Originally Posted by Gilly

That's fine that you feel a combination filter design is better, Alex. But if your car has the dust filter/charcoal filter design, there's not much you can do about it.
Will the combination filter they introduced into the ML fit the older ML's? I thought it had a different shape.
Oh, the filters behind the glovebox on the 210 is the DUST filter, not a "pollen" filter. The activated charcoal filter is the one that can filter out pollen.
For those who don't do their own work, one way to make sure everything is done when required is to at least be aware of the maintenance schedule (usually there is a maintenance book which lists everytrhing) and save your old work orders and before even making an appointment, be aware of what will need to be done, you don't have to be a mechanic to do this. So for example you see on the schedule "Brake Flush-Every 2 Years", look in your records and see when the brake flush was last done. YOU can even decide "Hey, it will be 2 years in another month, let's do it", then when you bring the car in you can tell the service writer you want the brake flush done. You can avoid some of the calls later on doing it this way too (some calls will still be needed for things they find wrong, brake pads, serpentine belts, etc).
Gilly