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Following this with interest as I've been offered a hybrid pre-facelift model with a large discount off of list. Economy is one factor in my decision (I'm in an XC90 now) and RFL another (£475 in the Volvo). The question. I asked was "what's it like in the real world". I'd made an assumption of...

No major issues with mine - tyre wear completely as expected for a heavy, fast car. Had issues with my glow plugs - had to replace them completely twice in six months but since then no issues. Other than that, feed, water, point, shoot :-)

If they finally address the engineering issue that prevents it from coming to this country in 4-matic form, I will forgo the 4x4 for the farm cottage that we live in. At the moment, I need an occasional 7 seater and would prefer 4x4 for the winter and the light track we need to use to get to our...

I'd agree with saorbust - I've been getting around 15k from a set of tyres on my CLS. Brakes needed replacing after about 30k miles but that is consistent with the S-Class that I've had in the past. It's a big heavy car after all. My dealer in Edinburgh has been fine - but they are all...

I had the car I had at the time because I regularly took banking clients out and they had "certain expectations" at the time. Hence being provided with a like for like car. Funnily enough, five years later a Ford Ka probably would have met their "expectations" :)

Interesting...I was covered by Angel Assistance as well - it was them that put me onto Helphire...

My car was hit in my parents driveway by a guy in a hired transit van in November 2004. Helphire provided me with a loan Merc for 10 days. They were very helpful, prompt and delivered and picked up precisely when they said they would Unfortunately, they charged an arm and a leg for the Merc...

Good for you - I'd be interested to hear how it pans out. They don't have any R-Class that they want to "get rid of" too do they :D :devil:

So? Deal done?

You should ask them for one of their E500's as a loan car ;) (see cheap E500 thread)

Oh go on then...just be warned that I fight dirty :cool:

At that price, it is yours no need to fight...enjoy :D

I'd be tempted by the E500 Estate IF it was under £30k. At £43.5k I'd rather buy a new 7-seater 4x4 e.g. XC90, Landcruiser etc.

It's a great car and certainly different when compared with anything else out there. I traded from a CLK55 to mine early last year and although if I had to be honest I'd rather have the CLK55, it is a great compromise in terms of ooomph vs fuel consumption (I was doing a lot of business miles...

Best I ever got out of my CLK5 AMG Cab was a shade under 28mpg on a 100 mile run, but averaged around 20mpg over the time I had the car. My CLS320 CDI is running around a 30.1mpg average with best figures of 39.9mpg. Sounds like your 320 did well on your longer run...

Just to further illustrate the first point that hawk20 has made, I have a friend that works for Lexus. Yesterday he offered me a brand new RX350 with a list price of £40k for...wait for it....£28k! Whilst it is not for me, I am happy to put anyone in touch that may be interested in it.

I understand entirely - I had the igominy of having to take a lift to work in my missus's Touran because I couldn't make it up the slight slope in my drive in the snow. It is half a mile from the house to the main road down a farm track and despite it (the main road) running freely, I couldn't...

Oh and it won't make you feel any better, but I paid £32.5k for my CLS320 in May 08 and got a top bid of £20k for it in December 08. Most bids were between £16k and £18k! Funnily enough I kept it.

He is unlikely to want to retail it himself so will offer you what he can get in the trade for it, and they will be offering bottom book at best. Reality is that you have an old shape, four year old 4x4 with slightly above average mileage in a market where 4x4's virtually confer pariah status on...

They offered me £17.8k for my CLK55 AMG Cabriolet back in March this year. A MB dealer gave me £23.5k in p/x in April.