Recent content by Bill_33

My first was the best, a company car, a W124 1990 300TE - fantastic car After that a new 300TD Estate - good but a little slow and finally a 320CDi Estate - again a marvellous car, but just too big Used - W124 300TE, 300CE, 280TE ....... the 280TE was good as it had loads of options (I...

I had five 9 5 Estates in a row - 4 diesel and 1 petrol - all manual - the petrol one was the HOT Aero, fantastic Estate and the last Diesel was Hirsch chipped to 175bhp - again a marvellous Estate. I moved to SAAB after my last MBZ E320 CDi Diesel Estate ..... which just got too big for us ...

I think that it is design incompetence on the part of MBZ are there any other £15,000 cars that do not have (manual) folding mirrors as standard equipment? are there ANY cars without manual folding mirrors, maybe a TATA or similar? It is just one of those small details that make you wonder...

I know, I know, I should have checked We have bought a really nice W169 A Classe - to use maybe 6 times a year and kept at a small flat that we have. When I got it how I could not fold the mirrors - and could not get it in the garage - (we have a garage built in the 70's and it is less...

Par for the course these days - there is an army of them in the UK, (and worldwide) - the only thing that I would add is "rich" sorry I am wrong it's "very very rich"

I have a 300TE Estate - 1990 - Single cam engine When I "turn the key" the engine fires once then dies and then will not (fire), start - maybe once a week it will fire and continue to run and I can drive the car.........but every other day it will not fire at all and the engine will not run...

Buy quickly before the £ is worthless or will only buy two chop sticks

Right - I'm sure, as I passed the swarm of foreign registered lorries coming into the UK from the Channel ports on my way back from France yesterday........but maybe they are not delivering goods to the UK.....just collecting them......I think not! Will it make any difference to UK exports? -...

Rust - Mercedes don't rust - cough - cough!!!!

Biggest devaluation in recent history Today £1 gets you 1.08 Euros In "old money" that is about 7.08 French Francs to the £ Looking at it another way Q1 1999, the start of the Euro One Euro was worth 60 pence - now it is worth 93 pence Just shows what has happened to the UK vis a vis the...

Full marks for enterprise - you have to admire the guy

Auto Electrician - Hampshire - Winchester Area Can anyone recommend one Preferably mobile I have a problem with the Sigma Alarm fitted on the 300CE, (now sold but I promised the new owner I would get it looked at and either fixed or replaced), plus I need the wiring sorted on an old radio...

I've just sold my 300CE so that I can spend time with my 300TE, that needs some money and TLC, although it looks good and goes very well........but bloody rust......I am not happy with the bonnet and both front wings My 300CE was a good spec car and everything, except the rear head restraints...

I would be very grateful if someone could let me have the exact procedure for changing the auto trans oil on a 300CE W124 1993 A local mechanic will do this for me - he has the ramps etc., so the job will be a lot easier. Can anyone confirm that I need around 6.2 litre of Titan ATF 5005 - plus...

I have found that Nick just get busy - he is a nice guy who will do all he can to help you. Maybe he is a little disorganised sometimes I have found that the best way to contact him is through a PM on this Forum - he usually replies within the day. As for ordering anything online, especially...