looks like new - CL500

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small bit of under bonnet corrosion on the engine, rest looks (in the pictures) like it's still in the showroom

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cheap road tax - rather than £575 - for anything with the v8 post May 2006
if it had real cruise control might be interesting

one of the best looking Merc's they ever made - if you keep scrolling the interior is like new

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cheap road tax - rather than £575 for anything with the v8, post May 2006
if it had real cruise control might be interesting

one of the best looking Merc's they ever made - if you keep scrolling the interior is like new

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What's the difference between cruise control and real cruise control Botus?
 
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What's the difference between cruise control and real cruise control Botus?

distronic plus - as in follows the car in front and brakes when needed, works in traffic and can stop the car

not sure the "plus" bit was available back then, but certainly ability to follow others / maintain variable speed was out and about on the w220 S class

same with any merc since 2001, if it doesn't have a shiny plastic bit in the middle (covering the radar) you don't buy it

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cheap road tax - rather than £575 - for anything with the v8 post May 2006
if it had real cruise control might be interesting

one of the best looking Merc's they ever made - if you keep scrolling the interior is like new

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Just had a look at their site,
the car does look stunning, the lack of "real cruise control" as you put it certainly wouldn't put me off, if you really want it, but that's just me. :)
 

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Nice car but not for me. :D

Not for me either Dean, I think it is a little clumsy what with those huge doors etc. Not practical for me either, got an 83 year old Mother in Law tp ferry about and she ain't sitting in the front with me !! :rolleyes::D
 

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Not for me either Dean, I think it is a little clumsy what with those huge doors etc. Not practical for me either, got an 83 year old Mother in Law tp ferry about and she ain't sitting in the front with me !! :rolleyes::D
Very true. Each to there own.
 

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Me too. Price seems reasonably fair too, unlike a similar one on another forum where the seller wants £17k.
 

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Not for me either Dean, I think it is a little clumsy what with those huge doors etc. Not practical for me either, got an 83 year old Mother in Law tp ferry about and she ain't sitting in the front with me !! :rolleyes::D
The huge doors are on very special hinges. As the doors open they move forwards too...so unlike other 2 door cars you can get out in quite tight space... certainly as tight a space as a 4 door car.
 

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Looks stunning, the lack of use would make me wary of ABC problems though unless it has been meticulously maintained and fluids changed every 2 years
 

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Lack of Distronic wouldn't put me off, either.
 

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It bugs me every time I see a Merc, any Merc, where the net in the passenger footwell is not positioned carefully!!
 

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It bugs me every time I see a Merc, any Merc, where the net in the passenger footwell is not positioned carefully!!

And the ones in the boot!!!!
 

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The huge doors are on very special hinges. As the doors open they move forwards too...so unlike other 2 door cars you can get out in quite tight space... certainly as tight a space as a 4 door car.

There is the Mother in Law issue too Ciaran :rolleyes:
 

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