John,
you actually have two batteries and the one on my 05 CDI which
services the accessories went out at 50K and 4 years, still under
warranty.
I too, love my 05 E320 CDI and have never had a better car. Just had
to replace the glow plugs last month and that is it.
John
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009
John F. wrote: I too, love my 05 E320 CDI and have never had a better car.
Just had to replace the glow plugs last month and that is it.
I do think the CDI looks like a very nice car. I wish I could find a used one
with enough miles to make it reasonably priced. I was a little concerned
Donald Snook wrote:
How has the urea injection thing worked out? Is that something you
have to refill every once in a while? Where you do get the stuff? How
does it work? Inquiring minds want to know.
If you get a 2005 or 2006 you don't have that system. :) It is only the
BlueTec 2007+
John Freer wrote:
You actually have two batteries and the one on my 05 CDI which
services the accessories went out at 50K and 4 years, still under
warranty.
Yep, according to the manual, the error message I'm seeing can be caused
by three things: alternator, battery control module, or
they are talking about the CDI, not the Bluetec.
Donald Snook wrote:
John F. wrote: I too, love my 05 E320 CDI and have never had a better car. Just had
to replace the glow plugs last month and that is it.
I do think the CDI looks like a very nice car. I wish I could find a used one
with
That word quality has too many definitions to be meaningful. So I don't
blame MBZ for not talking about it.
To some people, quality describes how many defects a new example includes.
To other people (most of us) it describes how durable a particular model is.
And still to other people quality
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That word quality has too many definitions to be meaningful. So I
don't blame MBZ for not talking about it.
To some people, quality describes how many defects a new example
includes.
To other people (most of us) it describes how durable
John Robbins wrote:
and a few months ago the plastic piece that ratchets the parking brake
broke.
I don't get that. Plastic ratchet pawls and/or sectors in a highly stressed and
important area? Those ratchets usually see a few hundred pounds of force.
Reminds me of the ratcheting nylon
Kaleb wrote: they are talking about the CDI, not the Bluetec.
Yea, I figured that out. I thought the CDI had the Urea thing also. I forgot
that was a newer emission component to make it 50 state compliant under the new
standard.
Donald H. Snook
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That word quality has too many definitions to be meaningful. So I
don't blame MBZ for not talking about it.
To some people, quality describes how many defects a new example
includes
On 12/11/2009 9:07 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
I don't get that. Plastic ratchet pawls and/or sectors in a highly
stressed and important area? Those ratchets usually see a few hundred
pounds of force.
I don't get it either... If nothing else, it should be a more
substantial piece of plastic than
The only Mercedes I would consider purchasing NEW is the Bluetec.
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 5:07 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Dwight,
To be honest, I didn't really look for one, but will next time I'm there.
The only diesels I see around here, in the newer models, are most often in
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:09:16 -0500 L Mark Finch mfi...@katzenfinch.com
wrote:
pedant
Quality doesn't mean much of anything by itself. It requires a
modifier, such as high, poor or questionable. When somebody speaks
of a real quality item it drives the editor in me right up the wall.
The
hi John!
we've gotten almost 7 years out of a severely abused Optima (Red
Top) in our J**p, but that's about it. (we have another with almost that
much time on it in there now with no indication of it getting tired,...
yet.)
if people are actually getting 10 years out of them, i haven't
ED,
Did they have any Bluetecs there?
Bissell Cove Quahog Auto Salvage Co
Dwight E. Giles, Jr.
Wickford RI 02852
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Hi Dwight,
To be honest, I didn't really look for one, but will next time I'm there.
The only diesels I see around here, in the newer models, are most often in
the large GL SUVs. You do see the odd one in an M Class too. I'm not sure
if either are Bluetech, or just their regular diesels, as I'm
Thx Ed - appreciate you keeping us aware of new MBs. My only problem, I
feel cars should be judged after they have 100K miles or so on them before
making any judgements about quality.
BTW - until I actually looked, I would have thought MB would have made much
in their brochures and
Hi Larry,
I still dream about an old 6.3. I know Jay Leno has one with over 300,000
on the clock, and says it still drives tighter than most cars with less than
50,000. I haven't driven my old E300 for awhile, but took it for a spin the
other night, and forgot just how solid it is. It has over
or Porsche Posters?
www.youroil.net
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From: E M pokieba...@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 6:35 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] trip to the local dealer
Hi Larry,
I still dream about an old 6.3. I
LarryT wrote:
Thx Ed - appreciate you keeping us aware of new MBs. My only problem, I
feel cars should be judged after they have 100K miles or so on them
before making any judgements about quality.
My 2005 CDI has 101k on it. Still drives fantastic! :) The fit and
finish is still
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