Still running in the C63 Estate and just completed a trip on the weekend from NW London to Dorset. On the way down got 22mpg and on the way back 24. Fairly sensible driving but with a few hefty accelerations now and again. Will be interested to see whether I can exceed 24.
Whist searching for some information for another member I stumbled across a reference to MBClub. It appears to date from 2004, so early days for the club, and was written by Honest John on behalf of the Telegraph - and MBClub is refered to in the section about "what's good" about the W211...
Although I was involved in a non-fault accident at the end of May, my insurance premium has actually gone down and that's without me negotiating!
This goes against the grain of what's happened to a lot of other forum members it seems...
Just brought a W220 S Class S55 AMG back from Kent to Reading and was surprised by the fuel economy towards the end of the journey.
30.4mpg...achieved in the cut and thrust of a busy late afternoon on the M25 and M3
Just browsing eBay earlier on (as you do) and was surprised to see the number of tatty CLK55s out there.
I wouldn't class mine as 'mint' as it's 8 and a bit years old and has around 70k odd on the clock, but I do try and look after it.
By comparison, it surprises me to see the condition of...
I have just had a Notice of Intended Prosecution in the post for doing 82mph on dual carriageway A303.
Logged into the site and can see a picture of the E55 with the top banner quoting the 82mph and stating I was 480m away - did not know they had such a long range ...............
Anyone know...