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> On Apr 12, 2024, at 5:01 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
> A friend drove me up to Columbia this morning to collect the $2500 09S550 
> 4matic, 146kmi.  In looking at the specs it is pretty much a base model 
> (although the Sonder-klasse is quite well appointed), no real options except 
> for 4matic.
> 
> Did that no problem although the battery was a little weak but I had taken a 
> full complement of road trip support equipment, including a new battery and 
> cables.  A quick jump and it lit off fine.  The AC was even working, it was 
> throwing a code for the blower regulator the other day which I think was 
> intermittent as the AC worked on my test drive.
> 
> Battery was apparently fairly recent, I'll have to keep track of it.  Tires 
> are BFGs about 1.5yr old, so those are very good.
> 
> Car was pretty filthy from sitting for awhile in the pollen and crap that has 
> been prevalent here the last few weeks so I found a car wash close by and ran 
> it through ($10 for a basic wash, damn prices have really gone up sicne 
> whenever I did my last auto wash) and it came out looking pretty good though 
> still a bit crusty.  Paint needs a full correction and I think it will look 
> really nice.  No dings anywhere but a bunch of little stone chips here and 
> there, I can live with that for now.  Looks really nice from 20ft though and 
> the interior is in very good condition though filthy with dog hair.  Full 
> detail in the near future.
> 
> Hit a QT and filled up with hi-test and hit the road.  The front axles are 
> shot and were complaining mightily on turns, and a bit less so straight 
> ahead, more so on acceleration, so I was more than somewhat concerned about 
> potential failure leaving me DOTSOTR. But what the hell, a journey is when 
> you overcome adversity to reach your destination.  I kept the speed to 70mph 
> or so which I observed was quite comfortable as everyone else was weaving 
> around going 72-74 or more and I mostly just cruised along with no drama 
> while being passed.  I could hear and feel the axles although I did have to 
> drop the windows as the AC blower gave up after a little bit.  No problem as 
> it was a beautiful 74F today, but the noise was a bit annoying.  My friend 
> who gave me the ride up was following behind so if I had to bail out at least 
> only the car would be stranded somewhere.  That was comforting.
> 
> Made it home fine, no failures, an extremely comfortable big cruiser ride, 
> dash was saying 22.1mpg and the gas gauge did not drop as much as I would 
> have expected so maybe that was close.
> 
> Got home and found a set of RockAuto front axels on the porch along with a 
> blower regulator from Amazon, stuff I ordered on Wednesday, so I guess I know 
> what the weekend will entail.  New break pats arriving tomorrow I think, and 
> a headlight xenon bulb ($$!!!) it needs.  I think that is all the immediate 
> maintenance required. I should probably look at the break roders too, maybe I 
> will need a new set of those.  I notice the tranny was shifting a bit slowly 
> so I will do a fluid/filter change on that soon, engine oil change and 
> probably diffs too while I'm at it.
> 
> I think this will have been an excellent purchase and I am excited to do some 
> road trips in it.
> 
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> --FT
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