Bah

[Tom]

The rust on my car isn't great, Mercedes' of a late-nineties vintage are renowned for it.

Still, I didn't really expect to see the wire brush attachment on my drill disappear through the front wing.

Fucksocks. New wing time methinks.

 

[Ctuchik]

probably gonna end up being alot cheaper to just buy a new car then starting to replace rusted panels tho.

i'd say take it to someone that can check the car for rust before you start replacing stuff.

 

[taB]

Can you get a %age of the govt's £2k if you're replacing part of a vehicle over 10 years old with a new bit?

 

[TdC]

merc's are poo anyway!



































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[old.user4556]

The rust on my car isn't great, Mercedes' of a late-nineties vintage are renowned for it.

Still, I didn't really expect to see the wire brush attachment on my drill disappear through the front wing.

Fucksocks. New wing time methinks.

Gah that's not good Tom, I see V plates rolling about and some of the rust is pretty poor on them, around the boot lock on a CLK was the last one I saw pretty bad.

Still, I love mercs. A 500 SEC is still in my fantasy garage.

YouTube - Motorwerks SEC V12

 

[Kryten]

Annoying when you still see some great 80s examples rolling round sans-rust.
Not something I'd expect from that sort of marque - got a 98 Honda with not a single patch of rust on it, and you'd think the Mercs would have a better build quality :/

 

[old.user4556]

Mercedes dropped the ball on their build quality around that time, I don't know what the latest ones are like.

My cousin has an SL 500 (to which I was in awe) and I said "wow, how is it?" and he replied "never out the dealership". This was from a conversation a few years ago.

 

[Tom]

New Mercs are vastly superior to the nineties Mercs, and are also galvanised.

I'm just going to buy a pattern wing, they're only £100 or so, and paint it myself. The chassis is fine, the engine is a peach (225,000 miles and still smooth), and its a really comfortable fast quiet car. It'll do until I have money to replace it - right now I don't. I spent a shit load of money last year on all kinds of things.

 

[Calo]

Cars with best build quality are like alway's, toyota, mazda, honda etc, the japanees one's

 

[old.user4556]

I'm a no.

Build quality <> reliability

 

[Dukat]

Build quality <> reliability

Surely if you're talking about road cars, a part of good build quality is good reliability?

 

[old.user4556]

Partly, but good build quality doesn't equate to a car's overall reliability.

 

[Scouse]

What's with this free two grand that you get if you've got a shit car? Is it Labour trying to buy poor people's votes or something?

 

[Tom]

Its an attempt to buoy the car industry in this country. It actually works quite well in Germany, but what annoys me is how they're putting a 'low carbon' spin on the idea.

1. ITS FUCKING CARBON DIOXIDE YOU TWATS. NOBODY TAKES A BATH IN HYDROGEN, THEY TAKE IT IN H2O

2. MOST OF THE ENERGY USED BY A CAR IS IN ITS CONSTRUCTION!



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