Strange but true

[S.Speed]

Well what do you know?
Last week I had my wing mirror smashed by a oncoming car on my side of the road..
To cut a long story short the broken mirror glass was ordered from mercedes and after taking my reg they told me the following..
1. My car has the auto dimming glass (which as you know is expensive)..
2. My car has the Powerfold mirrors????

To answer these points:
1. It turns out that my car does NOT have the auto dim mirror.. I have installed what I was given and yes it does auto dim but the original one was definately NOT the auto dim veriety. The mirror on the passenger door is standard and doesn't auto dim... Incidentally you can tell the auto dim sort just by looking.. If it has a black plastic surround to the mirror glass then it IS the auto dim sort..
If not then it isn't.
If the auto dim mirrors were not so damned expensive, I would consider replaceing the passenger side, but I cannot justify £290 + VAT for a mirror !!

On the subject of the replacement mirror.. A Big thank you to Ian B Walker (off this forum) for his expertise and invaluable help in replaceing the broken parts.. As usual he was extremely helpful (actually he did all the work, I just watched)..

2. Despite a quite heated "chat" with the guy at the mercedes dealership my car does NOT have Powerfold mirrors. On this I am 100% certain.

My point is that to me it looks like the Data they have on your car is not always 100% accurate!

Makes me wonder what other little points are also incorrect..
I welcome any thoughts and comments

 

[television]

Dimming mirrors are never fitted to the passenger side, in the case of your drivers side, as it is wired and it works, it has probably been broken before and replaced with a non dimming one, owing to the price.

 

[S.Speed]

Ah when you put it that way its very logical..
Thanks Malcom

 

[Cole@MBS]

Dimming mirrors are never fitted to the passenger side, in the case of your drivers side, as it is wired and it works, it has probably been broken before and replaced with a non dimming one, owing to the price.

Sorry young Man, my c320 had all three mirrors which were dimmers!

 

[television]

Sorry young Man, my c320 had all three mirrors which were dimmers!

That is not normal, and never seen another one with that, this is pointed out in WIS

Even the E, S and SL does not have this option, sure I could fit one, but that is different

 

[Cole@MBS]

She had them!!

But then it did have more extras than most!!!

 

[xavierx]

Just stumbled on this old post. Sorry to drag an old thread out from the dead, but I would just like to add that my E320 W211 does indeed have all 3 mirrors auto-dimming (a very nice feature it is!)

 

[Cole@MBS]

Theres a few out there!!!

 

[television]

Take care of the glass, as they cost up to £300

 

[dougjoy]

My w210 E300TD has all three autodip mirrors still working perfectly, I can't see the reason for only doing one mirror as any one non dip would negate the effect of the other two.

 

[television]

My w210 E300TD has all three autodip mirrors still working perfectly, I can't see the reason for only doing one mirror as any one non dip would negate the effect of the other two.

Not always true as you could find that having just one non dimming is useful at times , the passenger is too far away to cause any problem

 

[nialler]

Yup my S has all three dimming, they get quite hot also when the demister is on.

 

[jberks]

Well I feel cheated. Drivers and interior mirrors are autodip but the passengers isn't. Same went for my 210.
Actually - I had a quick look at the price list for the new model and to quote the avantgarde model
"Auto dimming rear view mirror and driver’s door mirror". There is no option of a passengers.
I don't believe they ever offered a passengers auto dimming mirror so if you had one it was an after market add-on.

 

[television]

Well I feel cheated. Drivers and interior mirrors are autodip but the passengers isn't. Same went for my 210.
Actually - I had a quick look at the price list for the new model and to quote the avantgarde model
"Auto dimming rear view mirror and driver’s door mirror". There is no option of a passengers.
I don't believe they ever offered a passengers auto dimming mirror so if you had one it was an after market add-on.

Do not feel cheated as the passenger dimming mirror has been done after. It is not even on the extra's list for any car that I know of

 

[harpersimon]

The mirror cost for the drivers side is rediculous!! Just got a price as need to replace the passenger side. £50 for that, £250 for the drivers.. nearly fell off my perch

 

[television]

The mirror cost for the drivers side is rediculous!! Just got a price as need to replace the passenger side. £50 for that, £250 for the drivers.. nearly fell off my perch

Go to euromerc.com or Ebay,,plenty cheap on there