250 CDI Blue Efficiency

[*Thumper]

Too sloppy ?? . what do you want .. a Lotus Exige ??

My C can corner like it's on rails ....... in fact it corners better than an Mtec 5 series ........... with the active suspension.......... you have to attack the corner, . it then stiffens up nicely ... but you do need to be able to drive hard, to manage it !

And then it wallow's like a hippo, down the motorway, like it's on air ............. Mmmmmm nice !!

 

[PeterCLK]

If I manage to keep my clk as long as I plan then I'm sure things will have changed by then.

It's a while since I drove the elegance so perhaps I might find it OK now.

 

[*Thumper]

I rate the C so highly (can you tell) . that I question the E class, big time ......... it needs to be bigger better stronger faster, more luxorious, to step away from the current C class.

 

[Geezer]

Having a test drive of the 250 CDI Sport tomorrow. I'll report back.

 

[*Thumper]

Enjoy ! .... take out an Elegance aswell .... you may like it and save a few quid !!

 

[survey]

My son (who does not hang about when driving) just reported 52mpg tank/tank on his auto BMW 325d. Puts my C Class auto Estate to shame at 39mpg tank/tank. Both cars are 2008/9.

 

[*Thumper]

My beamer does better than my C class .. but hey ho .. there's always the blue effiency, that catches up a bit ......... or a re-map of course !!

 

[Geezer]

Having a test drive of the 250 CDI Sport tomorrow. I'll report back.

Well, I was so impressed I bought one!

Very responsive and the only time I could tell it was an oil burner was when I really gave it welly! :razz: As well as Sport and Comfort there is a Manual mode when you change gears via the paddles on the steering wheel. I like the built in Blue Tooth for a phone. Well put together and oozes class!

This car is so good I am left wondering what is the point of the E Class?!

 

[Blobcat]

This car is so good I am left wondering what is the point of the E Class?!

More space for one, not having hard plastic door liners for another.

 

[PeterCLK]

Returned this one now.
The 209 is a well built car and I liked the engine and the steering.
Whilst the sport model looks good and can fly around corners I could not live with it on the rough roads in the Lakes.

Good choice Geezer.

 

[gre1591]

Always raining

Lake District is beautiful at this time of year.

Its always raining when i am there! have you found a sunny bit!

 

[PeterCLK]

Not sunny today bit it's been nice recently.
It does have England's highest rainfall up on the tops.

 

[*Thumper]

Well, I was so impressed I bought one!

Very responsive and the only time I could tell it was an oil burner was when I really gave it welly! :razz: As well as Sport and Comfort there is a Manual mode when you change gears via the paddles on the steering wheel. I like the built in Blue Tooth for a phone. Well put together and oozes class!

This car is so good I am left wondering what is the point of the E Class?!

What did I tell ya !! .... glad you like it, and the bluetooth is excellent .... so excellent in fact, that I have a full cradle, but don't bother with it .... and I'm on the phone all the time, I'm in the car !!

It really is difficult to justify an E class ........... the room it has is bugger all extra ........and especially for the price difference.

Enjoy your new car, when you get it ...... it will be very tight for ages ..... a number of members on here keep reminding me the car just gets better and better ........ they are right .......... I'm 0n 14500 now since April ........ and she's still loosening up .......in for a service week after next ( not that it needs it yet)15500 miles is a joke for a service schedule !!

 

[jberks]

it will be very tight for ages ..... a number of members on here keep reminding me the car just gets better and better ........ they are right .......... I'm 0n 14500 now since April ........ and she's still loosening up

Long way to go yet if mine's anything to go by. Had it since 17k, now at 83k and she's still getting better and better by the mile.

 

[Alex M Grieve]

Long way to go yet if mine's anything to go by. Had it since 17k, now at 83k and she's still getting better and better by the mile.

The chaps I used to feel sorry for were my contemporaries who worked in the motor industry.

On the plus side, they always had nice "top of the range" company cars.

On the downside, that meant high "benefit in kind" taxes, and they had to change them every 6 months.

My experience of new cars in the 1980s was that you did not get to the end of the "snagging list" in 6 months, so these poor people were paying for the privilege of beating the faults out of cars which would almost certainly serve the next owner well.

Bit like being a guinea pig, I guess?

 

[gre1591]

Yes I can see the rain and cloud over the tops most days I am over there; I walk them hills a fair bit when the sun does shine .Luckily the island seems to miss most of it.