The drivers side fog lamp was broken when I picked the van up. A two minute internet search said $180, fine, the sales guy wrote into the contract that they'd cut me a check for it.
I can't help but try to save money, even when it's other people's money, so I found the light on Rock Auto for $76. It came today and seven screws later it was in. Small fixes. Now we wait to see how well the reimbursement check from the dealership works.
berkeley, I need an AMG something63 in my garage.
The early E63's are stupid cheap for what you get.
I have noticed this, though the CL63 is damned attractive.
A great report, keep it coming as you add some real world miles please.
N7Prime
New Reader
3/6/16 11:12 p.m.
Pics of that engine. :D. Its hand built right?
Shipped to Alabama to be put into a mini van. haha so stereotypical yet true.
http://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w204/312631-guido-nordheim-engines.html
slowride wrote:
http://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w204/312631-guido-nordheim-engines.html
I got some crazy spam warning off that link....
hmm, I didn't get anything, but I'm running an ad blocker. Anyway, it's nothing too special, just other people with the same engine builder.
So, a bit over a month, a bit over 2500 miles so far. The last 1000 miles have been a pretty good representation of me hauling the family around and I'm at 14.2 mpg over that time. Could be worse?
The plates came in and I needed to mount the front plate. I didn't want to drill the front bumper for the stock plate holder. I didn't want to use a tow hook holder because they block the parking sensors. I needed to mount it in such a way that it didn't block airflow to the brake ducts or the old cooler. This was my solution.
I was able to use existing bolts on the van, no new holes, and not block anything. I need to re-make the mount that comes through the grill because I'm not as good at eyeballing things as I thought I was. I should have used cardboard first.
The van is everyones favorite. Even Mrs. Deuce claims it for running around on the weekends. No problems other than a CEL that I induced by forgetting to plug in the outside air temperature sensor when I was reassembling things after making the plate holder. Easy fix and a quick scan showed no other codes, so that's nice. So far so good.
Mike
Dork
4/8/16 2:22 p.m.
So much practicality in one place. Awesome.
mndsm
MegaDork
4/8/16 2:51 p.m.
And now I look at the two of them and think, "what if I put a big single turbo on the truck, then I could have three 500hp vehichicles."
It is fun to play eenie meenie miney moe to figure out which one to drive.
Mike
Dork
5/8/16 2:26 p.m.
In reply to Mike:
If only I could talk my wife into a "mini van"
After having our R for 6 years I am sold on cartridge oil filters, so easy and no mess. Ours has made trips from Ohio to Austin and Sebring with no issues but in the last month it has developed a miss that is driving me nuts.
Driving across the country. The level of road fatigue when driving is shockingly low. Three kids, a dog and 1000k miles in the last two days and I feel rested. Not all is well.
I've been watching the rear tires wear faster than the fronts. Known issue with these so I was trying to get a feel for it rather than just doing short rotations. I think the wear is worse on the freeway with chip seal when the air bags squat down.
I went from "I should probably rotate those before I leave" to "I screwed that up and am going to need two new tires before I come home." in 1k miles. Incidentally, these tires were very close to new 6k miles ago. I read about 20-25k tire intervals on the R's but super careful rotation might get me 15k. Time to sort out the geometry I suspect.
Anyone know how to adjust rear toe on these?
This is the first time I've bought tires on the road. Stopped in Knoxville TN and asked a tire shop if they had any in my size. They said they could have them by 9:00 in the morning so we decided to stay here instead of an hour up the road. As you can tell by the picture I'm not at emergency replacement yet, but in four days I'll be running around the UP as a rally service vehichicle for Chris Nonack and the van doesn't have a spare. Grabbing new tires where I could seemed like a good idea.
In reply to mazdeuce:
Rally support vehicle? I'm pretty sure you'd be way faster than his rally car!
But the rally car is louder whis is what's really important.
mazdeuce wrote:
Driving across the country. The level of road fatigue when driving is shockingly low. Three kids, a dog and 1000k miles in the last two days and I feel rested.
A million miles in two days! That thing is a rocket ship!