Sensible family daily wagon - Mercedes Benz S211 E500

[bolidemichael]

In the meantime, I've been in touch with the man and the E500 will be on with them on Tuesday.

[EdmondDantes]

They’ve done a great job on the wheels, I’ve been toying with getting the wheels on my Integra powdered coated for a while now as it’s near on impossible to cheap the inner barrels clean.

[bolidemichael]

Nath911t said:

You do get about a bit and the picture trail looks fab and something I should get around to doing one day.

I caught in your last post about your SBC unit. playing up again? Hope you get the FFRR sorted out too.

FFRR sat awaiting an earth cable to be fitted.

As above, SBC to be inspected next week. Yikes!

[bolidemichael]

JakeT said:

bolidemichael said:

JakeT said:

I think for the cost, the vignette is worth it. Plus I like stickers, so win win.

It’s a good Pizza, too! And seeing as it has the prancing horse on the outside, you must be right.

Excellent, stuff, I’ve got some time off work in a few weeks and I think we’re headed up through Sweden this time. We’ll be doing that Harwich-HvH ferry again, which I really enjoy.

Stickers are very cool.

What's the destination in Sweden and how will you get there from Denmark?

I think for this one it’s over the Øresund Bridge. A definite bucket list item, along with the Millau Viaduct and the even more stunning Queen Elizabeth II Bridge…

How very interesting... presumably there are no customs or a toll?

[bolidemichael]

EdmondDantes said:

They’ve done a great job on the wheels, I’ve been toying with getting the wheels on my Integra powdered coated for a while now as it’s near on impossible to cheap the inner barrels clean.

Do you mean keep the inner barrels clean?

Are you in Glasgow? Are there any recommended alloy refurbishers there?

I've just remembered that I should order some replacement centre caps.

[Screenwash]

The toll on the Oresund bridge/tunnel is something like 28 quid each way..! No customs or passport checks normally though.

..And the Helsingor ferry alternative isn’t any cheaper IIRC (2019). And you’re more likely to be held up in traffic on the Copenhagen ring.

[bolidemichael]

That's good to knot, thanks.

ETA

Edited by bolidemichael on Saturday 8th April 22:21

[EdmondDantes]

bolidemichael said:

EdmondDantes said:

They’ve done a great job on the wheels, I’ve been toying with getting the wheels on my Integra powdered coated for a while now as it’s near on impossible to cheap the inner barrels clean.

Do you mean keep the inner barrels clean?

Are you in Glasgow? Are there any recommended alloy refurbishers there?

I've just remembered that I should order some replacement centre caps.

Yeah I’m up in Glasgow! Looks like a place in Hillington gets good reviews, will need to check them out.

[sdh2903]

EdmondDantes said:

Yeah I’m up in Glasgow! Looks like a place in Hillington gets good reviews, will need to check them out.

Have used loads of different places around Glasgow. Only place I'd use and recommend now is Scuffed in Hillington. Not the cheapest but their work is second to none.

[Glasgowrob]

Diamond cut wheels and coatings specialist in East Kilbride

Highly rated and reasonably priced

[bolidemichael]

There you go, a gathering of Glasgow people with good local knowledge.

The car returned today, with the same number of people with which it departed.



Overall journey starts



Crossed 186k not too far from London by the looks of things. It was on 182k not too long ago and that's on almost exclusively long journeys.

[bolidemichael]

I gave it a quick once over today -- really simple, BH Touch-Less and Touch-On.

The main thing was to clear the brake dust from the winter alloys which'll be swapped for summers.











Tomorrow I'll leave with the Man and brace myself. In the meantime, the PDC have been playing up and a wiper nozzle jet is blocked.

[bolidemichael]

I also noticed this little rust bubble.



Is there any chance of arresting its spread (In thinking particularly of BC and his wealth of experience with fizzing Vauxhalls, rather than GPM's approach of mad welding)?

[JeremyH5]

bolidemichael said:

I also noticed this little rust bubble.



Is there any chance of arresting its spread (In thinking particularly of BC and his wealth of experience with fizzing Vauxhalls, rather than GPM's approach of mad welding)?

Good luck with that being as small as it looks. My boot lid looked like that until some trim removed and the whole thing was condemned.

[bolidemichael]

JeremyH5 said:

bolidemichael said:

I also noticed this little rust bubble.



Is there any chance of arresting its spread (In thinking particularly of BC and his wealth of experience with fizzing Vauxhalls, rather than GPM's approach of mad welding)?

Good luck with that being as small as it looks. My boot lid looked like that until some trim removed and the whole thing was condemned.

I need SOLUTIONS not PROBLEMS, Jeremy

[E90_M3Ross]

Take it to a bodyshop. What's a few more quid in seriousness, probably because I'm useless with rust, I'd take that to a bodyshop. Shouldn't have thought it'd cost too much to sort properly, and prevent it from getting bigger.

[JeremyH5]

Yes, bodyshop prevention is the cure!

[B'stard Child]

bolidemichael said:

I also noticed this little rust bubble.



Is there any chance of arresting its spread (In thinking particularly of BC and his wealth of experience with fizzing Vauxhalls, rather than GPM's approach of mad welding)?

I dream of rust bubbles that need full zoom facility use to see - by the time I react to the fizzing it's normally a welder-thon and the panel or body part is hanging by a thread.

I'm not the best person for advice.

In summary - These are not the droids you are looking for

[mercedeslimos]

JeremyH5 said:

bolidemichael said:

I also noticed this little rust bubble.



Is there any chance of arresting its spread (In thinking particularly of BC and his wealth of experience with fizzing Vauxhalls, rather than GPM's approach of mad welding)?

Good luck with that being as small as it looks. My boot lid looked like that until some trim removed and the whole thing was condemned.

My Passat estate is like that, really need to replace the boot (keep grinding it back, rust remover and a shot of filler as it's hidden behind the plate etc) but the bit of the boot you can see is mint. bad design by VW, one tiny mark from assembly and it grow - according to the PO it was there when he bought it in 2012! To be fair my car is 17 years old, you're going to get a bubble here and there.

[5 In a Row]

JeremyH5 said:

Good luck with that being as small as it looks. My boot lid looked like that until some trim removed and the whole thing was condemned.

That looks like standard E39 bootlid rust