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Update, still working fine and no more noises when the clutch used to slip.

Clutch... My uncle's Accord bite point was to the floor, the clutch pedal was super heavy, a new clutch done at TGM in Fleet sorted it out. My own Accord has that tapping sound as well and goes away when the pedal is pushed down but the clutch is fine, TGM said its up to me... No harm in...

Mercedes - Comfortable, nice interior, auto gearbox is awesome, gadgets. Bad points - parts are more expensive, sometimes electrical problems. Honda - Cheaper parts, simple... turn the key and go. Bad points - ride quality is not as good, rust is too common lol, not as much gadgets.

The thing is... Both cars are very different lol The Mercedes is a E55 AMG... You probably get why I wanted an estate :D BWMs are more of a driver's car, whereas, the Mercedes is better for comfort and daily driving. Always go auto and never manual, I find the suspension stiffer in BMWs.

Which Merc are you looking at? I got both a Merc and Accord, I actually bought the Accord as a 2nd car... As I find sometimes I randomly need to move things around.

This was a common fault with the 96-00 Honda Civic's. The foam gasket behind the tail lights would dry up and let water in, once replaced with new foam gaskets... no more leaks. Throwing another idea in the bucket.

Wow... Just learnt something new. I am surprised the closed bonnet would make such a big difference.

Well done :D I have just done mine front end as well: Upper control arms Lower control arms Tie end rods Drop links I was fortunate that nothing was seized. I realised the anti roll bar bushes on the subframe are worn as well so I got them on order... That is the final job to make the front...

Oh yours is 8th gen... Don't know if the below will apply. Tailgate wise... Possible broken wires at the hinge of the tailgate. Can you open the tailgate manually from inside the tailgate? You will need to crawl inside, pop the interior cover off and pull the latch to open the tailgate...

Caliper off, piston out, clean up and go. That's what I did with mine :D Or another route is 2nd hand from eBay.

Didn't have small enough circlip pliers so I ended up cleaning the plates with brake cleaner and blue roll in between the plates. Tailgate opens now, currently no failed attempts to open, although, sometimes I still hear the noise where the plates used to slip but I can live with it.

If you remove, what looks like the the firing unit for the side curtain air bags you can access the plugs without have to remove the ECU. 3x 10mm bolts, drop the airbag unit and you will have room to get your fingers in, this also gave me room to remove that final plastic cable tie on the wiring...

Wow... I think this is the solution to my tailgate issue, I hope it works.

£50-£70 may be, I am a DIY person so I am guessing :D DIY Under £10.

I had just replaced mine with a caliper from a 2.2 diesel, the pictures looked the same on eBay... So I went for it.

Done my drop links the other day. I had to break off the drop link to see the ball part, then mole grip the ball part and impact gun the nut off. Where I couldn't get the tool in, I busted out the angle grinder :D

If it's very light scratches I would do the following: 1) Remove any products you have on the paint work now 2) Go over the paint work with a liquid rubbing compound, by hand or machine, this should take out those light scratches 3) Polish out with Autoglym Super Resin Polish, this should fill...

Don't know if you have fixed the problem yet but I would keep the multimeter at fuse 7, then disconnect each unit until you see a drop.

When I bought some transmission oil from Honda recently, the guy said I only needed 1.9 litres, so I ended up buy 2x 1 litre bottles. When filled up I could only get in 1.8-1.9 litres in, there must have been some oil still in the housing.

I just bought a Tourer and had an issue with closing as well. I noted the exterior handle was sticking in the open position so I cleaned that up and now it's working as it should do. So yeah... Check the exterior handle first :D