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    New Car Question

    MB ran out of Intelligent Light Systems so cars built in late Jan/early Feb had the memory pack instead. It was only temporary so that MB could still make Sports! Where did you buy the car from?
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    AMG badges on non-AMG Mercs

    Absolutely! I now have a c220 with embarrassing mats. Someone hit the nail on the head earlier, if it says AMG on the logbook, it's an AMG! Although MB have just started calling the Sport versions of the SLK and C-Coupe AMG Sports but lets forget about these at the moment. Moving forward, can...
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    AMG badges on non-AMG Mercs

    The edition 125 was to celebrate the fact that Mercedes ran out of standard audio units due to production issues after the tsunami last year, because of that all C- and SLK- models came with COMAND and all E-classes came with APS 50 navigation at only a slightly increased cost. Clever bit of...
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    Why?

    Spotted another badge w***er in Henley yesterday. Strange looking S6 with no tailpipes, body kit and 16's. Not to mention they weren't released until 2000. Car geeks 1 - 0 badge w***ers
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    Fuel Poverty

    Too true. This was a one off, I don't have time to drive like this usually. 50mpg will have to do!
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    Well the E320 cdi Estate is going.. I will truly miss her.

    More geekery, it's single CD (not available on uk cars until recently) and there is still the button below the hazard warning lights to lift up the fascia for the cd changer! Great looking car, and lovely colour. Is that indium grey with alpaca?
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    Farewell new car (after 400 miles)

    On a frequent change company car scheme, on my 3rd facelift c-class. 2/3 have had problems with rear indicators. Id imagine there are so many warranty claims on it that they are struggling to make replacement lights so that could be the delay? Didn't happen on the Pre facelift which didn't have...
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    Cls63 amg

    From what we were told on the C-Class launch the reason that keyless go is not offered on a lot of MB models in the UK is due to the thatcham insurance group/security ratings. The reason for the delay might be a development in either the system itself or the thatcham parameters?
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    What non-MB cars would you "secretly" like to own ?

    GTR is stupidly quick but it really does feel like driving a playstation. Every corner you take and every time you poke it you get the sensation that the car is holding it all together for you. I know the C63 flatters the driver as well (in ESP Sport mode) but there is a lot more drama there...
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    New SL spied on the M40 today

    Driving back from birmingham today I passed a German registered S420 CDI. Knowing that we don't get it here (and wondering why the car, which was a facelift, wasn't designated 450 as ML/GL 4.0 V8 diesels have been since 2009) I was surprised to see various screens and laptops sprouting from the...
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    Do I have the worlds unluckiest C-Class?

    Number 4. Reversed (very slowly) into an slk today. It was dark and the car was black and literally appeared from nowhere. The unlucky green c class is going back. Incidentally in 8 years of driving I've never made contact with anything until. So yes i am blaming the car. Shame because it looks...
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    DRL's

    The DRLs dim considerably when you turn your headlights on. The reason they stay on on cars with ILS is that MB want to make their cars instantly recognisable at night. It does give it a pretty distinctive look (especially the W212 Sports how mean do they look??) Re fog lights, I would have...
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    2007 cl65 amg.

    £180k new with a few options on and only 22 in the uk! You'd pay about £40k for a CL63 of that age which is a lot more common and a lot less special!!
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    Do I have the worlds unluckiest C-Class?

    Maybe it just attracts idiots!!
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    Do I have the worlds unluckiest C-Class?

    So I picked up my new C220 company car on the 6th Feb. On the 10th Feb it was driven into (fairly hard) at some traffic lights and had a new rear bumper and light. I got the car back on the 15th Feb, within a week I had a textbook T-junction shunt with a rover 25 who went and then stopped while...
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