ownership

Hooray back into MB ownership after about 18 months defecting to the BMW Z4 camp. Here's my car W211 05 Reg 65000 miles, 7 seats, towbar and of course the valuable Command. Not much else in the toy department but I got it for a good price.:bannana...

I've had the car for 5 days now and am still in awe of it. i've not properly tested the car so to speak. the front discs need to be replaced and thanks to Acid i have a new set of discs and Pads on the way! so based on that, insurance and the years tax i had to put on today - thats £2,300 spent...

As said in previous posts, I have just bought a C180 Esprit Auto (W202). It is a good example with 133k and FMBSH up to 100k. So far I am totally loving it, not surprising as I had a vintage Clio (gap filling car) before. Obviously being a 16 year old car it has certain problems, these are what...

I have long held the view that you get what you pay for in life, nowhere more so than the motoring industry. So what I can't fathom is when people buy, for example a Mercedes, and then proceed to moan about parts/ servicing. Do they not look into the related costs before purchasing? The fact of...

Some fresh photos of my w124 i took 2day

Hi All, Would any CLS55AMG / CLS500 (5.5ltr) owners kindly share their ownership experiences please. I am considering one of these for a replacement to my C32 AMG estate at the appropriate time and am interested in running costs. My C32 varies from 16mpg across city (start/stop) on the daily...

Ok there I was having a dig out of my filing cabinet and came across the car file that has all the service history and receipts etc. Well I had a few invoices to file that had been kicking about on my desk and thought I’d file them. Well instead of that I thought well as the files out, I...

There was a time when I would have walked over broken glass rather than own a Mercedes. I really thought they were exclusively owned by criminals, drug dealers and sociopaths. But eventually you tire of waiting for Jaguar to make a car you might actually want to buy. And I am a sucker for...

I've had the old 124 for 5 weeks now and am loving the drive every day to work. I have greased up the wiper, and fixed the drivers side leccy window, although something has gone wrong again so I now have to lift the glass up and down with one hand on the inside and one on the outside. Not...

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Greetings All, I am looking to step into Mercedes ownership after some scrimping and saving and my desire is to purchase an SL. I have done some research (in the form of reading such as the Mercedes magazine buying guide) but wanted to get the perspective of those in the know, for example: -...

I've just returned from a 2,000 mile jaunt to the south of France for a week's holiday. Fully loaded up cruising along national roads (I'm too tight and uninterested in taking the autoroutes). The W124 was absolutely impeccable and simply superb. When I had to 'make progress' by getting past...

A week ago, I didn't own a MB. I've never driven one, never even been in one........but I'd always fancied one. I recently had to find a large estate so I jumped at the chance of getting a MB. After lots of research, I finally bought a W124 E220 Estate auto (with perfect front wings). One...

Kind of following on from the mileage thread, I thought I would raise a similar related question. In short are there any tips, tricks or words of advice to bear in mind, to help maintain a car of more senior mileage? I am now into the 6th month of a beautiful relationship with my long...

Anyone here owned their Merc the longest? and also who has can claim the earliest year for buying their first Merc ?:)

Two years after the C200K was stolen (and a brief interlude to the dark side (BMW)), I'm returning C class ownership. I've found a 2005 (55) C200 CDI Avantgarde SE in iridium silver which I will be picking up next week. One thing I have noticed is that the driver's side mirror housing has...

Well it took me some years but i am back in the following Benz, to be picked up very soon.. 2002 CLK500 Avantgarde with 49k miles It is fully loaded unless someone can tell me otherwise.. In a lovely Designo colour and 18" AMG's Interior leather alpaca grey+dark alpaca grey CLK (858)...

Not sure how to go about this could we have a vote who's merc is privatley owned,leased or company/business owned. but will everyone admit to the truth !. my reason for this is to see how may owners actually spend their own hard earned on servicing at the dealerships.i'm agreeing with mark t...

Hi Guys, I picked up my SL500 (R230 -2005), yesterday and havent even gotten around to posting a newbie message and pics before needing to call out the breakdown service!!!!!! Your advice and thoughts would be very welcomed please. The car is a one owner car, done 14,041 miles, last...

Obviously I have that 'feel good factor' everytime I go to the car, drive it, park it etc! But I was cleaning it on the drive and a young lad walks past with his Dad. They can't see me as it's a black ML with tinted rear windows, but the lad says "Dad, why can't we have a car like that?". (Dad...