johndhenry

68 Mercury Cougar (white with black top) 72 BMW 2002 (great car...ran and ran and ran) 79 Mercedes 6.9 (best car I've ever owned) 86 Mercedes 560SL (great car) 92 BMW 750iL (worst car I've ever owned...mechanic's best friend) 99 E320 4Matic Wagon (still going strong snow car but quality has dropped) 00 SC430 (OK -current city car)

We use the Mercedes Britex 'Baby Smart' car seats which fit both my wife's benz wagon and the sc430 back seat...both a toddler one and a baby one (two different styles for the differing ages of my two little girls.) The only place I've seen the baby one is at Mercedes...even the Britex web site does not show it. It comes in two pieces...the seat base and a harness piece which fits over the base. John Henry Walnut Creek

I live in the Bay Area and have a place at Lake Tahoe. California requires that I keep and use chains during bad (unpredictable) weather. I have the Lexus factory standard wheels with regular (non-run-flat) tires. Does anyone have any experience and/or advice with snow chains which they could share? Also, what is the 'best' type of chain to purchase? Thanks! John Walnut Creek

I purchased the Nokia new Nokia 6310i phone ($100) and the companion Lexus system ($3,900 installed) and it is terrible. The system works great when the car is not in motion. However, once the car goes more than 3 mph the system's funtions freeze....Said differently, you can only recieve a call when in motion. You cannot: *make a call (unless it is one of 10 pre-programed numbers), *manipulate vmails (forward, delete, respond), or *conference another party into an existent call. I am told that this is because the phone system is a slave to the navigation system the Lexus' lawyers don't want you 'playing' with the screen buttons while in motion! This system is a $4,000 waiste of $ as it is useless....as I now have reverted to the free earbud which came with the Nokia. I own a Mercedes and a BMW and neither of these car's integrated phones operate like this...and I can't believe that this system is not designed for todays business executive/commuter. The Lexus dealer said I am eligable for a free upgrade when the release it in the next 6 months but can't tell me if these issues will even be addressed by then....but time will tell if this is true. Has anyone else encountered this?