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Finally after almost a years wait, our CLK 240 has arrived. My god I love this vehicle. It drives superbly and looks magnificent! A real attention grabber. The pillarless feature is great and the 2.6L engine is much much better than I expected. So smooth and powerful enough, with a silky transmission. I actually think the engine is smoother than the 3.2L in the E-class and the transmisiion more seemless. The rain sensing wipers also work extremely well (better than the e-class). The only complaint so far is the standard sound system, which is quite obviously not that great.

Nebraska99

Wow..you had to wait a year? That would kill me. Is the 240 the same as our U.S. 320?

Is the standard stereo in that model the Bose system?

bropa09

The 240 in the UK has a 2.6L V6 engine - the 320 in the UK is the same engine as in the US.

The standard stereo system is not the Bose system, which is an optional upgrade at £485 (roughly $730).

Mercedes - hope you enjoy the car! Certainly sounds like you will

PS: Have now ordered a 320 Avantgarde - 1 Mar 04 delivery (waiting for Vented Seats and Power Trunk options) - can't wait!

W0n6_3d4n

where about in Australia you located??

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Yup, the standard stereo is not the bose system, and the 240 is not equivalent to a 320 in the US. We also get the 320's here.

I am located in Brisbane.

sf49ers79

congrats on your CLK man... is it convertible or not?

W0n6_3d4n

hey same here, i'm in brisbane as well. Which suburb?? i might see you around in the road , not so many CLK here. You need to check out the CLK in Mt graffat, he's the owner of the Thai Orchid in that area, tight car with 19 inch

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I live in Shailer Park, but am around the kuraby/sunnybank area quite often.

Which delearship did you use and how was your experience with them?

Nebraska99

...............drive on the wrong side of the road?

Eich

WOW ! Really ??? The rain sensing wipers on my CLK500 still work miserably, even after repeated visits to the service department. Wipers still skip and chatter and the rain sensor always gets confused in light rain and goes into the high-speed mode. I'm always embarrased to turn on the wipers when I have a passenger.

Maybe they got these problems sorted out on new vehicles ?

W0n6_3d4n

Rain sensor in my E is just plain ****, and the wiper is noisy as hell. I used Mercedes Benz of Brisbane in the Ann St, they are pretty good, i was handled by the malaysian guy, he's really nice and the service guy is not too bad either.

sf49ers79

wongedan... my rain sensor on my E is ok and the wiper doesn't have a noise.. y don't u go to the dealer and fix it? while it's still under warranty

sf49ers79

wong do you plan to put mod on your E?

CLK500K3K4

Please post some photos of your CLK240.

shadowlord

what did they change?. mine is like ****, work extremely hard when you have a drop of rain on it. It will scrub the windscreen creating rude noises, quite embarrasing.

BossHogg

I only had to wait about 3 weeks for my CLK 240 Elegance Cab (demonstrator with 2500 Miles on the clock).

My Wipers work flawlessly. They always seem to wipe just when I'm about to reach for the control and only go onto high speed when its chucking it down.

They will no doubt get plenty of use in teh UK this winter !!

I also find teh transimmison silky smooth (I had a SLK 230 last time), and this just wafts along. I'm still trying to decide if the C or S setting for the transmission is best.