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Thank you very much sjmaxwell. In the Midlands. Just switched to a Specialist for my last 'B' service and very happy with the work so will take the car to them.

I too have the 'dreaded' SRS light on my '06 CLK! The only noticeable thing is that the drivers seat presenter does not work. Oh and the failure notice in the speedo. Does anyone know if a good Specialist should be able to cope with the problem or will I have to go to an official Merc...

Thank you very much indeed jaymanek for that most helpful information.

70% of the time whenever I slow below, say, 5 mph my OSF parking sensor give 5 wihites and one or two reds and beep, beep, beep etc when there is nothing there whatsoever. It can repeat and repeat, still with nothing there. Drives one crazy so, switch off, but then why have it? Dealer said...

Sincere apologies SilverSaloon for stupidly mispelling your handle!

Not really Silverspoon. They would have said I broke the terms of the agreement by using the engine with a known problem. Regardless of that, I would not have been too happy if it chose to conk out somewhere over the English Channel!!

Boring I know but read and understand the policy very carefully before shelling out your money. My experience may not sound relevant but it could well be! I took out breakdown insurance on a light aircraft engine. Expensive insurance but they cost fortunes to fix. However the wording said...

Actually it is the OSF but thanks for the thought.

Looking at a Mercedes Approved 06 CLK. Passed its MOT but with an advisory of 'NS front road wheel. Slightly distorted bead rim'. Tester says 'it is nothing' but cannot seem to explain what it means! If nothing then why mention it? Anyone explain/advise please? Also on the multi-point...

Excuse me for asking but is it true that the Avantgarde has firmer suspension than an Elegance? I could be completely wrong but I thought only the Sport had sports suspension as standard although your could have it as an option on an Elegance or Avantgarde. Personally I am sick of sports...

Does the AMG aspect significantly affect the servicing costs as opposed to a standard CLK500? After all a late CLK500 has more power than a CLK55! Personally I am looking for one or the other and leaning towards a CLK500 for normal suspension as the roads today have so many potholes and I...

As I am looking to buy a five or six year old CLK coupe this thread is obviously of great interest, if not quite enough to put me off the idea yet! Returning to the original thread question, am I to understand that if I obtain the chassis number, build number of whatever of a 03/04 CLK it is...

Well I guess this thread has about run its course and I want to thank everyone again for their helpful advice and views. I am a little depressed by what I have heard and I am particularly sorry to hear that Bald Guy will not be buying another Mercedes. A final question comes to my mind. It...

Very sorry to hear about the big bills. From 1975 to 1989 I owned one s/h and two new Mercedes, did big miles, and none of them cost me a penny other than scheduled maintenance. Now I am fearful of buying one! My present car with a five speed ZF auto has just past 171,000 miles with never a...

Excuse me Baldguy but do I take it you have had issues with both 5 and 7 speed auto box's then? Serious, expensive, issues? Do you feel the 7 speed is a worthwhile improvement over the five? Thanks for all your other useful advice.

More really useful and interesting advice. I am particularly grateful for the clarification regarding when galvanising started. I suspect that is more important to me than worrying too much about a 5 or 7 speed gearbox. The fuel consumption figures are interesting and enlightening. I wonder...

Wow, I seem to have stirred up a hornets nest but, no problem, that is great and I really appreciate all the input. Back to the CLK500 for a moment, as I understand it there were some pre-facelift 2004/5 cars with the 300 bhp engine and the 7 speed box! The 5.5 litre engine came a little...

Thank you so much. That information and your experience is most helpful to me in my search.

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Much appreciated.

Thank you x332race. I had not thought about it that way but I think you make a good point, a facelifted car should be the way to go even though I am finding it difficult to discover what the changes actually were. I was aware of the even later 5.5 litre models but think they are probably too...