Seen the light........

[00slk]

....After many years of driving another German make, my son has finally seen the light......



Nearly a full spec Avantgarde for near scrap money

 

[C16RKC]

Very nice - great colour too!

 

[00slk]

Very nice - great colour too!

Unusual to have cream interior with silver I thought, makes a nice change

 

[C16RKC]

It might be the light, but it looks like a slightly darker shade of silver in the photo - the sort of colour a lot of Aston Martins are.

 

[sonic]

Great cars I had a 270CDI, did 115K miles almost no trouble. Which engine is it?

 

[Snake Charmer]

Great cars I had a 270CDI, did 115K miles almost no trouble. Which engine is it?

2149cc Diesel if that helps.

 

[Alastairp]

It might be the light, but it looks like a slightly darker shade of silver in the photo - the sort of colour a lot of Aston Martins are.

Cubanite Silver I presume (same as mine)

 

[00slk]

2149cc Diesel if that helps.

Cubanite Silver I presume (same as mine)

Correct on both accounts
He said he'd take it to work yesterday and asked if I'd be home all day, just in case it broke down, I could being the recovery truck. Its not an Audi or bmw son!!! (I think it's been parked up awhile after its last mot)
Needless to say, it made it there and back again

 

[rorywquin]

Correct on both accounts
He said he'd take it to work yesterday and asked if I'd be home all day, just in case it broke down, I could being the recovery truck. Its not an Audi or bmw son!!! (I think it's been parked up awhile after its last mot)
Needless to say, it made it there and back again

I trawled several sites for “UK most reliable cars” and BMW & Audi seem to rank better than MB.

 

[SL63 Mark]

We had a new one of these, 320CDI on an 07 plate back in the day. Lovely car until Mrs '63 put petrol in it and drove it home.

 

[00slk]

I trawled several sites for “UK most reliable cars” and BMW & Audi seem to rank better than MB.

I was only being facetious, son is BMW through and through, like my neighbours, BMW and Audi owners. We have great banter......I keep telling him how to increase his property's value, buy parking my Mercedes on his driveway

 

[Rob7seven]

I was only being facetious, son is BMW through and through, like my neighbours, BMW and Audi owners. We have great banter......I keep telling him how to increase his property's value, buy parking my Mercedes on his driveway

Possibly true, but there's a downside. One of my neighbours has a large unused drive, he offered parking space when I had builders in for a couple of weeks. My car at the time was a few months old E250, he was planning a home extension and he told me that he was sure that tradespeople stuck a chunk onto their estimates once they saw the car.

 

[rorywquin]

I was only being facetious, son is BMW through and through, like my neighbours, BMW and Audi owners. We have great banter......I keep telling him how to increase his property's value, buy parking my Mercedes on his driveway

Just the opposite for me.
My neighbours seem to think that I’m very wealthy because of the cars my son parks on my drive when visiting.

 

[rorywquin]

Possibly true, but there's a downside. One of my neighbours has a large unused drive, he offered parking space when I had builders in for a couple of weeks. My car at the time was a few months old E250, he was planning a home extension and he told me that he was sure that tradespeople stuck a chunk onto their estimates once they saw the car.

My wife is convinced that tradies do that. Whenever we were getting people round to quote for work she’d say “don’t let them see your car”. (SL400)

 

[horatio]

Correct on both accounts
He said he'd take it to work yesterday and asked if I'd be home all day, just in case it broke down, I could being the recovery truck. Its not an Audi or bmw son!!! (I think it's been parked up awhile after its last mot)
Needless to say, it made it there and back again

OM646 with the 5spd auto is a very solid combination. Much better engine than the 651 which replaced it a few years later. That will make a very dependable daily.

For some reason you can get silly MPG from the diesel CLK’s too. My 270 manages mid 50’s on long drives without trying.

 

[Rob7seven]

OM646 with the 5spd auto is a very solid combination. Much better engine than the 651 which replaced it a few years later. That will make a very dependable daily.

For some reason you can get silly MPG from the diesel CLK’s too. My 270 manages mid 50’s on long drives without trying.

My slightly chipped, claimed 175 hp 220D 2009 CLK was good, but the 2012 250D C Class coupé that replaced it got an indicated 60+ mpg on a run between Calais and Werdigerode near the old E/W German border, 70ish autoroute/Autobahnen nearly all the way. Slightly disappointingly, it worked out at a fraction under 60 when the tank was brimmed the next day, but the car was only a few weeks old. Not sure on type numbers, but the C250 was a much nicer engine than the 220 in the earlier car, both with 5 speed autos.

 

[Rob7seven]

My slightly chipped, claimed 175 hp 220D 2009 CLK was good, but the 2012 250D C Class coupé that replaced it got an indicated 60+ mpg on a run between Calais and Werdigerode near the old E/W German border, 70ish autoroute/Autobahnen nearly all the way. Slightly disappointingly, it worked out at a fraction under 60 when the tank was brimmed the next day, but the car was only a few weeks old. Not sure on type numbers, but the C250 was a much nicer engine than the 220 in the earlier car, both with 5 speed autos.

Ps, or maybe the later car was a 7 speed, my ageing memory may be failing me, it often does these days.

 

[horatio]

My slightly chipped, claimed 175 hp 220D 2009 CLK was good, but the 2012 250D C Class coupé that replaced it got an indicated 60+ mpg on a run between Calais and Werdigerode near the old E/W German border, 70ish autoroute/Autobahnen nearly all the way. Slightly disappointingly, it worked out at a fraction under 60 when the tank was brimmed the next day, but the car was only a few weeks old. Not sure on type numbers, but the C250 was a much nicer engine than the 220 in the earlier car, both with 5 speed autos.

The 646 has a duplex chain at the front of engine and is far easier to work on.

I managed over 60 (on the dash anyway) in my 5 pot 270 a few times when I was using Goodyear efficientgrips on the narrower 16’s - with the help of the darned 50mph stretches on the M20! I can’t quite get there with Rainsport’s on 17’s.