What Have You Done To Your Merc Today?

Craiglxviii

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970 Panamera Turbo; W221 S500L AMG Line, C215 CL500, W251 R350L AMG Line, plus several more now gone
I gave the 215 a glance as a backed off the driveway in the van , that is all . . .
I hope that this was a longing glance..!
 

sl500amgsport

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SL500 2014
Broke down at the Fuel Station!

Flat battery, needed replacing, RAC jumped it for me (40 mins wait), a quick call to PMW in Chelmsford and they bought a replacement from Mercedes which was delivered in 10 mins and within a further 30 mins (including a 10 min drive) fitted all back and working. £201 fitted, a planned swap might have saved £30 labour but as they dropped everything to get it sorted on the spot pretty impressed with them.

Mercedes SL500 R231
 

00slk

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2002 SL55 AMG, 2005 E320 CDi, 2014 SLK250 CDi, 2003 SLK200
Removed the dead battery to put on charge and found a little shallow pool for my granddaughter to paddle in :rolleyes:
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Looks like it is dribbling down from the fuel cap overflow pipe? :(
 

flowrider

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Got the SL back today after having the central locking issue fixed. Turns out it was both keys faulty. The cost to fix it brought a tear to my eye :(.
 

00slk

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Got the SL back today after having the central locking issue fixed. Turns out it was both keys faulty. The cost to fix it brought a tear to my eye :(.

Yep, sounds about right. Both the E Class keys don't work on mine :rolleyes:
 

Blobcat

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R171 SLK280, Smart R451, Land Rover 110 County SW, 997 C2S, R1250 GSA TE 40th, CBR600FP
Just a bit of top down commuting for me, still puts a smile on my face every time I drive it :)
 

sl500amgsport

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Got the SL back today after having the central locking issue fixed. Turns out it was both keys faulty. The cost to fix it brought a tear to my eye :(.
That happened to my Jag, had to have it re-programmed. ..

Mercedes SL500 R231
 

s5tuart

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Managed to get to 100% at one point, driving like a Doris!

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flowrider

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I've been looking to get my old spare key repaired. There is a chap on eBay who seems pretty reasonable.
Life can be hard on 16 year old electronic keys. I'm sure the keys have been dropped many times, I know I have dropped the main key on more than one occasion, until the circuit board starts to let go of some of the components. In my case both keys had an RF and IR signal but both were weak, dry joints were found and repaired by the indy so that both keys worked properly again with decent signal strength but I also purchased a brand new key to use as the main key.
 

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E350CDI, SLC250d, FJR 1300
Not used the 212 for 4 weeks so put the battery on charge, only drew 3 amps which means the battery is fairly well charged.
 

Cole@MBS

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124 300 CE 24 Coupe, C220CDI, Porsche 911 4s, Dolomite sprint,
Drove the c220 down to the Jamaica inn for a 3 day break, we are staying in the same room as I shared with our Malc on a forum gtg in 2014-15?? Brought back memories, I got up in the night and climbed out the window for a fag at 3am cause Malc was snoring so much!! Those were the days
 

daibevan

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W203 C200 Kompressor Elegance SE 2006 Tanzanite Blue with cream interior
Protected the paint for the winter. lower third with extra gloss protection because I still have some left and the rest with Built Humber double speed wax. Cor that's easy to use for such a good finish.
Now as shiny as.
 

neeklaus

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2002 SL55
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Having a go at these C pillar seals. Just cleaned up this top section of the seal and ran a bead of Loctite along it. It's supposed to rain on Wednesday, so let's see what happens.
 

00slk

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Having a go at these C pillar seals. Just cleaned up this top section of the seal and ran a bead of Loctite along it. It's supposed to rain on Wednesday, so let's see what happens.

Hopefully it will help cure the leak Neeklaus, waiting with bated breath :)
Though not a good colour match :confused: :rolleyes:
 

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