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2003 Mercedes E320

kmakar said:
Only if it serves a purpose. Having a car just to keep it in the stable only goes so far, then it becomes costly to own and its' purpose is outlived.
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I have always had spare cars, even in college I had 2 cars, a Chevelle and a Monte Carlo.

One of my vices, maybe I need to see a therapist for my addiction :D
 
kmakar said:
I've always had a truck and a car/SUV for myself, and an SUV for Lisa.
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Well, we all have our vices.

Funny thing is I look at all my cars as having a different purposes and use them as such. The Chevelles are the truly useless cars but they are my toys.
 
Chevelle_Nut said:
Well, we all have our vices.

Funny thing is I look at all my cars as having a different purposes and use them as such. The Chevelles are the truly useless cars but they are my toys.
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I see it as a spare vehicle for those times when the DD just wants to have issues and piss me off.
 
kmakar said:
I see it as a spare vehicle for those times when the DD just wants to have issues and piss me off.
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All but 2 of my cars have over 150,000 on them and all are paid for. I really don't see the spare cars as a huge expense, the Durango and Mercedes cost me around $350 a year for insurance and tags. The 2013 will be next to go, it will be my son's responsibility. My teenage daughter drives the Vibe. I use the Durango as my weekend worker, hauling feed, utility trailers etc. I drove it to work today since the Vibe is getting the bearing and alignment. The Excursion is the adventure vehicle and heavy hauler, I do not like to expose it to the daily driver environment.
 
Lisa's 2017 Escape is the newest with 90k miles on it (with about 15k miles on the new engine), and my Ranger has 360k miles on it (it's a 2000). Those are our daily drivers. We'll add more on next year when I put the dually on the road (that will be my DD and the ranger will become a spare).
 
I was going to get ready to put the Mercedes on the trailer, I started it up (had to jump start it) and the brakes worked. Thinking the battery needed to be charged up I drove it to the nearest gas station, about 3 miles away, put 10 gallons in it and drove it home. I pulled into the drive and the brake warning goes off but the electronics powered down due to low voltage. I backed it into the driveway, hooked a charger to it and let ir sit for a bit. I started running tests on it and drove it down the drive to the end of the road and back, red alternator battery light comes on. Went again to back it into the drive and the power steering went out. I parked it, got out, popped the hood and found this mess under the hood:

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The belt had shredded due to the pulley braking a side off. I ordered a pulley from Advance, I had a new belt for it in my stock, put the charger back on and drove to town. I started it back up and cleared the errors that did not clear on their own. I then drove it and the brakes are fine, have not acted up again. I left the errors in the system but I think they are from low voltage. The battery got down to 8.1 volts.

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I am going to call the dealer on Monday, tell him the codes in the system and see if that warrants a controller replacement. I am not going to take it and be charged for diagnosis telling me nothing is wrong.
 
As long as I have been in the dealership business, I've seen several rodent damaged cars a month, every month!
 
Similar deal happened to me about 6-7 years ago leaving a campground only about 70 miles from home.
Idler pulley locked up frying the belt.
Friend of mine owns has towing service so I thought worse case I'll have him tow it to town.
Called & he was at OReillys, told him what I needed & about an 1 1/2 hrs. he showed up on his bike & fixed me up.
 
Finally got the light and delay wipers fixed on the Mercedes. I replaced the overhead control panel, cracked out cased mirror and ribbon cable between the front and rear inside lights. As soon as the lights came on I knew I had it licked. I cleared the codes, some I can't get rid of due to a programming issue but everything works!
 
Drove the car 200+ miles this week, found the A/C cutting out occasionally. I think narrowed it down to the control pad. I had replaced it with a newer fancier one but it was not programmed for this car so I installed the original back in it today. All of the A/C codes are now gone.
Next, the right front speaker is not working.
 
A/C? I haven't had A/C in my truck since we started moving out of our house last year. Haven't had any time to work on it so when I do have time to fix it I'll appreciate it more.
 
kmakar said:
A/C? I haven't had A/C in my truck since we started moving out of our house last year. Haven't had any time to work on it so when I do have time to fix it I'll appreciate it more.
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It has cold A/C but since I already had the parts it is a no brainer.
 
Chevelle_Nut said:
It has cold A/C but since I already had the parts it is a no brainer.
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Pretty sure the compressor ate and spit out o rings and that clogged the orifice tube, pulled it apart, the orifice tube broke inside, ordered a new evap core and have it but have to take the A/C box apart t install it and I have to order a new compressor, flush the system, add PAG oil, then vac and fill (already have the freon). Time, I just don't have enough of it and too many other pressing things.
 
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