Its been an interesting day. I went to see a C240, the chap didn't know what ISOFIX points were and asked me to pop down and look for myself, car didn't have them, so we came home.
I then found a S320, the seller is/was a genuinely lovely human being who was also a Mercs enthusiast. I joked on the phone that he's the worst seller I could have bumped into as this means I'm buying a car I really don't need. It even had ISOFIX mounts, though more on that later.
Context:
My daily has been my ML63, where the ML has down time (it had a fair bit after I bought it as I went on a spending spree refreshing a lot of stuff in it) I even bought an Audi A4 Cab which is surprisingly comfortable and smooth. The Audi was meant to offset fuel costs and save the day when Bert needed work carried out.
I soon moved in with the wife, so I had access to her Evoque and occasionally would take my old CLK350 (which belongs to my elder brother now) out for a blast...
On top of that I've spent a fair bit of time in newer Mercs like E classes, friends vehicles and so forth. I've been fortunate to have access to comfy cars/have a good idea of comfort personally as I've owned over 20 cars in the last 12 years...
The drive:
- I got into the S320, immediately my wife was like wow this is spacious and really nice back here...She's 8 months pregnant so picky at the moment too!
- I took a seat and forgot this isn't my own car!
- It felt like I was being hugged along the drive, it felt like sitting in a cloud...
- Barely any road noises, it had double glazing.
- Power delivery, sure its no M156 but god damn was it smooth and refined with a surprisingly elegant engine note. It felt faster than it was, I was on a 60mph country lane, I floored it, it dropped down a gear, heard a growl and off we go...
- I thought to myself, okay this is naughty going so fast in this chaps car, looked at the speedo and I was only doing 50...
- It wafted along the country lanes, I really didn't want the drive to end...Just wanted to waft along but knew its not my car...
Did I buy it?
No, unfortunately it didn't have ISOFIX mounts, the seller thought it did, but he made a genuine error and apologised profusely, but didn't have to, I was just happy to meet a fellow enthusiast and get my first S-Class experience!
What has me conflicted:
- As my wife and I walked back to our car, I was like "that's one car I genuinely don't want to walk away from, I've never felt so comfortable, in fact I found it more comfy than my ML"
- I absolutely adore my ML, to the extent where I've dumped women over him (my wife passed the ML/Bert test, so she's cool and the reason she's my wife)
- I'm sat wondering whether its time to trade the ML in for a S class of the 07-12 era
- I don't want to let go of M156
- I miss the way the W220 felt
- I wonder if I'm being selfish by living my M156 V8 dream and not switching to a more humble S class
- I love you S class
No real point to this thread other than to say, wow I have a new deep founded respect for W220s!
I then found a S320, the seller is/was a genuinely lovely human being who was also a Mercs enthusiast. I joked on the phone that he's the worst seller I could have bumped into as this means I'm buying a car I really don't need. It even had ISOFIX mounts, though more on that later.
Context:
My daily has been my ML63, where the ML has down time (it had a fair bit after I bought it as I went on a spending spree refreshing a lot of stuff in it) I even bought an Audi A4 Cab which is surprisingly comfortable and smooth. The Audi was meant to offset fuel costs and save the day when Bert needed work carried out.
I soon moved in with the wife, so I had access to her Evoque and occasionally would take my old CLK350 (which belongs to my elder brother now) out for a blast...
On top of that I've spent a fair bit of time in newer Mercs like E classes, friends vehicles and so forth. I've been fortunate to have access to comfy cars/have a good idea of comfort personally as I've owned over 20 cars in the last 12 years...
The drive:
- I got into the S320, immediately my wife was like wow this is spacious and really nice back here...She's 8 months pregnant so picky at the moment too!
- I took a seat and forgot this isn't my own car!
- It felt like I was being hugged along the drive, it felt like sitting in a cloud...
- Barely any road noises, it had double glazing.
- Power delivery, sure its no M156 but god damn was it smooth and refined with a surprisingly elegant engine note. It felt faster than it was, I was on a 60mph country lane, I floored it, it dropped down a gear, heard a growl and off we go...
- I thought to myself, okay this is naughty going so fast in this chaps car, looked at the speedo and I was only doing 50...
- It wafted along the country lanes, I really didn't want the drive to end...Just wanted to waft along but knew its not my car...
Did I buy it?
No, unfortunately it didn't have ISOFIX mounts, the seller thought it did, but he made a genuine error and apologised profusely, but didn't have to, I was just happy to meet a fellow enthusiast and get my first S-Class experience!
What has me conflicted:
- As my wife and I walked back to our car, I was like "that's one car I genuinely don't want to walk away from, I've never felt so comfortable, in fact I found it more comfy than my ML"
- I absolutely adore my ML, to the extent where I've dumped women over him (my wife passed the ML/Bert test, so she's cool and the reason she's my wife)
- I'm sat wondering whether its time to trade the ML in for a S class of the 07-12 era
- I don't want to let go of M156
- I miss the way the W220 felt
- I wonder if I'm being selfish by living my M156 V8 dream and not switching to a more humble S class
- I love you S class
No real point to this thread other than to say, wow I have a new deep founded respect for W220s!