Slow bought another shed?! Not selling for gold rings

Slow bought another shed?! Not selling for gold rings

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Slow

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6,973 posts

136 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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These cars arent thaaat bad. I know this one will now blow up as I have said that however. My Mums boyfriends Dad drives a £2k S430 which is also a 2000 car. Other than a bulb going in the dash it has been reliable for him.

Finally home so here is some quick pictures (not cleaned) of the car.









30mpg is possible too. Was mostly on the A9 so limited to 60.



Having had a wee look it seems the tyres are missmatching which could be the cause of my cruise problems. As someone mentioned the tyre size matters on these. Its running 225/45 up front and 245/45 at the rear which doesnt sound like alot but once you account for the fact it also gives it a larger sidewall it could be the cause of the problem. No mention in the handbook of it ever having 225/45 tyres on the front either. They are both in need of replacement so will go back to the 245/45 size.

Heated and cooled seat works so well. Never thought that cooled would be so nice but when sat for 3+ hours it is nice to cool down if I left the heated seat on too long haha. All the adjustment works too so thats good.





Not quite as much legroom in the rear as I would of thought.



This and a slight scuff on the bumper/arch are the only obvious damage too.





Its a really nice place to sit really, I do however need to sort some type of aux/usb input as I cant stand not having my own music.

BrettMRC

4,037 posts

159 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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What was the autobox like?

Slow

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6,973 posts

136 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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BrettMRC said:
What was the autobox like?
Smooth, no knocks or jolts. When slid into gear its ready to go straight away, the downshift/upshift works well too. Was mostly on the motorway so it didnt have alot of changing to do however haha.

jhonn

1,556 posts

148 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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Congrats on your new motor Slow - I'll be following your ownership experiences with interest.

Do you have any plans for modifications?

If it all goes horribly wrong you're not in to it for too much money; at the very least you'll have a good engine/transmission that you could use to transplant in to something else. If you could be bothered you could probably make more than you paid by breaking the rest.

ian316

4,150 posts

104 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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hopefully it'll stand another mot in march smile

E36Ross

501 posts

111 months

Monday 16th January 2017
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Chop this up and stick the Rolls Royce shell on top. smile

M1C

1,832 posts

110 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Great car, all the very best with it.

blueb10

172 posts

133 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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What's happening with the S class? Any updates?

Slow

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6,973 posts

136 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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blueb10 said:
What's happening with the S class? Any updates?
Not alot if im honest. It just works so not *had* to do anything. Bar the multifunction steering wheel playing up sometimes it has been fine.

However I am not enjoying it much. Unless I am doing a longer trip I always find myself taking the 330i touring out as its just more fun, only reason I dont like it as much for long distance is its on rock solid coilovers and has a rather noisy exhaust which drones. It also isnt very practical compared to the touring.

Dont know how much longer it has left to live at my house. I just dont use it enough, think if they made a S430 estate I would use it alot more.


blueb10

172 posts

133 months

Monday 20th February 2017
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Thanks for the update.
I asked because I have an s500L that is my daily. I think it is a great car and much maligned by people who have never driven one.
I didn't realise that your car had the coil over conversion. You obviously did not fit it but I really cannot see the point of fitting rock hard coil overs to the s class and the cl, they must ruin the ride and does it really work out any cheaper than having the original airmatic or ABC systems repaired? Same for the exhaust, I know we all want to hear the V8 but it really does not suit the car if its overly loud.
Glad to hear that otherwise, you have not had too many problems. Good luck with your other projects.

Slow

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6,973 posts

136 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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blueb10 said:
Thanks for the update.
I asked because I have an s500L that is my daily. I think it is a great car and much maligned by people who have never driven one.
I didn't realise that your car had the coil over conversion. You obviously did not fit it but I really cannot see the point of fitting rock hard coil overs to the s class and the cl, they must ruin the ride and does it really work out any cheaper than having the original airmatic or ABC systems repaired? Same for the exhaust, I know we all want to hear the V8 but it really does not suit the car if its overly loud.
Glad to hear that otherwise, you have not had too many problems. Good luck with your other projects.
Sorry I meant the E46 330i is the modified one. The S class is on air and has a stock exhaust tongue out

Alex_225

6,234 posts

200 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Crazy to think all that car was only £750!! It sounds like you've gone into ownership with your eyes open, even if there were some beer goggles over them at the time haha.

I'm not sure how accurate the reliability of this era Merc actually is? I drive an 03 E Class as my daily and it's been virtually faultless in the 10 months I've owned it.

Look forward to seeing the progress on this one. smile


dbdb

4,311 posts

172 months

Tuesday 21st February 2017
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£750 is an absurdly small amount of money for a fully functioning S Class. These are great cars when they work, but they can be very troublesome. That's a bit of a lottery of course, but one you have won!

Slow

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6,973 posts

136 months

Monday 3rd July 2017
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So its time to update this. Car sat since the mot expired due to leaving my job, a house move which never happened and then getting a new job which took up all my time. Job pays alot more than the last so thats a big plus.

Battery is dead. Was already dodgy before it sat for a few months but its too dead now. Bought a new one and fitted it. Now my dash wont light up, common fault on these models but seems odd as when parked up it worked fine.

2 new front tyres in the correct size to be ordered up in the coming days (will get fitted just before mot) which should fix the cruise issue. Going to have to investigate the clunk in the steering as well.

Had a pretty good look over it and figure im going to try a give it a good polish up as the paint doesnt look great despite it seeming undamaged bar the scruffed corner.


Slow

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6,973 posts

136 months

Wednesday 5th July 2017
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So ripped the instrument cluster and steering wheel out. Cluster to be sent away to be fixed.

Needed to remove the wheel to fit a new clockspring/steering angle sensor thing. The horn and multifunction wheel both stopped working/never worked - can't remember, this is the cause of this fault, this may also sort the srs light out too.

Was all a pretty easy job really. Also removed the door card off the rear as the window wouldn't go up and down. Only remembered once i had got this far that i had the battery out so couldn't see what was wrong.





Put it on the ramp and had a poke about, seems tidy enough with minimal rust below. Does seem to have a tiny amount of play in the steering rack though.

Slow

Original Poster:

6,973 posts

136 months

Saturday 25th November 2017
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It’s sold!
Was a good car but I just didn’t do enough mileage in it as I needed an estate more often than not so sat about.


Got a a Porsche Boxster with no mot for it.

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