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    HELP - please help me find a car

    As much as I'd like the CLK, I think I have to have a normal C class instead - I need the space. So, W203 or W204? I'm after either a W203 or W204 C class saloon or estate. Consensus seems to be that the last of the W203s are nicer than the first W204s. I'm currently trying to decide between...
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    HELP - please help me find a car

    Entirely understandable!
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    HELP - please help me find a car

    Thanks for that. When you say £300 - is that to DIY or with an independent specialist? I wouldn't attempt things like this myself. I think a main agent would give me a bill approaching 4 figures for that little lot.
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    HELP - please help me find a car

    Thanks for the heads up - I know it's a good buy, but I never liked that shape - always reminds me of a Renault Megane!
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    HELP - please help me find a car

    I have no car currently and need to buy something cheap which will give good service for a few years without too much associated financial ruin! I like the 2002-2010 CLK - probably a petrol 2.6 or 3.2 - or maybe a W211 E class - prefer 6 cylinder petrol engine but not averse to 4 cylinder, so...
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    W124 wanted - Saloon, Coupe or Estate

    I am going to be in the market for a good W124 in the next month or so. I would consider a petrol engine - either 220 16v, 280, 300 12v, 300 24v or 320 with an auto box, though preferably the 4 speed. Mileage is a consideration, but condition is everything. I would like Tourmaline Green...
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    2009/2010 C207 Coupe buying advice please

    Good info - thanks. The E200 and E250CGI coupes both used the M271 lump when they were introduced in 2009. I was thinking about the E250, but seeing the E350 real life MPG figures were about 1 or 2 MPG lower, it seemed well worth going for the bigger lump.
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    2009/2010 C207 Coupe buying advice please

    Thanks Eddy - I'm not getting my hopes up over pricing a 178k ten and a half year old BMW 525d SE Touring with a few * ahem * cosmetic blemishes! The one saving grace is that the first owner (for 5 years) and then me ever since, have, between us, kept every service invoice this car has ever had...
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    2009/2010 C207 Coupe buying advice please

    Thanks for the info. I believe the V6 in the C207 is different to yours - this from the Honest John website: "Mercedes-Benz has replaced the previous V6 petrol engine with the world's first six-cylinder unit featuring spray-guided direct petrol injection in the new E 350 CGI BlueEFFICIENCY...
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    2009/2010 C207 Coupe buying advice please

    Hi all, I am currently going through that most delicious of petrol-head activities which is working out which car I should buy next. I am currently looking at the C207 coupe - I can just about get into an early 2009/2010 car and would appreciate a bit of advice. When they were launched, they...
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    W124 specialist in or near Swindon

    Yup - I didn't think the mechanicals would be overly complicated, I guess I'm interested in someone who understands the W124 car and knows what their weaknesses are, who might be able to advise "The (whatever) is on the way out, but you can leave it till next time, or replace it with this part...
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    W124 specialist in or near Swindon

    I may be about to realise a dream which is to invest some of my pension into a good W124 coupe. I live in Swindon, so central to this plan must be to know somewhere I can take my car to for some lurve and attention, so a garage which really knows that model and can take a pragmatic approach to...
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    What does COMAND actually do?

    Thinking about a W212 E class estate E350 CDi Now, I have searched quite a bit and never found an answer to this: What is COMAND and do I need it? Assuming the car (probably in Avantgarde trim) has a sat-nag, a CD/tuner/MP3 aux connection, and a travel computer thing for MPG etc. what...
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    Pre or Post facelift W211?

    That's got to be the easiest way methinks! cheers jeremy!
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    Pre or Post facelift W211?

    I've been looking at the estates, and the pre and post facelift cars seem to have back lights which are identical - any other hints to differentiate them?
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