Posts Tagged ‘Mercedes van’

Mercedes Van brake safety check

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Brakes are one of the most important components on your van and can degrade over time, eventually failing. S&B Commercials are pleased to offer all Mercedes Van customers, including those that purchased a Used Van from us a free brake safety check. The check wont take up much of your time, but you’ll be able to rest assured that you brakes are safe once approved by one of our qualified Mercedes van technicians.

Details of our brake safety check can be found on our offers page in the owners club section of the website.

Mercedes Van and Truck Industry News

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

As part of our preparations for our monthly email newsletter, we have just uploaded several interesting pieces of  van and truck industry newsonto our website. If you cant wait for the email newsletter, now is the tiome to take a sneak peak at what is going to be in it. In addition to these stories, there will also be some new offers for Mercedes van and Mercedes truck owners. These will be released onto our dealer website at the same time as the newsletter is published.

Free Mercedes EPC – (Electronic Parts Catalog) Online and E-Ordering for Mercedes Van and Truck Customers

Monday, July 27th, 2009

S&B Commercials are about to start a pilot with some of their account customers that will allow them to:

  • Look up their own Mercedes Van and Truck parts in the Mercedes Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC)
  • Check stock availability both at our dealership and in UK wide stocks
  • See prices for those parts including their discount percentage on each line
  • Order parts for delivery or collection electronically

This will all be available through an easy to use web application and will be given to selected account customers to pilot for free. Anybody interested in using this system whethere during the pilot or during full release is requested to contact their parts manager at their supplying branch. We hope that this will be an additional helpful tool to help build the relationship between our dealership and your business. This facility is currently unique to S&B Commercials in the UK Mercedes-Benz Van and Truck Sector.

New Mercedes Van and Truck Newsletter

Monday, July 27th, 2009

We are just putting the finishing touches to the August edition of our Mercedes Van and Truck Email Newsletter. Packed with industry news and offers, many of our customers have subscribed to it. Don’t miss out and subscribe now on our Mercedes Van and Truck Owners Club  ”Customer Zone” page. You can opt out of this service at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link on the bottom of the email.

Mercedes Sprinter Van gets greener with ECOstart

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

In today’s financial climate, we’re all trying to save a bit of money and if we can help the environment at the same time, that’s got to be a good thing hasn’t it?

ECOstart Demo Van

ECOstart Demo Van

Available on the Mercedes Sprinter van, the ECOstart option does just that. A clever bit of kit switches off the engine when you’re stuck in traffic, and lets face it, that happens quite a lot these days. Now the sceptics amongst you are probably now saying “that’s not going to save a lot of money!” but you may be a bit surprised. In the literature for Ecostart, Mercedes-Benz claim that their vans fitted with ECOstart can pay back the cost of the option by saving fuel within 2 years, if the van averages around 25,000 miles pa.

In addition to the financial and environmental benefits, the option also cuts noise pollution and reduces driver fatigue. I must admit, when I borrowed our test drive model for the weekend at first I found the ECOstart experience quite disconcerting, but after a few engine stops you soon get used to it and its quite pleasant when you pull up at the lights and the already quiet engine goes silent. It gets my vote for sure!  If you want to give it a try, get in contact with our sales team and they’ll book you in for a test drive.

Servicing Mercedes Vans and Trucks – not a lot of people know that…….

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

svcIt came to me in a flash of inspiration this morning that most of our customers probably don’t know about how flexible the options are when it comes to us servicing  their Mercedes van or truck…..

For starters, of course we offer traditional servicing in the sense that you can book a slot, drop your vehicle off and return later that day to pick it up. However in most cases you need your van or truck and without it, its almost impossible for you to work. We all enjoy a day off now and then, but surely that should be at your leisure and not your vehicles!

So, at S&B we wanted to make owning a Mercedes van or Mercedes truck a truly rewarding experience and that starts with customer service and what we can offer you when it comes to you checking your vehicle in for a service:

For those customers that want to drop their vehicle off and return later in the day, we can offer arrange to lend you a Mercedes van to get around in. At least that way you don’t lose a days work and you can avoid paying a couple of taxi fares to get too and from the dealership. If you want to take advantage of a loan van it pays to book it well in advance, as we have a limited supply and after reading this, I’m sure that many of our customers will be taking advantage of it!

At our branch in Welham Green, we offer a new Van Express Service. Customers that use this service have two dedicated bays in a separate part of the workshop where there are a limited number of slots each day. These are best utilised for servicing and minor replacement work (for example changing brake pads) and enable us to offer our customers a ‘while you wait service’. On site we have a canteen, TV and vending machines to help you to relax in comfort and in the near future we hope to provide our customers with wireless broadband and maybe even a pc to help them work while their Mercedes van gets some TLC.

As I said earlier, it’s often inconvenient to get your Mercedes van or truck serviced during working hours. Perhaps I should have qualified that by saying ‘during your working hours’. Our branch at Stansted is open until 12am on weekdays and our branches at Thurrock and Welham Green are open 24 hours from Monday at 7am right through until Saturday at 1pm. Great! now you can sleep while your van or truck is serviced!

And finally…… you know that canteen that I mentioned at Welham Green? If you smile and ask our service team nicely, they have often been known to hand out the odd breakfast voucher when you check your vehicle in!

S&B Launch Mercedes Parts Online Store

Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Online Parts Store

Online Parts Store

We have just launched our new online store selling Mercedes parts. The store lists commonly requested parts for Mercedes Vans and Trucks. In addition to this it also features an online enquiry form with a guaranteed response time of 2 business hours.

So, the next time you come home late at night and wonder how much the wing mirror on your van is going to cost to replace, pop online to our Mercedes Parts Store and not only will you be able to see how much it costs, you will be able to sleep easily, knowing that you have got one in the post and its at a great price!

We’ll deliver to any UK address by Royal Mail and our friendly parts team can also be contacted on 01279 712230