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Automobile Forum <- The only automotive forum that's still figuring out how to change this logo 2015-07-13T10:43:58+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/feed.php?f=9&t=175 2015-07-13T10:43:58+00:00 2015-07-13T10:43:58+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=2154#p2154 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> Statistics: Posted by tut — Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:43 am


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2015-07-13T10:28:51+00:00 2015-07-13T10:28:51+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=2153#p2153 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> Statistics: Posted by Swerve — Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:28 am


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2015-06-15T15:31:19+00:00 2015-06-15T15:31:19+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=2055#p2055 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> Statistics: Posted by Turbojett — Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:31 pm


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2015-06-15T11:13:29+00:00 2015-06-15T11:13:29+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=2053#p2053 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]>
I promised I'd minimise running costs down by keeping it original. Then I found out how heavy AMG's wheels were. Lucky for my wallet, Carlssons don't seem any better and Japanese brands are very hard to find with suitable widths in 5x112.

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2015-06-15T02:16:08+00:00 2015-06-15T02:16:08+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=2050#p2050 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]>
I was pissed when they decided to start calling them E-Class coupes though. I get that it was in the name of simplification and consolidation, but the names had already gotten a following. Meanwhile BMW's doing the opposite.

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2015-06-08T00:49:34+00:00 2015-06-08T00:49:34+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=2024#p2024 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> Statistics: Posted by Swerve — Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:49 am


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2015-06-08T00:46:37+00:00 2015-06-08T00:46:37+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=2022#p2022 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> - pixels stuffed on the dash clock (not sure if it's anything other than a clock)
- front and rear parking sensors erroring
- stitching come off on the driver's seat bolster (but the leather itself is in unusually unworn and soft condition for a car with thick bolsters)
- pneumatic controls for the seat air bladders not working.

Yesterday my garage remote fell under the seat. Before realising it would be safe to simply move the seat back on its rails, I spent a few minutes trying to pull it through a small gap. About this time I noticed a plastic tube and a rubber one that should probably have been connected. Plugged the together and the pneumatics were back in business for both seats!

I am proud/ashamed (happy to go with your feelings on the matter) to say I hadn't got around to washing the car this whole time. Took it to a self wash place yesterday and enjoyed having a good look around the body. Mercedes obviously know a lot about layering on the paint thick. By far the best condition paintwork of any car I've had. But I can understand how these cars rust away in countries that aren't as dry and snowless as Australia- every tiny stone chip was brown, rather than the typical in my experience white/cream colour.

Anyway, the parking sensors were obviously just dirty because after the wash they started working perfectly!

Two down...

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2015-05-24T14:02:32+00:00 2015-05-24T14:02:32+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=1903#p1903 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> Statistics: Posted by Swerve — Sun May 24, 2015 2:02 pm


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2015-05-24T13:53:33+00:00 2015-05-24T13:53:33+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=1902#p1902 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> Statistics: Posted by Swerve — Sun May 24, 2015 1:53 pm


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2015-05-22T15:08:31+00:00 2015-05-22T15:08:31+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=1896#p1896 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> Statistics: Posted by ryguy79 — Fri May 22, 2015 3:08 pm


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2015-05-22T15:03:56+00:00 2015-05-22T15:03:56+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=1895#p1895 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> Statistics: Posted by ryguy79 — Fri May 22, 2015 3:03 pm


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2015-05-21T14:16:39+00:00 2015-05-21T14:16:39+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=1891#p1891 <![CDATA[Re: Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]> Statistics: Posted by Arthur Dent — Thu May 21, 2015 2:16 pm


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2015-05-21T13:24:38+00:00 2015-05-21T13:24:38+00:00 http://automobileforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=175&p=1890#p1890 <![CDATA[Pulled the trigger on new old car musings]]>
So for 2/3 the price of an M3 I picked up a 2000 CLK55. While M-division make BMWs faster but more fragile, everything AMG did to the CLK made it more reliable than a standard MB.

Whereas I ruled out SMG M3s, I can live with the auto (still the worst thing about the car other than it's incredible lack of LSD) because it's the only choice and I'm keeping the MR2 anyway.

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