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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 07:40 PM
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FINALLY - I am a W203 owner

...picked it up today...with 100.000km...

2001 C270CDI station in silver ... lots of parts are alrwady on shelves and as soon as I am back from the upcoming US tour I will degrade the car - import it into the netherlands - and upgrade it a bit...most of the MB options are already there from factory though.

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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 07:41 PM
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 07:44 PM
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A Family Wagon! Nice, Steve! You preparing for the future, huh?...LOL

I can't wait to hear about all the interesting OEM upgrades you come up with (that you'll also be able to install in our cars too )
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 07:55 PM
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 08:01 PM
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Congrats!

So I take it in a matter of weeks, you'll have the most hooked up w203 estate out there.



Can't wait to see what you have planned!
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 08:06 PM
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Congrats!

So I take it in a matter of weeks, you'll have the most hooked up w203 estate out there.
I am pretty sure that it already is one of the most hooked up 203s out there...it has an impressive list of factory options (lots of codes that are not available for the US market ).

but yes - I do have some plans

drex, the station is not for family matters but for parts hauling...kind of sucks with the Vito on the autobahn...with a minor 140kmh max...

greetingz,
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MBenzNL
drex, the station is not for family matters but for parts hauling...kind of sucks with the Vito on the autobahn...with a minor 140kmh max...

greetingz,

Ahhh, I see. Good deal! Very smart purchase in that case!
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 08:41 PM
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sweet! congrats steve. very nice! looks like sunman has some serious 203 competition.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 09:56 PM
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hmm steve,

since u have all these stuff for a w203, am looking foward to what you can do to a wagon... good luck man, I cant wait ta see the HOTTEST W203 WAGON OUT!
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 10:03 PM
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This is gonna be one HOTTEST wagon out there very very soon! congrats steve.
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 10:18 PM
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Steve, please mail Blake@MBenzUS.com to put in your order for US parts as soon as possible so that I can have all parts ordered and ready before my next Netherlands trip.

greetingz,

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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 10:37 PM
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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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Nice looking wagon Steve. I hope you enjoy it for many years to come. Now you can arrive at Continental destinations in style. I find a wagon much more practical than a sedan, aside from the rarity. Does your wagon have the manually adjustable headlight switch? Are the lamps Xenon?

I can't wait to see who takes the title for the "Worlds Most Compact Maybach" between you and Sunman. Sunman is a bit in front with his conversion to a MOST ring.

I was corrected by a DC engineer when I called my wagon a W203, seems they call it a S203. Since we were taking some laps at Willow in a C55 with him at the wheel, I deceided not to argue. You know the Germans!

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Old Sep 29, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Blake P
Steve, please mail Blake@MBenzUS.com to put in your order for US parts as soon as possible so that I can have all parts ordered and ready before my next Netherlands trip.

greetingz,

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alright blake i want to order the frosted headlights.. and i wanna order the orange side markers..
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Originally Posted by MBenzNL
I am pretty sure that it already is one of the most hooked up 203s out there...it has an impressive list of factory options (lots of codes that are not available for the US market ).

but yes - I do have some plans

drex, the station is not for family matters but for parts hauling...kind of sucks with the Vito on the autobahn...with a minor 140kmh max...

greetingz,

Are you getting Aquatronic so you can drive it to the USA ?
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 12:22 AM
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congrats steve!
wow... steve's w203 wagon, sunman's w203 sedan & carlos' w203 coupe....
OEM mods all covered!
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by benzmodz
Are you getting Aquatronic so you can drive it to the USA ?

I believe that would be option code U571!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141926/
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 02:08 AM
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congrats....cant wait to see a modded w203 wagon
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by MBenzNL
...drex, the station is not for family matters but for parts hauling...kind of sucks with the Vito on the autobahn...with a minor 140kmh max...

greetingz,
Steve, are you planning on having one of these States-side as well, for the same purpose?
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Blake P
Steve, please mail Blake@MBenzUS.com to put in your order for US parts as soon as possible so that I can have all parts ordered and ready before my next Netherlands trip.

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hehehe - do you have any specials or any mods you can advise?

I will leave the most compact maybach status for Sunman...I am not planning to do that much...only the usuall necessary upgrades.

More pictures of the stock ride soon to follow.

greetingz,
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 03:59 AM
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congratz, we're expecting to see the pimpest S203!!!
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 07:47 AM
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congrats steve! youre still gonna keep your w202 right?
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Originally Posted by Moviela
I believe that would be option code U571!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141926/

That's quite amusing seeing as Mercedes does have Uxx codes. One of them is lock-on detect from a missile as used in the Presidential W211.
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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 08:03 AM
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This new car Steve has, is for driving in Germany only! This wagon is way too fast to be driven in the Netherlands, where we aren't allowed to drive faster than 60 (!!) kms/hr on most secundary roads (used to be 80), and only a 120 kms/hr on the highways... If we are lucky that is, because there are quite a lot of sections where we are not allowed to drive faster than 100 kms/hr.

That sucks big time! D@mn government with their restrictions...

But it is a beauty to see, although I don't think it is really silver looking.

Oh... and I made a test drive today!!! :p

greetingz,

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Old Sep 30, 2005 | 08:45 AM
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Well, one good thing about the wagon.. think of all the spare MB parts he can keep stashed back there.

It boggles the mind.
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