New to MB 19 years old

[j20rdan]

hi and welcome! i nice example of a 203. like your self i had my first merc at 19! i started with the 202's then made the mistake and had an astra van for a while but soon decided
mercedes was the way forward and went to the 201's but now have a 203.
my w202 230k was the cheepes insurance iv ever payed @ £290.00 fully comp when i was 20. cheeper then the c180 i had before that

wow, there seems to be a few people who picked up their first mercs at 19! gutted about the astra van but they can go on forever some of them! glad you have gone back to mercedes now ! 202's are lovely though i do think i will have to experience one at some point hopefully ! £290 ?! thats a bargian ! im still in 4 digit numbers when it comes to insurance

 

[j20rdan]

Hi and welcome.

I find subtle mods are best... Nice ride tho.

thank you yeah i have a few subtle mods planned soon hopefully

 

[j20rdan]

Welcome to the forum Jordan. Have the insurance company stung you like they do most young uns

They have but not as bad as it would be for me with a smaller engined hatchback so im fairly happy with insurance to be honest considering other prices I have been hearing of which my friends are paying for 1.0 vw's which is almost double the price im paying !

 

[aquanaut]

Hi Jordan, yeah spotted it was aboyne from your pic...huntly arms in the distance! Out there a lot as mountain bike at glentaner. I am in cults but would prefer out your way but too far a commute for girlfriend. Will say hello if i see you going about! Ps...if you are thinking about upgrading my C55 will be for sale around 1st Aug! Lol!!
Cheers

 

[como]

Hi and welcome. The car looks great!

 

[j20rdan]

Hi Jordan, yeah spotted it was aboyne from your pic...huntly arms in the distance! Out there a lot as mountain bike at glentaner. I am in cults but would prefer out your way but too far a commute for girlfriend. Will say hello if i see you going about! Ps...if you are thinking about upgrading my C55 will be for sale around 1st Aug! Lol!!
Cheers

Yeah the huntly is my local!
There is heaps of good mountain biking tracks out this way expessialy up at "glenshee" the ski centre as they have just made heaps of bike tracks (dunno if you already know) which i still need to try out

I have always wanted to live in cults just due to the fact its that little bit more close to town!

yeah give me a toot or wave me down if you see me about! i look about 10 so it wont be hard to notice me driving haha. I would LOVE to own a c55 ... one day when insurance accepts me slightly more maybe... What you planning for a next car after you sell the c55 ?

 

[j20rdan]

Hi and welcome. The car looks great!

Thank you

 

[flango]

Welcome on board great looking car

 

[j20rdan]

Welcome on board great looking car

Thank you

 

[j20rdan]

Instagram app on iphone ..

 

[aquanaut]

Cheers for the info Jordan, i knew Lecht had runs but not glenshee. Have a C63 Saloon due for delivery in sept! So roll on then!

 

[j20rdan]

Cheers for the info Jordan, i knew Lecht had runs but not glenshee. Have a C63 Saloon due for delivery in sept! So roll on then!

sorry i was meaning the lecht!! always get them two muddled up
C63 jealous would be an understatement haha

 

[JasM]

Great looking car, got my first Merc when I was 17 (now 22). They are great cars.

 

[John]

I don't know how much your insurance is but at 19 when I tried to insure a 318 (1.6) 1979/V BMW in 1995 - they wanted a £1500 or something ridiculous.

Suffice to say, I didn't and bought a cheap MK4 Escort 1.6GL instead.

 

[j20rdan]

Great looking car, got my first Merc when I was 17 (now 22). They are great cars.

Thanks they sure are! 17's an impressive age to get your first merc

 

[j20rdan]

I don't know how much your insurance is but at 19 when I tried to insure a 318 (1.6) 1979/V BMW in 1995 - they wanted a £1500 or something ridiculous.

Suffice to say, I didn't and bought a cheap MK4 Escort 1.6GL instead.

Lets just say its more than that much to my delight ... insurance is mad for young drivers but I can see why expessialy living where I am. It Has the highest death rate from driving in the whole uk according to a local police officer in the area. I was looking at 318's before i got this merc but test drove a few mercedes c class's and my mind was quickly changed

 

[j20rdan]

So recently I have been trying to get more into car detailing and get a better finish when cleaning the car. Spent a bit recently on some cleaning equipment. lots of microfibre cloths, autoglym super resin polish , dodo juice (works amazing) , auto glym body shampoo etc lots of cleaning products basically! however recently bought one of my favourite toys, a snow foam lance kit.

Im sure there are a few of you on here who have them but if not then its basically a kit that clips onto the end of your powerwasher with a 1L bottle attatched and you can buy the snow foam itself on ebay etc. i purchased a 5L bottle and is a great pre washer that rinses of all dirt/bugs etc before rinsing the car of then using the 2 bucket method. here is a video of the same set up i have.

UK Valet Cherry Snow Foam - YouTube

 

[j20rdan]

Will get some photo's of it being used on the merc !

 

[eihtur]

17's an impressive age to get your first merc

Why? Doesn't it just mean the car was cheap, or you have lots of money?

 

[j20rdan]

Why? Doesn't it just mean the car was cheap, or you have lots of money?

Well either way its impressive as insuring a mercedes at 17 years old is not exactly cheap if the car is cheap or not is only half of it. running costs / insurance etc is the hard part hence why most 17 year olds get 1.2's as they are cheap to run and normally all they can afford such as myself.