Fady
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- Joined
- Sep 9, 2005
- Messages
- 474
- Car
- S213 E63, BMW X4 M40i & BMW Z4 28i
Wasn't planning on changing my 2004 S211 320 CDI until maybe sometime next year. I'd owned it for 7 years and it had a mere 57k miles on the clock. Probably needed 2 new front tyres (MOT noted that they were legal but worn on the outside for some peculiar reason) and the SBC system had become irritating as it started doing that annoying whine every time I pressed the brake pedal, so was going to put it in to be looked at when I could be bothered. Asides from that car still drove exceptionally well and looked good inside and out after all the TLC I'd afforded it.
However, I'm always browsing on-line car ads - Autrotrader, MB Approved Used, eBay etc. I've long since decide that the Harman Kardon audio up-grade was a must have on any replacement, so when I do a search I'm always on the look for cars with this. Easy on Autotrader and eBay but the MB site is a bit lacking as you can't actually use this as a search option. You wouldn't believe how few there are in estate guise. It's a £650 option but you only seemed to be guaranteed to find it a E63s
This particular car came on my radar quite a few months ago, but as (a) I wasn't really looking, (b) indigolite blue wasn't up there in my colour choices and (c) I thought the car was a bit pricey for the 37k miles it had on it already. Anyway move the clock on maybe a couple of months and I registered that the dealer still hadn't shifted it and had reduced the price by £2.5k. Now a bit more interesting but I'm still not really looking to change cars. Then one night I have a bout of insomnia and attempt to cure it with a early morning surfing session. I went back to bed, woke up next morning and said to the Misses - I'm buying a car today! It ticked most of the boxes with the sports spec, HK uppgrade, leather - an option on the sports model, Comand, CD player, bluetooth which is standard across the range, memory seats etc. The mileage was now factored in the price and, as I personally do low miles a year as I commute by train, it just means that it will be on about average mileage in a few years time. The colour is obviously a standard MB colour which I'd just get used to. Anyway long story short, got a smigin more than I thought I'd get for mine as px and came home with the new one last Saturday. Spent today bringing it up to my standards of cleanliness now that we have some weather and I'm chuffed to bits! Still getting used to driving it and I've yet to put it through it's paces. However it feels both agile and responsive. Still has that 'new car' smell and the cabin is a nice place to be
However, I'm always browsing on-line car ads - Autrotrader, MB Approved Used, eBay etc. I've long since decide that the Harman Kardon audio up-grade was a must have on any replacement, so when I do a search I'm always on the look for cars with this. Easy on Autotrader and eBay but the MB site is a bit lacking as you can't actually use this as a search option. You wouldn't believe how few there are in estate guise. It's a £650 option but you only seemed to be guaranteed to find it a E63s
This particular car came on my radar quite a few months ago, but as (a) I wasn't really looking, (b) indigolite blue wasn't up there in my colour choices and (c) I thought the car was a bit pricey for the 37k miles it had on it already. Anyway move the clock on maybe a couple of months and I registered that the dealer still hadn't shifted it and had reduced the price by £2.5k. Now a bit more interesting but I'm still not really looking to change cars. Then one night I have a bout of insomnia and attempt to cure it with a early morning surfing session. I went back to bed, woke up next morning and said to the Misses - I'm buying a car today! It ticked most of the boxes with the sports spec, HK uppgrade, leather - an option on the sports model, Comand, CD player, bluetooth which is standard across the range, memory seats etc. The mileage was now factored in the price and, as I personally do low miles a year as I commute by train, it just means that it will be on about average mileage in a few years time. The colour is obviously a standard MB colour which I'd just get used to. Anyway long story short, got a smigin more than I thought I'd get for mine as px and came home with the new one last Saturday. Spent today bringing it up to my standards of cleanliness now that we have some weather and I'm chuffed to bits! Still getting used to driving it and I've yet to put it through it's paces. However it feels both agile and responsive. Still has that 'new car' smell and the cabin is a nice place to be