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Whilst I prefer EBay for it's wider reach (and easier searching options) I would never use the auction or 'buy it now' options . They seem to be a conduit for time wasters, tyre-kickers-doing-you-a-favourers, chancers and other various low lifes. The classified as is the one to go for...

Silver / red interior does look good. But I'm surprised at this poll which shows beige as the preferred choice (mine too) I would have thought the Silver exterior/ black combo would have won hands down.

Of course I forgot about that! I have, in the past, replaced my old E320 estate with another one, to make up for the fact that it's the same car I have opted for a different colour - otherwise I would have felt I was driving the same car! I mean I couldn't have a string of four silver ones...

Thanks for that - MB's reasons to can the W169 must have pretty solid seeing that it was Germany's 4th best selling car at that time despite being in it's 6th model year! And the fact that it was people 'stocking up' on a soon to be defunct model might have notified them that there was...

Well there you go - I guess talking about the new A class as any sort of replacement for the W169 is invalid really since it has as much in common with the W169 as it does the Vito van both in engineering and proposed market segment . All I know is that I see many late reg W169s I see trundling...

Excellent points above. W169 owners looking to replace their cars in the future may well see the B Class as the only way to go but, as has been pointed out, it is not only a lot more expensive but it is much bigger ( it is a whopping 18.5 inches longer - a whole one and a half feet!). The...

Silver silver silver silver black silver black silver silver silver silver spam spam spam spam spam spam spam.... An impression of my nine year old on the back seat calling out car colours on the motorway. What a dreary choice we have these days ( not just MB ) with 50 shades of silver as the...

Love the metallic green / beige-brown interior combo - my favourite. My W124 estate is still a fond memory - bullet proof,solid and a beauty to look at from all angles.

The BMW i3 does look like an appealing package. The cabin looks roomy but the boot is tiny as it sits over the electric motor drive and gives you more of a big parcel shelf than a boot. Having said that if you squint it looks awfully like an old Audi A2 with a BMW grille bolted on! I...

Hmm no - silly me I didn't reset the TPS after new tyres...I thought they went to sleep when you turned the ignition off and started checking again once car restarted. Thinking about it - if that was true then a warning would reset itself by restarting the car - which it obviously doesn't...

Well maybe they will go B class as there is no alternative...but the car is substantially bigger with not much more room inside ( and I believe the boot is actually smaller). Mind you big boots are going out of style with manufactures - the logic being that we all shop online now anyway and we...

Ah I see the logic there - thanks:D I suppose the "available cash" is the stumbling block there - which makes a bit of a mockery of price guides with their 'Dealer-Private Sale-Trade in' prices...makes it hard to come to a decision on what a cars real value is. This really confuses...

I couldn't resist commenting on this old thread. Broadly agree with you DHard but I personally feel that MB have made a huge blunder by backing out of the 'premium' small hatch market. Millions of W169s were sold as you said. Since the death of the Audi A2 it had the market to itself. For the...

Well it's logical really - they have a margin to build in after all. I don't doubt that some people have got a better price than selling privately but I'm puzzled as how that could happen. Let's say your pride and has a value of £13.5k according to the price guides. Our WBAC and WBCT chums...

I suspected that the wheels could be a problem - but they are steel. I suppose that doesn't rule out a faulty 'leaky' batch though. I didn't know you could turn the indicator off - that might be an option as the majority of my trips are low speed and urban and if I do any long, higher speed...

Just for the record my E320 W211 alloy cracked - standard fitted Merc wheel, causing a hairline crack and slow puncture.

Hello - fist time here on what looks to be a great forum. I have recently returned to Mercedes after a long spell of company supplied other-makes and generally glad to be back!:cool: However the W169 A Class that I bought (2 years old) is driving me to distraction in the tyre pressure...