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"Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?" Jodi Picoult - author

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal.... .... it is the courage to continue that counts." Winston Churchill

Well heck....the last info about the ETA shown in the screenshot above was all wrong. Got another update today. The car is actually in Bremerhaven still. It should get on the Carmen RoRo vessel May 8th and arrive in Halifax on the 20th. ...which means it should arrive at Mercedes Nanaimo around June 9th and be delivered a few days after that.

Follow up troubleshooting; on start up the dash is clear of lights, at idle in the driveway, pump the brakes a few times, nothing, hand brake up and down a few times, nothing, in gear and hand brake down, abs/caution light turns on, also , foot on brake in gear, release foot brake, abs/caution light turns on. Would this be associated with the brake sensor under the car under the brake pedal?

This is a 2006 euro version (700cc gas engine) that was on display for over 15 years. Very good condition. Has only 46,000kms. A pure cabrio with silver panels and black tridion. Passion alloy wheels with clock/tach. Asking $5700 Send a pm if interested.

"Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." Steve Martin - comedian

"A smile cures the wounding of a frown." William Shakespeare

Try the dealer, I had to reuse my old ones as I could not find any. That top bolt on the strut is how I found and then met smart142

"The idea is to die young as late as possible." Ashley Montagu - anthropologist

Thought I'd wash the car because it's Spring and, well, I forgot what colour it is. Seriously, treated the car to a wand wash, complete with foaming brush. Blew $4, but nothing's too good for Lil'Toot. It came out looking great.... and red! Drove around a bit to 'blow-dry' the excess water away. I don't know why, but when I got home, both my fog lights/DRLs are now working (see my previous post). I'm not sure weather my car is haunted or possessed. Can't wait to find out what the next symptom and adventure will be. I still love it.

"All genuine education comes about through experience." John Dewey - philosopher

Hi everyone, i am replacing the struts in my 08. no trouble at all removing the top bolt from the strut. i did notice that on one side the rubber ring is missing from the top plate (the plate that hold the strut from falling out of the front end) hopefully that makes it easier to picture. does anyone know where i can source a new top mount? thanks.

"Thinking is difficult. That's why most people judge." Carl Jung - psychiatrist

After 5.5 months of winter storage, Smartypants kicked over about 4-5 times and sparked right up!! Prior to storage (few days) I lost power (I think I mentioned this in a post last Fall) my troubleshooting consisted of inspecting the waste gate arm and the EGR. While looking at the EGR I noticed a wire hanging down with a sensor dangling. It was the AIT, cleaned and reinstalled and the power is back. My question, why did it not throw a code? ABS/caution triangle; also previously mention but hey, this is a new season so I will start all over. The light(s) have come on before and maybe a month later would just go out and life is back to normal. When it happened again, I took a closer look at the ring sensors, and their respective connectors, all looked clean. What is my next troubleshoot?

I've got the old battery out of the cdi, going to replace it today or tomorrow. And then hopefully get it running again!

"The speed of time is one second per second." Steven Wright - comedian

"Learn continually - there's always 'one more thing' to learn!" Steve Jobs

"Alcoholic: Anyone who drinks more than I do." W. C. Fields

"Trust should be the basis of all our moral training." Robert Baden-Powell

"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail." Charles Kettering - inventor

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau

"Patience is bitter, but it's fruit is sweet." Aristotle

Make an offer, includes spare wheels with nearly new winter Michelin X-Ice Snow.

"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs." Henry Ford

Located in Nova Scotia New in box 2 x SKF rear wheel bearings for a 451. Make me an offer.