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What did you do for your W211 today?

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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 02:55 AM
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Just picked up a spring booster, headed to California in a couple weeks and I will be picking up wheels.

Hopefully I will do the complete assembly in a couple months, my extra bedroom is filling up quick with parts! Pretty excited to get this thing together
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Old Jul 14, 2012 | 09:51 AM
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Yesterday finished putting new Arnott airmatic strut in the right front.
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Old Jul 14, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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Fixed my A/C, had a problem with the interior temperature sensor on the overhead console, 2 eBay consoles later an it works
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Old Jul 14, 2012 | 08:06 PM
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Updated the map dvd for the nav system.

The NTG1 system update involves removing the old disk from the trunk and inserting the new DVD. It took (literally) "no time".

There is no fanfare. Software doesn't change. You still can't type in an exact house number - only a range...

When you restart the car, there are simply more streets and points of interest.

You don't loose your existing destination memory locations.

On the face of it, so "not" worth $250...

On the other hand, a $500 insurance damage deductible and $1000 home-owners deductible for loss mean that damage associated with theft of a very capable Garmin/TomTom from the dashboard will run you $700 plus the inconvenience of days in the shop. Maybe it is worth $250 every four years or so...

At least I can find Starbucks now!! (Its under points of interest, restaurants, All.)
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 04:27 PM
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 04:49 PM
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Installed the sprint booster yesterday... A significant difference.

Ordered wheels last week as well

Just waiting on a couple more things and then I will assemble
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 03:40 PM
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I don't think I have what you are looking for, I should have really said auxiliary audio cable (3.5mm jack) that is the Griffin Technology flat cable so you can simply close the glove box and have the flat cable run out of the side instead of having to keep it open. http://tinyurl.com/7x9gqg4 is the exact part, and I took two pictures of what I am talking about. I purchased it in-store at Best Buy for $19. It does NOT allow you to control your iPod from the COMAND interface, but rather is just a high quality audio input cable. Here are the poor quality pictures (bad lighting in the garage):




Thanks AMG. Just bought one of these. Loving it. My car has a DVD optical drive in the COMAND so I put the tunes on a DVD for steering controls and better quality, but this cables great for when someone wants to pop in their phone for different music.
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 02:13 PM
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On my way to pick up a whole amg catback
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 04:33 PM
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 09:34 PM
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Replaced the spark plugs on my E550. The job was easier than I had expected, so not worth the 400 bucks that the dealer wanted.
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by gaazmon
Thanks AMG. Just bought one of these. Loving it. My car has a DVD optical drive in the COMAND so I put the tunes on a DVD for steering controls and better quality, but this cables great for when someone wants to pop in their phone for different music.
Good to see someone else is using and enjoying it! Thanks.
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Old Jul 25, 2012 | 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by AMGAffalterbach
Good to see someone else is using and enjoying it! Thanks.
it's genius. glad u posted ur find for the rest of us
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Old Jul 28, 2012 | 12:25 AM
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 02:42 AM
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Well I drove back from Vegas with some winnings! Now I am wondering about the bluetooth puck for my "new to me" 2008 e63 with command. Been searching for a few hours and see scattered strings but no exact info for my model.

Any help out there? Do I just need the bluetooth puck? Just the silver B67875878? dealer wants 495. If I buy from ebay do i then need to have it coded at the dealer.

Thanks brother w211's
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by natrigon
... Do I just need the bluetooth puck? Just the silver B67875878? dealer wants 495. If I buy from ebay do i then need to have it coded at the dealer.
Thats all I needed for my 2008 E550 (don't remember if it was the black one or the silver one, I can check later today). Got it on eBay and just plugged it in. Followed the pairing info on the MBUSA wireless4mb website. Worked fine with my BB curve.

Mike
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike_W
Thats all I needed for my 2008 E550 (don't remember if it was the black one or the silver one, I can check later today). Got it on eBay and just plugged it in. Followed the pairing info on the MBUSA wireless4mb website. Worked fine with my BB curve.

Mike

Hey Mike... if you could let me know which one that would be great and thanks.

Lou
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 09:29 PM
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Originally Posted by natrigon
Hey Mike... if you could let me know which one that would be great and thanks.

Lou
Just checked - I have the black one.
Mike
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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Old Aug 2, 2012 | 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike_W
Just checked - I have the black one.
Mike
Thanks... dealer wanted 494 +tax... 200 on ebay so seems like an easy decision. thanks Mike
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Old Aug 12, 2012 | 02:05 AM
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Washed my baby again after about 2 weeks of letting its perfect shine slide through the cracks. Will be vacuuming, doing tire black, and going over it with the black detail spray from the Turtle Wax Black Box to get it ready for the start of the school year.
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Old Aug 12, 2012 | 04:28 AM
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picked up some side skirts from gary at suvneer while in cali

i have my eye on some face lift side view mirrors... not sure if i want to spend that much tho
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Old Aug 12, 2012 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by squeegie
Yesterday finished putting new Arnott airmatic strut in the right front.
Me too. New Arnott on rt front. Also new front rotors/pads. Too pooped to do the rear brakes they will have to wait a while.
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Old Aug 12, 2012 | 02:04 PM
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This week in LA had been a scorcher and so I finally got some tints on her. 20% rear and rear sides, 35% front sides. Really wish I had the rear power sunshade option right about now
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Old Aug 12, 2012 | 06:20 PM
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Sadly, I haven't done anything for mine in awhile. I need to add a few more sound deadening tiles to the rear deck but it's such a pain to remove the rear seats and all the trim, I just haven't felt the need. Plus, it's hard to want to do much after work when it's over a 100 degrees everyday.
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