MarkCL
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- Your Mercedes
- W211 E320 CDi Avantgarde
Well I'm on to my 4th now - had a C180 sport with manual g'box first and it impressed me enough that I started looking at MB as a make I wanted to try more cars from. Since then I've had two AMGs (C43 and CLK55) and my current E320CDi, which I've been really impressed with. Overall I've had my share of problems - a failed diff on the C43 and of course the rust issues, but overall the cars always managed to redeem themselves with their other characteristics and qualities so that now I'd happily keep having MBs as long as I can still afford to buy them
As to the the 7G g'box problems, I also had some harsh changes when the 'box is cold, but for the most part it behaves itself when warmed up so I forgive it the occasional jolting change from 2-1 - always get it on the downshifts, not on the upshifts though as far as I remember, and only from 2-1, no other gear. Guess there must be an answer out there somewhere, but other than that the 5 speed unit that I had in the CLK definitely felt smoother and I don't remember any bad shifts from that 'box.
Cheers,
Mark
As to the the 7G g'box problems, I also had some harsh changes when the 'box is cold, but for the most part it behaves itself when warmed up so I forgive it the occasional jolting change from 2-1 - always get it on the downshifts, not on the upshifts though as far as I remember, and only from 2-1, no other gear. Guess there must be an answer out there somewhere, but other than that the 5 speed unit that I had in the CLK definitely felt smoother and I don't remember any bad shifts from that 'box.
Cheers,
Mark