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Thread ID: 141688	2016-02-05 00:39:00	Mercedes Benz C240	prefect (6291)	PC World Chat

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1415513	2016-02-05 00:39:00	Old bugger near work locked his keys into the boot. No spare key he was pretty deaf and speaks heavily Croatian accented Anglais. He bought the car new from Couts MB on the Shore who no longer do MB. An hour ringing every Auckland lock company from google search as soon as I mentioned the car they were too busy?. Proved by ringing them back and saying I was locked out of my house and they were instantly available. Pack of c*****. The doors were open and I pulled back the rear seat and parcel shelf and it was solid metal under there. Pushing the boot release button did not work as it needed ignition power. Brainwave I thought pull out the panel with the switch and send power down the wire to the boot solenoid. Could I f****! There were 7 coloured wires going into the back of the boot release switch WTF. Did not want to fry something by putting power down these wire on a random basis. So rung Western Auto Electrical they said they couldn't help auto electrically but gave me number of the State roadside Rescue man who they said was good, he was in the area and got here about 15 minutes later. Saves your faith in human nature man gets out of the car shakes mine and the old mans hand and 10 minutes and only$69.00 later the boot is open. On a side note I noticed when pulled up the panel around the auto gear lever which had the boot release switch on had insulation tape around it. Asked him about it he said it had a hair brush thing around lever I guess to stop stuff falling into the linkage. He got Couts to get replacement brush it took 2 months from Germany and would cost $700 and $300 to fit it so the "stingy" Dally put black tape around it. Maybe the Germans are trying to get back the reperation money we got out them after WW1.	prefect (6291)
1415514	2016-02-05 00:56:00	. An hour ringing every Auckland lock company from google search as soon as I mentioned the car they were too busy?. Proved by ringing them back and saying I was locked out of my house and they were instantly available. Pack of c*****. . Why? Something special about getting into boots of cars? Yep, agree, pack of ****s. Now wheres a car thief when you need one....	pctek (84)
1415515	2016-02-05 03:45:00	Friend of mine had a VW Bora with a crook window winder switch and the car engine had a miss. Several attempts and $1800 later he told them to stop trying to fix it. Sold it as is and bought a Hyundai and has wondered ever since why the hell he had ever owned a continental car! Ken	kenj (9738)
1415516	2016-02-05 04:39:00	Could anyone enlighten why so many f***** wires go to a boot release switch? 8 including the single big green wire which went forward I guess that was the power wire. When I did mobile power steering hoses around West Auckland I noticed if it was an European car there was never any query about the price and that would because the owners are conditioned to paying ****loads for repairs. These clowns pay a lot for the privilege of owing a car badge with 5 rings, a star or VW. God give me strength the cost of some of these repairs on a 10 year old European car is more than the value of my Ford Ka.	prefect (6291)
1415517	2016-02-05 10:13:00	Now wheres a car thief when you need one.... Reminds me of a incident years ago. At a aeromodelling event, the guy had locked his keys in the car. For the next half hour several people all tried to get in without breaking anything - no success. There were a couple of young guys estimate 13-16 years old, sitting watching, smoking & smirking. After a while one of them went over and said give us $10 and well get it open for ya, these things are easy to open ---- less than 20 seconds later the owner had his car unlocked keys in hand and not one bit of damage :horrified	wainuitech (129)
1415518	2016-02-06 01:38:00	i don't think merc ever intended for people to be still driving a 15 year old merc. compared to an equivalent jap car, mercs have loads of features, top tech and generally well made. down side is that on an old car those features and tech become more problematic than they are worth. a mate has a luxury merc. its like a sofa on wheels. huge car, weighs 2 ton. surprisingly cheap to run, fantastic engine. got more features than i can even work out. not cheap to repair and really needs a merc specialist to work on them. but then again to buy new would be $120k+. thats the main issue, people are buying expensive cars 2nd hand for stuff all. well past their use by date. they are never cheap to repair which is why they are so dirt cheap to buy.	tweak'e (69)
1415519	2016-02-06 02:30:00	thats the main issue, people are buying expensive cars 2nd hand for stuff all. well past their use by date. they are never cheap to repair which is why they are so dirt cheap to buy. Nail on the head. From the buyer's standpoint, if you are in the bracket where you can afford $120+ for a "prestige" vehicle, you can afford to take the depreciation hit upon resale. There's no prestige in a second hand used luxury vehicle no matter what its badge. So the resale price is driven down, and those who can only afford the used car prices often find they can't afford the upkeep. Which forces the price even further downwards. The "bargain price" European marques imports (especially BMW, Audi, and the like) starting to flood the market will eventually most likely be driven into the ground, its owners unable to afford the parts and specialised maintenance. :2cents:	WalOne (4202)
1415520	2016-02-06 02:51:00	One of the Very Useful things my father taught me at the age of 10 or so (that would be about 1957) was the car had a drainage bung in the floor pan and a 'yardstick' could be poked up to unlock the door... but it's possible things have changed since the days of the Mk I Zephyr (full marks for initiative Prefect!)	BBCmicro (15761)
1415521	2016-02-06 04:10:00	Takes me back a good number of years when I was thinking of buying a second hand BMW. Fortunately, my neighbour was an elderly mechanic working on European cars so I asked him what I should look out for. He looked me straight in the eye and said “Son, if you can’t afford a new one, you sure as hell can’t afford a second hand one”. I took his word for it and I’m damn glad I did. :)	B.M. (505)
1415522	2016-02-06 04:11:00	One of the Very Useful things my father taught me at the age of 10 or so (that would be about 1957) was the car had a drainage bung in the floor pan and a 'yardstick' could be poked up to unlock the door... but it's possible things have changed since the days of the Mk I Zephyr (full marks for initiative Prefect!) You have to help old people dont you when they look at you with doe eyes? Things have changed a little electronically since the MK1 lol.	prefect (6291)
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