dealers

new to mercedes having bought from mb exeter and found service excellent to far to take for service, wondered can anybody recommend mb tamworth or coventry as i live in midlands any views appreciated

GRRRRRRRRRRR............ I decided that the wife (car called that cos it growls and drinks too much!!) would benefit from winter tyres so spoke to MB Stevenage about their offer in August (Be Prepared!!). Was told the cost and that it was "first come first served"... but good news -- I was...

two weeks ago had all 5 injector seals replaced because of slight smell in cabin 300 miles later one of them no2 from front is chuffing very slightly, took it back to garage no probs they will do it again, it will be very easy cos its been out once new washer new bolts and clamp ect but cannot...

Being new to the world of Mercedes ownership, i wondered if you good people could point me in the right direction with regards to reputable parts suppliers other than main dealers and the usual Euro Car Parts types places. Im thinking for things like window rubbers and door seals etc. Thanks in...

My car was in at the main dealers today. It was only in for a firmware update so I wasnt expecting them to wash it, if they said they were going too I would have told them not too, but when I collected it I was told it had been washed. :mad: On Saturday gone it had been valeted and the valeter...

Popped into local dealers today to see what they could sell me. Looking for a used C class estate at around the 25k mark. To cut a long story short the guy just did not want to make a deal at all offered 15% less than glasses on my trade in. Would not budge on sticker price and all at a...

...what hope do the rest of us have :wallbash: :wallbash: Stopped in at the big local dealers who looked after the SL (before it defected to PCS) to get a quote for the impending D service. While getting the details I casually drop into the conversation (playing it dumb to start with) about...

Ive been told by a MB employee that MB dealers will offer a courtesy car whilst your car is in for a service but only if you ask for one. Id be interested in a demo C63:D and Im thinking they will think its a natural progression from my current MB car when I take mine in for its A-service...

As some of you may know, I am swapping my CL 500 for a VW Phaeton. It's from a main VW dealer. I have a plate on my CL I want transferring. Dealer suggests it will be better if I go in person to DVLA (Birmingham) as he will have to wait 7 days and I can get it sorted there and then...

I love this show. Wheerler Dealers Series 8 launches on Discovery and Discovery HD on April 5th 2011! Here are the cars and the dates they will be on your TV: *Jaguar E-Type on 5th April *Mini Moke on 12th April *Range Rover on 19th April *Frogeye Sprite on 26th April *Saab on...

As a sort of counterpoint to Ian’s (flanai1’s) thread about his bad experiences with Mercedes-Benz dealerships while trying to buy a new car, I thought it would be worthwhile sharing my recent experience. As a result of buying my wife’s SLK350 in 2009, I have a relationship with two local...

Hello - just wondering what the general consensus is on buying approved used cars from MB directly. Had a chat with one of them a couple of weeks back about the 12 month warranty that they provide and they claim it covers "pretty much anything" outside of standard wear on brakes & tyres. No...

If a dealer is selling say a S CLASS for £25k what price would he have roughly paid for it ? are margins very tight i thought margins are quite good as whenever i want to sell a car they bid me 20% below the trade price i see in autotrader etc

Been this morning to enquire about the E class coupe so I'm looking at a £40k spend, the salesman could not remove his head from his backside long enough to be even bothered to talk to me. Totally useless asked for the sales manager and got some pratt who knew nothing about the car, couldn't...

Hi all I have been told that my inlet manifold could be on the way out. The car has let me down again today so it looks like it's possibly the time to change the manifold. My usual garage tells me that the manifold could cost about £250+vat and fitting. Expecting that I might have a...

I had a weird scratchin noise 2 days ago, so i booked in my s600 for its service yesterday at local dealers. It was for a B service. They rang me half way through the day and said couldnt finish the B Service but they have done a visual check and everything looks ok. I asked them to investigate...

Just had my motor serviced today, it was a major service at my local Merc dealership out here, i also had a new aerial fitted and they fixed a wiring fault on one of my headlights. I was expecting a hefty bill, so was pleasantly surprised when it came to 204 euros, happy with that! God knows...

Wheeler Dealers is back: New Series premiers on Discovery real time Channel 240 at 9.00pm tonight. Live show: Wheeler Dealer TV on Justin.tv

I make the assumption that dealers and their service parts shops have on ocassions been requested to remove parts and eqipment from various models of cars to complete an upgrade (as opposed to the common replacement of a faulty item). Where does the non faulty swap-outs get sold? Alternatively...

I've just got home and am feeling very disheartened and disappointed. My car been in my local main dealer for the last 4-days having a few things repaired under warranty and it's first service (already on over 11k miles :eek:). The following is what they did (or didn't) do: 1. Replace...