Live Oak

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.

dfordham

Great find!

Even more useful at places like Costco and Sam's Club where you don't even get plastic bags.

Did you buy them online? If so where?

Regards,
Don

Live Oak

I bought them at my dealer for ~$20.

I saw them on-line at mbonlineparts.com for $16 (shipping $9.50), but there is some discussion about the quality of that vendor, in which discussion I choose to not participate since I've never dealt with them.

PHML

Is there a part number so I can reference it to my dealer?

hyperion667

haha, I have one too, and a complimentary one from a loaner makes two
they actually are quite handy....

CEB

So you think that posting about theft is appropriate and/or funny?

It is those stolen items that cause dealers to tighten down on loaners supply you with an Enterprise loaner.

MBNA109

Hey he can afford the stolen Benz too probably. LOL!

Seriously, I used this crate the other night to haul some plastic grocery bags & they are great for that...after I removed the paper bags...which won't fit.

But be prepared that it doesn't hold much..unless you are prepared for it to be ontop of each other.

Live Oak

Paper bags don't fit??? Doesn't hold much? On top of each other? Did you open the crate? Much be using a different crate????

hyperion667

get over yourself ceb, for gods sake okay?
lighten up and live longer okay???

stop being so critical of EVERYONE here okay????
you can be a REAL bite in the butt you know?

it's a stupid plastic box that costs less than 20 dollars okay?
for the love of anything real, stop harassing me and the other people here okay?
I have put more money into that dealer than you think I have.......so BACK OFF.....

I do not know why you're so bitter and think that your opinion is the last word but it's getting really old man

CEB

The only difference between stealing $20 and stealing $500 is that the latter is a felony and I can't imagine that you actually believe that theft is OK.

The amount of money you have spent at the dealer is immaterial and arrogance in posting this on a public forum speaks to your lack of ethics.

If you don't want me to post my comments then don't post things to provoke my responses.

El Cid

Considering how many cars come with cargo nets in trunks/rears standard, you would think M-B would have included something like this in all its cars. Even Hyundai has cargo nets as standard equipment.
I picked up a fabric type cargo holder at Target for $10 at Christmas last year. Not as nice, but larger and folds flat when not needed. Works great.
If interested, check the end of the aisles where they have the Christmas gifts, usually in red and white boxes.

mnje350

I like the idea of these crates and will pick some up. I also thought that a net would be nice but the do give you the fold down hooks for those plastic grocery bags. It's all the other stuff that doesn't work with a grocery bag that sounds like these crates would be ideal for.

Thanks for the suggestion Live Oak.

MB-JIM

I have used similar crates for many years that were made in Holland. They look like those sold by MB. I have used them in several MB's and wouldn't want to be without them. By placing them on an anti-skid map they simply don't slide around.
My crates easily fold down so they take up a minimum of space when you need the room for large items.
I can't think of a better addition to your car than the crates combined with an anti-skid mat.

golfster

This is a great idea. I've been using the center pull down hook for small bags and the nets on the sides of the trunk, but the box above seems like a better solution.

hyperion667

the cargo net is pretty good too

mnje350

I've been looking for a cargo net. Is there one available for the E?

MBNA109

the OP looks eerily similar to the one in my GLK.
& I checked out the size is the same on the mbpartsonline.
& yes too all your questions.

Guess we have bigger food items here in the east.
You know what they say about bigger food...bigger brains.

CEB

Your childish and immature attempts at trying to deflect culpability from yourself by attacking me is another indicator of your lack of maturity, morals and ethics - regardless of how old you may be physically. You did something illegal, bragged about it and got called out. Learn from it and move on. Please don't PM about this again and this will be my final response to your silliness in this thread.

Now, getting back to the subject at hand.

There are a couple of other storage options that may be of interest.

Audi has a folding storage hook that mounts under the rear deck. The spring loaded hook pulls down and holds a couple of plastic bags.

BMW has a set of "gripper hooks" that also holds plastic bags, mounts under the rear deck but doesn't become invisible when not in use like the Audi hook.

Live Oak

So does the E-Class -- 2011 at least.

mnje350

The 2010 e-class also has this. Now I might be interested in that aftermarket Audi hook for my wife's CLK. Wonder if it would work?

WEBSRFR

I've actually had a lot of use out of the fold-away hooks pointed to in the above diagram. They can hold 4 large paper grocery bags in place (2 for each hook)...

I also recently bought and installed the cargo net that goes across the opening of the trunk and it is elastic and does a great job of holding grocery bags in place... the net also has a pocket and I FINALLY found a way to keep my golf umbrella from flying around in the trunk... (if you have the power sunshade, you loose the notch behind the back seat that would typically hold a golf umbrella...)

CEB

I don't see why it shouldn't. As long as you have a bit of metal under the parcel shelf to screw into. I've installed these in my BMWs, Acuras and older MBs

mnje350

CEB,

How is the OEMplus.com merchant site to deal with? Did you have good experience with them?

mnje350

Got a picture of this install?

konigstiger

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