Jazoli

Thanks, I was aware of the hidden menu and rest mode, I don't have the 6cd changer as I have an aftermarket android stereo in the car which I'm shortly changing for one of these Which I'll add a rear camera in the tailgate as its quite a long thing when trying to get it into tight spaces. I've not bothered doing the VIN check as it's pretty basic being classic spec so no heated seats or parking sensors or distronic but has a dropdown OE towbar and it's a 7 seater, which is a bonus. I have the glow plugs for mine sat on the bench in the garage, I've not mustered up the courage to try and change them yet. It clocked over 160000 miles today and is still running really well, the only thing I don't like is the engine noise is quite intrusive when cold. This was the YT link I watched, its quite informative

Reading this thread with interest as I'm about a month into W211 ownership albeit with a cylinder less than yours. Have you tried the SBC Stop function yet? I watched a 40 tips and tricks Vid for the W211 earlier and it mentioned it, discovered the SBC hold on the way home today which is nice, how noisy is your sbc pump when you unlock the car? Mine sounds like a cow mooing!

Unfortunately there are more than a couple of messers on here, I've had a couple who agreed to buy then go quiet ignoring messages whilst continuing to post and another who is bloody impossible to buy a car off even when I've said I have the cash and can be there in an hour or so, for two separate vehicles on two different occasions which have been advertised for sale, sadly the forum isn't moron free either but I guess that's the law of averages.

I honestly don't think it will be, I'd give it time and not get your hopes up, snake oil doesn't usually work, I'll be happy to be proved wrong, once they have begun to fail very little other than a rebuild will help.

Depends whether you want to put the roof down or not!

I've just done mine, I'm sure I'm going to get a shitty email from my prius driving lentil munching manager this week about my 2.7L polluting diesel I've just added.

Looks great, I'll have dibs please

That disc looks knackered, or is it just the photo?

I fitted a permanent live from the fusebox with a tap fuse to the ISO harness and left the original switched live connected, the radio maintains its memory due to the permanent live providing constant power and the switched live powers it on and off with the key. It really was as simple as that.

You can do it and it's fairly easy, you just take a permanent live using a tap fuse from the fuse box and leave the switched live in place, I've done it loads on 2000 on Peugeot stuff, did it last week on the wife's 308.

Dirty fucker there is no need to post shit like that.

I have to agree, they are soulless things, none of what I saw at Goodwood would make me want to go and watch them race, the formula extreme, formula E, electric rallycross etc etc were dull, yes they were fast but for me it's as much about the noise and smell and vibration of racing cars, which EV's offer non of.

To update my new E270CDI which was bought to replace the thirsty V70 is averaging 40 mpg as it's used mainly round town, and will easily crack 50mpg on longer runs, seeing as there's less than 5p difference between petrol and diesel prices now I'm technically almost twice as much better off. My bike is doing 0mpg but not using any fuel as I can't be arsed to ride it this year.

Then just block him and move on

It's possible your caliper is sticking again I had to free it up once before And I'm still pissed about the roof thing @Dabooka The shark fin is the radio aerial, forget about upgrading the stereo apart from fitting a parrot kit or similar, it's not really possible, if you do fit a parrot kit you need to plug it into a hidden plug behind the trim panel on the transmission tunnel on the passenger side and have aux activated with tech2, on the face lift models you can simply slot a different head unit in, not so on the earlier ones. They are nice cars, I enjoyed mine.

Classified ad with Best offer is the only way to sell a vehicle on eBay, if you get an offer you accept message the person and tell them you'll take it but don't pull the listing until the car/bike is away up the road, works every time for me.

Yup it will be.

That's great news Eddie, a friend of mine has had a similar issue getting his so I bet its a relief for you.

I don't like it! They are seriously fugly and a complete styling mess, I'm sure it's a nice car though 😂

Have you considered painting the wheels silver? These a such a nice design it's a shame to see them hidden in black (which I hate)

Yup, I'd have not got past looking at the pictures to be honest. I had a mk1 VRS it was brilliant.

Picked this up after a fraught train journey involving 4 trains, a missed connection and a lot of stress today The drive home was thankfully uneventful, its an economical beast, 53mpg over 156 miles of mainly motorway, a bit better than the 24 I got from my V70 usually. Thanks to @sims00 for a easy pleasant deal as usual, my wife thinks we should just swap cars every 3 months. Train stress

I wouldn't even bother replying to these, they are bot accounts and no one will ever see what you write, they just want you to click the links, delete and move on 🙂

The more I think about it the more I'm confused, who in their right mind would want to buy my car, then I deliver it and they then make the 800 mile round trip to drop me back off, people are insane, there must be other better ones closer to him, madness!

This one needs no words, they are amongst us