Hi i am new!

[GlenW]

I am looking for a new car, well a change, i have a MG ZR at the moment and when i bought it new was great when i was 19, but now i am 21 i want something abit more comfortable. So i am looking for a C220 Coupe, anyone got one round here?

What are they like to own, and is insurance high on them?

My mum has a CLK which i love driving, its the CLK 230 Kompressor so pretty nippy, but i dont want petrol as i prefer diesel cars!

I test drove a C220 coupe yet it was manual and i hated the gear box and clutch so will be looking for an auto with the tiptronic gears on it, would anyone say no thats a bad idea on this?

Is there anyone in the loughborough area in leicestershire?

 

[Myros]

Welcome aboard Glen

There is an E220 coupe in the sale section. You might be tempted.

 

[GlenW]

its is too old and has way too many miles on it, i am looking to spend upto £15,000 miles!

do not under estimate me just because i am a young spring chicken

 

[Myros]

and obviously goal-oriented

Well, there's mothing like knowing what you want out of life. Let us know when you find one, and post up some pix.

 

[GlenW]

i have targets, its the way forward!

i am looking just thought i would see from owners on here if they have had problems with them!?

i have heard electrics can be a problem with the current mercs, is this true?

what merc do you have yourself?


this is my current car:

but i am not enjoying the ridiculing from MG's demise and the suspension being made out of wood!:-D

 

[jberks]

its is too old and has way too many miles on it, i am looking to spend upto £15,000 miles!

£15k at 21 - I was still in the realm of the £1500 motor in those days. Its a shame in some ways as there's a lot of fun to be had putting a tatty motor back together.
I'm tempted to drop into a Monty Python sketch now I'll stop now.

And no I wasn't too hard done to. If I couldn't get the escort back together the old man would take pity and lend me his new S class! (odd how often that happened!)

 

[GlenW]

15k is my max by far!

i am a hard worker, had upto 4 jobs befoe when i was at school, love earning money, got my own place as well with a mortgage, just like being in control with goals and targets!

i have done the car fixing stage, i had a subaru justy 1.2 for my first car that was awesome, also had an escort estate i had afiddle with then the freelander i got bored with but the mg's have been good fun, with various mg groups floating around!

would you say then a C220 is a good car then? i am looking for a panarma as well, any problems with them?

 

[Myros]

I'm just about to feed Jberks a line

about licking my car clean, but I won't. We have a C280 and a 500 SL.
At 21 I was still on an 8yr old VW Variant (£600) . At 24 though I had a 3year old BMW 318is. The rest is history.

Lots of Mercs have a few problems, a few Mercs have a lot of problems, some have a load of problems, but few have all the problems, is probably a fair guess.