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Hi @gIzzE. Very interesting to read that! Maybe as you say, that's a 'feature' on the earlier models. OK - I'll pass on this one then and wait for another to turn up that I can test again. Cheers

Sorry - late start, so only just got back on this thread. Thanks, everyone for the comments. although let me clarify my original post. The car isn't from a MB dealer, it's from a used car company - very sorry for misleading you all. :doh: The fact that it's from a used car company is...

Tried a W212 E350 today. We were disappointed. The car was a 2010 model Avantgarde. Good price, Silver, Pano roof, full MB service history, memory seats - All the boxes ticked. The downside was 104K on the clock - but the service history should cover that, surely. It also needed a B2...

I wonder if that's the 4-cylinder engine? If I go for the E350 then the engine will be a V6 and if it's anything like the SLK320, I ought not to hear it. The E39 is a straight six diesel that's not doing many miles, so that is a bit clattery at idle too - to the point that the neighbour I...

Thanks for that. Good insight. To be fair, that same complaint has been levelled at the E60 (and, to a degree, with the F10 which I am also considering) too. I don't think I will equal the precision I have in the E39 in any of the newer 'Executive Saloons' so I'm not really expecting to...

They say that - and there are many discussions on the Internet for and against this. But in general the opinion seems to be that you can and should change the oil - and any seals/filters associated with the change. I know it's an older car with a different transmission, but my SLK had it's...

Well the closest to me has 100,000 miles on the clock. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try a test drive, but is there anything to be aware of on a car with this mileage? I'd expect full service history naturally, but does anything big need doing at these miles that may make someone want to sell??

Hmm.. I was expecting around mid-30's if I'm honest. I do better than 28mpg in my SLK - and I reckon she has a drink problem! That's interesting too. That would imply that both engines need to be worked to get any performance out of them. Now that DOES worry me a bit. I'd read about the...

Hi. My aging e39 BMW is beginning to sound a bit noisy and will need some TLC shortly and I'm in two minds to trade her in for a newer car. As I'm really not doing the miles since buying the SLK I am looking at a petrol replacement and from the Benz range I'm considering a 2009 or newer...

Interesting discussion - I'm looking at replacing my ageing BMW 530D and I'm looking at a 2010 or later C class or an E class. Because of the annual mileage I do, I'm looking at a petrol version rather than a diesel, but the petrols all seem to be based on the 1.8L turbo engine. Are these any...

At least it's just black-and-white! Should be a fairly easy job!

So it seems that once you get one Merc - you just keep buying them!!

Hi everyone. First post here - although I have been a (dormant) member for about a 12-month. I bought a 2002 SLK320 almost one year ago (doesn't time fly when you are enjoying yourself!!) and she has been everything I could wish for - fast, flouncy and full of life! The car had had a full...