Newbie With Loadsa Questions!

[Mercious]

Hello to you all and thank you for existing as a club and as individuals.

I thought I was condemned to paying to join the posh Mercedes club but, then I found you and now my life is complete.

I've just bought a V plate (2000) E320 CDI auto estate with 121,000 on the clock.

Sorry to be asking questions as soon as I arrive but, what's the score with the exhaust back box once the brackets have gone?

I'm only starting to look into the situation but, it appears I can either get an after-market unit fitted at the local exhaust and tyres place for £320 or go to my local M B and get the genuine article and fit it myself.

Or, I could get an after-market unit and fit it myself.

Advice would be greatly appreciated.

The car is a 210 model E class.

I won't tell you about the D category situation in 2003 or how I had to wait for six weeks to collect the car after paying for it on ebay!

All good fun that I can relay later.

Basically it's not too bad a car (as yet) and it does everything but make the tea.

I paid £2,495.00 with twelve months MOT and six months tax, nearly new Avon tyres (low profile - when all I want is something with a tyre wall), new battery, blah, blah etc.

They're a bit fancy these cars aren't they!

Thanks in advance for any ideas re exhaust back box.

It's so nice to have found this site.

Regards


Mercious

 

[steve333]

Hello & welcome to the site,i'm sure someone will be along soon to answer your questions

 

[230K]

Hi and welcome to forum

Get the brackets welded simple enough once the exhaust is sitting on the ground

see here........... http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/engine/50965-what-goes-wrong-210-estate-exhaust-simple-fix.html

230k

 

[carat 3.6]

Welcome to the forum.

 

[MicB]

Hello and welcome

Mic

 

[s500colin]

Hello and Welcome from Me too

 

[Mercious]

I'm trying to thank you and ask other questions but I can't get my head round the site yet.

I keep on posting after logging in only to be told i'm not logged in!

 

[Mercious]

Here's my other question:

Where does my car originate from?

Here's the start of the chassis number as on V 5 and inside car screen:

SABTVR037

Bedford Mercedes Benz are baffled.

The car did have the cat D in 2003 so it might be two cars. It might be four cars. Frightening!

 

[A-AvantGarde]

Here's my other question:

Where does my car originate from?

Here's the start of the chassis number as on V 5 and inside car screen:

SABTVR037

Bedford Mercedes Benz are baffled.

The car did have the cat D in 2003 so it might be two cars. It might be four cars. Frightening!

That sounds odd. I believe that the chassis / VIN should start WDB (or WDC).

 

[HughJarse]

LOL
Thats a Jag made in England!!

What Can Your Mercedes Vehicle Identification Number Tell You?

 

[renault12ts]

230K welded mine two and a half years ago...still going strong and passed 3 MOTs.

 

[renault12ts]

Here's my other question:

Where does my car originate from?

Here's the start of the chassis number as on V 5 and inside car screen:

SABTVR037

Bedford Mercedes Benz are baffled.

The car did have the cat D in 2003 so it might be two cars. It might be four cars. Frightening!

That's not a Merc VIN. Yours should start 210226...........

 

[brucemillar]

I think you car has had a re-shell so the original VIN has been replaced with a DVLA VIN.

 

[Mercious]

I've just logged in, written a long reply and lost it all because the site can't handle a ten-minute reply.

"refresh the page and log in again"

This, after I've logged in.

What a crazy situation.

It's as though they don't want you to have any success.

Anyway, forget it!

 

[CKLclive]

Your vin no is on the passenger side front screen ?

 

[Dieselman]

Anyway, forget it!

Forgotten...

 

[Mercious]

I'm very wary of even writing anything now because it will probably all get lost.

I know where the VIN is and I found out it was a DVLA Reshelled VIN.

I'll send this and just do little posts before I get locked out again.

So much to say and the threat of being silenced by the logging in again thing.

 

[Mercious]

What's the way of getting round this 'time out' thing?

 

[Mercious]

I guess the way round it is to use the 'post reply' and not the 'quick reply'.

Excuse the outburst.

 

[Dieselman]

Just log in then use the browser "back" button to get back to your ramblings, then click "submit".