Probably better to put your money in the mechanicals rather than software and frippery.

Always best to have reliable mechanics - engine, gearbox, drive train - rather than the latest, soon to be next month's obsolete, software, and heated gimmickry

I wonder if the carbon footprint/emmisions at the power station generating the electricity to supply the trickle charger, and the factory that made the trickle charger cancels out the pollution generated at the car end when the stop/start system is inoperative . Makes you think!!

There's nothing special about a Mercedes or a Volvo. They are just cars with engines and batteries. Both abide by the laws of physics. If you don't use them the batteries will go flat. If you don't use them very much to keep the batteries in trim you can either trickle charge or run the cars once a ...

The manual says if you don't do a lot of mileage buy a charger or run the car for 15 minutes each week. I prefer to run my car for 15 minutes than waste money on a charger. I have next to no interest in the capacity or charge rate or percentage charge in the battery or any other spec. Just want to g...

I thought the stop/start worked off the support battery. How does charging the main battery get stop/ start working? I would be interested in getting one of these as my stop/start never seems to activate. For cars having the Stop/Start system the car has two batteries, a larger Starter battery and ...