Riverside Red
Active Member
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2012
- Messages
- 476
- Location
- County Durham
- Car
- 2015 R172 SLK55 AMG, 2018 BMW 530d MSport xDrive, 2018 Mini Cooper S
Well after 10 years of Mercedes ownership, I'll no longer have a Merc in the garage......
Due to a change in family circumstances I'll be making a lot of 280mile return trips across the M62, so the C63 has to go to be replaced by something much more efficient, and as I'll be making the trip during the winter too I'll need all wheel drive.
I wanted a 6 cylinder diesel (I don't do 4 cylinder) and tried a new CLS 350d, but it's not a patch on the W219 and W218 350CDi models I previously had. After that there's only the E400d (but nearly an extra £5k for full leather) and the E400 Coupe, (not enough space and only 2 doors)......pretty poor choice TBH. All the Mercs were pretty expensive too.
So on 1st of September I'll be skulking around in a new BMW 530d MSport Xdrive, for which I got a great deal with low finance. To be honest it's a great car and feels much quieter and luxurious than the new CLS, drives better too, and I'm quite looking forward to it.........
However I'll always miss the Mercs, both CLS', my R172 SLK55 (which I wish I hadn't sold) and the C63....a V8 will always have a place in my heart.
I'll still lurk about on the forums, if you'll have me, I'm sure that if something changes in future I'll return to the AMG V8 fold again, just hope those blasted new pseudo 6 cylinder AMG's haven't taken over by then.....
Happy motoring
RR
Due to a change in family circumstances I'll be making a lot of 280mile return trips across the M62, so the C63 has to go to be replaced by something much more efficient, and as I'll be making the trip during the winter too I'll need all wheel drive.
I wanted a 6 cylinder diesel (I don't do 4 cylinder) and tried a new CLS 350d, but it's not a patch on the W219 and W218 350CDi models I previously had. After that there's only the E400d (but nearly an extra £5k for full leather) and the E400 Coupe, (not enough space and only 2 doors)......pretty poor choice TBH. All the Mercs were pretty expensive too.
So on 1st of September I'll be skulking around in a new BMW 530d MSport Xdrive, for which I got a great deal with low finance. To be honest it's a great car and feels much quieter and luxurious than the new CLS, drives better too, and I'm quite looking forward to it.........
However I'll always miss the Mercs, both CLS', my R172 SLK55 (which I wish I hadn't sold) and the C63....a V8 will always have a place in my heart.
I'll still lurk about on the forums, if you'll have me, I'm sure that if something changes in future I'll return to the AMG V8 fold again, just hope those blasted new pseudo 6 cylinder AMG's haven't taken over by then.....
Happy motoring
RR