2005/06 w211

[Guest kepiting1sg]

Roland106 wrote:

Kp left out the blue tinted glass...

ahahaha!!...didn't want to go into much details!

beside blue tinted glass, 17" rims, lowered suspension, the front chrome grill has 1 slate lesser than the Elegance, chrome cover for fog lamps, better looking instrument cluster shape like the current W, etc......hahaha!!!! ...lots of goodies and even more if U are looking at the end series from 2008 to early 2009. :becky:

[Guest PaPa_M]

Roland106 wrote:

Kp left out the blue tinted glass... The pre FL suffers from the infamous SBC problem which you really want to avoid.

The E200 are relatively cheap to maintain in short. 1.8L fugal and low tax. I see them Taxi cars so spares are plenty and prices are very competitive. For example, I rebuild my whole front legs (shocks,ball joint, control arms, tie rods..etc) and replace my rear shocks for less than 2.5k. This is with a mixture of Original parts and OEM parts including labour & alignment. Car feels also brand new if it was a BMW, it would have costs 4 to 5K.

However, do not expect it to be as cheap as a Toyota corrolla parts. ownership is well protected with high OMV in the regions of 57K and plus body export, you are looking at almost 40K at scrap. so why not?

Thanks bro Roland :becky:

I agree with you that bimmer is more expensive as compare to merc. Initially I was looking @ 520 till 'consulted' a ex-pml mechanic. He told me I need to set aside 4-5k on replacement costs which exclude gearbox and engine!!! Nearly fainted...:shocked:

[Guest PaPa_M]

Bros,

Many thanks for all the advices! I will go for my 'hunt' this weekend

[Guest jonny7733]

Woa miss this interesting thread!!! I didn't konw so much abt my advangrade

Till unker mention so much! Yup I did realize my car is abit lower! And during sport mode.. Could actually feel the suspension lower and stiffed too....

[Guest st8800]

Ok to top it off.... if u go for 09 model limited edition avantgarde, it comes with 18" rims and colour LCD Audio 20 CD player with bluetooth.

I was look at ML200 last year when there was one at 72k on offer. Ended up buying a 139k April 09 E200K limited edition instead. Still no regrets to this day.

[Guest rx7effini]

st8800 wrote:

Ok to top it off.... if u go for 09 model limited edition avantgarde, it comes with 18" rims and colour LCD Audio 20 CD player with bluetooth.

I was look at ML200 last year when there was one at 72k on offer. Ended up buying a 139k April 09 E200K limited edition instead. Still no regrets to this day.

Bro,

Congrats on Owning the W211!!!

Thumbz upz for the W211!!!!!

[Guest 9339]

rx7effini wrote:

Bro,

Congrats on Owning the W211!!!

Thumbz upz for the W211!!!!!

HI , you drove a FD3S previously ?

[Guest rx7effini]

9339 wrote:

HI , you drove a FD3S previously ?

That was History liao!

[Guest lightning]

rx7effini wrote:

That was History liao!

bro...when can you buy me green tea?