What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[Jimbo1959]

£7-800 I guess, quite hard to value with any degree of accuracy

Well I definitely stole them then.

After I've finished with them they may well look like that value but, for once, I've won a watch, lol.

 

[00slk]

Never thought I'd ever say this but R230's as everyday cars are just unreliable money pits! Seriously getting very dissulutioned with them now



ABC oil everywhere!



Looks like it has burst a pipe somewhere, we're not a happy couple I'm afraid right now

 

[McDonald]

Never thought I'd ever say this but R230's as everyday cars are just unreliable money pits! Seriously getting very disillusioned with them. Looks like it has burst a pipe somewhere, we're not a happy couple I'm afraid right now

Sorry you're getting grief. We're not running new cars, there will be issues. Just try, in your mind, to offset the cost against the depreciation on a new Vauxhall Astra. And I know where I'd rather be. Four years ago, we spent £23,000 on my wife's Astra GTC.
It now seems to be worth about £7,000. By any measure my R230 is giving good value.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Never thought I'd ever say this but R230's as everyday cars are just unreliable money pits! Seriously getting very dissulutioned with them now

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ABC oil everywhere!

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Looks like it has burst a pipe somewhere, we're not a happy couple I'm afraid right now

Unfortunately I know those feelings only too well Peter...

 

[Craiglxviii]

Never thought I'd ever say this but R230's as everyday cars are just unreliable money pits! Seriously getting very dissulutioned with them now

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ABC oil everywhere!

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Looks like it has burst a pipe somewhere, we're not a happy couple I'm afraid right now

I can foresee a trip to Welwyn or Stowemarket in your future...

 

[LostKiwi]

Gutted for you Peter.
One thing to bear in mind is that your most recent troubles were wheel related so could equally easily have happened in any other car.
I bet it's gutting that you'd sorted the one that got written off though.

 

[A.J.]

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Picked up a set of alloys which will become my winter set. The vendor claimed that they were less than six months old and he was only selling them because he'd sold the car they were fitted too, and, if that's the case, I think I stole them.

Normally I'm not much of a fan of black but these actually look very presentable now that I've given them a wash. In fact, once I've polished them up I think they'll look great on the car.

Two have 5/6 mm tread depth, pretty good, with Conti's on. The other two, have Conti's again that're approx 3.5/4 mm which will do until I can afford a couple of winter spec tyres (next month) for the back.

As soon as I've got them finished, touched up, polished and balanced, I'll post some pictures of them mounted on the car.

You'll want some winter rubber won't you Jim. I wouldn't want to spend the winter on 4mm, particularly in your neck of the woods.

 

[SmartAmg]

Nowt yet, scared to.

 

[JBell]

£7-800 I guess, quite hard to value with any degree of accuracy

Wheels are £400 new, second hand tyres £25-50 each

Look a lovely set of wheels

 

[flowrider]

£7-800 I guess, quite hard to value with any degree of accuracy

Generous.....I would think around £250 - £300 as the tyres are getting low. Are they aftermarket of Mercedes wheels, they look aftermarket to me hence my valuation.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Generous.....I would think around £250 - £300 as the tyres are getting low. Are they aftermarket of Mercedes wheels, they look aftermarket to me hence my valuation.

Whispers.......don’t burst his bubble...just mean

 

[SmartAmg]

Just showroom shined
(Grease Lightning) me car,
took me 40 minutes, and
even though I say so myself, looks damn fine.

 

[Craiglxviii]

Just showroom shined
(Grease Lightning) me car,
took me 40 minutes, and
even though I say so myself, looks damn fine.

Have you clayed it?

 

[Srdl]

Tidied the garage and took a load to the tip in it Yes, I know, but some things were just too long to go in the Mini. Quite an impressive load space with the rear seats folded.

 

[SmartAmg]

Have you clayed it?

No. Clayed it a few weeks ago, well clay mitted it.

 

[00slk]

Sorry you're getting grief. We're not running new cars, there will be issues. Just try, in your mind, to offset the cost against the depreciation on a new Vauxhall Astra. And I know where I'd rather be. Four years ago, we spent £23,000 on my wife's Astra GTC.
It now seems to be worth about £7,000. By any measure my R230 is giving good value.

Yes I know, its just happening at a time when we are having to rely so dependently on the cars at the moment and with a thousand and one things on our plate the shoulders are drooping quickly......There is a bright side, we still love these things

 

[00slk]

Unfortunately I know those feelings only too well Peter...

Its funny how we can relate to certain things John

 

[00slk]

I can foresee a trip to Welwyn or Stowemarket in your future...

Welwyn is where it has spent a lot of it care in the past Craig
However it will have a new carer once I call Giles with my stories of woo

 

[00slk]

Gutted for you Peter.
One thing to bear in mind is that your most recent troubles were wheel related so could equally easily have happened in any other car.
I bet it's gutting that you'd sorted the one that got written off though.

Thanks Kiwi from another Kiwi.....We're built of strong stuff though
To be fair the tyre and rim issue was all my doing and nothing to do with the cars fault, I've got so much on our plates at present and I am neglecting all the cars My tyre problem was due to me not realising the difference between a flat tyre and a wheel alignment problem. The flat tyre finally gave up on me and although I knew the rim was cracked I just didn't bother putting two and two together which equalled leaking and flat tyre

I was lucky when I drove the 500 home this morning that the leak only happened when I pulled up in front of the garage, the oil squirted out under extreme pressure and covered all the ABC tank area, seems to be shooting straight up at the bonnet. It'll have to have a good clean to fine the source.
I'll load her onto the lorry and take it to Giles, he'll start becoming a real ABC expert with our cars soon lol

Our old SL is all fixed and the chap is well chuffed with it

 

[John Laidlaw]

Thanks Kiwi from another Kiwi.....We're built of strong stuff though
To be fair the tyre and rim issue was all my doing and nothing to do with the cars fault, I've got so much on our plates at present and I am neglecting all the cars My tyre problem was due to me not realising the difference between a flat tyre and a wheel alignment problem. The flat tyre finally gave up on me and although I knew the rim was cracked I just didn't bother putting two and two together which equalled leaking and flat tyre

I was lucky when I drove the 500 home this morning that the leak only happened when I pulled up in front of the garage, the oil squirted out under extreme pressure and covered all the ABC tank area, seems to be shooting straight up at the bonnet. It'll have to have a good clean to fine the source.
I'll load her onto the lorry and take it to Giles, he'll start becoming a real ABC expert with our cars soon lol

Our old SL is all fixed and the chap is well chuffed with it

Will you still make the Mallory Park do, Peter? Looking epic.....