As the pandemic threatens further, social distanced events are more important than ever. A very nice day trip is from the DC area to Easton and St. Michael’s MD. And a beautiful drive fits the bill. Off of exit 19 on 495 you get to a fairly straight high speed […]
Month: November 2020
Upgrade Mercedes Tweeters in CLS
Previously, I purchased a set of speakers to fit into the front. I was only able to ft the woofers at the time but it made a huge difference. The dynaudio tweeters and mid did not fit. The screen I previously upgraded but haven’t yet done a video on. Later […]
Chemical Guys Grey Matter Waffle Weave Car Drying Towel First Impressions
Nearing the mid of November the DMV’s temperature were in the mid-seventies. It was the perfect time to wash my car, and I got to use for the first time the Chemical Brothers new-ish(?) microfiber drying cloth. With that let’s push the button on this review, and I won’t hold […]
Potomac Cars and Coffee
I went to Potomac Cars and Coffee about a month ago now. I meant to write about it then but life got in the way. I remember the show well though, it was beautiful weather, there were beautiful cars. I parked on the wrong side though, and my son really […]
Reduce Bass Rattle from Rear of Mercedes CLS or E-Class
I really enjoy driving my CLS. I do remember though the speakers would rattle, the doors would rattle; I drove over a rough patch of road and I thought to myself, “why did I trade in my avalon.” That is how bad the speakers and rattle were. Slowly, piece by […]
Meet your Transmission Tuner: Southern Hotrod
Southern Hotrod LLC offers upgrades to various factory transmissions for reasonable prices with transparent processes. For about $4600-4800 in 3-5 days after receiving your 722.9 transmission, they will rebuild it into a “war viking” using upgraded components. They note perhaps obviously that the transmission must be calibrated to the car. […]
Meet your Tuner: Eurocharged
If I had to pick one tuner with the best reputation on the internet it would be EuroCharged. Everyone has nice things to say about being tuned by Jerry. They are super easy to work with, and apparently over 60,000 cars have been worked on by them, check out their […]
Meet your Mercedes Tuner: DTK Motorsports
I first started hearing about DTKM on MBworld.org where they were discussing the DTK1000 kit which iirc is around $8,000 for about 1000 hp out of an m157 engine. (I do wonder if this kit could be made to fit an m278 engine, and if you could get 800hp. Talking […]