I went to visit my wonderful Nana leaving from NW DC area. Shockingly i95, i895 were both closed at baltimore. So we set off again the next day. I went on this trip originally untuned. Thinking I would just put the car in cruise and chill. Wow, I was wrong. […]
Against the backdrop of a struggle toward a more enlightened view on race Harpers Ferry West Virginia is an intersting location and in general an interesting state. West Virigina of course broke off with Virginia and the south I believe for the expressed reason of the slavery. Harpers Ferry was […]
In January I took off for a 1000 mile solo road trip from DC to Port Canaveral, FL to get on what had to be one of the last cruises that sailed before the Corona Virus pandemic. My son loved his disney cruise and unfortunately I was breaking up […]
In this current time, an escape, a drive, along the coast is therapeutic. The miles are no longer a chore, but a welcome cinema of life where we have choice at each stage. I took my son Jonah to Hilton Head Island for his 6th birthday. He loves to swim […]
I recently picked up a Dragy which is a 10hz GPS sensor that can track your performance data. This is pretty cool. BUT the really great part is that you can see the leaderboards by make, comment on other’s times (and receive replies). Which can really demystify tuning. One example […]
If one (yo Gilles this is for you bro! ) were going to buy a completely stock M278 based E class or CLS and build it out, here is some guidance: Pre-purchase Open up the hood, take off the engine cover, lifts straight up with tabs but take it slow, […]
While there are conflicting reports about the logic of the intercooler pump. With mine it didn’t run all the time (you can hear it before she comes up to speed), and with this mod it did. With this mod you get lower IATs. Check out here: https://mbworld.org/forums/w212-amg/785054-reduced-iat-s-pump-rewiring.html I’ve heard a […]
Subwoofer Cable Management in Trunk 
Mount an Amplifier in a Mercedes Benz CLS C218, W212 
Add a Subwoofer: install a subwoofer on CLS C218 E W212