Hello

[scousetechie]

Hope I'm in the right forum. I just wanted to say hello, I've been lurking here for a couple of months so I thought I'd join, I'm running a C200 sport estate (1997) and I've had it for 6 years now (sorry I can't get the hang of the "W" numbers) I do about 30K miles per year and I can honestly say that this car is ****** wonderful!! I've got about 135K on the clock now and she still runs sweetly. I have never had a vehicle for more than 3 years in my life but I'm so pleased with this one that I'm hanging on to it!

 

[littlebrooklyn]

Welcome to the forum

I have been lurking for about 8 months now I think.

I also have noooooo idea what all this W stuff is, I just read the posts and wonder what on earth they are talking about

 

[television]

For the best part they are very nice cars, when you think of the amount of them still running in the world, in Spain for instance the taxis do over
500.000km and still going strong, anyway what could you replace it with.
The only ones on this site are the few that do get problems and many of these faults are man made.

Malcolm

W = with it

 

[robbo]

I also have noooooo idea what all this W stuff is, I just read the posts and wonder what on earth they are talking about

They are the model codes.

Here's a list I got from another forum:

C169 A-Class 3 door
W169 A-Class 5 door
T245 B-Class
W203 C-Class Saloon
S203 C-Class Estate
CL203 C-Class Sport Coupe
C209 CLK Coupe
A209 CLK Cabriolet
R171 SLK
W211 E-Class Saloon
S211 E-Class Estate
C219 CLS
W220 outgoing S-Class
V220 outgoing S-Class LWB
W221 new S-Class
V221 new S-Class LWB
C215 CL
R230 SL
W240 Maybach 57
V240 Maybach 62
C199 SLR
W164 new M-Class
X164 new GL-Class
W251 new R-Class SWB
V251 new R-Class LWB

 

[littlebrooklyn]

So I have an S203 in my car then

 

[angus falconer]

Hi Scousetechie,

Welcome

I think yours is a W202 - W203 is the current model

 

[tom7035]

Hope I'm in the right forum. I just wanted to say hello, I've been lurking here for a couple of months so I thought I'd join, I'm running a C200 sport estate (1997) and I've had it for 6 years now (sorry I can't get the hang of the "W" numbers) I do about 30K miles per year and I can honestly say that this car is ****** wonderful!! I've got about 135K on the clock now and she still runs sweetly. I have never had a vehicle for more than 3 years in my life but I'm so pleased with this one that I'm hanging on to it!

The 'W' refers to the chassis type. The best of them all by popular vote was the W124, which ended circa '95 or '96 (especially the estate). It is said that after these, MB 'died'.