W203E35

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We're all one big community here you never know what will happen and who you will meet (Mbworld, MyMBOnline, bmwvsmbz).


For example a member here spotted a nice white W203 with Vxx wheels and dropped. He said he was near Kabuki by Long Beach and guess what?
That was a Member here on the forum named Rollnnn.

It might sound stupid to a NEWB like you but trust me it happens.

HAWAIIC230

My Factory Approved Service Products April 2004, page 11 shows Fleece oil filter for use with engine oils meeting 229.5 is MB Part No. 000 180 26 09. It indicates it is for M-Class (163), G-Class (463), C-Class (203), E-Class 211), S-Class (220), SLK-Class (171), SL-Class (230) and CL-Class (215).

So I am really confused on what the correct part number is for Fleece oil filter to our model.

mac911

Why did they allow this to happen? Sounds like someone should email upper executives at MBUSA?

REX0000

MB Part No. 000 180 26 09 i believe is for the V6 engines, so it is for C320 and not C230 engine.

HAWAIIC230

Okay, thanks for the explanation. Their publications suck then and misleading as it implies for all C Class.

DocD

Ohh such arrogance over post counts here.. funny thing, lilbenz mentioned that exact same thing in the other thread.. I guess that is all you have to defend yourselves, common theme with you superstars!!

LILBENZ230

My initial comment in your thread was a direct response to FrankW, and wasn't a hateful response anyway. Then I warned you not to come on this forum and be hostile towards members here or you wouldn't receive any help. If you ask me that is helpful advice.

Coming into a thread that I started regarding a possible fellow member and posting BS posts as some self-serving retaliation attempt shows your maturity level. I told you that behaving the way you were would not make anyone respect you or see anything your way - not that you have a point at all.

The purpose of this forum is for fellow W203 owners to socialize, share, and help each other when the need arises. We all contribute. You're doing nothing but being childish and throwing a temper tantrum in post after post, digging the hole. Maybe you should close your account and come back under a different name when you can be an adult?

That said - I didn't owe you an explanation. This is the last time I'm going to interact with you. If I wanted more of this, I'd spend less time here and more time at a day care.

DocD

Actually what you made was a smartass comment in reference to incomplete bad advice. Then I made a comment that what was suggested could actually cause damge to my car and wasn't the safest or recommended way. I asked if I could make the trip with their kids in the car instead of mine.

At that point you tried to tell me off and had something to say about my number of posts.

So yes, I made stupid dumb post in your even dumber thread.

LILBENZ230

I had a couple of new experiences, and in keeping with the theme of appreciation rather than always dwelling on their issues I want to share:

I've never had a car that worked so hard to be everything you need in a car. On Friday night I was driving home and decided to take this long way around to my subdivision. It's a series of backroads with sweeping turns and one long, flat straightaway. It's like my own private raceway since no one hardly travels it at all. With 55w HIDs lighting my way, I made it feel more like a rollercoaster than a car ride. Turn after turn there was no fanfare - no skidding, understeer, oversteer, no ESP intervention. It just held on tightly to every bend. It's handling ability doesn't match that of the 135i, but I don't expect that out of it. Not considering what else it is capable of...

Last night, after going out with some friends in Atlanta, I was driving back at 4am on the interstate. All closed up with climate control keeping it the perfect temp inside and at 85mph it was whisper quiet and the loaded suspension kept the ride firm but comfortable. I noticed a friend in the back (who had not been drinking, mind you) sleeping. I also noticed that in 178 miles for the daily total - despite the car being loaded and the fast speeds - it had achieved 28.8mpg average. I realized at that moment how the car is exactly what I need from it at exactly the time unlike anything else I've owned. Usually you can have a car that's a good cruiser or you can have a car that will blast down backroads (135i) but rarely do you find one that can do it all and get excellent gas mileage at the same time.

27,000 miles.
11 months of ownership.
4 tires.
2 service visits.
1 set of brakes.
0 Regrets.

Not until this car just won't go can I fathom wanting another daily driver.

To quote the Mercedes commercial (search Youtube for "Mercedes Faithful")

"Nothing will make a driver more faithful to a car, than a car that is faithful to its driver."

Nokiemon

On Friday I stopped by two different MB dealers in two adjoining counties. Asked for part # 2711899109 (fleece filter), and both parts departments showed me the same thing, a box with that part #, but inside were paper filters. Yikes!

Guess it is back to the drawing board and back to my German source to find the fleece filter for the M271.

Bummer.

LILBENZ230

Yes dealerships across the country are giving out paper filters.

HAWAIIC230

I thought 2711800009 was the fleece filter and 2711800109 was the paper filter. I'm so confused now. I wish Mercedes would fix this and get it straight.

LILBENZ230

I bought some new items for the Benz and FedEx dropped them off today. For $298 shipped, I got:

-2 new front Rotors
-OEM front brake pads
-Pad wear sensor
-Mann/Mahle oil filter kit
-2 new aero wipers
-5 copper washers

I think I did pretty well.

LILBENZ230

So maybe it is just that my car has really bad luck?

Last night I was driving on I-75S towards Atlanta when it began to rain. I turned on the wipers and noticed immediately that they were not effective. I looked out the moonroof.. clear sky. I thought "WTF" and activated the windshield washers which cleared it some but not completely. At this point it is still "raining" on just my car. That's when I noticed it up ahead.. a delivery truck with a massive diesel fuel leak spraying out the side and all over the front of my car.

At this point I emptied the washer fluid reservoir soaking my car from windshield back and exited the interstate at the next exit. A car wash was nowhere to be found so I stopped at a BP and bought 3 gallon jugs of purified water and doused my car with it until I could get it to a car wash. I've cleaned it and there is no damage to the paint but it was a mess.

Also the passenger side of my car (exterior, wheel wells) smells like rotting flesh. I haven't hit anything but apparently at some point I ran through something in the road. The remnants of something, anyway. I've washed it twice and though it's gone away some it's still sort-of present. My poor unlucky Mercedes.

bdgdl08

Man, I'm sorry! While driving to St. Augustine yesterday I had a similar problem, but thankfully it wasn't diesel that covered my car. I was almost to the outlet mall on the outskirts of St. Aug, and this giant pickup truck pulls out of a side road and cuts me off. There was absolutely no one behind me for at least a mile! This truck is completely COVERED in wet mud that is coming off in chunks, covering my car! Windshield wipers alone didn't take care of it, and I basically emptied my washer fluid trying to maintain visibility out of my windshield. I took the first opportunity to pass the guy, and had to wash my car when I got home. Mud was caked all over my car. Some people...

BLT

Sorry to hear about all those problems with people being douchebags around your car. You have my sympathies! I've had some fairly interesting experiences myself driving through bad neighborhoods but nothing quite *that* bad.

Here's my 2 cents, for what its worth: It is generally safe to not drive through bad neighborhoods, and if you do, I wouldn't recommend stopping. I've not had trouble driving through Compton/Watts/Inglewood at night (Those of you in LA will know that its a virtual war zone down there), but I make it a point to avoid stopping at all costs. I have been near downtown LA before and been cut off/honked at for no reason, but no one actually bothers touching my car and they probably assume I'm a lost tourist or something. I would still avoid pre-dominantly poor-black neighborhoods though; not to be racist and prejudiced, but it is seriously sketch sometimes. I've had no issues whatsoever in Jewish/Persian/Asian/Hispanic areas in and around LA/OC.

That said, I did get a USC jersey put on my car during football season thanks to the traditional USC vs. UCLA rivalry (My car has UCLA plates). I gave the jersey to my mum . Right now, I live in Westwood, which is 5 min away from Beverly Hills and the C class as well as 3 series are the equivalents of Toyota Carollas in this town. Nearly everyone has one and it's nothing spectacular when you count how many R8s/Porsches/Astons/6 series/AMG mercs there are around.

It really boils down to the area around you and what the local populace views as an 'ostentatious' car.

bdgdl08

I'd also say it boils down to rednecks are idiots (no offense meant to anyone)

LILBENZ230

Well here in the midst of a sea of battered 80s-90s camo pick-ups with lift-kits neither the Benz or the BMW fits in. I rarely have issues with anyone actually touching my car. It's had a coke thrown on it and taken a direct grille-shot by a milkshake for no reason but some of the stuff that happens is just being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

A couple of years ago I dated a Georgia Tech student and that was my second home. I know Atlanta really well. I have had less trouble in Atlanta than where I live. I don't avoid any certain race of individuals. In case I haven't clarified this - the things that people have done to my car have never been in bad neighborhoods or sketchy places.

BLT

Interesting. That's true. Hmm. Sorry to hear about that man. You should visit SoCal one day and you'll fit right in =P

LILBENZ230

I'm 2 hours from embarking on a trip to Tampa, FL with some friends/relatives to attend a funeral of a relative I really didn't know. I'm just going for emotional support of the people riding with me, so please don't think it's insensitive of me to post here in a good mood.

It's 1,100 miles round-trip and we've agreed to leave now, attend, and immediately drive back. I thought I'd post here so you guys can wish me and my C230 luck and I'll post again in two days with observations (like fuel economy).

Attached are a couple of pics. One is of the odometer as the car sits in the garage right now (it just happened to fall that way) and one is a bad-lighting shot of both cars (135i and C230).

Here goes!

mleskovar

I'm sure you will know him by the time you get to the funeral. Good on you for doing this. Have a safe trip! Who's sitting middle back? Let's see....I'm guessing with 5 people you'll still average 32 mpg.

LILBENZ230

It's my grandfather's sister. I met her once in my life, at his funeral in 2007. We've always lived this far apart so you know how it goes.

Middle back will be a 15 year old girl who weighs maybe 110lbs. It's not the best seat in the house but the car they were going to take had no A/C... in Florida heat.

mleskovar

She'll be fine, especially with AC! Talk with everybody up front about how often they 'expect' to stop and come to a consensus. Tell everyone up front they will be slapped for whining....wait, this is a somber event. Be nice.

07 Benz

Good luck man! Be safe!

bdgdl08

Dude, that's weird. The funeral I went to last Friday was in Bradenton, and was for my grandfather's sister who I met once in my life. It's nice of you to go, and especially to drive! Drive safely!