What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

[RhodieBill]

Useful height wheelie bins

Absolutely..... Is it Portsdown Hill next Saturday, 28th?

 

[Blobcat]

Absolutely..... Is it Portsdown Hill next Saturday, 28th?

That I think I can do. With the days getting shorter might want to make it earlier or another venue?

 

[Martyn Cannon]

Took the W208 3.2 out for a 100 mile round trip on the m25 to visit parents it now feels like I don’t have much power after driving my w220 500 for the last 3 weeks


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[A.J.]

I know that a lot of you have larger fuel tanks than me but I have just filled up at Asda and it cost me 3.1/2 what my first car cost me, it was a Standard Ten and it cost me £22.00 !!

 

[Blobcat]

Haven't thrown a bucket of water over it in nearly 2 weeks...



Of course with such a heavy dew this morning I was a bit too fast at opening the boot lid so the drain channels couldn't take it and I have a damp boot now

Did my usual of starting the car and dropping the top straight away, and as I was parked slightly facing downhill you can guess where all the beaded water from the roof went... I've a wet lap now.

 

[A.J.]

Haven't thrown a bucket of water over it in nearly 2 weeks...

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Of course with such a heavy dew this morning I was a bit too fast at opening the boot lid so the drain channels couldn't take it and I have a damp boot now

Did my usual of starting the car and dropping the top straight away, and as I was parked slightly facing downhill you can guess where all the beaded water from the roof went... I've a wet lap now.

That's just dew ?? Don't get that crap to that extreme here !!

 

[00slk]

A week away and 770 miles in the SLK and didn't miss a beat bless her, averaged 29.9 mpg best day returned 36.8 mpg

 

[Blobcat]

A week away and 770 miles in the SLK and didn't miss a beat bless her, averaged 29.9 mpg best day returned 36.8 mpg

That’s one day, two at max... parked it up for the rest of the week

 

[LostKiwi]

Haven't thrown a bucket of water over it in nearly 2 weeks...

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Of course with such a heavy dew this morning I was a bit too fast at opening the boot lid so the drain channels couldn't take it and I have a damp boot now

Did my usual of starting the car and dropping the top straight away, and as I was parked slightly facing downhill you can guess where all the beaded water from the roof went... I've a wet lap now.

I always wait till all the paintwork is dry before lowering the roof.

 

[davemercedes]

I know that a lot of you have larger fuel tanks than me but I have just filled up at Asda and it cost me 3.1/2 what my first car cost me, it was a Standard Ten and it cost me £22.00 !!

Heh heh... My Standard 10 (van) itself cost me £50 from a pal back in 19-sixty-something. I had the steering/front end rebuilt and ran it for a good few years. Later on I had 4 x PEP pistons installed and apart from that nothing really.

We had a pram comprising a carry cot on a folding frame that was incredibly handy and I mounted a dual cinema seat in the back and added clamps to hold the pram.

We used to regularly go up to my sister's on the Wirral and it drove at almost full belt with never a squeak. It was moved on to my Brother in Law then eventually a visiting Aussie cousin. I have no idea what the mileage was in the end but it just went on for ever and started first time in all weathers!

Those were the days... I used to go to a back street garage and buy £5 worth of petrol (lot of money in 1960) and get £500 worth of Green Shield stamps!

 

[00slk]

I always wait till all the paintwork is dry before lowering the roof.

You need to carry a squeegee LK

 

[LostKiwi]

You need to carry a squeegee LK

A few miles at 70mph works most of the time ...

 

[00slk]

A few miles at 70mph works most of the time ...

My Missus didn't appreciate that in a 30 zone

 

[Blobcat]

I always wait till all the paintwork is dry before lowering the roof.

wheres the comedy value in that

A few miles at 70mph works most of the time ...

Driving with the roof up, what’s all that about?

 

[LostKiwi]

wheres the comedy value in that

Driving with the roof up, what’s all that about?

Makes you appreciate getting it down more and enables others to enjoy the spectacle of that big solid roof folding away.

 

[Trev1964]

Fitted my new wheel.

 

[bembo449]

and the old one looked like ?

 

[bembo449]

the 170 impressed me with its acceleration today , pulled out into moving traffic , put the hammer down and upto road speed no bother , oddly no traction issues when usually its like a sodding disco

 

[davidsl500]

50 mile round trip for lunch with the top down naturally.. Trying to compile a list of polishes/waxes/wash mitts/shampoo/clay bar etc., to buy but keep changing my mind after reading reviews... Also had to put fuel in today after 600 miles - whats that about?

 

[bembo449]

I saw at least 3 other SLK's today of varying model types , not one responded to a wave