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[derin100]

harrykul said:

The bulb has gone on the fan speed knob. Time to weigh it in

ALL dashboard/instrument illumination has recently and suddenly disappeared on my wife's S124 and it's not just a fuse in the fuse-box as far as I can see...piece of crap!

I'm already halfway through my letter of complaint to Mercedes in Stuttgart. This is simply not acceptable or what I expect from a Mercedes-Benz after only 22 years and a mere 180K miles.....

(As an aside, anybody got any ideas on the above?)

[r129sl]

derin100 said:

harrykul said:

The bulb has gone on the fan speed knob. Time to weigh it in

ALL dashboard/instrument illumination has recently and suddenly disappeared on my wife's S124 and it's not just a fuse in the fuse-box as far as I can see...piece of crap!

I'm already halfway through my letter of complaint to Mercedes in Stuttgart. This is simply not acceptable or what I expect from a Mercedes-Benz after only 22 years and a mere 180K miles.....

(As an aside, anybody got any ideas on the above?)

Wiggle the adjuster for the brightness of the dashboard illumination and you'll find it comes back to life. The adjuster never gets twiddled and after twenty years a bit of corrosion develops on the rheostat. Give it a good wiggle to renew the contact surfaces.

[velocefica]

W00DY said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728-2-8i-Automatic-F...

Under budget and very appealing.

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

[S3_Graham]

velocefica said:

W00DY said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728-2-8i-Automatic-F...

Under budget and very appealing.

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

Love it when people post things like that. Means the secret can stay safe with us brave souls

O/T. S124, it has a bit of a vibration through the car at 70+ any ideas? Had the wheels balanced but the wheels had been off the car for a while and stacked in a garage...one was completely flat on fitting but seems to be holding air atm. Will check again tomorrow.

Edited by S3_Graham on Tuesday 28th April 19:19

[derin100]

r129sl said:

derin100 said:

harrykul said:

The bulb has gone on the fan speed knob. Time to weigh it in

ALL dashboard/instrument illumination has recently and suddenly disappeared on my wife's S124 and it's not just a fuse in the fuse-box as far as I can see...piece of crap!

I'm already halfway through my letter of complaint to Mercedes in Stuttgart. This is simply not acceptable or what I expect from a Mercedes-Benz after only 22 years and a mere 180K miles.....

(As an aside, anybody got any ideas on the above?)

Wiggle the adjuster for the brightness of the dashboard illumination and you'll find it comes back to life. The adjuster never gets twiddled and after twenty years a bit of corrosion develops on the rheostat. Give it a good wiggle to renew the contact surfaces.

Ah! Thank you! It worked. I'd already tried that...but now realise I was wiggly and turning the wrong one. I was doing it to the one that adjusts the clock...but it's the odometer one that does the illumination.

(On this occasion, I let Mercedes off! )

[derin100]

S3_Graham said:

velocefica said:

W00DY said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728-2-8i-Automatic-F...

Under budget and very appealing.

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

Love it when people post things like that. Means the secret can stay safe with us brave souls

Edited by S3_Graham on Tuesday 28th April 19:19

Indeed! And at that price it's almost "disposable". If something major went wrong one could probably easily sell the bits off it for more than that. You'd probably already be a third of the way there just selling the wheels from it.

Sports/Comfort seats as well!

[CampDavid]

S3_Graham said:

velocefica said:

W00DY said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728-2-8i-Automatic-F...

Under budget and very appealing.

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

Love it when people post things like that. Means the secret can stay safe with us brave souls

Edited by S3_Graham on Tuesday 28th April 19:19

Damn right. It's a 2.8 litre BMW, like the 328i, just usually easier to insure. Half the cars in here don't even require expensive tyres.

Bought well these cars are cheap enough to run

[dbdb]

The go really quite well for a car with a small engine. I was quite impressed when I travelled in a 728i - as a passenger admittedly, but it didn't feel slow or stressed at all.

[VolvoT5]

velocefica said:

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

£895 car with nearly a full MOT cannot 'wallet rape' anyone. If it breaks in any significant way you just scrap it... probably get back £150 scrap value as well.
edit: those wheels alone would go for a couple of hundred.

[Vaud]

VolvoT5 said:

velocefica said:

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

£895 car with nearly a full MOT cannot 'wallet rape' anyone. If it breaks in any significant way you just scrap it... probably get back £150 scrap value as well.
edit: those wheels alone would go for a couple of hundred.

That is a lot of car for £900. Say it lasts a year and you part break/trade in for scrap, it's cost what, £50 a month? With that history and a £1000 rainy day fund, I'd guess it would last another 50k miles...

[mr TICKHILL]

VolvoT5 said:

velocefica said:

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

£895 car with nearly a full MOT cannot 'wallet rape' anyone. If it breaks in any significant way you just scrap it... probably get back £150 scrap value as well.
edit: those wheels alone would go for a couple of hundred.

+1 how could that wallet rape you unless you were totally determined to let it

[anonymous-user]

louiebaby said:

wsurfa said:

My 03 530i auto touring has been remarkably good, [snip] MPG currently c24-26.

I don't feel too bad about the 23 mpg I've been averaging in my 540i Tourer of similar vintage now. Quite a bit of it is running around too, not many long runs at 75 mph to bring it back up to more like 28 mpg...

I managed about 10-12 for one week with my D2 S8 - was a little stressed at work and may have taken it out on the drive home.

23 seems very good for 540i - although as a subsequent poster said - try harder

[CampDavid]

wsurfa said:

louiebaby said:

wsurfa said:

My 03 530i auto touring has been remarkably good, [snip] MPG currently c24-26.

I don't feel too bad about the 23 mpg I've been averaging in my 540i Tourer of similar vintage now. Quite a bit of it is running around too, not many long runs at 75 mph to bring it back up to more like 28 mpg...

I managed about 10-12 for one week with my D2 S8 - was a little stressed at work and may have taken it out on the drive home.

23 seems very good for 540i - although as a subsequent poster said - try harder

Got 22mpg over 9000 miles in my 740i. Good smiles per gallon IMO

[4941cc]

CampDavid said:

Got 22mpg over 9000 miles in my 740i. Good smiles per gallon IMO

21.5 over the course of ownership of my last 750i (standard 95RON fuel), one decimal point lower from my current M5 (V Power only, using anything else makes the EML appear and disappear intermittently and drops the consumption over a tank to around 20) since last Oct over ~5k miles.

Both about a 50/50 driving mix of 16mpg in enthusiastic cross country driving and a steady 26 when cruising at normal motorway speeds. 30-32 is possible from both at a steady 56mph cruise controlled schelp, but what's the effing point of buying a range topper for economy?

A 735i I previously ran averaged 25 and 525/530/728i (all autos) came out at 29 give or take a rounding error.

[louiebaby]

CampDavid said:

S3_Graham said:

velocefica said:

W00DY said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728-2-8i-Automatic-F...

Under budget and very appealing.

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

Love it when people post things like that. Means the secret can stay safe with us brave souls

Edited by S3_Graham on Tuesday 28th April 19:19

Damn right. It's a 2.8 litre BMW, like the 328i, just usually easier to insure. Half the cars in here don't even require expensive tyres.

Bought well these cars are cheap enough to run

If that isn't Shed of the Week this week, there's something funny going on at PH Towers.

(If it was black leather, I might have bought it just to swap the comfort seats into my car.)

[BlueMR2]

louiebaby said:

CampDavid said:

S3_Graham said:

velocefica said:

W00DY said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728-2-8i-Automatic-F...

Under budget and very appealing.

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

Love it when people post things like that. Means the secret can stay safe with us brave souls

Edited by S3_Graham on Tuesday 28th April 19:19

Damn right. It's a 2.8 litre BMW, like the 328i, just usually easier to insure. Half the cars in here don't even require expensive tyres.

Bought well these cars are cheap enough to run

If that isn't Shed of the Week this week, there's something funny going on at PH Towers.

(If it was black leather, I might have bought it just to swap the comfort seats into my car.)

Sounds like its sold now.

[W00DY]

louiebaby said:

CampDavid said:

S3_Graham said:

velocefica said:

W00DY said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728-2-8i-Automatic-F...

Under budget and very appealing.

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

Love it when people post things like that. Means the secret can stay safe with us brave souls

Edited by S3_Graham on Tuesday 28th April 19:19

Damn right. It's a 2.8 litre BMW, like the 328i, just usually easier to insure. Half the cars in here don't even require expensive tyres.

Bought well these cars are cheap enough to run

If that isn't Shed of the Week this week, there's something funny going on at PH Towers.

(If it was black leather, I might have bought it just to swap the comfort seats into my car.)

It's not on the PH classifieds, so it won't be.



http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C608295

Interesting motor.

[Krikkit]

If it weren't so far away I'd have had a punt at that, lovely spec, bargain price.

[BeirutTaxi]

W00DY said:

louiebaby said:

CampDavid said:

S3_Graham said:

velocefica said:

W00DY said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-728-2-8i-Automatic-F...

Under budget and very appealing.

Waft factor - 10

Wallet raping -10

Love it when people post things like that. Means the secret can stay safe with us brave souls

Edited by S3_Graham on Tuesday 28th April 19:19

Damn right. It's a 2.8 litre BMW, like the 328i, just usually easier to insure. Half the cars in here don't even require expensive tyres.

Bought well these cars are cheap enough to run

If that isn't Shed of the Week this week, there's something funny going on at PH Towers.

(If it was black leather, I might have bought it just to swap the comfort seats into my car.)

It's not on the PH classifieds, so it won't be.



http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C608295

Interesting motor.

Nice body shell/chassis/styling but a diesel E28?!

[0a]

I go away for a week and there's all these BMWs appear. I rather like this 280 with leather, though it would need to be re-ambered.



http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C608778