tupelov154
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- 1992 190E 2.0 Auto
Good morning!
So I have just purchased my first car - a lovely 1992 190E 2.0 auto I have saved for for two whole years and at the ripe age of 23 I am still getting used to everything, and have a couple of questions to ask (they might sound basic but I just want to be sure I won't damage the car in any way):
1, When turning the ignition on this automatic 190E, does my foot have to be pressing the footbrake, or is this only when I want to move the gear lever out of 'P'? It says in the manual that you should; is this just a safety measure to prevent the car from moving forward (although I don't see how if the handbrake is up and the gear lever is in 'P' on start-up), or does the manual tell you this because it will somehow damage the car if I don't do this procedure every time I turn the engine on?
2, I have accidentally forgotten to depress the handbrake when moving out of a space (both times the car rolled no more than half a metre, and was really groaning, but I knew what had happened so quickly corrected the problem. Will this damage the car/brakes for having the handbrake still up for this short distance/time of maybe 2-3 seconds? Obviously this wasn't intentional; I just simply forgot to depress the handbrake.
The car itself is a wonderful burgundy red and was sold to me for £2000 (asking price £2250) by an elderly gentleman who cared very much for it (garaged too), and had owned it since 2008 (prior to this the car had one lady owner). It has the luxury pack, has FSH, original manual with its case and an inch-thick pile of receipts/invoives/MOTs detailing numerous parts replaced/jobs done to the car since it was acquired by its former owner. I was also supplied with a brand new tyre to go on the spare wheel, all four tyres are relatively new too, everything works in the car and the radio has been replaced with a Sony radio, but the original Blaupunkt radio/cassette was supplied also. The car has 100k miles and passed its MOT last week with no advisories. The paintwork is near immaculate for its age and two years ago the car was taken in for a wax and polish for £380 (which, when I was going through the receipts, thought it to be an accident repair, phoned the place that provided the invoice and it turns out that it had been treated to waxing/polishing)!
Much of the servicing has been carried out at Mercedes, and also the owner supplied me with a brand new official Mercedes part to be fitted to the rocker cover (I can't remember what it's called but it's in the boot, which itself closes very nicely, and the engine and around it appears clean and presentable. The car also has the headlight wipers too!
I just really want to care for this car (still have a year left of university), and sort of feel it's my duty too, considering how I feel it has been looked after previously, which is why I'm asking these pedantic questions because I really want to be sure!
Thanks
Tom
So I have just purchased my first car - a lovely 1992 190E 2.0 auto I have saved for for two whole years and at the ripe age of 23 I am still getting used to everything, and have a couple of questions to ask (they might sound basic but I just want to be sure I won't damage the car in any way):
1, When turning the ignition on this automatic 190E, does my foot have to be pressing the footbrake, or is this only when I want to move the gear lever out of 'P'? It says in the manual that you should; is this just a safety measure to prevent the car from moving forward (although I don't see how if the handbrake is up and the gear lever is in 'P' on start-up), or does the manual tell you this because it will somehow damage the car if I don't do this procedure every time I turn the engine on?
2, I have accidentally forgotten to depress the handbrake when moving out of a space (both times the car rolled no more than half a metre, and was really groaning, but I knew what had happened so quickly corrected the problem. Will this damage the car/brakes for having the handbrake still up for this short distance/time of maybe 2-3 seconds? Obviously this wasn't intentional; I just simply forgot to depress the handbrake.
The car itself is a wonderful burgundy red and was sold to me for £2000 (asking price £2250) by an elderly gentleman who cared very much for it (garaged too), and had owned it since 2008 (prior to this the car had one lady owner). It has the luxury pack, has FSH, original manual with its case and an inch-thick pile of receipts/invoives/MOTs detailing numerous parts replaced/jobs done to the car since it was acquired by its former owner. I was also supplied with a brand new tyre to go on the spare wheel, all four tyres are relatively new too, everything works in the car and the radio has been replaced with a Sony radio, but the original Blaupunkt radio/cassette was supplied also. The car has 100k miles and passed its MOT last week with no advisories. The paintwork is near immaculate for its age and two years ago the car was taken in for a wax and polish for £380 (which, when I was going through the receipts, thought it to be an accident repair, phoned the place that provided the invoice and it turns out that it had been treated to waxing/polishing)!
Much of the servicing has been carried out at Mercedes, and also the owner supplied me with a brand new official Mercedes part to be fitted to the rocker cover (I can't remember what it's called but it's in the boot, which itself closes very nicely, and the engine and around it appears clean and presentable. The car also has the headlight wipers too!
I just really want to care for this car (still have a year left of university), and sort of feel it's my duty too, considering how I feel it has been looked after previously, which is why I'm asking these pedantic questions because I really want to be sure!
Thanks
Tom
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