It's here, and it's lovely.
It was pelting down as I drove it out.
Been playing with it all day in the rain. On the motorway, coastal roads, bendy country roads and A roads. Even had the roof down and froze as I was wearing a polo t shirt.
Not taken it beyond 4000rpm, and then only very briefly near 4000rpm. The sound from the exhaust from about 3800rpm is sublime, but heard very little of that today.
However, it's been fantastic. Fastest I went was about 95mph .. rock steady despite the cross winds.
First impressions:
1. The Bi-Xenons are great, better than the Xenons on my 01 CLK55
2. BOSE also good, but not used it with CD so can't be sure, but I like.
3. Can't get the garage door opener to work. Maybe time will help me read and understand the instructions!
4. Ride is fine on 19" in PASM normal. I had it on PASM Sport on the faster roads and it felt fine -- more brittle but only gets badly upset on third world bumpy roads, of which there are plenty. Played with this much more than I expected. And good fun.
5. Sports exhaust is a bit strange. It goes quiet around 2000rpm at low speeds if you are accelerating hard. Must be something to do with EU drive by regulations.
6. Cutest feature is the LED door pocket light at night.
7. Interior is so sexy at night when the interior rights come on. The best time to look at all that redness.
8. There is some coating on the windscreen (Rain X?) .. I was able to drive at motorway speeds without using the wipers in quite heavy rain.
I LOVE IT, despite selling all my limbs for it.
Pictures below .. they are not great as (i) I am useless with cameras, and (ii) I was too preoccupied with looking at it. Only 2 outside, the rest are of the options (mostly to do with the leather bits).
Cheers.
It was pelting down as I drove it out.
Been playing with it all day in the rain. On the motorway, coastal roads, bendy country roads and A roads. Even had the roof down and froze as I was wearing a polo t shirt.
Not taken it beyond 4000rpm, and then only very briefly near 4000rpm. The sound from the exhaust from about 3800rpm is sublime, but heard very little of that today.
However, it's been fantastic. Fastest I went was about 95mph .. rock steady despite the cross winds.
First impressions:
1. The Bi-Xenons are great, better than the Xenons on my 01 CLK55
2. BOSE also good, but not used it with CD so can't be sure, but I like.
3. Can't get the garage door opener to work. Maybe time will help me read and understand the instructions!
4. Ride is fine on 19" in PASM normal. I had it on PASM Sport on the faster roads and it felt fine -- more brittle but only gets badly upset on third world bumpy roads, of which there are plenty. Played with this much more than I expected. And good fun.
5. Sports exhaust is a bit strange. It goes quiet around 2000rpm at low speeds if you are accelerating hard. Must be something to do with EU drive by regulations.
6. Cutest feature is the LED door pocket light at night.
7. Interior is so sexy at night when the interior rights come on. The best time to look at all that redness.
8. There is some coating on the windscreen (Rain X?) .. I was able to drive at motorway speeds without using the wipers in quite heavy rain.
I LOVE IT, despite selling all my limbs for it.
Pictures below .. they are not great as (i) I am useless with cameras, and (ii) I was too preoccupied with looking at it. Only 2 outside, the rest are of the options (mostly to do with the leather bits).
Cheers.
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