joeysnowey
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- E320 CDI (Retired) - Now driving R Class 2009 Sport
Well after months of looking, and thanks to help from members of the forum here, I am now the proud owner of an R320 
90k miles. Sport model in black, LWB 7 seater. It had two owners then bumped at walking pace (spoke to previous owner) and insurance wrote it off as uneconomical to repair, ridiculous as it just needed a bumper and grill which has been done to high standard and the car is in immaculate condition but obviously Cat D. I am not bothered as I hope to keep it for good. £6.2k - bargain methinks, certainly compared to many others I looked at with similar spec which were 8-10k. Had it inspected by Mercserve in Nottingham who found no faults, although I did get an engine picture (amber warning light on rev counter) on way home which worries me but hopefully nothing serious. I am going to get it plugged in asap and find out, gutted if its a serious problem because I couldn't have done more to have it checked before purchase.
Now looking into 4 things, any advice appreciated:
1. MPG improvements - I want to squeeze every possible drop of fuel economy I can out of this car, I have had remaps before which did help, but Mercserve said he uses some sort of plug in device (£150 ish) and said it helps the MPG in both his own Mercs. Any other ideas, DPF removal etc etc?
2. Stereo - It has the NTG2.5 system but no plug for ipod (not that i have seen yet anyway) or aux in, it has bluetooth for phone but can't play audio from bluetooth devices. I really want to be able to stream audio via BT and plug in an iPod to listen to. Any ideas about the cheapest way to implement this? I wonder if it might be cheapest to look at Parrot options, I think they do one which (if it can be fitted to the R320) streams from bluetooth, and has an ipod connection, plus a littole stick on remote control with wheel in the middle.
3. Towbar - need to get one fitted so any recommendations welcome
4. The alcantara suede/leather seats worry me a bit with kids, crisps, sweets, fag ash, biscuits, etc! Wondering if anyone knows of a good way to protect the seats. Yes, being careful is obviously the first idea! but wondering if Scotchguard for suede/nubuck or something similar is worth a try?
Thanks all
90k miles. Sport model in black, LWB 7 seater. It had two owners then bumped at walking pace (spoke to previous owner) and insurance wrote it off as uneconomical to repair, ridiculous as it just needed a bumper and grill which has been done to high standard and the car is in immaculate condition but obviously Cat D. I am not bothered as I hope to keep it for good. £6.2k - bargain methinks, certainly compared to many others I looked at with similar spec which were 8-10k. Had it inspected by Mercserve in Nottingham who found no faults, although I did get an engine picture (amber warning light on rev counter) on way home which worries me but hopefully nothing serious. I am going to get it plugged in asap and find out, gutted if its a serious problem because I couldn't have done more to have it checked before purchase.
Now looking into 4 things, any advice appreciated:
1. MPG improvements - I want to squeeze every possible drop of fuel economy I can out of this car, I have had remaps before which did help, but Mercserve said he uses some sort of plug in device (£150 ish) and said it helps the MPG in both his own Mercs. Any other ideas, DPF removal etc etc?
2. Stereo - It has the NTG2.5 system but no plug for ipod (not that i have seen yet anyway) or aux in, it has bluetooth for phone but can't play audio from bluetooth devices. I really want to be able to stream audio via BT and plug in an iPod to listen to. Any ideas about the cheapest way to implement this? I wonder if it might be cheapest to look at Parrot options, I think they do one which (if it can be fitted to the R320) streams from bluetooth, and has an ipod connection, plus a littole stick on remote control with wheel in the middle.
3. Towbar - need to get one fitted so any recommendations welcome
4. The alcantara suede/leather seats worry me a bit with kids, crisps, sweets, fag ash, biscuits, etc! Wondering if anyone knows of a good way to protect the seats. Yes, being careful is obviously the first idea! but wondering if Scotchguard for suede/nubuck or something similar is worth a try?
Thanks all
