Collapsible Shopping Crates
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Loading edge cargo net part # 2128680174 to comparison shop parts.com $44.40 – page 16 (picture focuses on floor net but gives a glimpse of the rear net) http://www.mbusa.com/vcm/MB/DigitalA...s_brochure.pdf
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First I thought the floor net would better fit my needs but the more I thought about it, things tend to roll backwards & slam against the hatch more than sway. Plus a lot of time I get lazy & don't even put a floor net over something when it's available (in my other cars).
I can see the load sill being up all the time & I just drop things in the trunk & go.
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I'd like to mention that if your wife (or husband) shops for groceries in your Mercedes, the Mercedes Collapsible Shopping Crates are the cat's meow. At $16 - $20 they are a real bargain.
When the wife (or husband) has groceries loaded in those sloppy, slippery plastic bags and dumps them in the trunk, all hell breaks loose on the drive home.
The crates are the real solution. They store flat in the garage, and open up easily for use. Three of them fit perfectly across the back of an E class sedan trunk, and moving the middle one forward half way creates a fourth captive area for groceries. In all, no more bottles of red wine scattering across the trunk floor and banging around, etc., etc., etc.
If I have a criticism, it's that the ends should snap in place a little more firmly when the crate is opened up, but once you know that, it's no big deal, and it's no problem if the crate is loaded anyway.
When the wife (or husband) has groceries loaded in those sloppy, slippery plastic bags and dumps them in the trunk, all hell breaks loose on the drive home.
The crates are the real solution. They store flat in the garage, and open up easily for use. Three of them fit perfectly across the back of an E class sedan trunk, and moving the middle one forward half way creates a fourth captive area for groceries. In all, no more bottles of red wine scattering across the trunk floor and banging around, etc., etc., etc.
If I have a criticism, it's that the ends should snap in place a little more firmly when the crate is opened up, but once you know that, it's no big deal, and it's no problem if the crate is loaded anyway.
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check out this site and they have a lot other parts/accessories. but i don't think it's a good deal if you just buy a crate online. $20 at the dealer and ask for a slight discount nicely. they could give you tax-free or 10-20%. better than get in online for $4 less but pay for the shipping. anyhow, here is the link: http://www.parts.com/accessories/index.cfm
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great for ice skate storage,
but I did just notice I don't have any anchor rings on my nubs back there in the trunk.......amg has them, you know for the floor net thing.......anyone else missing those things??
but I did just notice I don't have any anchor rings on my nubs back there in the trunk.......amg has them, you know for the floor net thing.......anyone else missing those things??
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What are the dimensions of the MB crate? The Container store ones are $19 and are 20-1/2" x 14" x 10-1/2" h. I bought a bunch and they are SO useful...
http://www.containerstore.com/shop/s...uctId=10000613
http://www.containerstore.com/shop/s...uctId=10000613
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have never thought about ordering this elsewhere. here is what i found. lot of choices and cheaper as well: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...lapsible+crate
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camera phones being used too........either to try & report me for something, (lol) or to show their friends, haha......I told someone once that asked me why I had that on my plate and I said 'because I'm a Coroner" and just left it at that.....
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I do see a lot of smiles in my rearview......and have even seen a few
camera phones being used too........either to try & report me for something, (lol) or to show their friends, haha......I told someone once that asked me why I had that on my plate and I said 'because I'm a Coroner" and just left it at that.....
camera phones being used too........either to try & report me for something, (lol) or to show their friends, haha......I told someone once that asked me why I had that on my plate and I said 'because I'm a Coroner" and just left it at that.....
That's inventive too!
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The MBZ crates fit precisely three across the interior of a 2011 E class trunk.
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. so i assume it's about 3" high when folded, right? reason why i'm asking is i have my golf bag in the trunk all the time.
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yes, I know what you mean: I always have my battle axe, jackson 6 string with duel humbuckers and floyd rose, a pair of rubber boots and a gleaming silver shovel.........
that's it though......
that's it though......
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just wanted to let the fellow members know i bought couple of the collapsible crates from home depot and the sku # is: 459229. they have different colors in store. cheap and works great.
