Thoughts on Mercedes E220 Coupe

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Not much to update, all work completed, fan replaced and working fine, got one delivered from the UK in 3 days and handy enough to put in.

But I discovered something else. I was googling to see how much I've lost if I was to sell now. I've still paid less than what they're going for, but I'm a but upset.

My car, 10Xxxxxx is an E220 CDI, tax is 560 or something. 10MH15519 for sale, is an E250 CDI and only €390 for the year... confused. Literally the same car but with full leather and parking sensors and it's cheaper to tax... can't figure that one.

My older MB 2010 E200 was €390 to tax, the newer one I have, a 2014 E 220, full leather plus one or two extras, and despite higher HP, is only €200. Its all down to configuration and engine emissions.

The E200, E220 and E250 were all the same 2.1 litre engine but had different power outputs.

jmreire wrote: »

Yes the OM651 engine. and all mappable if you wanted to increase the power.

Tempted to get my own remapped and to exclude the CAT. But more for the power and MPG gains!

I'm definitely up to doing it, and I have mates who constantly get their most recent cars tuned too, and they swear by it. But it's my luck that I'd do it and something catastrophic will go wrong! And like yourself, there's plenty pep and I've a decent 36mpg considering I don't do motorways and it's mostly 80kph roads. But if I can improve that for little money for the duration I'll have the car, it's a no brainer. How does insurance work with that? If it still requires a hush hush approach, I probably won't again, just because of Murphys Law.

They can outrun the guards anyway going by what happened on the M50 last night! :pac::pac::eek::P

That's a stunning looking example in fairness, looks very shiny inside and out! Maybe the ad is in miles but the clock is in km (doesn't add up though)? Mine's a 2010 and all clocks are km but you can change it to read miles in the total. They might have typed 5 instead of 7 by accident too.

jmreire wrote: »

BTW, how is your one going???:)

Great yeah! Hopefully all the big-ish work is behind me now, and it's just services going forward! Still have intentions of getting the wheels resprayed/fixed from scuffs, and I do want to change the rear bumper because of some "scratches" (more like small chunk of paint) in the middle of the bumper. I intend to swap it with a decent one from a E350 or thereabouts, and use the dual exhaust from one of them too. Would look that little bit nicer with the dual exhausts. But intentions are one thing...

Mechanically, it's sound. It still will cut out when putting into D or R if I haven't started it for a few days, not a big issue tbh but it's something I need to get checked just in case. But it's rare I don't take her out for a spin every 2 days at least.

Still the best car I've ever owned by a long shot.

For shigs and gigs, I went onto the Merc site to customise my 2021 E-Class coupe, you know, for when I win the lotto. Decided on an E300, but had most extras aside. Only €108,000 by the time I was finished, but I'd probably never stop driving it so would be like a house! Fun tool on their site that reminds me of how poor I am!

New, minor for now issue. Twist function on the control knob stopped working. Apparantly common on some models. Plastic shaft is the cause. $20 for a replacement metal one, job seems handy enough. Still works with push down/directions so not the worst, but that could go suddenly too. Other than that, she passed the NCT first time, mini service after it (usually fail the NCT, service/fix issues, pass NCT) and all going good otherwise.

Got Autoglym Leather Care, really brings up the leather inside, so recommend that stuff! Now just need to justify the €450+ it'll cost to give it a showroom detail!

My problem is that I just don't have enough interest in the detailing side of it that i'll never do it properly. I'm shopping around for prices, but the 450+ one will make it showroom condition (they turned a cousins 95 Fiesta into something that looked like it was brand new). I know there are some minor paint issues that a good, proper polish would sort, but I feel there's others that might need more work, specifically where the boot meets the bumper, previous owner seemed to use it as a sill and paint is chipped in places. Still intent to replace the rear bumper and exhaust from a E350 or something, the dual exhaust look.

I can understand where you are coming from,,,a friend of mind is in the detailing business so I know what they can do plus I have experience in the motor trade too. There are a few light scuffs on the wheels, that I can and will repair myself,,,just as soon as I find the time !!! 😀

Plenty O'Toole, Irish roads ( especially secondary one's..😕) and car suspensions in this Country will never make for a happy marriage.......with suspension part's taking the brunt of the damage, and if proof were needed, as you are finding out, the most damage will be happen on the Passengers side. Ask me how I know.. But to your problem, is the knock more noticeable under certain circumstances? Or can you hear it any time? On the straight, on a bend, good road surface, bad surface, accelerating, braking etc.? In most cases, a mechanic can check while the car is on a lift, using a pry bar. If you have kept a record over the years of exactly what was replaced, and when, it would be a good help in identifying what is causing the knocking.

Sometimes, it can be difficult to pinpoint where the noise is coming from, but if you can, it will be very helpful. Of course, if its banging after hitting a pot hole, it will make it really easy to pinpoint, and more than likely, that's where the problem the will be found, and generally on the passengers side. It could be engine or gearbox mounts too, but it will need to be on a lift to check those out. Good Luck with it, few things more annoying car-wise anyhow than a knocking noise..😐️

Personally, I've never had to replace the ones in my My Eclass, ( touch wood ) so I can't tell you for sure ( and from what you are telling me now, they do sound like the culprit ) I've replaced engine / gearbox mounts in other makes and generally, its not too difficult, but these are famous last words. Basically you have to jack up the engine / gearbox, and well and good if its possible to get it high enough to replace the mounting, but sometimes the subframe has to be dropped as well. Personally I'd try to get it fixed before the NCT. If you are hearing it, they will too ( or you could be lucky ) Good Luck with it.😀

Presently 13 year old, and you plan on keeping to the 15 year old mark ?, why not? should not be any problem with that,(from the viewpoint of the car anyway....should be good for even longer ) and in other Country's, would indeed be doing that. But here in Ireland.........😡

That's a nice one you got, well wear !!! What kind of miles / klms, and what is listed in the service history? Hard to put a value on FMBSH its that important. Happy Motoring !!!😀

106'000 Miles....baby!!! Its automatic, I guess? 722.9, 7 speed transmission? Have a look and see if the history shows a transmission fluid change, it should have had its first one by now ( @ 40'000 Miles /65'000 Klms ) and its pretty important. I would not mind having a 250 E class estate myself either. Actually was an estate I went to see, but it was gone when I got to the dealership,,,,but he did have an alternative, and I bought instead. No regrets 😎

Thats a good one!!! Mine is the same, 7 speed, paddle shifter. Not that I ever use it much...maybe going down hill I'll downshift to hold it in the hill. For overtaking, I just use the kickdown, and it works very well. Mine has full MBSH, and the only thing that I don't like about it was when I saw "ECU Updated. This was an MB recall over false emissions, same as the VAG scandal. So when you get your car back after the "update" it has been cut back in performance, and will not be as economic in fuel consumption. It was done in the last service on mine just before I bought it, but even so, I can feel it in the car. Its performing fine, for my needs anyway, but just lacking that little bit of pep I feel it should have. Mine has the standard 17" wheels, and I don't particularly like them,,the design does not do a lot for the car. So down the road, I'll more than likely change them, but not sure if I will go for 18" wheels. We will see, Let us know how you find them, OK?

That scuff mark would have been removed with cutting compound, and a polish. I've often used it myself when I was in the business. I've had a look at some pic's that I have of my 2010 E class, but it only has the single chrome strip running all round the rear bumper...and yours is the Coupe model so maybe has different bumper fittings?

Yes, you could well be right...you don't see too many Coupe's in the breakers. Good luck with it anyway.🙂

Mine ( if that's the one you mean?? ) is going fine. In Feb I changed the engine oil and filter, Engine air filter, transmission fluid and filter, so next on the list will be changing the engine coolant. Then due NCT this mth, but got letter fron NCT saying new date will be in May.... Fuel -wise, its averaging 8 ltrs / 100 KLms, but having said that, most of my driving hilly back roads, and it rarely reaches 7th gear. One of these days, I'll take it on a long motorway road, where I can set the speed on 110 Kph, and we will see how it does then fuel wise. I'm still having a problem locating a feed for the brake light on the trailer, but when the weather clears up a bit, I'll get that sorted. Not doing much trailer work anyway. But its driving fine,,,no complaints there!!! LOL 😂 , And yours? how is it going for you?