Great caar you got there Bill. Regarding the door closures....fuse panel in the trunk, locate # 9 fuse (one of 52!) and pull it and reinsert it. Worked for me every time.
John On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Bill R<billr32...@comcast.net> wrote: > I'm still in a state of shock that we paid so much for a 1997, but it is one > Sue fell in love with at first sight and drive. The variable quick response > steering was a surprise, and the tight turning radius. It is safe, and > something she can be proud of driving. Her Infinity was showing it's age. > It is the S320, and has the LWB option. Lots of room in that back seat. It > was not the one with the 20" rims, that one was older with lower mileage and > a LOT cheaper. It also had a lot of things starting to go funky on it which > suggested to me that it had not been cared for all of its life as this one > has. This was dealer maintained all the way, and has factory everything. I > have not completely figured out what everything is as yet, but the > Parktronic is interesting. At the moment my darling wife is out giving the > charcoal filter a test run. Though I have never seen her smoke, she has > done so since she was a kid. The air filter is automatic in case of too > much CO or some other toxin is present, though for her it will be to help > with second hand smoke. Personally I wonder how effective it might be with > self generated toxic air. We are taking it to Atlanta next month and often > stop at a BBQ on the way, so I might find out. The only bad thing about it > in my opinion is that it is black with dark leather interior. Fortunately > she has a parking garage at work so it won't be in the sun all day. I'm > still loving my 1981 300SD, but I sure would prefer her radio with CD > changer and cassette, and even a weather band button. I did notice one of > the hydraulic door closers was not working all the time [drivers door], but > that is not something I think of as a necessity. The 'clean hand' extending > trunk closer handle is also a new one on me. Seems they have come up with a > few tricks since my 1981 was built. > BillR > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] > On Behalf Of WILTON > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 5:58 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] S320 LWB > > A 230 or a 320? The one with the 20" wheels? Are you keeping those? > Congrats and good luck. ;<))))))))) > Is it really LWB? > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill R" <billr32...@comcast.net> > To: "'Mercedes Discussion List'" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:32 PM > Subject: [MBZ] S320 LWB > > >> We took the oft repeated advice from some on the list and paid top dollar >> for a beautiful example of a 1997 S230 LWB. The car was sold and serviced >> at the dealer, and kept in wonderful condition by what seems an anal >> retentive type. Service records are up to date. It has all options for >> its >> year, including a phone in the arm rest, and was traded on a new E class. >> Here's hoping that it is as good as we are led to believe. >> >> BillR >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090613/3f > 8385f2/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
