get a call from some guy today from mercedes telling me he made mistake and. Roll, squat and dive are all short of my sport-sedan expectations, and the rear end is especially ill-served by the underdamped suspension. Sport is 10' also couple other company told me same.
The car's got that gravity-is-my-friend connection to earth characteristic of all Mercedes vehicles, yet I ache to swap out the shocks and springs. Fuel pump went out, replaced it and cranked up on the first try but now, blue smoke is coming out the tail pipe. Just as there's a conflict between the car's solid and heavy feel, there's a disagreeable compromise in road manners between a comfortable ride and suspension control around corners.
Moreover, given the quality of Mercedes' automatics, you have to ask whether having three pedals instead of two is worth the extra activity. As a rough estimate, the trade-in value of a 2003 Mercedes-Benz C-Class with no options and driven roughly 12,000 miles per year would be worth about 1,047 for one in 'Clean' condition and.
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Admittedly, with a modern transmission it's not necessary, but smoothly matching engine speed to the proper gear, and thus eliciting optimum power delivery from the engine, is a major reason why the enthusiast opts for a manual over an automatic. It's simply impossible, even with my wide feet, to play the heel-and-toe game. Clutch pedal and shifter actions would be improved by being shorter and quicker (a Mercedes spokesman said engineering is on this), but the major obstacle to working the C230 K like a pursang sports sedan is the spacing between brake and accelerator pedals.
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