Eventual CL (W216) V12 purchase!

[Developer]

just annoying to have money coming in that one cannot use at my time of life.

I can help you with that Malc - it'll be a chore but I'll manage somehow.....

 

[E320mark]

I can help you with that Malc - it'll be a chore but I'll manage somehow.....

I would be willing to help John out with that chore Malcolm

 

[Neil H]

just annoying to have money coming in that one cannot use at my time of life

Malc,
You are never too old to head to Mexico, sit in a beach side Cabana surrounded by (paid for) young lovelies and enjoying the view...
I suggest that if you don't have a bucket list of your own, we create one for you! Might want to hide the ones Im sending your way from your better half though!

 

[Mcobinad]

Update! Update! Update!

I got a call from the dealership today just to inform me that they have spotted a 58 reg CL 6.3 that has all the conceivable extras that I requested but no distronic. Well, that was a really quick find. The car was spotted at an auction. The distronic is a must option for me because I do a lot of motorway travelling across Europe. Secondly, the CL 6.3 has had an engine transplant back in 2010 by Mercedes and since then the car has only done 24,000 miles. I am a little skeptical of such things such as engine swap because I can't ascertain what may have gone wrong with the previous engine and there is a probability that it may reoccur again. Though, I think it may still have some warranty left on it!

I tried to ask them, but they don't really have the full detail. All they know is that the 6.3's previous engine was changed by Mercedes and that the car runs very well. They wanted to know what I think before proceeding. Well, I don't want a car that has had an engine transplant and secondly, there is no distronic. I don't mind a car with a slight higher mileage but has conserved the original engine from the factory.

 

[television]

Cars in auctions for the best part are cars that the dealers do not want to sell, there is the exception to this depending who has put the car in.

 

[Developer]

You're doing the right thing MCBD.

You'll know when the right one comes along - it will feel right.

 

[television]

Malc,
You are never too old to head to Mexico, sit in a beach side Cabana surrounded by (paid for) young lovelies and enjoying the view...
I suggest that if you don't have a bucket list of your own, we create one for you! Might want to hide the ones Im sending your way from your better half though!

Life just did not turn out the way I had hoped, Lilian is far to poorly to do much or go places with.

I have a summer house that is out of bounds to lilian do you have the specifications

 

[Neil H]

My late wife's SAAB convertible had an engine transplant within our ownership. The new owner bought a car with 40,000 on the clock and an engine which had covered only 7,000. To say he was delighted was an understatement. I think perhaps my concern with the car you are talking about is that perhaps the old engine was damaged due to being thrashed hence the rest of the car may be damaged?
No distronic? I wouldn't buy it either! A must have!

 

[television]

One can add distronic

 

[Neil H]

Life just did not turn out the way I had hoped, Lilian is far to poorly to do much or go places with.

I have a summer house that is out of bounds to lilian do you have the specifications

Malc

I know what it's like to have your lifestyle curtailed, Mrs H's cancer came at just the time that my career took off, two years of ops, chemo and radio meant the holidays and new house she so wanted never happened. She did get the ML though which she loved. I'm in a similar situation to you, no mortgage, stack of cash in the bank and nowhere to spend it...
Fancy going 50/50 on a bar on a beach in Mexico? Maybe even the soggy dollar in Jost Van Dyke, now that's a location!!

Sorry McB for hijacking thread! Hurry up and buy a CL so I can become more envious!!

 

[television]

Malc

I know what it's like to have your lifestyle curtailed, Mrs H's cancer came at just the time that my career took off, two years of ops, chemo and radio meant the holidays and new house she so wanted never happened. She did get the ML though which she loved. I'm in a similar situation to you, no mortgage, stack of cash in the bank and nowhere to spend it...
Fancy going 50/50 on a bar on a beach in Mexico? Maybe even the soggy dollar in Jost Van Dyke, now that's a location!!

Sorry McB for hijacking thread! Hurry up and buy a CL so I can become more envious!!

I will give it some thought

 

[the director]

Update! Update! Update!

I got a call from the dealership today just to inform me that they have spotted a 58 reg CL 6.3 that has all the conceivable extras that I requested but no distronic. Well, that was a really quick find. The car was spotted at an auction. The distronic is a must option for me because I do a lot of motorway travelling across Europe. Secondly, the CL 6.3 has had an engine transplant back in 2010 by Mercedes and since then the car has only done 24,000 miles. I am a little skeptical of such things such as engine swap because I can't ascertain what may have gone wrong with the previous engine and there is a probability that it may reoccur again. Though, I think it may still have some warranty left on it!

I tried to ask them, but they don't really have the full detail. All they know is that the 6.3's previous engine was changed by Mercedes and that the car runs very well. They wanted to know what I think before proceeding. Well, I don't want a car that has had an engine transplant and secondly, there is no distronic. I don't mind a car with a slight higher mileage but has conserved the original engine from the factory.

Maybe one day you'll actually buy a car rather than just writing about it!

 

[ThinkPad]

Maybe one day you'll actually buy a car rather than just writing about it!

Lol. A little harsh.

But I would be concerned about the type of arrangement this dealer is putting you under. What if you said to them yeah sounds good and they buy it based on you buying it off them. When you see it you may not like it. Then what? Or they may not charge you a decent price. Best thing is just to look out constantly and when right one comes up you can snap it up! Rather than all your eggs in one basket.

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[television]

Maybe one day you'll actually buy a car rather than just writing about it!

Mcobinad is like me, a man who knows what he wants, and he will hold out till the perfect car comes along, he has a super car already so no panic, again just as I have.

 

[the director]

Mcobinad is like me, a man who knows what he wants, and he will hold out till the perfect car comes along, he has a super car already so no panic, again just as I have.

Actually, I think it maybe the opposite........he doesn't know what he wants!

 

[television]

Actually, I think it maybe the opposite........he doesn't know what he wants!

That is another factor, its not easy, Blue CL500, CL600,CL63 ????

 

[Mcobinad]

Maybe one day you'll actually buy a car rather than just writing about it!

Well, thanks sir for contributing. I will rather choose at this moment to ignore this comment.

 

[Neil H]

I have the solution and its staring us all in the face. Malc, please sell your CL to Mc... Then you can buy a new CL??
Everyone's a winner...

Next?

 

[television]

I have the solution and its staring us all in the face. Malc, please sell your CL to Mc... Then you can buy a new CL??
Everyone's a winner...

Next?

I cannot quite stretch to a new one, thats the problem

 

[Neil H]

Where is the rest of my post??