Like so many of a certain age, I have for some time been more interested in ride quality than out-and-out performance.
I thought I may have found it with an ML, but although this was an excellent cruiser I could still feel more bumps than I'd like on ordinary roads.
So now I am in a C350 Estate...
500,000th W204 Rolls Off The Production Line
Another production milestone was reached today at the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant - workers finished the assembly process of the 500,000th C-Klasse Limousine since the W204 generation "came into force" in 2007. The model that rolled off...
Just typed 'Rolls Royce Problems' into Google
Page after page of the stuff
Makes me feel reassured!
Of course you seldom here from what is prob a majority of owners of all makes of cars --whose cars just keep on going with no major problems apart from service issues.
I think sometimes...
was reading and thought wow, this looks a good job but...
would you really bother to spend all that time and money..?
Rolls Royce Phantom based on a Bentley LWB Turbo R - eBay (item 190431117648 end time Aug-22-10 12:00:06 PDT)
Just noticed today that when doing hill starts either going forwards or backwards that the car rolls the wrong way (ie down the hill) unless I use the parking brake to hold it. :eek:
I don't remember it doing this before - does it indicate that something is out of adjustment or needs...
Ok, so I've not even got the car yet.. but... :)
I've seen these about and for a lot more money.. but these to me look just dangerous.. and the admission that they are 'not designed as roll bars'
...
An 82 year old woman managed to roll her Toyota Starlet on a petrol station forecourt, after mixing up the brake and accelerator pedals :rolleyes:
http://www.metro.co.uk/video/videoPlayer.html?inMediaId=179&in_page_id=1
She escaped with minor bruising after 12 firefighters attended to...
Words cannot describe this :)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1976-Rolls-Royce-silver-shadow-used-for-glamour-photos_W0QQitemZ4623503868QQcategoryZ121977QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem