gregr09

You'd be surprised how well our cars do on gas. I've driven twice coast to coast for under $800, but at the expense of adding over 6000 miles to my car

e1000

on highway stretches, my C350 will consistenly do 28mpg or better.

Glad everyone is chiming in!

drexappeal

I told you to be careful!... Good stuff, E. Is that why I got a call on Monday night?

When did you head over there? I was probably at work, but good stuff!

e1000

I got the ECU done last night. I couldn't get the silly grin off of my face. Car seems like it gained quite a bit between 1,800rpm's and about 5,000rpm.

Chadski350Sport

Amen

Mu9enx

i looked at my car stock and did the same thing.. it was my first real, personal car! i had a trunk for god's sake!

but then i got my AMG bumpers installed, and now i'm smiling even harder than before!

e1000

So, she passed 72,000 miles. Still going strong.

For the past couple thousand miles, front end has been shaking intermittently at 45-65 mph. I know, it's probably the wheels or tires, but I decided I'd use the excuss to refresh some of the suspension components. Ordered and replaced the upper inner control arm bushing, the lower inner control arm bushing, and the tie rod ends. Ordered the parts online and had Serge at Hyevon Motors in Westminster put them in for me. THANKS SERGE!





Dropped it off for an alignment after the new parts were put in and I'm eager to get it back tomorrow. Had a chance to drive it a bit and so far I'm really happy with the results. Steering feels tight again and the car is MUCH more composed going around turns and over bumps.


PS. Sway bar, bushings and everything associated with the sway bar were changed about 35K, as well as the engine and transmission mounts, so I think they're still ok.

W203E35

Eric, if you need the garage again let me know. You should have told me we would have changed those control arms.

I never knew you had a ECU tune. You felt a huge difference when you got it?

e1000

Thanks Karo. You need a press to get these bushings taken out so I didn't want to tackle this one by myself. Yeah I had a tune done.

drexappeal

Nice, E! I probably should also do that sometime...LOL.

e1000

hey Drex, I'll let you know how it feels after it gets an alignment today. Parts were pretty cheap if you know someone that can press the bushings out/in for you.

LILBENZ230

I'm at 71,850 on my 2005.. Still love it.. Sounds like you drive about as much as I do.

splinter

Excellent.

Seems those parts deteriorate so slowly over time that replacing them helps to restore a 'new car feel' in one fell swoop.
Heard good things regarding Hyevon Motors – thanks for the tip.

ChrisBrown

86,000 miles. 2005 C240 4MATIC. Still love her.

e1000

Yeah I really enjoy driving my car and I wasn't going to buy it and leave it in a garage.

Front suspension was getting on the sloppy side and that's just not how I like my car to be. I'm glad it's back to being composed and well behaved. Thanks for the tips splinter!

T.O_c240

I'm almost at 3 years (in 1 week) and I still love my C.
Actually, I pretty much 'fall in love with it' every April, when the summer wheels come back on and I lower the coilovers and then start on my new mods for the year. I think its because I've personalized the car so much that now that its something unique and although its not an expensive car now (an '03) i still get a lot of reactions from people saying how nice it looks.
Btw, damn this weather, I wash my car and it looks beautiful and then the next day its all dirty again. Thats why I envy your weather sometimes E!

LILBENZ230

And I will NEVER understand people who do this. The car has but one purpose - to be driven. I've said it before, my policy is for my cars to be well used but well cared for. It's gonna be worthless in 10 more years whether I drive the hell out of it or not, so I might as well enjoy it while I can.

Glyn M Ruck

Great stuff e - They are certainly cars that evoke emotion. Mostly very positive. New bushes on the front always bring the smile back!

e1000

Yeah me too. I'll be hitting my fourth year here in a couple days! I still feel like I did in my first post in this thread though. Damn thing seems to grow on me the longer I drive it.

Exactly! A long time ago, my dad bought a 1990 Lexus LS400 and proceeded to put 60,000 miles on it in the span of 16! years. Super low mileage but it was still worth nothing. I drive my car everywhere but I like to think I take care of it, and lately find some gratification in doing some of the simpler maintenance myself.

Car feels much better Glyn. The old ones were cracked wide open and looked really bad. Really glad I got it done now.

e1000

So, every year I do something to my car, and I just passed 4 years, and although it's late, I figure, better late than never....... She's at 76K now.

nlpamg

win! looks good man! but, I don't believe that it's your car. I'm not sure if the calipers look right. you need to get in the trunk and take a pic for us.

e1000

I'm too busy auto-x'ing it to take silly trunk pics

nlpamg

oh man, that's what you do when you get new rims! I totally forgot about that! my bad. maybe you didn't want to look like a spoiled little douche kid listing multiple wheels either!

e1000

I didn't want people believing I had 2 sets of wheels

drexappeal

The rims look good, E.