when is a 124 NOT a 124?

[George]

My wife visited the local Merc garage yesterday with her 1991 W124 230CE to get a price on a job and was quoted a price of £80. Quite by chance, one of the service staff said he would take a look to check that the job she was asking for was necessary, (maybe because she is a woman?) and on looking at the car, said the car wasnt a 124 and promptly changed the price from £80 to £280 saying that the 124 coupe is the one with the rounded headlights, not ours with the square headlights.

My wife's car is the 1991 pillarless coupe 230CE. The chassis number begins WDB 124, and I have always known it as an E class 124 coupe.

Is he right? Is it NOT a 124? Also seems amazing that a job which would cost £80 on an almost new car would cost £280 on a 13 yr old car!

Would love to hear views on this?

 

[mjtray]

Mercedes dealers don't you just love them sometimes.........yours is a W124 coupe.

Sounds to me like he thought he was going to see a W123 230ce Coupe, ie the previous generation.

Take it to a good independent Merc specialist.

Where are you in the country?

 

[Andy]

Hi

Yes your model is a 124. You don't mention what job your vehicle requires.



Regards


Andy @ www.mercedesservicing.com

 

[guydewdney]

hmmmmmm


the guy in the shop is a prat.

 

[talbir]

George

All you need to do to confirm is open the bonnet and look at the codes on the plate riveted to the slam panel - look for the long code beginning with WDB - the first 3 numbers after that depict the model range, i.e. 124 or 126 or 201 etc etc.

Or look on your V5 on the VIN.

 

[MichaelW]

W124

Hi

I have a W124, a Mercedes E250 Diesel with two headlights instead of the four which I believe were introduced in 1996, yet my car is registered as Year of Manufacture, 1997. Can this be correct?