Re: Autoshiteboy's German shenanigans
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 8:29 pm
Are they based on the E Class W210?
Not Mary's place perchance?AutoshiteBoy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 8:04 pm The wheels have been sent to a reputable* garage in Sheffield for a refurb and a pair of Avons.
By 2009 standards that was rather a low power output from the 2.0 lump. I'm guessing it was an a140 or a160? I'd assume though that larger outputs were available.AutoshiteBoy wrote: ↑Wed Nov 16, 2022 5:54 am I bought the A-klasse as I changed jobs and Enterprise Rent A Car (ERAC) are shite. So this car was to cover the times ERAC couldn't supply me.
I did 15,500 miles solely commuting between Bedford and Newcastle over 11 months when ERAC failed me. The A-klasse is a most curious of cars, the likes of which we'll never see again. It could only be a German design. The driving position is peculiar but not bad, very sit up and beg and you have a high sitting position. This model was a detuned 2.0 diesel with a CVT box. 86bhp from a turbo intercooled motor. Cold weather killed the fuel economy and I was being paid 23.8p per mile.
I had it serviced by an approved but independent Mercedes workshop which was very cheap considering it gave me European break down cover. Nothing went wrong in the time I had it. It did like a slurp of oil however. Thankfully, no DPF, just an oxidation catalyst.
Just after I left the job, where I'd parked it was petrol bombed. You may have seen that on TV..
The car had only done 33,000 miles when I bought it. My mate's mother had owned it since 14k miles. I suspect it was a Mercedes daily rental car before she bought it as the history folder came with its original advert. However, thanks to DVLA, it lost a keeper when she did a plate change prior to selling me it. So it was a 1 lady owner car.
I sorely missed a windscreen shade band driving this car, but did appreciate very powerful fogs. I left home at 03:30am and headed south, but wouldn't leave the south until gone 5pm or 8pm, so it just lived on the A14/M1/M18/M1. I got to know the staff at Costa Trowel Services very well in that time. TPMS gave me a good heads-up. Cruise control was used extensively.
In that mileage I did, the car consumed the following: oil & filter service. Front pads and discs. A battery. Thats it, although the front continental tyres were slick by the time I sold it to a colleague in the south. Mercedes gave me a new airbag and steering wheel controls for free under a recall, but the dealer treated me like the council house scum I am and couldn't have been less friendly or helpful. Cunts.
Bought £1,500 (inc battery as it failed when I went to collect) and sold for £1,800. 11,000 miles were covered between November and April, so I fairly lived in the little thing.