new car tomorrow morning-advice needed

[white van man]

picking up new mercedes tomorrow,first time i have ever "ticked" a Merc. ordered 220 cdi avantgarde se with sports pack. chose iridium silver as i think the c class looks best in this colour. wife will be main driver of the car as i drive a Sprinter during the day and tend not to drie that much after work!! mad i know but i also love my cars to be sound.trading in 53 Golf TDi with 22k on the clock,its not even 3 yr old until xmas eve! you can guess whta the przzie was back then.can any memebers shed any light as of to when and how soon the "foot" can be delivered to this new beast,are there any running in periods for a Merc to say maybe 2k or so,any help on this would be appreciated.thanks

 

[television]

All I will say is good luck with it,very nice car. Re running in, a drive down the motorway is always a good thing, other than that keep it running light.

Malcolm

 

[Blobcat]

You can follow the manufactures guidlines I'm sure there will be something in the handbook. However there is a school of thought that Hire cars are the best run in vehicles as they have many different drivers with differing driving styles. Don't labour the engine and when it's warmed up use the revs, decent fuel won't go amiss either. Enjoy

 

[Janice321]

Thats amazing! Im also picking up a new to me C220 CDI tomorrow morning. Its my first merc. and I'm selling (practically giving ) my Golf TDI to my son Its 7 years old with 85k on the clock and has been very reliable. Hope the merc gives similar service. Dont expect we will get the same MPG though.

 

[television]

Thats amazing! Im also picking up a new to me C220 CDI tomorrow morning. Its my first merc. and I'm selling (practically giving ) my Golf TDI to my son Its 7 years old with 85k on the clock and has been very reliable. Hope the merc gives similar service. Dont expect we will get the same MPG though.

Welcome to the forum, and you to enjoy your new toy, the MPG is pretty good.

Malcolm

 

[Janice321]

Thanks already enjoying the reads!

 

[television]

Thanks already enjoying the reads!

Its a mixture of serious and fun at times, I do promise you that you will learn much about the joys of owning and driving an MB, nothing else like it out there.

Malcolm

 

[white van man]

picked the car up yesterday morning,brilliant in every way,drive home was around 30 miles so i had a casual run on the motorway,no heavy accelaration at all just a nice purr!! wife wanted to go to teaco so i sat in the car and let it tick over for 20 mins,whilst walking round it a few thousand times!!
thanks for the replys and to Janice i hope your new car lived up to all your dreams as much as mine has.it was hard to part with my golf as it must have been with your but the difference in the smooth road ride will surely be the
winner in the long run.what colur did you buy janice!!

 

[flying haggis]

picking up new mercedes tomorrow,first time i have ever "ticked" a Merc. ordered 220 cdi avantgarde se with sports pack. chose iridium silver as i think the c class looks best in this colour. wife will be main driver of the car as i drive a Sprinter during the day and tend not to drie that much after work!! mad i know but i also love my cars to be sound.trading in 53 Golf TDi with 22k on the clock,its not even 3 yr old until xmas eve! you can guess whta the przzie was back then.can any memebers shed any light as of to when and how soon the "foot" can be delivered to this new beast,are there any running in periods for a Merc to say maybe 2k or so,any help on this would be appreciated.thanks

DONT treat it lightly as you would a petrol car but then again dont thrash but do drive moderatly hard or you will glaze the bores of the pistons

 

[television]

picked the car up yesterday morning,brilliant in every way,drive home was around 30 miles so i had a casual run on the motorway,no heavy accelaration at all just a nice purr!! wife wanted to go to teaco so i sat in the car and let it tick over for 20 mins,whilst walking round it a few thousand times!!
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Please excuse me from saying this but you should not leave the car at idle for 20 mins, its not good for the engine, as it is an un natural state or condition and does not bear any resemblance to being driven.

Malcolm

 

[Janice321]

Hello White Van man! Our car was 2nd hand so dident have a great choice in colours. The car is a very dark metallic blue, almost black . (dont know the official colours name.) I need to find out from the agents I intended to buy a touch up pencil or pehaps being a Merc. I dont not need one?
So far very impressed with the car but I'm up till 2am every night reading the hand book and I'm only on the first chapter!

 

[Blobcat]

Hello White Van man! Our car was 2nd hand so dident have a great choice in colours. The car is a very dark metallic blue, almost black . (dont know the official colours name.) I need to find out from the agents I intended to buy a touch up pencil or pehaps being a Merc. I dont not need one?
So far very impressed with the car but I'm up till 2am every night reading the hand book and I'm only on the first chapter!

You can get the colour buy putting your Vin No. into the attached; http://www.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng
Glad to see your reading the manual, it is an invaluable source of information

 

[Janice321]

Thanks Blobcat Very impressed! The colour is tanzanite met. blue (where do they get the names from?)
Dident know the russians had such good satallites! (spelling!)