I can’t wait to see how long those tyres last.

Life’s just one insane, high-octane adrenaline hit after another for you eh Molls? 😉

Just found out the wipers are automatic. Result.

But where are your sunglasses?

Don’t tell me you’re suffering the indignity of hooking them in the neck of your shirt when you’re not wearing them?

I’ve been doing that when going into shops whilst wearing a mask.

In the car I’ve put them in the little tray in the centre console but it’s a poor solution.

What sunglasses for a mercedes anyway ?

I mean iirc you need persol for your faux Italian repmobile.

What does the stylish German shooting break driver about town wear ?

https://carroar.com/best-sunglass-holders/

Or sell the car and buy one with a factory sunglass holder?

Nah BWD, mirror beads are where it’s at 🙂

What sunglasses for a mercedes anyway ?

Mykita are German. That’s what I wear in my Mercedes 😉

Wait, there’s an optional sunglasses holder you can buy!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-GENUINE-MERCEDES-BENZ-MB-GLK-CLS-W204-W212-X204-W218-BLACK-SUNGLASS-HOLDER-/201955161595

@molgrips I’ve missed a few days of this thread….

Wheels/Tyres – Stack the existing whes in wheels up in your garage/loft/shed and forget about them, Buy some 17″ Euros spec E-Class wheels. Fit All-Season 245/45/17s, which will be
A)Quieter
B)Better riding
C) Square setup so can be rotated front-rear evening out wear and maximising VFM
D) actually give you a cat-in-hells chance of getting up even a dropped kerb when winter comes round (Ha, theres a topic we havent brought up yet, 1700 kilo rear drive autobox Merc in U Kslush, just you wait!).

When the time come to change again, refit the original wheels. Sell the 17’s and recoup a large proportion of the cost.

Sunglass Holder/Pocket – inbetween your legs under the seats is a soft flocked opening bin

Lights – they are not just auto lights, if the camera is there it will more than likely be Merc Intelli Light System. Ensure its on in the menu, and you get swivveling dip beam, auto corner lights, auto high-beam etc

Wipers – first two clicks on the stalk are auto low sensitivity, then auto high sensitivity.

@trail_rat

What sunglasses for a mercedes anyway ?

I mean iirc you need persol for your faux Italian repmobile.

What does the stylish German shooting break driver about town wear ?

Polizei?

D) actually give you a cat-in-hells chance of getting up even a dropped kerb when winter comes round (Ha, theres a topic we havent brought up yet, 1700 kilo rear drive autobox Merc in U Kslush, just you wait!).

Forgot about this. Both my parents AMG kitted c220 and e350 coupes were comedically bad in snow ….like not just bad Couldn’t move the flat drive comically bad. The gear box just had a huff at the first sign of wheel spin and refused to do anything even when forcing a high gear start.

Coming soon – Mercedes AMG for sale for parts or repair, good clean car but doesn’t have 1st or 2nd gear due to catastrophic gearbox failure, but does have many features such as a 25 quid ebay sunglasses holder, 14 sets of tyres various sizes, radio bit iffy, I’ll throw in a second vehicle with no MOT due to no longer being attached to it’s chassis.

Loving this thread. Seems like a more relaxed @molgrips has appeared with this new motor!

And gotta be Julbo sunglasses for the Germanic continental European look?

Edit – seems that Julbo are French not Swiss 🤷‍♂️

Sunglasses – must be from the Merc branded range; available at a premium price from your local dealer.
To complete the look – branded polo shirt and Petronas cap.

I just did ten or so miles of first class winding Welsh B road and now I really like the car. It was flippin glorious even with bikes on the roof and kids in the car. Not that I’d have gone that fast anyway but it was brilliant to drive.

@snotrag thanks, it is a toss-up between 18 and 17. However it is rather hard to get 17s with the right offset and width, but I found some in Germany, presumably more are available there for winter wheels.

It does have the swivelling lights, so far I’ve only used them on narrow lanes where they do struggle to keep up a bit!

good clean car

Nah we’re holidaying with it, it’s trashed already.

Does it have all wheel drive? I think that comes as an option, if not I’d skip the winter tyres and buy a jet ski, better handling in snow.

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good clean car
Nah we’re holidaying with it, it’s trashed already.

Oi !!! Look after my car will you

Pretty sure the flywheel is toast.

– Shudder when start/stop operates
– Shudder or rattle when stopping from a slow crawl i.e. when parking
Noticeable vibration when driving at 70 unladen in the motorway, especially up hills
– Gearbox is still all over the place with rubbish shifting; chatted to my neighbour about it and he said his car with the same gearbox was smooth as butter. So definitely something up. This could be flywheel related or just the fluid.

Off to Mercedes tomorrow to see if I can get the security code for the online log book, and then the indie specialist on Monday. It’s still under the dealer’s warranty so if all goes to plan I’ll get a fresh flywheel which should last me a fair few years.

Also, realised half way through our holiday that the caravan still had the old car number plate on.

Fret not. Lots of people live for ages with just one kidney.

Never mind that, did you get the sunglasses sorted out?

There’s absolutely no way I’m paying for a new flywheel or centrifugal pendulum damper or whatever is inside that thing.

There’s absolutely no way I’m paying for a new flywheel or centrifugal pendulum damper or whatever is inside that thing.

Neither is RustyNissanPrairie

There’s absolutely no way I’m paying for a new flywheel or centrifugal pendulum damper or whatever is inside that thing.

Is the most likely reply from the warranty company.

This thread has legs.

Is the most likely reply from the warranty company

That was funny, never thought I would say it but it’s a shame there are no smiley things on here for these moments.

It’s an automatic…. No flywheel issues? Just get the fluid changed as we all pointed out about 100posts ago. That is the first port of call with these gearboxes

Pretty sure the flywheel is toast.

– Shudder when start/stop operates
– Shudder or rattle when stopping from a slow crawl i.e. when parking
Noticeable vibration when driving at 70 unladen in the motorway, especially up hills
– Gearbox is still all over the place with rubbish shifting; chatted to my neighbour about it and he said his car with the same gearbox was smooth as butter. So definitely something up. This could be flywheel related or just the fluid.

If you switch off the engine and listen does it chatter? and does the sound change when you depress the clutch pedal?

If you switch off the engine and listen does it chatter? and does the sound change when you depress the clutch pedal?

Do automatics have clutch pedals?

Just seen this thread and read a web review of the car, which says Against – crashy suspension

For me you buy a Merc for plush soft ride, without any sportiness.

Take a plush car and try and make it sporty never works. Only way to properly help the harsh ride would be to go to smaller rims

Should have bought a BMW 3/5 touring 🤔

Just get the fluid changed as we all pointed out about 100posts ago.

I just got back from holiday last night. It’s booked in Monday for diagnostis. That’s the best I could do in the circumstances.

It’s an automatic…. No flywheel issues?

Well that’s what people say but there’s something that looks an awful lot like a flywheel in the pictures of the internals, but also various other gubbins like a centrifugal pendulum damper which could be the equivalent.

Should have bought a BMW 3/5 touring

Did you read the first post in the thread?

Nah BWD, mirror beads are where it’s at 🙂

Until the bead core – technical term – fractures and the beads cascade into the driver’s footwell potentially jamming the controls and leading to an incident which could cause serious injury and/or death.

I would stick to a proper TÜV-certified sunglass holder, as the Mercedes factory option almost certainly is, and have it fitted by a factory-trained technician. And don’t forget to inform your insurance company of the modification or you may risk invalidating your insurance leading to an incident which could cause an uninsured serious injury and/or death.

It may also help with the gearbox issue.

but also various other gubbins like a centrifugal pendulum damper

Have you checked the spasmodic varoompher balancer too? That can often be the issue

Centrifugal pendulum damper = dual mass flywheel.

I’m happy to stand corrected, but torque converter automatics don’t require a dmf. Are you sure you aren’t confusing the torque converter with the dmf in the diagram you have seen?

BWD, damn you and your superior risk assessment, I thought the beads were a winner.:-)

BWD, damn you and your superior risk assessment, I thought the beads were a winner.:-)

There’s a reason that Volvos have never been sold with factory mirror beads.

I’m happy to stand corrected, but torque converter automatics don’t require a dmf. Are you sure you aren’t confusing the torque converter with the dmf in the diagram you have seen?

This one (as many) has TC locking in all gears which would suggest to my uninformed mind that it constitutes a direct connection between engine and gearbox and hence need a DMF or similar.

See the diagram and blurb in this vid from about 2:45

Yes you are right, I stand corrected. Not quite a dual mass flywheel, but it uses the same type of dual mass system that’s dmf has within the AT.

Good luck getting it sorted.

Dual mass torque converter? either way it’s fkd, a fluid change might just save it, depends how far it’s gone, is there an wet patch under it?