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#1 of 88 Hello & Welcome! by KarenS HOST Mar 01, 2001 (8:50 am)
Please take a moment to introduce yourself and share some details about your E-Class!   My name is KarenS and I am the host of the Edmunds.com Owner's Clubs. Please let me know what discussions you would like to see in your Club folder. I will create them ASAP. You may want to take a look through the other clubs to get ideas for discussions.   Also, a Mercedes-Benz chat will be available starting on March 6 and every Tuesday after, 6-7pm Pacific/9-10pm Eastern. A chat button will be provided soon.   Looking forward to meeting everyone!   KarenS Host Owner's Clubs Replies to this message: pkmaven (Oct 21, 2005 6:45 am) howard12 (Nov 13, 2005 6:37 pm)
#2 of 88 Hello ! by microrepair Mar 01, 2001 (9:45 am)
My name is Fred O. and I live in the far suburbs west of Boston. I bought a 96 E320 a little over two years ago the day after it came off a 2-year lease. It is dark blue (it might be called Indigo blue ?) with the parchment interior. It has the sunroof and not much else. The dealer took out the cellphone/CD changer when I balked at the original asking price; took $2K off the price and I bought it with the Starmark warranty. It had 38K miles then and about 78K now and running fine. It did need new front suspension bushings at around 67K miles which were covered under the Starmark program. Since then I added a CD for $300 installed. I also bought a set of wheels and mounted snows on the original wheels; I drive the fancy ones in the summer. Even though it has just the limited slip rearend, it does quite well on snow. But I've lived in eastern Mass. all my life so I guess I've picked up a few tricks to driving on snow.   What I'd like to see here is a topic on DYI repairs on the E-class. I like to do many of the simpler repairs myself; gives me a chance to understand the machine a little better.   Enjoy your E ! I do !
#3 of 88 Welcome Fred. by bargamon Mar 01, 2001 (10:19 am)
Hi,   Well, where do I begin, it started when I was 13 when my Uncle bought a silver 450sl and paid 22k. We just thought it crazy. This was the now bigger model that was made up till 1990 I think. sold it 15 years later (very low miles) for 20k.   Year after year I loved the look and snob appeal the star represented. I wanted to be ridiculed by the masses for excessive sheet metal and over engineered mechanics. The diesel era found me unbelieving, but soon that passed into the era of the 1980's where shows like dynasty presented these cars in Reganesk fashion. I must have a -class even if I was in my 20s and lake Carrington drove one. I finally got a 4 year old sel420-class in special order sea foam green with only 33k on it. Oh the masses laughed, they told me how I would pay for this habit, the repair bills would mount, the gas I would burn (premium, the good I**I) and the parts I would buy. But I washed it, saved $, changed my own oil, and slowly became fond of its attributes. Other cars seemed light and flimsy in comparison. Other cars ARE light and flimsy. It was big, it was fast,it was green, it was heavy, And I was safe. My wife, whom felt embarassed by its Greenness, elongated hood, ridiculous back seet legroom girth and size slowly came around, and when her mini-van ( a fine toyota seinna XL) lacked all wheel drive, an ML came to us in April of 00', and my old S class seemed anchient. A land mark birthday, self absorbtion to the max, yes I would do it, downsizing is in, An E-class in silver just like the ML would we love, Add the V8 too to make cool.   So there you have it, Im a benz-aholic.
#4 of 88 Hello fellow E-Class drivers ! by pompano73 Mar 01, 2001 (12:48 pm)
My name is Brian and I recently purchased an 01 E320. It's Black/Java and I pick it up tonight. I look forward to being a part of the Mercedes Family!
#5 of 88 John R. here by rowlandj Mar 02, 2001 (3:50 am)
Read the posts on Edmunds all the time. Not really an "active poster". I have a 2000 E320 and I love the car, got rid of a Volvo S80 T-6 that was driving me insane, should have gone with MB in the first place.   I enjoy the dialog here on the boards and thanks to all who volunteer their time to organize these boards.   JR
#6 of 88 Hello, by wniel Mar 02, 2001 (5:45 pm)
I bought my first MB twenty five years ago from a friend that had imported a 1967 250S from Germany. It was a great car and kept it for only three years as my wife didn't like it bacause it didn't have a/c. A few years later I bought a 1983 300 CD that I drove for several years and loved every minute of it. Even my wife was sold on the Merdedes quality. I sold it to a friend of mine when I bought a new 1993 300 E. I drove it until last June 2000 when I took delivery of a new 2000 E430. Actually the E430 I got for my wife as she had eventually inherited the 300 E from me. My daughter wanted the 300 E so she became the proud owner of it. In between all of this I bought a new 1998 ML 320 when they first came out and experienced all of the little squeeks and rattles that were associated with that first model. Being very patient and bugging the dealership every few weeks, we finally worked our way through all of the annoyances so that now it is trouble free. Back in time also we bought a 1983 300 SD that we kept until we bought the ML after putting on over 100K miles between my wife and myself. That was bought used from a friend because it was in such good condition. This pretty much sums up my Mercedes ownership experience and both my wife and myself have said that we wouldn't own any other make of car. Wally N.
#7 of 88 Proud Member of E-Club by ricripp Mar 02, 2001 (10:26 pm)
Well I am new to the Euro driving experience (opting in the past for Toyota products including Lexus products).   I have an '00 430 Sport Brilliant Silver / Ash, all options except vented seats, parktronic and 4-matic with Goodyear F1 Eagle GS-D2. I took delivery in May'00 and have 4K miles (yes it is pampered). Added headlight rings Zaino treatment and changed the oil to Mobile 1 at 1000 miles (although used 5w30). Fabulous car and just different enough to get a second look. I too enjoy the boards and have learned alot from the discussions.
#8 of 88 Hello by hlsjr Mar 03, 2001 (5:01 am)
Having owned a 98' Audi Quattro wagon, I recently bit the bullet and purchased an 01' Mercedes E-320 4-matic wagon with all the bells and whistles. The thought being to keep and drive this car for 8 or more years. The audi was wonderful, but too many annoying repairs, mostly of a minor nature and covered by warranty, but I got tired of driving the dealer's used volkswagen loaners when the car was in the shop. The Benz is a terrific auto; well built, comfortable and handles well. At first, I was concerned that the 4-matic would be as good in the snow as the Quattro system, but the first snow proved that the entire system combined with ESP is as good if not better. With 7000 miles I am enjoying the car alot. Of course, like anything it has had 1 or 2 glitches to be fixed, but the dealer has been great at taking care of whatever issues I have brought to their attention. If only the sales side of the equation was as competent and knowledgable as the service side. oh well.
#9 of 88 Hello from Canada by lhcleung Mar 04, 2001 (8:27 am)
Hello everyone, my name is Louis. I am from Canada; I just order an E320 picking it up next week. I am looking forward to being a member of this Club, thank you. Louis
#10 of 88 Waiting! Waiting Waiting! by j21210 Mar 04, 2001 (5:41 pm)
Hi folks, Just signed for a new E-320 Brilliant Silver/Ash with most of the upgrades (did NOT include the Command System, Veltilated Seats, nor Telephone option).   Any other suggestions for extended warranty? and Delivery Inspection?   How about premium gas?   Grateful for any experiences and suggestions! Steve

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