just picked up a 2005 black coupe.....15k miles, auto, mint.............so what do I need to know?

 

Keep the shiny side up!

Welcome and congrats on the new car! I'm still a newbie too!

 

Keep air in the tires, gas in the tank and find some good tunes. I was going to say pick the best color but you already did.

 

what you need to know? Well, what do you want to know? You bought a 10 yr old car that Chrysler may or may not know how to work on, Mercedes doesn't work on, and has a tendency to fail you when you least expect it. Well, that may be a little harsh, but the first two are correct, the third, may or may not happen....lol.

 

This is my 2nd one.....Dealer here in Clearwater can fix anything and will...Of course I don't expect much to go wrong, after all it's not a GM product.

 

It is not unusual for the original Verta battery to still be in these cars. Time to change it, a weak battery can cause lots of strange symptoms.

 

Drive it (with only 15K on it, it needs to be driven!)
Enjoy it (how can you not, right?)
Customize it (to your own tastes)
Do the sticky key fix (while it's free and still relatively simple)
Buy a BOSCH CPS and be ready (you never know when you'll need it)

and above all, if it's not an SRT, don't ask how to make it run like one

Have fun - you know we do

RL

 

Sticky Key: can't open pictures

 

I just tried too and had no luck. Probably a problem with the site - hopefully it'll clear up in a day or so.

 

If you click on the "Version 5" link under the "Update" at the bottom of the first post, you will download a .PDF of the instructions.

Here they are: