Hello Everybody,
After my first short post yesterday, I though I should probably say hello properly
I have followed the forum for quite some time now and signed up for a password a few months ago. The depth of knowledge about these cars is rather impressive and all the documented info available is very helpful. However, I have thankfully not needed much help as the car has only 59k km (37k miles?) under its belt and has been almost trouble free, even though it is more my winter car and sees the worst of the weather.
Mine is a Silver/Tan 1997 20V N/A that I bought new almost 11 years ago and am tidying up for its 5th bi-annual MOT, or TUEV, as it is known here. It needed a couple of easy things sorting this year (battery and exhaust), and I have finally got round to sorting those damp handbrake cables. The back brakes had been run quite a few times frozen so I replaced the discs and pads as well. The front discs rumble
, so I will do those at the weekend and hope it settles everything down. They are Zimmermann cross-drill discs and I get the impression that they are a bit noisy whatever. These were put on 4 years ago, so a refresh is not so painful
We are originally form the UK and I have been working here since 1995, having planned to stay 2 or three years. We actually live in Sindelfingen, 15 kms south-west of Stuttgart. It is where the main Mercedes production plant is and every third car seems to be a silver or very dark MB. Talk about exclusivity
So, if you are on the lookout for an empty Autobahn for a top speed blast (A81 south of Stuttgart is often empty but the surface is not the best, bit like most German roads nowadays), and you find yourself down here, let me know
Regards,
Neil.