Happy 10th Birthday Coupey!
Mfg. date, 12/2001.
Washed, and detailed the inside, cleaned the mats, replaced speaker grill
on drivers side door (for like the 10th time), broke bolt off door panel in process (one behind the SRS emblem....damn, forgot it was there).
Runnin an lookin' good for a 10 year old car with 182K miles on her.Except for the 2 dents.

 

looks good

but personally i hate c230 coups the back looks like a toyota prius

im fine with an sl or a clk

 

Yeah, unfortunately Toyota took the rear of the coupe and made it worse.
The coupe came 1st.
Next gen coupe, rear looks better.
My baby got back!

 

 

What a troll


Congrats to your coupey !

 

Congrats Todd - she is still looking good!

 

Congrats to you and your coupey.

I forget - did you have the bump in the panel before the sunroof from the factory, or aftewards, when it had been replaced under warranty?

Sammy, you've got issues.

 

From the land of Trolls!

 

Sunroof replaced under warranty.

 

The Car looks great! I hope mine looks as good in 7 more years!

Glyn, I have to ask, is that a real sign, & if so, what the hell is it for?

GA

 

Happy Birthday...from it's slightly older brother (05/01). Looking Great!!!

Mine's birthday came and went, but this year it should get some nicities. I just replaced both cloth A-pillar covers because they were wrinkled.

 

Wow make my car feel so young why don't you I don't like to think about how young she is and the things I have done to her

Build date of 4-01 and delivery date 05-26-2001 to first owner btw 5-26 is my b day

 

Lookin' great still!!

 

10 years?! CLEAN

 

Beware - trolls crossing the road in Norway

Their roads department has & sense of humour!

 

That's a very early build!

My baby's gettin' new plugs probably this weekend. They came in today.
After a long internal and external debate, I'm
going with good old copper, just like the F1 teams.

NGK V-Power BKR7E 4644 Plugs.
It's what Subby on benzworld runs in his SLK with M111 engine, with
lots of extra boost, only plugs that work on his. He has M62 supercharger with
smaller pulley AND larger crankshaft pulley.

I had been running the NGK 2 steps cooler Iridium IX's but they seem to crap out prematurely.
#2 crapped out at less than 30K. Misfires, new coilpack didn't fix it. Twice!
Replaced #2 spark plug with 5 heat range plug I had laying around, problem solved.
They put a strain on the coil packs, and cause them to blow out.

The other option the IFR6D10's are just ridiculously priced.
IDK Denso's are generally considered to be crap,
and my current 7 heat range plugs are the correct color on the ceramic so
I know I'm in the right heat range.

So, I'll just replace these every 30K miles at a massive cost of $10 a set including tax and
delivery. Leaving plugs in for a long time isn't a good idea as in the IFR6D10's for like 100k miles.

I had mine get stuck after 50k. Took a bit of doing to get them out.
You gotta turn them a little spray liquid wrench down, and turn 'em back, little by little they come out.
Do it wrong and strip the thread out of the head, or break the plug in the cylinder.
Lastly per my indy guy, put a drop of tranny fluid on the threads when you install.
Any tranny fluid will do.

Well how much longer will she keep going?
I've been holding off on replacing the hatch, massive dent back there.
But she's running strong. Interior is good, leather shows a little wear, but I
do the leather with Lexol every couple months to keep it supple.

Showing her years a little bit hear and there.

Buying someone else s car means dealing with all the deferred maint.
most people don't do.
There's a 2002 coupe on ebay with a train air horn.
What an idiot!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...item45ff977073

 

Well For the USA market their are some 01MY from like 08-00 so mine is a very late 01 model since I know there are people on here with 02 MY that were build 05-01.

 

Well, we didn't get the coupey till MY 2002.
Though Europe had it.