29-12-14, 11:50 PM
I had a hair dressers sports car for a while Merc 230 SLK, bought it for the wife but she did not like it so I ran it for a couple of years. The roof used to act up now and then sticky micro switch You know the one the roof opens and folds into the boot. You need diagnostics to indicate which one is not making and breaking.
Anyway there is a shelf in the boot which you put into position so as you do not overload the boot with lugauge. I was selling the car and decided to get it checked out properly. As in all things Merc ££££. Sorted up down , up down great. The guy that comes to view the car looks it over we go for a test run dead impressed he is. Is the roof operating okay? yea no bother , tests it, feck all. I am livid , he rightly so is now not that impressed. I says I have just had this looked at, come with me, we go flying off to the garage, me in a rage, screeches to a halt half drags out the mechanic and goes off on one. He says pop the boot, pulls the shelf out and puts it in place(it is a bit like a roller blind )try that now roof opens , roof closes , roof opens , roof closes. One of those moments when you want the earth to open up and swallow you whole. Thankfully the guy buys the car.
When we moved out to Spain my Mrs says to me I wish you had kept that SLK , it would have been ideal as run about for me out here now. As you can imagine I said , never mind sweetheart. It was sold at her insistance I actually enjoyed driving it when you floored it it went like a bat out of hell and the handling was great. :rolleyes
Anyway there is a shelf in the boot which you put into position so as you do not overload the boot with lugauge. I was selling the car and decided to get it checked out properly. As in all things Merc ££££. Sorted up down , up down great. The guy that comes to view the car looks it over we go for a test run dead impressed he is. Is the roof operating okay? yea no bother , tests it, feck all. I am livid , he rightly so is now not that impressed. I says I have just had this looked at, come with me, we go flying off to the garage, me in a rage, screeches to a halt half drags out the mechanic and goes off on one. He says pop the boot, pulls the shelf out and puts it in place(it is a bit like a roller blind )try that now roof opens , roof closes , roof opens , roof closes. One of those moments when you want the earth to open up and swallow you whole. Thankfully the guy buys the car.
When we moved out to Spain my Mrs says to me I wish you had kept that SLK , it would have been ideal as run about for me out here now. As you can imagine I said , never mind sweetheart. It was sold at her insistance I actually enjoyed driving it when you floored it it went like a bat out of hell and the handling was great. :rolleyes
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