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ive jumped off the BMW bangwon & joined Mercedes for now

#1 sunny_j

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Posted 22 May 2009 - 10:51 PM

i finally got my new ride. its a white/black 09 E320 Bluetec diesel. i had enough of bmw's problems/glitches with their cars so i decided to give mercedes a try. stock 208hp and 388 tq. once the car has 5000kms first mod is the kleemann kd box which will boost hp to 270 and 450 lb/ft

. one thing i already miss is bmw handling. pics to come later

#2 GENEaTALS

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Posted 22 May 2009 - 10:53 PM

quitter....

j/k

congrats sunny, happy motoring... :cool:

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Posted 23 May 2009 - 09:59 AM

Enjoy the new ride!

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#4 Rudy

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Posted 23 May 2009 - 10:10 AM

Enjoy your new car...as far as problems/glitches, I don't know if leaving BMW for M-B is the best solution. Unless they've really gotten their act together (which I think they're working on) they're no less "glitchy" than BMW.

I do have a question about the Bluetec system though. How often do you have to replenish the Adblue? Is it something that lasts a long time or is it something you have to refill fairly often? Where do you buy Adblue? Just wondering...

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Posted 23 May 2009 - 10:37 AM

Rudy, on May 23 2009, 08:10 AM, said:

OT, but great avatar and member title Rudy :lol:

#6 sdg1871

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Posted 23 May 2009 - 10:49 AM

GL with your new ride.

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Posted 23 May 2009 - 10:59 AM

Congrats sunny, please post some pics

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Posted 23 May 2009 - 04:29 PM

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Sunny, besides our 750LI, we have an 03 E500 and an 08 C350 and I can tell you that the E500 at first was a constant pain of problems, but all fixed under warranty, just the hassle of problems. Now its been 3 years since any problems so your E-Class has a history of things that went wrong in the early years but now have been pretty much all worked out so you should have a great car for a long time, but good on gas.

Our 08 C350 has had a couple of small things, quickly fixed by dealer but you are right, the one thing I always miss when I drive the MB is the handling and ride of the BMW. Cant be beat by any MB in my opinion but the MB looks great and is still a very fun car to drive.

Mikey83, on May 23 2009, 08:59 AM, said:

Congrats sunny, please post some pics

#9 sunny_j

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Posted 24 May 2009 - 01:18 PM

rudy, adblue gets filled up at every service interval and from what i read its fairly inexpensive.
pkancel, i have read about all the problems the early build W211's had. when i was looking for a car i was considering a used 03-05 E55 but was scared off from reliabilty issues. another reason why i went with diesel is because all new benz's are 4matic which is complety BS. the consumer should have a choice in deciding if they want AWD or RWD but benz has made the decision for everyone in canada. as far as i know only diesel and AMG models come in rwd. ill try to post pics today but be nice because the car looks fugly with 16's on it

mods planned so far are
1. h&r springs
2. tint
3. sprint booster
4. rims
5. KD box

#10 ssonss1

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Posted 24 May 2009 - 03:25 PM

wanna race again:) vrooom

#11 sunny_j

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Posted 24 May 2009 - 03:40 PM

ssonss1, on May 24 2009, 01:25 PM, said:

wanna race again:) vrooom

sure but you have to give me 1 city block head start :think:

#12 Rudy

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Posted 24 May 2009 - 10:37 PM

sunny_j, on May 24 2009, 02:18 PM, said:

rudy, adblue gets filled up at every service interval and from what i read its fairly inexpensive.

Gotcha. That makes sense...I wasn't sure if it was something that needed refilling more frequently or not. Obviously, it would be a pain (at least these days) to find some and constantly fill it up if it ran out quickly.

Do you know if the car still runs (albeit not as clean) if the Adblue runs out?

#13 sunny_j

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Posted 25 May 2009 - 10:11 AM

Rudy, on May 24 2009, 08:37 PM, said:

i believe you can start the car 20 times once the adblue has run out.

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Posted 25 May 2009 - 01:34 PM

Drove the car, its very nice, once all done up it will look sexy

Hurry up and put some KM's on her lol

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