As I moved out of the reach of the idiot that tried to punch me....

[sausage]

.....(continuing from the title)...

My foot came off the brake pedal and I rolling into the back of a Landrover.

I need a new front grill.
Merc SL 350 2009

Plenty on ebay for £100 after market ones.

Has anyone got any experience of these products? Any tips? Opinions?
Many thanks
Mark

 

[A.J.]

Road rage then Mark ? What rattled him then.

 

[rorywquin]

There I was thinking about a nice boxing / martial arts move and a counter punch......so disappointed but sorry about the damage. Might have been cheaper to take one for the car......

 

[LostKiwi]

I believe @SmartAmg has experience of third party grilles.
Our 230 (ex Malcolm aka television) has a third party grille and it seems ok.

 

[SmartAmg]

Yep, got my grill of fleabay, no problems at all and was a good fit.

 

[sausage]

Thanks everyone. I'll give it a go if I can get one for the 2008 style front.

Yep, road rage. Apparently when one is driving at the speed limit that can anger some people.

 

[sausage]

Quick question: Do are large three pointed stars separate and the replacement grills just fit over the existing star? The grill I have found has no star.
Thanks
Mark

 

[rorywquin]

Quick question: Do are large three pointed stars separate and the replacement grills just fit over the existing star? The grill I have found has no star.
Thanks
Mark

If the star has any smart stuff in it, be wary of aftermarket grilles. Apparently there can be alignment issues (radar ??)

 

[sausage]

Thanks Roryquin.

Update: Yes, use the existing star on my car.

 

[Dean Fletcher]

Quick question: Do are large three pointed stars separate and the replacement grills just fit over the existing star? The grill I have found has no star.
Thanks
Mark

When I bought mine I had to purchase the start separately but from the same supplier.

 

[Dean Fletcher]

Thanks Roryquin.

Update: Yes, use the existing star on my car.

My old star wouldn’t fit the new grille. Unless you get a original grille then should be fine

 

[mioba]

Thanks everyone. I'll give it a go if I can get one for the 2008 style front.

Yep, road rage. Apparently when one is driving at the speed limit that can anger some people.

That annoys the hell out me esp considering now there are avg speed cameras eveywhere.
Thats why I love cruise control. I always set it to the limit and it infuriates me when you have some mong flying up behind you pestering you to get out the way or move faster.

 

[rorywquin]

That annoys the hell out me esp considering now there are avg speed cameras eveywhere.
Thats why I love cruise control. I always set it to the limit and it infuriates me when you have some mong flying up behind you pestering you to get out the way or move faster.

Why don’t you simply let them pass? As a good and responsible driver, you will have no doubt been checking your rearview mirrors and seen them approaching.

It could be an emergency!

Nothing worse than being stuck behind a car on cc doing 70mph, passing another car on cc doing 69.5mph. Both drivers staring at their fuel economy gauge instead of checking the rearview mirrors.
It is not safe for any of the 3 cars involved and causes a lot of the congestion we see.

It is not our job to force other people not to speed.

I watch my reaview mirrors and move over well in time to let them past (I don’t care about the reason why they are going faster than me). Rather have them gone

I suspect that a lot of cc users are not 100% confident on how to use them (e.g. my wife never uses hers) and once they get the cc set they don’t want to reset the cc.

 

[Naraic]

Why don’t you simply let them pass? As a good and responsible driver, you will have no doubt been checking your rearview mirrors and seen them approaching.

It could be an emergency!

Nothing worse than being stuck behind a car on cc doing 70mph, passing another car on cc doing 69.5mph. Both drivers staring at their fuel economy gauge instead of checking the rearview mirrors.
It is not safe for any of the 3 cars involved and causes a lot of the congestion we see.

It is not our job to force other people not to speed.

I watch my reaview mirrors and move over well in time to let them past (I don’t care about the reason why they are going faster than me). Rather have them gone

I suspect that a lot of cc users are not 100% confident on how to use them (e.g. my wife never uses hers) and once they get the cc set they don’t want to reset the cc.

The OP could have been on a two lane road...otherwise I would agree with you.

 

[A.J.]

That annoys the hell out me esp considering now there are avg speed cameras eveywhere.
Thats why I love cruise control. I always set it to the limit and it infuriates me when you have some mong flying up behind you pestering you to get out the way or move faster.

That is exactly my attitude. I use my cruise control everywhere whether it be 20mph right through to 70mph. The law is the law !. If these young scrotes don’t have respect for the speed limits, they are there for a very good reason, they just have to wait behind me, if they feel they have to do some death defying stunt to get by me let them get on with it that’s their decision. All I ask is that they don’t place me in danger me while carrying out their stunts

 

[s5tuart]

All I ask is that they don’t place me in danger me while carrying out their stunts

Unfortunately there is a strong likelihood of that.
I prefer to give them enough rope......

 

[rorywquin]

The OP could have been on a two lane road...otherwise I would agree with you

Agreed - however, I was not referring to the op but a comment further down & generalising.

Many slow drivers seem to think that it is their right & duty to slow down faster cars. I like them (faster cars) to be on their way.

I was taught that I should avoid doing anything that causes other road users to have to change speed or direction (regardless as to whether or not they are obeying the road rules).

I recall travelling on the I15 (Vegas to San Diego) and my wife deciding to block an 18 wheeler changing lanes because she had “the right of way” . I yelled at her to give way as the 18 wheeler wasn’t going to.

Completely out of character for her. I’ve still not worked out what was going on that day.

Too many accidents could actually have been avoided.

 

[rorywquin]

That is exactly my attitude. I use my cruise control everywhere whether it be 20mph right through to 70mph. The law is the law !. If these young scrotes don’t have respect for the speed limits, they are there for a very good reason, they just have to wait behind me, if they feel they have to do some death defying stunt to get by me let them get on with it that’s their decision. All I ask is that they don’t place me in danger me while carrying out their stunts

AJ - how would you feel if (because you were blocking him) that ‘scrote' illegally passed you and hit a pedestrian?

You were actually in control of the situation and hypothetically, had you let him pass, the pedestrian would have been fine. Scrote may or may not care but for the rest of your life, you will be thinking “if only”......

As long as you are blocking them, you are putting yourself in exactly the position that you do not want to be in (at risk).

 

[A.J.]

AJ - how would you feel if (because you were blocking him) that ‘scrote' illegally passed you and hit a pedestrian?

You were actually in control of the situation and hypothetically, had you let him pass, the pedestrian would have been fine. Scrote may or may not care but for the rest of your life, you will be thinking “if only”......

As long as you are blocking them, you are putting yourself in exactly the position that you do not want to be in (at risk).

I am not sure ‘Blocking’ him is the correct term to use. I am just not prepared to break the law because he/she is trying to put me under pressure to speed up. To keep to the left of the carriage way, of course I would if it was safe to do so.

I am just saying that I am not prepared to allow these idiots to push me around so they can put me and everybody else at risk through their bad driving. I know it is a lot to ask but they must learn that their behaviour is not acceptable

With the advent of Dash Cams you would have thought that they would think twice about the way they were driving

 

[rorywquin]

I am not sure ‘Blocking’ him is the correct term to use. I am just not prepared to break the law because he/she is trying to put me under pressure to speed up. To keep to the left of the carriage way, of course I would if it was safe to do so.

I am just saying that I am not prepared to allow these idiots to push me around so they can put me and everybody else at risk through their bad driving. I know it is a lot to ask but they must learn that their behaviour is not acceptable

With the advent of Dash Cams you would have thought that they would think twice about the way they were driving

AJ - deflecting a bit from the gist of the point I was making.

Your role on the road is not to monitor / police / control the behaviour of other motorists and it could lead to unintended consequences.