bigryrs

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Seen this bucket of shit on my travels this week lol the front arches were all rusty and shagged and i dont know how it manages to even move!

Thrush

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Personally, I think Merc's are shit, but even a Merc doesn't deserve that. What a cunt

scoooby slayer

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id like to see that piviting on a speed bump stuck lol

BigChuck

its probably on airbags

Northants Ford Fan

as all ready mentioned more than likely on standard airbags, as a friend has one in his garage sorting the engine out after the owner thought it was a submarine.

bigryrs

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I did think that at first but it looks like its never moved in ages and you think it would be in better nick if someone had spent a bit of cash on airbags!!

Robs Frst

See a few of these on drives sitting like this.

Expensive to repair

Glenn_

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They rust worse than fords.

Defo got to be on air bags.

dave_s2_rst

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as above,

there's a similar one round here which looks like that. Parked on drive and hasn't moved in a while

Robs Frst

I would'nt go that far with the rust issue.

vaughant

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Me either,they do suffer surface rust etc from that era but not too bad for severe rot.
Fords were by far the worst cars for rust until the focus and mk3 mondeo era as they seemed a bit better then.
Trouble was the dervs used to be bombproof...





Until the focus/mondeo mk3 era!!!

They'll get it right one day!!!!

As for all mercs being shit?
Hmm.

Glenn_

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Fookin Old Rusty Dogs.

cfoster

My merc aint rusty, not fair to tar them all with the same brush!!!!

Airbags aint cheap though, the pump that controls em are Ł2500 a pop!! Ouch!

dojj

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seen plenty of them dropped in the weeds and they always seem to have been sat there for ages

what engine has it got in it? will it fit into a capri?

bigryrs

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The engine has probably been nicked lol

Oranoco

Cheap cars these days as they're expensive to maintain and repair. It's probably had the suspension cunted rather than had pricey airbags installed.

dojj

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they have air ride suspension mate, which is probably what's shafted

a quick google says this

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w220...n-problem.html

andy888

who do you work for out there mate?

Oranoco

Learn something new every day.

cfoster

The struts go to 'sleep' if left for a period of time so they deflate to an extent. I left mine for a month when I was abroad, come back and she was slammed (although not as low as the pic above!). When the car starts the pump pumps it back up. Apparantly to prolong the life of the struts, but merc was unaware it probably fucks the pump (hence the pumps being a known failure!!). Struts are over a grand a corner :S

Chris

bigryrs

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Hi mate im working for weatherford completions at the moment! was down here last month for 3 weeks, home for christmas then travelled back on the 31st for this job! sat in the hotel all week then came out here yesterday lol easy money

andy888

one of my pals works for stork (RBG) based in aberdeen but been in baku 6 on 2 off for over 2 years now.

bigryrs

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6 on 2 off fuck that lol thats brutal!! is he single? surely must be doing that amount of days lol

dojj

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Friday evening on the way home from work I spotted an s class parked on the side of the road with the hazzards on and the rear suspension sat on its arse
I would have told them it was fucjed but they were polish and didn't speak any of the local lingo do I drive off

bigryrs

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lol belter!!