Door check is a "wear and tear" item!? Dealer is crazy.
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Lol doesn't sound like it.. if hes paying 50% still.. Try owning the car monthly with your pocketbook at that age.. also try paying the full covered insurance. I'm not hating I'm just saying. I paid for my car in cash at 19 =P ( Talk about making it rain at the dealer )
( Paying for mods is cheap when you don't have a monthly payment or insurance to worry about. )
But i guess a lot of people had there stuff givin to them.. sucks for the people that actually have to work 10 hours a day for it.
( Paying for mods is cheap when you don't have a monthly payment or insurance to worry about. )
But i guess a lot of people had there stuff givin to them.. sucks for the people that actually have to work 10 hours a day for it.
Karo, I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Matt, I apologize for my spelling, but at least I can spell given.
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Lol doesn't sound like it.. if hes paying 50% still.. Try owning the car monthly with your pocketbook at that age.. also try paying the full covered insurance. I'm not hating I'm just saying. I paid for my car in cash at 19 =P ( Talk about making it rain at the dealer )
( Paying for mods is cheap when you don't have a monthly payment or insurance to worry about. )
But i guess a lot of people had there stuff givin to them.. sucks for the people that actually have to work 10 hours a day for it.
( Paying for mods is cheap when you don't have a monthly payment or insurance to worry about. )
But i guess a lot of people had there stuff givin to them.. sucks for the people that actually have to work 10 hours a day for it.
Paying cash for a several-year-old used car is "making it rain"? Did you give them "$500 in $1s?"
No one forced you to spend money on a used Benz. So how does it suck to have to work and pay for it? Oh yeah.. cause stuff like work interferes with more important other things - like getting high. Right? Not my business, is it? Neither is it your business to post stuff like this, talking out your *** and giving grief to someone who happens to have it better than you - partially due to circumstance, and judging by the intelligence difference I see - mostly due to better decisions.Give me a break.
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all dealership gives you tons of BS because they don't want to fix something that takes very little time to work on. they want to work on warranty items that requires a long book-time so they can make money off of it.
the "I want to speak with your manager" works 99% of the time.
the "I want to speak with your manager" works 99% of the time.
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legal limit to rent a vehicle is 21. 25 is BS they're feeding you because they don't want to pay for the loaner since MBUSA are not compensating as much for dealers where they used to pay dealers a lot to keep customers happy.
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hi - it was a great read on how you replace the door's metal bar. I too had replaced that particular part. But instead of buying a new metal bar....i went to a scrapyard and took that metal bar from another mercedes car. It seems this metal bar is used in several different models of mercedes cars.
The most diffcult part was to remove the door panel. There are several clips whcih attched the door panel to the door.
I didn't know you could use hot water to soak the metal bar.
But again, thanks for a good replacement reading material.
The most diffcult part was to remove the door panel. There are several clips whcih attched the door panel to the door.
I didn't know you could use hot water to soak the metal bar.
But again, thanks for a good replacement reading material.
Removing the door panel is easy once you've done it once.
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Stanley, another fine thread you've gotten me into....
Turns from a question to a slanging match!
You better check yo'self before you wreck yo'self, a door of it's hinge is bad for your health!!!
LOL
read it and weep!
Turns from a question to a slanging match!
You better check yo'self before you wreck yo'self, a door of it's hinge is bad for your health!!!
LOL
read it and weep!
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I just replaced my door check less than a month ago.
I suppose no one has heard of it, because it wasn't something I ended up posting about...
small annoyance, not worth posting, well if i was being quoted labor like yours, I would post.
Somehow the metal had actually cracked at the mounting point.
It was grinding into the body, slipping side to side, and scratching the paint.
It's just the kind of thing that comes back to bite you down the road, corrosion etc.
And it was popping etc.
FYI- Part number on the coupe (not sure if they're the same on sedan)
are A2037200316 Door stop
N000000000944 Bolt for door stop M6x20 $.75
So as stated, it was about 50 bucks for the part.
It took, oh maybe 1/2 hour to replace.
You have to fish it in and out, and it's like one of those puzzles.
I think I had to open the new one a notch to get to feed through, and you have to
pull it this way, then that kinda thing through the door panel....I think I had to
pull the door speaker too to reach it.
Not a big deal, but it does take a bit of doing to fish it through, but it will go.
I also ended up ordering new screws, the old ones didn't seem to tighten down enough, and I also ended up breaking one, and then having to use to easyout to get the screw out.
Works great now. So I would recommend new screws.
See my sig, thats my driveway, that probably how I broke it, must've let the door go by accident.
I'd highly recommend just buying the part, and DIY'ing.
There's a pdf for taking the panel off I posted in a thead
by username Gaeix about removing the door panel . Or is it Geaix?
Something like that.
FYI- the drink holder comes out easily....remove the rubber piece in the bottom, it just pries out.
Then it unclips back to front.
When it gets sticky, doesn't want to open etc.
I found that it just get gunked up.
Soak it in hot water for a few miinutes, let it dry, and just like new, pop it back in.
Just did this a day or so ago...was getting hard to open, and wouldn't latch.
Like new again.
I bought a new one for that reason, turned out the old was OK after soaking it, sold it to a forum member!
I suppose no one has heard of it, because it wasn't something I ended up posting about...
small annoyance, not worth posting, well if i was being quoted labor like yours, I would post.
Somehow the metal had actually cracked at the mounting point.
It was grinding into the body, slipping side to side, and scratching the paint.
It's just the kind of thing that comes back to bite you down the road, corrosion etc.
And it was popping etc.
FYI- Part number on the coupe (not sure if they're the same on sedan)
are A2037200316 Door stop
N000000000944 Bolt for door stop M6x20 $.75
So as stated, it was about 50 bucks for the part.
It took, oh maybe 1/2 hour to replace.
You have to fish it in and out, and it's like one of those puzzles.
I think I had to open the new one a notch to get to feed through, and you have to
pull it this way, then that kinda thing through the door panel....I think I had to
pull the door speaker too to reach it.
Not a big deal, but it does take a bit of doing to fish it through, but it will go.
I also ended up ordering new screws, the old ones didn't seem to tighten down enough, and I also ended up breaking one, and then having to use to easyout to get the screw out.
Works great now. So I would recommend new screws.
See my sig, thats my driveway, that probably how I broke it, must've let the door go by accident.
I'd highly recommend just buying the part, and DIY'ing.
There's a pdf for taking the panel off I posted in a thead
by username Gaeix about removing the door panel . Or is it Geaix?
Something like that.
FYI- the drink holder comes out easily....remove the rubber piece in the bottom, it just pries out.
Then it unclips back to front.
When it gets sticky, doesn't want to open etc.
I found that it just get gunked up.
Soak it in hot water for a few miinutes, let it dry, and just like new, pop it back in.
Just did this a day or so ago...was getting hard to open, and wouldn't latch.
Like new again.
I bought a new one for that reason, turned out the old was OK after soaking it, sold it to a forum member!
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No hes correct. I tried to rent a car from enterprise and you have to be 25. If the MB dealer is linked to enterprise which some are in so cal.. Cough Hoehn carlsbad it kinda sucks.. But yet this post is so old
Last edited by Xhale707; Jan 10, 2011 at 06:47 PM.
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"annoyance" and "self-righteousness", amoung others...
it may be state by state? but here it's always been 25 years old to rent a car. and i just rented one today. going on 28 years old. holy crap... Im so old.
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The A in front of a part number is needed in the EPC, but must be removed when searching on parts sites.
2037200316 would be the pn to seach.
But check it on epc 1st may have changed and may be different one door to the other.
Also the parts site sponsored here has it for about 50.
http://www.mymercedesparts.com/partl...&siteid=215326
If possible avoid parts.com high shipping cost.
2037200316 would be the pn to seach.
But check it on epc 1st may have changed and may be different one door to the other.
Also the parts site sponsored here has it for about 50.
http://www.mymercedesparts.com/partl...&siteid=215326
If possible avoid parts.com high shipping cost.
Last edited by C230 Sport Coup; Jan 10, 2011 at 07:32 PM.
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To rent in the USA from enterprise at least you can be 21. DEALERS don't let you rent through enterprise because if your under 25 there is an underage fee, which means the dealer pays more so instead of paying it, they just tell you, that you cant rent to you, its not true, any enterprise in the USA rents to 21 year old drivers. Even MB only requires you be 21 to use their loaners, you can read it right in your dealers loaner agreement. Enterprise just charges a under age fee like I said for 21-24 year old drivers, which is retarded.
