Bluebottle500
New Member
I have just joined the forum, so thought I would introduce myself by way of my first post.
My name is John and I live in Newbury, BERKS. I have two Mercs: an '04 500 CLK, which I have owned for 14 years, mainly used by my wife, so low mileage (42,000), and a 2011 E350 CDI Estate, owned since new and now showing 121,00. I have previously owned a 1995 E280 estate and 2000 E430 estate, and have now driven the equivalent of 12 times around the world in E-calls estates! IMO they are the best all-round DDs available at any price.
I am very fortunate in having what seems like a very good indy "on my doorstep" here in Newbury in the form of Automerc - I have only moved here recently, so my experience of them is limited, but so far very positive. I previously lived in Exeter, where I used another local indy, MBS (Peter Anning), from whom I received faultless service for many years, so would highly recommend them to anyone in that part of the country.
As well as the Mercs, I own a Fiat, two Bentleys, a Jaguar and a VW Camper (my wife's toy) and have owned a variety of different and interesting cars of all ages from a 1929 R-R Phantom to a 2015 Maserati Granturismo, with a couple of Ferraris, Porsche etc. along the way. All detailed here My cars in case anyone is interested.
We also have a new Porsche on order for my wife, to replace the CLK, but I shall probably keep that anyway - it is too much of an old friend to sell!
My name is John and I live in Newbury, BERKS. I have two Mercs: an '04 500 CLK, which I have owned for 14 years, mainly used by my wife, so low mileage (42,000), and a 2011 E350 CDI Estate, owned since new and now showing 121,00. I have previously owned a 1995 E280 estate and 2000 E430 estate, and have now driven the equivalent of 12 times around the world in E-calls estates! IMO they are the best all-round DDs available at any price.
I am very fortunate in having what seems like a very good indy "on my doorstep" here in Newbury in the form of Automerc - I have only moved here recently, so my experience of them is limited, but so far very positive. I previously lived in Exeter, where I used another local indy, MBS (Peter Anning), from whom I received faultless service for many years, so would highly recommend them to anyone in that part of the country.
As well as the Mercs, I own a Fiat, two Bentleys, a Jaguar and a VW Camper (my wife's toy) and have owned a variety of different and interesting cars of all ages from a 1929 R-R Phantom to a 2015 Maserati Granturismo, with a couple of Ferraris, Porsche etc. along the way. All detailed here My cars in case anyone is interested.
We also have a new Porsche on order for my wife, to replace the CLK, but I shall probably keep that anyway - it is too much of an old friend to sell!
