swithin
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- Joined
- Aug 28, 2007
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- 289
- Location
- Kent
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- 99 SL500, 2014 C250 AMG Sport +, 2016 C220d, Range Rover 4.2sc, Mini Cooper S
Evening all, recently back from a trip with my daughter and dog to a mates place near Bergerac in France.
Daughter is 8 so had the seat all the way forward so she could reach sweets in glove box and also gave our dog, a 25kg Dutch Shepherd plenary room at the back.
For Sasha in the back I had stiffened foam put in front of the storage boxes then put 1 strong piece of cardboard on the foam and storage then wrapped it in 2 dog blankets.
I live 50 mins from Eurotunnel so filled up in the UK and made it to Tours with a 1/4 tank remaining. An R129 boarded the train just ahead of us, beautiful condition and very nice to see an owner using it to its fullest. Filled up at Tours for around €65 and got all the way to my friends place with just over 1/4 tank left.
This I thought was fantastic as we were travelling at around French motorway speeds and after filling up at Tours and 10 miles down the motorway my distance left showed 512 miles . Last year we did the same journey in my 2014 C250 diesel and had to refuel 75 miles from my mates place. Therefore I am shocked at how well the 5.5L 2007 R230 did.
Thank god I had the aircon condenser replaced before we left as at one point we got in the car which showed 47c.
The journey on the motorways was fantastic, effortless acceleration superior comfort, oh and surprising amount of luggage space with the roof up.
On the country roads in the last 90 mins of our journey to Bergerac the ABC suspension cam into its own. Only had one slight scare where they had redone the road and loose stones were everywhere which is a bit slippy when you slam in the anchors to allow the oncoming left hand drive car in the middle of the very thin country road go by.
If you have one of these grand tourers, I highly recommend a European trip. Empty motorways with proper speed limits and fantastic country roads.
I bought this to sell on.........not anymore!
Daughter is 8 so had the seat all the way forward so she could reach sweets in glove box and also gave our dog, a 25kg Dutch Shepherd plenary room at the back.
For Sasha in the back I had stiffened foam put in front of the storage boxes then put 1 strong piece of cardboard on the foam and storage then wrapped it in 2 dog blankets.
I live 50 mins from Eurotunnel so filled up in the UK and made it to Tours with a 1/4 tank remaining. An R129 boarded the train just ahead of us, beautiful condition and very nice to see an owner using it to its fullest. Filled up at Tours for around €65 and got all the way to my friends place with just over 1/4 tank left.
This I thought was fantastic as we were travelling at around French motorway speeds and after filling up at Tours and 10 miles down the motorway my distance left showed 512 miles . Last year we did the same journey in my 2014 C250 diesel and had to refuel 75 miles from my mates place. Therefore I am shocked at how well the 5.5L 2007 R230 did.
Thank god I had the aircon condenser replaced before we left as at one point we got in the car which showed 47c.
The journey on the motorways was fantastic, effortless acceleration superior comfort, oh and surprising amount of luggage space with the roof up.
On the country roads in the last 90 mins of our journey to Bergerac the ABC suspension cam into its own. Only had one slight scare where they had redone the road and loose stones were everywhere which is a bit slippy when you slam in the anchors to allow the oncoming left hand drive car in the middle of the very thin country road go by.
If you have one of these grand tourers, I highly recommend a European trip. Empty motorways with proper speed limits and fantastic country roads.
I bought this to sell on.........not anymore!