[karlt10]

In 2019 one of my brothers moved permenantly to their place in Estes Park, CO. Since a low ground-clearance Mercedes C300 is of no use 60 months out of the year I bought their 2011 1-owner with summer-only 43k miles at a dirt cheap prices. Never regretted it.

I parked the Mazda, hoping that a 1st generation, low-mileage southern example would come along that I could put my parts onto. That never happened... Having already spent $3k to have winter deicer rust fixed once I wasn't about to do so again. No decent southern car ever materialized, and i was tired of looking at it, so a few weeks ago I sold it to my nephew for his 15 yr old son. It needed all new front brakes- which I had everything. And a new upper control arm- which I had everything. Plus all kinds of extras and back-ups that I had collected over 12 years. My grand-nephew now has a car that he loves.

Anyway, it's now gone. I miss it, but it needed to go. Kicking myself for not buying a low-mileage gen II that was on Ebay a few weeks ago.

Yes, I still have No Manual Mode shifter switches.

 

[Mz6GreyGhost]

Here's hoping your grand-nephew takes care of and enjoys it just as much as you have for all these years!

 

[Byakuya]

End of a legend, but glad it's going to a good home!

Don't be a stranger around here. You're an OG and always welcome even if not with a 6

 

[DrFeelGood]

In 2019 one of my brothers moved permenantly to their place in Estes Park, CO. Since a low ground-clearance Mercedes C300 is of no use 60 months out of the year I bought their 2011 1-owner with summer-only 43k miles at a dirt cheap prices. Never regretted it.

I parked the Mazda, hoping that a 1st generation, low-mileage southern example would come along that I could put my parts onto. That never happened... Having already spent $3k to have winter deicer rust fixed once I wasn't about to do so again. No decent southern car ever materialized, and i was tired of looking at it, so a few weeks ago I sold it to my nephew for his 15 yr old son. It needed all new front brakes- which I had everything. And a new upper control arm- which I had everything. Plus all kinds of extras and back-ups that I had collected over 12 years. My grand-nephew now has a car that he loves.

Anyway, it's now gone. I miss it, but it needed to go. Kicking myself for not buying a low-mileage gen II that was on Ebay a few weeks ago.

Yes, I still have No Manual Mode shifter switches.

I have read plenty of your posts mate. Best of luck to you. All chapters come to an end. Nice Benz.

 

[karlt10]

I have read plenty of your posts mate. Best of luck to you. All chapters come tom an end. Nice Benz.

Thanks! As for the Benz, meh... It's ok, but some stuff is just goofy. There is a 12v (cigarette) port in the glove compartment, as well as the cigarette lighter port in the dash. But nothing in the center console bin like Mazda had in the 6 a full 7 years earlier...
The power windows and moonroof can just stop working. You have to 're-set' them, which involves a combination of push this, pull that, wait X seconds...
Headlight L/R and up/down are NOT adjustable... At least not anything beyond playing with how the bucket sits when tightened.
NO dipstick for the transmission and the fluid & filter change process is odd.
Virtually nothing for performance parts/add-ons. I've only done AEW filters (does have factory ram-air inlets behind grille)

Some good things-
It is cheaper to insure than the Mazda on full coverage. Wagon parts are less common...
AWD is impressive
All parts (so far) have been reasonably priced through high volume MB dealers or suppliers

Interesting thing. It is a C300 with a 3.0L V6. MB board member dropped a 3.5L into his with zero drama. just needed to swap the transaxle adapter plate and have an MB tech flip a couple settings in the ECU. Well, now another guy has dropped a 5.0L V8 into one... The things are freakin' module. Every bit of the longer engine went forward towards the radiator. Manifolds still line-up on exhaust. Transaxle adapter plate was needed from C300. Had to tweak an A/C line and the fuel line. And, again, other than having tech change some settings, it was unbelievably easy. It gets my brain thinking...

Oh- owners get made when you call the C300 the 'Camry of so-called luxury cars'.... LOL

 

[karlt10]

Here's hoping your grand-nephew takes care of and enjoys it just as much as you have for all these years!

I think he will. At least as long as the condition allows. My nephew told me it's pretty crunchy underneath. Which surprises me- I washed the heck out of that thing in winter. Then brought it home to fans in a heated garage.

 

[karlt10]

End of a legend, but glad it's going to a good home!

Don't be a stranger around here. You're an OG and always welcome even if not with a 6

Thank you! Truth be told, I'm still looking for a clean, Southern wagon... Prefer 1st gen, original or refresh.

 

[banzairx7]

My 04 manual trans wagon is going up for sale soon. Lived it's whole life in Texas so not a spot of rust. Mileage is high(230k) but motor and trans along with a million other parts have been changed out.

 

[Arpr416]

In 2019 one of my brothers moved permenantly to their place in Estes Park, CO. Since a low ground-clearance Mercedes C300 is of no use 60 months out of the year I bought their 2011 1-owner with summer-only 43k miles at a dirt cheap prices. Never regretted it.

I parked the Mazda, hoping that a 1st generation, low-mileage southern example would come along that I could put my parts onto. That never happened... Having already spent $3k to have winter deicer rust fixed once I wasn't about to do so again. No decent southern car ever materialized, and i was tired of looking at it, so a few weeks ago I sold it to my nephew for his 15 yr old son. It needed all new front brakes- which I had everything. And a new upper control arm- which I had everything. Plus all kinds of extras and back-ups that I had collected over 12 years. My grand-nephew now has a car that he loves.

Anyway, it's now gone. I miss it, but it needed to go. Kicking myself for not buying a low-mileage gen II that was on Ebay a few weeks ago.

Yes, I still have No Manual Mode shifter switches.
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[thaxman]

karlt10,
Those headlights probably are set by software only. Also, don't be that Benz driver who can't figure out that that the rear fog lamp button is not the same as the front driving lights and runs around all night every night with one extra-bright taillamp.
Otherwise, GL.

 

[karlt10]

karlt10,
Those headlights probably are set by software only. Also, don't be that Benz driver who can't figure out that that the rear fog lamp button is not the same as the front driving lights and runs around all night every night with one extra-bright taillamp.
Otherwise, GL.

The posts on the fog light are hilarious. Everything from 'Did they change front bumpers and get rid of them?' to thinking the button was a mistake.

 

[thaxman]

The posts on the fog light are hilarious. Everything from 'Did they change front bumpers and get rid of them?' to thinking the button was a mistake.

Glad you already know

 

[thaxman]

By now, I think only Volvo and M-B still offer rear fog projection in the US market. I get to use mine about 4x/year...appropriately. Early morning, REALLY low visibility, sparse traffic where cars behind me may be 300-400 ft back.

 

[DrFeelGood]

My 04 manual trans wagon is going up for sale soon. Lived it's whole life in Texas so not a spot of rust. Mileage is high(230k) but motor and trans along with a million other parts have been changed out.

😯

 

[banzairx7]

Ya kind of sad. It blew itself up one too many times(latest clutch failure) to now be our main family car. I'm not driving it anymore and am now going through it to make it tip top for the next owner. We replaced it with a Polestar 2. MUCH faster, better fuel? economy. Almost as much room. Not quite as nimble though.

 

[valenciaismail]

don't be that Benz driver who can't figure out that that the rear fog lamp button is not the same as the front driving lights and runs around all night every night with one extra-bright taillamp.

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