What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[Wighty]

Booked the SL500 in for the first B service in my ownership. Looking through the service book and it seems that some things have never been done/changed - like the spark plugs, or not done at the scheduled time - like the brake fluid.
This might be expensive!
Wish me luck!

Might be expensive ??? (Good luck though)

 

[LostKiwi]

170 out for the commute to work , all 3 minutes of it via the petrol station as I had forgotten id run it low when using it last , the traction control seems a bit over enthusiastic to me , anyone else find that in their 170 ??

Used the 230 yesterday. Virtually impossible not to get the idiot light flashing....

 

[bembo449]

nice to know its not just me then

 

[flowrider]

Used the 230 yesterday. Virtually impossible not to get the idiot light flashing....

80% the performance of an SL55 for 50% of the running costs.

 

[Blobcat]

80% the performance of an SL55 for 50% of the running costs.

Which is why I drive an SLK as a daily as it drops again

 

[00slk]

Was that on the HUD...

 

[00slk]

nice to know its not just me then

That's what my Missus says about both the SL's, certainly can not fault her

 

[bembo449]

in just about every car ive ever owned I could feel the car break traction , in a 170 the TC lights more like a sodding disco strobe , only very rarely actually feel any slip

 

[Craiglxviii]

Used the 230 yesterday. Virtually impossible not to get the idiot light flashing....

You SO need Sharks...

 

[LostKiwi]

You SO need Sharks...

They don't make them in the right size (285/35/19)

 

[00slk]

A week away and not been able once to drop the top Good old Blighty

 

[daveenty]

Just given mine a quick clean up, mainly just getting the dust and rain marks off it as it's been parked up for a bit and I'm supposed to be going out for a bit of a breakfast meet in the morning.

It's now started lashing down, so back to square one.

 

[ajlsl600]

finished stripping out the old Aclass. shell to cut up, eng /tanny to workshop for t/chain and tensioner change then in store ,having undestood process i will do the running A class soon as weather gets better , and run the clk for a while , i am off to the uk with Vdoz in two weeks .MOT and possible sale.. i am in two minds over that at the moment.

 

[LostKiwi]

possible sale

 

[ajlsl600]

i am not quite comitted to that yet. but despite the earlier failure i still have my eye on a marlin/javalin/ng tf or similar, i am starting to feel that they might be more fun,easier and more ecconomic to fix and run. at least you could tow it home, and the possibility of the front wheels eating the arches or brakes deciding to to become dead are almost non existant i feel with the more modern stuff like the SL we are always on catch up and wriggle trying to keep them up together in a sensible and dare i say it ? economic manner , a word thats not really in the R230 life. ONE thing , the experience to date has certainly stopped my mind from rotting away and it is way ahead of the others for style and looks, as said before she is like a high class tart , likely to give you the ride or yr life BUT not for a fiver......

 

[ajlsl600]

lk .did you see mine on the window issue that decided to occupy my mind yest?

 

[LostKiwi]

i am not quite comitted to that yet. but despite the earlier failure i still have my eye on a marlin/javalin/ng tf or similar, i am starting to feel that they might be more fun,easier and more ecconomic to fix and run. at least you could tow it home, and the possibility of the front wheels eating the arches or brakes deciding to to become dead are almost non existant i feel with the more modern stuff like the SL we are always on catch up and wriggle trying to keep them up together in a sensible and dare i say it ? economic manner , a word thats not really in the R230 life. ONE thing , the experience to date has certainly stopped my mind from rotting away and it is way ahead of the others for style and looks, as said before she is like a high class tart , likely to give you the ride or yr life BUT not for a fiver......

I view the r230 as being a supercar of its time with supercar running costs to match.
That said the maintenance costs are slowly coming down with the availability of rebuilt struts etc meaning it's no longer the wallet crushing expense it once was to replace a bad one.
Similarly with SBC there are rebuilt pumps available to help reduce costs. With few exceptions there are not many parts that aren't available rebuilt as well as new.

 

[rexemper]

Might be expensive ??? (Good luck though)

Got the service done yesterday - actually not as bad as I thought. It did need 16 new spark plugs as it seemed like the ones in there were the originals - 16 of them ain't cheap!
Other than that, oil and filter, brake build, bit of coolant, new v-belt and got a few things checked out that were on the original inspection report from when I bought it.
Runs a lot smoother now!

Edit - forgot to say - less than £550 but I have been using the same place for 20 years!

 

[Jimbo1959]

I was canning the **** off my R171 on Sunday and getting the yellow idiot light flashing all the way into 3 figures... No fun whatsoever

I would have thought that was all the fun, getting into three figures on your private M/way


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[Blobcat]

I would have thought that was all the fun, getting into three figures on your private M/way


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