E320 CDI Police Owned

[seymansey]

You might want to start a new thread in the appropriate section, since people still regard this as a police car related thread

 

[renault12ts]

Thanks for the advise guys.

I made my final move on Saturday and bought an 03 plate E220 CDI Avantegarde. It’s in tealight blue with blue leather interior. Its done 118k miles with full MB SH and its a 1 owner. I bought it for £6800 from a trader garage when it was on for £7400 - what do u think. Did I get a good deal? It has reverse parking sensors.

I've got a couple of questions I’m hoping I can get answered here:

1 - Should I continue to get the car serviced from a MB dealership garage so to continue the service record. What are the additional benefits which will outweigh the costs?

2 - I've found the door mirrors do not fold when I lock the car. I've been into the menu and the option in the Convenience sub-menu is set to ON but they still do not fold on lock. Also the menu does not show any errors so is it something I've missed? The mirrors fold fine with the manual switch.

3 - The car has options for using a mobile phone on the steering wheel and dashboard but the phone cradle is not in the armrest. Its seems to be screwed to the side-plastic-wall next to the gear stick. Is this a standard setting for the mobile phone to be in other than in the armrest or is this an added extra? If I find a suitable phone to use in the cradle will I be able to use its full features with the controls on the dash-board and steering wheel..?

1 No.
2 Get re-set at garage.
3 Non standard, very poor . Depends on Audio whether you can use buttons on wheel. In all likelihood yes. Just need the cradle, and perhaps other bits. Again go to garage .

 

[imran1]

what parts of cls interior fits the w211

 

[iscaboy]

Just noticed this thread.

You couldn't give me an ex-plod car.

and don't give me any of that guff about maintained regardless of expense or the motorway cars are different, we used to have the plod breakdown contract, which of course included recovering all the broken and crashed plod cars.

Commonest fault was a blown head gasket, they'd just sit there and idle the engine to keep the heaters on, cook the engine, and not give a toss. NOBODY ever checked levels / fluids / tyres, the only gauge checked was the fuel gauge and odometer reading.

Also not at all impressed with their driving skills, one or two rare ones were excellent, most of them made african taxi drivers look like IAD instructors.

I'd rather have an ex pizza delivery moped.

Even plod won't buy ex plod cars, that should tell you something.

 

[lancebond]

vomiting bleeding and spitting in it,

and thats just the coppers!


wouldn't touch a copper car, thrashed like they were hire cars.

 

[renault12ts]

what parts of cls interior fits the w211

Who knows? Start a new thread. This is about the Eclass W210, not the CLS nor W211. Welcome to the forum.

 

[davidjpowell]

Who knows? Start a new thread. This is about the Eclass W210, not the CLS nor W211. Welcome to the forum.

If you are going to be rude to a new member at least be accurate. This thread is about the W211. I have never seen a W210 Police Car in the UK and as an 03 model W210 was one year dead.

 

[whitenemesis]

imran's enquiry may well have been sparked by post #5 where miro suggests fitting the complete interior of the CLS..

Now that would be an interesting mod!

 

[SilverSaloon]

When we were at the Stathclyde police HQ for a GTG the traffic cop told us he wouldnt by an ex-cop car. he said he has seen them often go from 0 to 120+ on a cold engine within 3 mins of starting the car up from cold.

 

[LTD]

When we were at the Stathclyde police HQ for a GTG the traffic cop told us he wouldnt by an ex-cop car. he said he has seen them often go from 0 to 120+ on a cold engine within 3 mins of starting the car up from cold.

Remember that well.

 

[Pringles]

Police cars get oil changed at far more regular intervals than normal cars to reflect the use but it is also true that they get hammered from cold. Most cars will have had quite a few minor shunts so panel fit isn't always great and that includes some with ill fitting doors where they have been kicked hard from the insides by prisoners!
If you buy the Chief Constables jag you are probably onto a winner but I would personally avoid the usual operational cars.