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Post by WDB on Oct 22, 2017 9:52:28 GMT
Cricket club dinner last night, at a village pub ten miles away. Both boys and I went along, and MrsB1 volunteered to drive us there. To get us home I'd booked a car from the firm I use for my airport runs, but instead of the usual well-run-in E220 or A6, what was waiting outside at home time was a black S350.
And I have to say it was rather nice, especially in the powered, heated back seat. "Dad," said Boy1 from the front seat, "can we have one of these?" Probably, we agreed, not quite nice enough to pay £85,000 - or whatever a new one costs - or to be worth the hassle of parking it at Waitrose (I'm still getting used to the extra width and rounded rump of the CLS for that.) But for the occasional £22 ride home, really not bad at all.
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2017 10:16:47 GMT
I've a friend who has had a few ( well, maybe 3 ) of them. Not new ones, he buys them at about 5 years old. He doesn't need anything like that but he just loves those big Mercs.
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Post by Hofmeister on Oct 22, 2017 10:28:18 GMT
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2017 10:36:13 GMT
That is one hell of a lot of car for the money! And it's pretty good on fuel too. I'm not keen on saloons really, but for someone who didn't mind that configuration it's a beaut.
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Post by WDB on Oct 22, 2017 15:56:06 GMT
Not sure I'd want one unless the rear seats were going to be in regular enough use to justify the bulk of the thing. This one was a little older than the one in the link; it had the clock and air vents from my CLS, rather than the W213 E, probably a 2012-14 car, so maybe only £20,000-worth. (Yes, I know the S gets the vents first and they trickle down to the lesser models.) As Humph says, good value if you have a use for it.
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Post by Hofmeister on Oct 22, 2017 18:16:10 GMT
Not sure I'd want one unless the rear seats were going to be in regular enough use to justify the bulk of the thing. This one was a little older than the one in the link; it had the clock and air vents from my CLS, rather than the W213 E, probably a 2012-14 car, so maybe only £20,000-worth. (Yes, I know the S gets the vents first and they trickle down to the lesser models.) As Humph says, good value if you have a use for it. Here you go, here is what 20k of S class buys you www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201708088133331If they made an estate version it would be on my drive. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 18:30:42 GMT
Oh Lord yes. That is one superb piece of value for money. Worth every penny of £20,000 that is. In fact for my use, I reckon it makes as much sense as my E350 estate - which is truth is no sense at all for 99% of my journeys apart from those to the airport with luggage or on a ramble with the dog. Don't think our pooch would like being in the boot  |
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2017 19:00:44 GMT
Not sure I'd want one unless the rear seats were going to be in regular enough use to justify the bulk of the thing. This one was a little older than the one in the link; it had the clock and air vents from my CLS, rather than the W213 E, probably a 2012-14 car, so maybe only £20,000-worth. (Yes, I know the S gets the vents first and they trickle down to the lesser models.) As Humph says, good value if you have a use for it. Here you go, here is what 20k of S class buys you www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201708088133331If they made an estate version it would be on my drive. Yes indeed, I've wondered why they've never made an S estate. I recently asked my pal from Bentley why they don't do an estate, and he tapped the side of his nose...You didn't hear it here first sort of thing... |
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Post by Hofmeister on Oct 22, 2017 19:08:23 GMT
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2017 19:15:15 GMT
Yeah, they're freaking horrible, but much to my chagrin, might actually be not a bad shout for me ( if I were to choose to run my own car in some form of subsidised manner )
Actually, I'd make WDB an offer if I was going to do that.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 20:18:38 GMT
No, no and thrice no. Ugly and tasteless. In our family, we reckon a BMW X6 is a car for drug dealers, but the Merc R-class is for drug barons. The logic was sound but the execution dreadful. Makes the Renault Vel Satis or Avantime paragons of automotive purity.
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Post by WDB on Oct 24, 2017 7:22:38 GMT
That's hardly fair. Look at the interior pictures of that thing: not so much S as Sprinter. Probably a comfortable way to travel, though; I liked the idea of one when we were shopping for what turned out to be the Verso, although the budget didn't agree. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 13:00:18 GMT
Anyone fancy £7k of Bentley? At first glance, nothing really stand-out about this one, but then comes picture 20, at which point I take issue with the first line of the sales patter... www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202003218650294No, don't ask why I'm searching Bentleys. |
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Post by Humph on May 14, 2020 13:05:20 GMT
A neighbour of mine has a Bentley of that era and his wife has a DB7. They are their daily drivers. Takes all sorts I suppose.
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Post by Humph on May 14, 2020 13:15:44 GMT
Guy Martin's Amazon, love it or hate it. ( I love it )  |
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