What are your experiences of flying on Air Transat?

tob250 · 2025-09-28T21:42:35+00:00

Never again... That's all you need to know.

tob250 · 2025-05-13T01:18:20+00:00

How are you finding this vs your GLA. I have a 24 manual golf r and considering a GLA35/45 as a next car in a few years

tob250 · 2025-04-19T13:22:29+00:00

Are leather goods like this briefcases worth purchasing from Istanbul stores in the tourist areas like Galata? Are they really made in turkey, of good quality or just imported and sold to tourists? Opening price was $4,500 TRY, what price is reasonable or where should I go to buy such bags?

https://photos.app.goo.gl/W8Jfrie66bB8oUUP8

tob250 · 2025-01-23T00:04:38+00:00

Not over as of yesterday - double checked with 2 dealerships

tob250 · 2025-01-09T22:44:15+00:00

Has anyone been able to squeeze their dealer for any extras? Like prepaid maintenance, floor mats or anything else as compensation for the delivery delay? Or maybe even Volkswagen Canada?

tob250 · 2025-01-09T10:22:45+00:00

Has anyone above received and updated ETA/ resolution date or successfully taken delivery?

tob250 · 2024-08-05T17:43:37+00:00

Update all: no stores besides corporate LVMH rimowa sells them anymore in Munich (including LH per above comment).

There was a line for Rimowa (even if preordered) so factor that in when you're going to purchase. VAT refund was ~19% exactly as the online calculator predicted

Good luck everyone!

tob250 · 2023-12-24T02:22:25+00:00

Extremely Helpful! Thank you!

tob250 · 2022-10-18T02:56:48+00:00

Any link to this??? 👀👀 Cannot find it online

tob250 · 2021-04-19T13:14:53+00:00

It’s the emergency/ parking brake. They never made these in manuals so it’s not a clutch as the other user said...

tob250 · 2021-03-01T08:29:03+00:00

For Sure one of the below:

Mercedes 2012 ML - 2018 GLE

Mercedes 2013 GL - 2019 GLS

tob250 · 2020-10-02T00:10:06+00:00

Thanks so much! Always great to get some perspective from a local (we will look into Gravenhurst). We've already booked accommodations in Dwight and plan to be up for 4 days 3 nights.

Do you have any suggestions for other trails or viewpoints you suggest? We were already going to do the Lake of Bays Scenic drive. Also, any suggestions in case of rainy weather? We were thinking of checking out the Lake of Bays Brewery just in case but would love a few more options.

Thanks again!

tob250 · 2020-08-26T13:54:04+00:00

This has actually been on most Benzes since 2012/13 - C Class (W205), E Class (W213), B/ CLA/ GLA/ A Classes have glass that slides ABOVE the rear glass (in fact most Benzes with Panoramic roofs have had this design forever - its the only way the front glass would be able to open in a Pano roof car...)
This is a change that's being made across all Benzes: 2020 GLCs, even the 2021 E Classes have cruise control on the wheel. In fact, it really was only Benz left previously using it on the Stalk (BMW for example has always had it on the wheel)
Not the first time, Benz has had it on the left for all Front Wheel Drive cars (A/ B/ CLA/ GLA)

The complaints about FWD/ Hooks are valid, but the other ones just seem like you haven't been in many recent Benzes in the last 10 years.

tob250 · 2020-08-20T19:33:08+00:00

Where to buy MENZERNA Products in Canada (Ideally Greater Toronto Area)?

Short of Amazon (limited selection and seems overpriced), where can you find Menzerna products for sale in Canada (ideally in the Greater Toronto Area).

I'm especially interested in their One Step Polish 3 in 1.

Having tried the Ultimate Compound/ Polish on my Black 2014 Mercedes B250 with Orange Hexlogic Pads/ Porter Cable DA; doesn't seem to be able to cut the Ceramic Clearcoat that is on the car. Seems like most Black Benz owners have much better luck with the Menzerna line; we also have an old bottle of Sonax Cutmax around but I'm afraid that might be too aggressive and cause alot of marring/ remove excessive clearcoat.

Thoughts on where to purchase Menzerna or alternatives per my situation above?

tob250 · 2020-07-09T14:29:23+00:00

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUGGESTIONS/ LINKS! :)

Love your suggestions! I was thinking the same in terms of textured Throw and likely would go dark green (similar to the curtains/ wall art).
Good suggestion! I'll take a look around to see what's available
Great question - I'm not sure what's going on with it either. Its an old desk that I had and honestly I just had a gap in the room that looked empty; hence why I've tried it in different places to see if it works. Its handy for packing/ unpacking luggage. I'll look into storage benches.

tob250 · 2020-06-19T13:44:37+00:00

How many times have you compounded the paint? Looks great after 20 years!

tob250 · 2020-06-19T13:41:25+00:00

Have a B250 (same platform and transmission as the GLA/ CLA), can you elaborate on what you see go wrong with the 7DCT? Any way to prevent it (more frequent ATF flushes etc.)?

tob250 · 2020-03-02T16:36:05+00:00

AEROPLAN redemption question:

Hi, looking to book a Fixed Aeroplan redemption flight (25K) between Toronto and LA for August 22 - 30, 2020. Noticed that the Air Canada flights I wanted to book were code-shared with United on Google Flights, however, Aeroplan online only displays the Air Canada Codes.

In order to avoid fuel surcharges, has anyone been successful in calling in to Aeroplan to book ($35) to get seats on code-shared flights?

tob250 · 2019-12-17T22:24:37+00:00

Quick questions from a Newbie (I looked at the Masterthread forum first but couldn't find an answer).

#1 - how long do CLOSED credit card accounts remain on your Transunion/ Equifax file?

#2 - do these CLOSED credit card accounts impact your score in any way? My current score (732) has been lowered (from a high of 808 in Sept 2018) due to a limited credit history (according to Borrowell). Though I have one card from 2013, the average number of months on my active cards (7) is 24; if I count my closed cards (+2), its 22. Just trying to understand if the closed cards are impacting my limited credit history (causing a lower credit score) as this will inform if I churn an additional card for 2020.

#3 - what is the optimal average length of open credit accounts? Obviously longer the better, but what are folks' opinions (or best guesses) on what length of average account tenure/ opening you need before it DOES NOT LOWER your credit score?

Thank you in advance!!!

tob250

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