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  1. BMW X5 & the Chinese rip off/copy version
  2. Apologies in that case. I (wrongly as you have pointed out now) just thought it would be relatively straightforward to get normal insurance for the LTi TX vehicles. I do remember when I had the old TX1, I never had any problem or issues with my insurance company after I added it to my then insurance policy. it may have been the same as what you have just explained back in January 2020, with regards to it being nigh on impossible to get insurance for it on a normal standard insurance policy. However I don’t know as I had a trader’s policy back then. Thank you for sharing & pointing that out, as I have a little itch for another one of these, but after reading your post, I’m not so sure now.
  3. At the time, I had my trader’s policy, which I just added it on to. However, I think it would be relatively easy to insure it on a normal insurance policy.
  4. Really? I didn’t know that. I don’t have it now unfortunately (I kind of now regret selling it to be honest) Pardon my ignorance here, but do you know what Gold spec is? As in over a standard TX1 model? I didn’t know that it was quite rare until you said.
  5. Here is the one I bought straight out of service in January 2020. A Tx1 with the old 2.7 Nissan lump. It had done a nice low mileage of 419,366 miles. It still had the meter in it. me & a mate brought it back from Edinburgh. These are genuinely superb things & if anyone who is tempted to get one, I highly recommend you do. Superb old things, I am tempted to get another one.
  6. Being a 2003, I would say it will be the L6 3.2 engine. Although it appears that I am wrong here, as it has been mentioned that it’s the V6. Doh! As for the auto box, if it’s the 5 speed 722.6 it is pretty much bombproof. The only real issue with these as they get older is the conductor plate fucking up. this is obvious because it feels like the gears are slipping & it usually doesn’t change into anything above 3rd gear. Relatively easy to replace (plenty guides on the Tube of you) but I will say, if replacing the conductor plate, use only genuine Mercedes transmission fluid, as the box is fussy with cheap shite. Once replaced though, the box will be like new & shift seamlessly.
  7. It’s probably sentimental reasons now, as it’s been sitting there for so long now. but, I have tried for years to get him to sell it to me, the pictures were taken last year (when I tried again to get him to sell it).
  8. This has been sitting on one of my mates driveway for at least 15 years now, his Dad will not sell it (I have tried & tried to buy this) the mileage is genuine also. it’s looking worse for wear now (as you will be able to see)
  9. A rusty W220...albeit a pre-facelift model, but rusty as fuck. Bet it still drives well though ?????
  10. I would love to take this on the Autobahn, I might plan to do that next year sometime. I can only imagine how good the C32 would be on the Autobahn...that would be amazing. I also agree with you regarding the comfort of a Mercedes, I used to get a sore neck & leg after driving the Audi for a long distance & cramp in my right leg also, however, in the Mercedes, I don’t suffer from any of that after doing a distance in it. I went down to Newcastle on Monday just past there & it was an awesome journey in the Mercedes, I got out in Newcastle feeling as good as I did when I set off.
  11. Very well said, I couldn’t have put that any better. That’s completely true. I thankfully did not buy the car from an auction, it was a private sale & bought from a respectable man, who was only selling it due to his ill health, he said that he would cry when he saw it going away & I genuinely do believe that, I would have aswell if it had been me. He had looked after it as it should have been, it has been serviced when it should have been (the service book is testament to this, plus all receipts for any work that has been done to it over the time he has owned it) I certainly didn’t buy it blind, as you say, that would have been a crazy move. I can say that I did expect it to cost a bit more to run than my Audi A4 2.0T Quattro that I had up until I bought the Mercedes, but the truth be told, it genuinely has not been a massive expense between the running of them, but I was prepared for that. On a run at 70-80 mph, it averages 28.3 mpg, I only know this because I checked it on the computer display. Yes, it will cost me more to service than the Audi did, but as you say, it was a £100k car back in 2003, & it’s still going to cost that bit more to service it etc even now. The Mercedes is a sublime driving car, you get out of it after a long distance still feeling as fresh as you did when you set off. I certainly don’t miss my Audi, that’s for sure. I have just covered around 100 miles in it today, it’s just one of they car’s that every time you drive it, You love it more.
  12. Exactly, I agree with you 100% on your comment. You only hear about the one’s that have FTP’d, yet there are hundreds of thousands of W220’s worldwide & the vast majority of them are running about still. Yes, they will have their problems over time, but so do other manufacturers, there is no such thing as 100% total reliability with any vehicle. They are designed to fail or break from time to time, some issues/problems more expensive than others. overall, I am very happy with the big thing, it might be 17 years old now, but it runs & drives like it is new. Thank you also for you comment, it is a lovely big thing.
  13. It’s sublime, it shifts seamlessly as it should, you barely even notice it. I also had heard bad thing’s about the 7G-tronic transmission, like valve body’s & conductor plate issues etc. But this one is extremely good. As for the 5 Speed Auto (722.6 transmission) these are pretty much bullet proof, & if the conductor plate fails, it’s relatively straightforward to replace, unlike the 722.9 (7G-Tronic) which if the conductor plate fails, the valve body also needs to be replaced at the same time.
  14. The fibre optic cables are the orange ones, they plug into each part of the stereo system, so one will be plugged into your amplifier & then so on, they can be unplugged & checked fairly easy. when you unplug the fibre optic plug, have someone turn on the radio & you look at the plug, you will see a little red light flash inside the plug as you are looking at it, if it flashes red, this is working, so plug it back in & then follow the orange cable to the next part & do the same thing, if you come across one that doesn’t flash, this will be your problem. It sounds confusing, but it’s genuinely fairly straight forward to check. if you have any doubt, just look up Mercedes Fibre optic cable check, there is a wealth of information on how to check the cables & trouble shoot them. again, I am not saying 100% that the fibre optic cabling is your problem, but it is certainly worth checking incase it is. & if it’s not, then sack my advice ???
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