of hybrid next year. Given how new the dragon engine is you'd think they'd want to use it as the basis of a hybrid powertrain.

https://bevo.mercedes-benz.com/bevolistenmain.php?navigation_path=bevolisten&language_id=1

If you looked at the history of cars we've owned there have been a couple of cars where mileage has gone from 13k to 2k, and from 2k-10k. It can happen.

My tyres wear similar and my tracking is ok. It's cos of the way we go round roundabouts, the nearside gets loaded more.

Come end June if you give me £2500 you can have my 2008 w204 c220cdi auto. 87k, FSH and loads of work done, couple of things need sorting and it should last another 10 years. I'll throw in the code reader, some brembo front pads and the Haynes manual.