What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[LostKiwi]

Oilseed rape is a killer round here at the moment, drove down to Croydon at the weekend and by the time o got home my car had turned from Bronze to bronze ish gold

Don't tell Craig. He'll be down there to get a gold top-up on his 211!

 

[V6Matty]

Don't tell Craig. He'll be down there to get a gold top-up on his 211!

Don't think goldenrod can get much more gold can it

 

[LostKiwi]

Don't think goldenrod can get much more gold can it

Maybe if he parked it in the middle of the field he'd lose it...or we could park it for him.

 

[V6Matty]

Maybe if he parked it in the middle of the field he'd lose it...or we could park it for him.

Now that sounds like a plan, fair few fields to choose from around me, sucks to have hay fever right now!?!

 

[jp williams]

Not today but yesterday the 210 did another faultless 500mile run fully laden laden returning 28.5mpg at an average speed of 71mph

Today fired up the 129. Once again first turn of the key and she purred into life.
Also taxed the Smart Roadster and took her out for a run. After an hour running about the ABS light came on. Seems the yaw sensor has failed (possible wet under the carpets). Other than that it ran beautifully.

Watched the Sahara sand cover the car after a heavy thunderstorm in Andalucia last night.
Just arrived after a faultless run via Channel Tunnel, Normandy, Orleans, Cleremont Ferrand, Aquaduc de Garabit, Aquaduc de Millau, Narbonne, Barcelona, Castillon, Valencia and Granada. 1783 miles over four days at 54mph average, giving 51.6 mpg and clocking in excess of 220,000 miles.

 

[JBell]

That feeling is well known to me living 500 yards from the sea wall !!

I am not much further away, 4min walk to the beach for me

 

[C350Carl]

I am not much further away, 4min walk to the beach for me

I don’t need to walk anywhere. The beach comes to me over here courtesy of sandstorms.

 

[LostKiwi]

I don’t need to walk anywhere. The beach comes to me over here courtesy of sandstorms.

I thought you lived on the beach? Just a very very big one...
(Much as when I stayed in Alice Springs the guys there said they were lucky living on the worlds largest beach - 1200 miles inn every direction)

 

[C350Carl]

I thought you lived on the beach? Just a very very big one...
(Much as when I stayed in Alice Springs the guys there said they were lucky living on the worlds largest beach - 1200 miles inn every direction)

They do have a couple of tarmac roads. But that’s about it!

 

[A.J.]

I thought you lived on the beach? Just a very very big one...
(Much as when I stayed in Alice Springs the guys there said they were lucky living on the worlds largest beach - 1200 miles inn every direction)

A friend of mine whilst in Australia was enticed into a trip to Alice Springs, when he got there he said there was pretty much nothing there !!

 

[Craiglxviii]

Don't tell Craig. He'll be down there to get a gold top-up on his 211!

Plenty of rapeyseed all around us...

 

[LostKiwi]

A friend of mine whilst in Australia was enticed into a trip to Alice Springs, when he got there he said there was pretty much nothing there !!

Yeah it is quiet but I loved it there. Some of the best swimming I've ever had!
The regatta looks quite something but I missed it sadly....

 

[flowrider]

The SL air conditioning stopped working so today I had it tested and regassed by www.wechillanycar.com. The SL had just 119g of refrigerant and 2g of oil remaining and was filled with 920g of refrigerant and 10g of oil.

 

[sl500amgsport]

The SL air conditioning stopped working so today I had it tested and regassed by www.wechillanycar.com. The SL had just 119g of refrigerant and 2g of oil remaining and was filled with 920g of refrigerant and 10g of oil.

Interesting, if you dont mind me asking, how long had it been since the last recharge and how much was the service?

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[flowrider]

Interesting, if you dont mind me asking, how long had it been since the last recharge and how much was the service?

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I have no record of when it was last done, I have only had the SL since November 2016. The cost was £74.99 including a £5 discount as we had 2 cars done at the same time.

 

[ZZZZ]

Ordered two rear springs, to match the new higher clearance at the front ...
Got just over £25 off of the list price for the pair, from MB Edinburgh, which is not bad at all

 

[Wighty]

Just checked the Clk lights for mot on Friday . Only one rear fog light on the drivers side works , if I swap the left and right bulb still the same one lights up , so I'm guessing that's as its meant to be ??
Just shows I have a memory that must be only 51 weeks long because I check the lights every year and I dont remember this being the case last year .
Anyone with a better memory confirm this .

 

[flowrider]

Just checked the Clk lights for mot on Friday . Only one rear fog light on the drivers side works , if I swap the left and right bulb still the same one lights up , so I'm guessing that's as its meant to be ??
Just shows I have a memory that must be only 51 weeks long because I check the lights every year and I dont remember this being the case last year .
Anyone with a better memory confirm this .

Every MB I have owned has only had one rear fog light. Come to think of it I haven't checked the SL but I assume it is the same.

 

[ZZZZ]

Yup, nothing to worry about - only single rear fog light is actuated, even though there are both bulbs present - redundancy.

 

[Wighty]

Thanks Flowrider and GLK , I'll make a note on my calendar so I remember next year