jonnyboy
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2005
- Messages
- 2,564
- Location
- Camberley, Surrey
- Car
- 1991 sl300-24 project,s124 280,w115 no interior, w108 project no engine
Hi all.
Mrs JB was involved in a fairly nasty smash on Thursday in the Galaxy. Rear ended and pushed into a towbar equipped car in front. From the culprit's damage I estimate he was doing 40 ish on impact as his car was totalled. Ironically the Galaxy superficially looks lightly damaged, under the surface though it's a different story, boot floor rippled etc. She's not too clever with seatbelt bruising and neck and back problems but it could have been so much worse, my God am I thankful the car and it's crumple zones did their job and she should be reasonably ok long term. Hugely impressed.
Using a claims management service we were promised a 7 seat auto as a courtesy car but they had no stock. I got home Friday to see a B180 auto on a 60 plate on the drive which we've got till tomorrow. Through circumstances we've not had a decent newish MB for a while so I was looking forward to checking it out.
I am pretty uninspired by it to be honest. I do feel like I have a neutral ish viewpoint. Seems to me to be a very compromised design. Yes there is loads of space inside and yes it looks very nice BUT there seems to be little in the way of sound deadening for the torquey little oil burner. Brakes seem a bit lacking in feel, steering is good. Ride quality for me is poor, and i am used to Discovery's and vans! Ford's own offerings seem so much better in the ride quality department. To be fair it could be partly down to the big AMG's on it (weird for a rental??).
My biggest gripe though is the rear view mirror. Seriously! The rear screen is small and the front screen is very raked back which undoubtedly gives a sporty look and a sense of space inside. The issue is that the RVM is massive, and hung so low you effectively only have the drivers side of the windscreen to see out of, apart from the small strip of screen under it that is visible. I thought it was just me being silly so spent some time with seat position etc, still no joy so I had a couple of friends over, never said anything but they had the same unprompted gripe yesterday as well. I went shopping yesterday and nearly ran a pedestrian over who stepped into the road from my left as I just could not see him at all.
Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.
Mrs JB was involved in a fairly nasty smash on Thursday in the Galaxy. Rear ended and pushed into a towbar equipped car in front. From the culprit's damage I estimate he was doing 40 ish on impact as his car was totalled. Ironically the Galaxy superficially looks lightly damaged, under the surface though it's a different story, boot floor rippled etc. She's not too clever with seatbelt bruising and neck and back problems but it could have been so much worse, my God am I thankful the car and it's crumple zones did their job and she should be reasonably ok long term. Hugely impressed.
Using a claims management service we were promised a 7 seat auto as a courtesy car but they had no stock. I got home Friday to see a B180 auto on a 60 plate on the drive which we've got till tomorrow. Through circumstances we've not had a decent newish MB for a while so I was looking forward to checking it out.
I am pretty uninspired by it to be honest. I do feel like I have a neutral ish viewpoint. Seems to me to be a very compromised design. Yes there is loads of space inside and yes it looks very nice BUT there seems to be little in the way of sound deadening for the torquey little oil burner. Brakes seem a bit lacking in feel, steering is good. Ride quality for me is poor, and i am used to Discovery's and vans! Ford's own offerings seem so much better in the ride quality department. To be fair it could be partly down to the big AMG's on it (weird for a rental??).
My biggest gripe though is the rear view mirror. Seriously! The rear screen is small and the front screen is very raked back which undoubtedly gives a sporty look and a sense of space inside. The issue is that the RVM is massive, and hung so low you effectively only have the drivers side of the windscreen to see out of, apart from the small strip of screen under it that is visible. I thought it was just me being silly so spent some time with seat position etc, still no joy so I had a couple of friends over, never said anything but they had the same unprompted gripe yesterday as well. I went shopping yesterday and nearly ran a pedestrian over who stepped into the road from my left as I just could not see him at all.
Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.