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    Stepping up from a 2008 SLK 280 Auto to a 2004 SL 350 Auto.

    Well it looks very much like I have aspired to my 3rd late life crisis car with a rather tidy mid November 2004 SL 350 Auto with a certified 109,000 miles and supported by MoT history back to the first one on 27th November 2007. The car is the ubiquitous Silver with Black leather and for a...
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    August 2005 registered R230 SL 350 (Auto) and the balance shaft issues !!

    Hi to you all out there. Is there anyone out there that can enlighten me as to whether Engine number 11297331998551 is among the cars that were blessed with the factory fix on this rather soul and car destroying affliction ? Also is it recommended that the sparkplugs are changed at specific...
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    Multiple owners of a 2005 SL350 !!

    Hi again to you all out there. I have located a 1st September 2005 SL350 105,000 recorded miles with History and a stack of paperwork relevant to works carried out but it is currently in the hands of the 10th registered keeper/owner. The current owner has had it for a little over two years and...
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    SL considerations !!

    Hi to you all out there. Having owned and then sold and later bought back a rather nice low mileage SLK 230 Auto and then buying my C220 CDI (170 bhp) I then sought out and bought an R171 SLK 280 Auto. It is that R171 that has raised my interest in an SL350 Auto but I know absolutely nothing...
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    CD changer for a late 2005 C220CDI Estate.

    Hi to you all out there. My C220 CDI Avantgarde Estate has a factory fitted single CD radio head unit mounted centrally in the cabin area of the dashboard. What please if anything can be done by locating and fitting a 6 CD changer in the car - is there provision already wired in for such an...
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    E Class Auto Estate queries.

    Hi again all. As per my topic title !! I currently run a very late December 2005 C220 CDI C Class Auto estate and have been contemplating stepping up to a diesel E220 CDI E Class Auto estate circa 2004 to 2007 and have noticed that they are being advertised with 80 litre fuel tanks. Why is...
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    Aftermarket rear parking sensors.

    Hi to you all out there. My C220 CDI Auto Estate came without parking sensors and I would like some advice please as I would like to fit or have some rear ones fitted and preferably without removing the rear bumper. Which of the after-market products are the most reliable in use after fitting...
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    W203 E12 Seat rail Torx bolts.

    Hi again to you all. I am looking for two longer E12 (10mm thread) Torx bolts - the type that secures the rear of the driver seat rails to the floor Ideally they could do with being 70mm bolt body length. I have tried my local MB Dealership but they cannot identify the bolt I am looking for...
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    C220 CDI Auto Estate - Parking brake issue.

    Hi to you all out there. My recently acquired 2005 registered 53 plate has developed an issue with the parking brake - it would not fully release and unless lifting the pedal with the toe of my shoe. I have had the linkages heavily treated with a penetrating fluid and greased throughout but it...
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    The complexities of my 2005 reg C220 CDI.

    Hi to you all out there. Am I imagining things but is Mercedes Benz aiming their current breed of cars at the younger element of society ? I am 75 years young and struggling with the menu's and sub menu's in the owner manual and the Audio 20 manual. I am beginning to think that the older...
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    Hi from West Lancashire.

    Hi to you all out there. I am a Rooster (Chinese Birth sign) aka John - I much prefer this than my Astrological birth sing - Virgo - The Virgin. I am 75 years young and have just acquire my second Mercedes Benz - an Iridium Silver registered 20/12 2005 (55 plate) W203 C220 CDI Avantgarde Auto...
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