An old E class Merc
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Hugo Stiglitz

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39,672 posts

228 months

Sunday 31st August
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Not the most sexy of cars but two days after buying this E220 AMG 120kmiler privately (who nicked the AMG logos off of the calipers!) I drove across Europe.

Things to do - annoying rattle from the front wheel (not the spring). Bizarrely the tyre was changed there by Halfords and they didn't fit a XL tyre as well...and overcharged me..

A/C needs a regas.


FarmerJim

651 posts

176 months

Sunday 31st August
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Excellent! There's not much that will effortlessly eat the miles like an E Class Benz.

AC43

12,824 posts

225 months

Sunday 31st August
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I've got one of them with the 5.5. Wafty. Plus mine's an estate; recently used to pick up a huge Victorian chest of drawers from SE London. Handy.

Also like the colour of yours.

Magnum 475

3,863 posts

149 months

Sunday 31st August
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I ran the estate version, 13 plate, from pre-reg with 91 miles on it, through to just under 140k miles over 5 years.

In that time it had routine servicing, tyres, and brakes. The only thing that failed was a pipe union in the air suspension.

Truly brilliant at what they do.

AC43

12,824 posts

225 months

Sunday 31st August
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Magnum 475 said:
I ran the estate version, 13 plate, from pre-reg with 91 miles on it, through to just under 140k miles over 5 years.

In that time it had routine servicing, tyres, and brakes. The only thing that failed was a pipe union in the air suspension.

Truly brilliant at what they do.
Since 2013 I've covered 90k in a couple of E Classes with very few problems between them. They're pretty solid.