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- May 25, 2012
- Messages
- 495
- Location
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- Car
- 2018 E220d S213 ||| 2012 E500 4.7 V8 Bi-Turbo Cabrio ||| 2024 Mercedes 4x4 Hymer
Well after just 12 months the CLS has gone … so, a few random thoughts and observations.
Registered Dec 2014 but was 2015 MY. I bought at 19000 and took it to 34000 miles.
Two minor issues so had to call Merc recovery twice.
The fuel filler jammed close and the emergency release snapped when I tried to use it.
The rear suspension deflated due to a loose connection. I think something got disturbed near the rear fuse box when the emergency filler cable was being replaced.
Not quite as comfortable as I thought it would be mostly due to the offset steering wheel causing my knee to ache on long journeys.
Best headlights in a car ever.
Very impressive to look at and has a real presence on the road.
Small doors made it a bit tricky getting in an out when you are 6ft3.
Boot space is pretty good but obviously no where near as practical as our E Class due to the roofline.
On a good road surface it was virtual silent inside.
For such a big car you could really chuck it around.
Rear seat legroom and headroom was very good.
Did 35.7 mpg average over 14,000 miles - best was about 44mpg. Would do 29mpg on the school run from cold - 10 mile round trip. Generally I was seeing about 42 mpg on a steady M6 / M5 cruise.
Three punctures and no spare wheel - arrrrggghh !!!!!! I will never buy another car without a spare wheel !!!!!
The day after getting the last puncture I put it up for sale.
Originally it was to replace our E320cdi estate as a daily driver but it was too nice to take to Sainsbury's, muti-story car parks, airport car parks etc so the E320 still remained as our go-to car.
So after much head scratching the only sensible thing to do was to keep the E320cdi and replace the CLS with two cars….
a 2012 E500 BiTurbo Cabriolet - (only 14000 miles on the clock and loaded with extras - and more importantly has a spare wheel).
and the only non- Mercedes I’ve bought since 1998 -
a 2017 VW Polo 1.2Tsi - to try and offset the cost of running the E500 & E320.
So far the three car set-up is working well.
VW on the school runs and supermarket - E320cdi just been to France and back in it - and the E500 for hooning about it.
Registered Dec 2014 but was 2015 MY. I bought at 19000 and took it to 34000 miles.
Two minor issues so had to call Merc recovery twice.
The fuel filler jammed close and the emergency release snapped when I tried to use it.
The rear suspension deflated due to a loose connection. I think something got disturbed near the rear fuse box when the emergency filler cable was being replaced.
Not quite as comfortable as I thought it would be mostly due to the offset steering wheel causing my knee to ache on long journeys.
Best headlights in a car ever.
Very impressive to look at and has a real presence on the road.
Small doors made it a bit tricky getting in an out when you are 6ft3.
Boot space is pretty good but obviously no where near as practical as our E Class due to the roofline.
On a good road surface it was virtual silent inside.
For such a big car you could really chuck it around.
Rear seat legroom and headroom was very good.
Did 35.7 mpg average over 14,000 miles - best was about 44mpg. Would do 29mpg on the school run from cold - 10 mile round trip. Generally I was seeing about 42 mpg on a steady M6 / M5 cruise.
Three punctures and no spare wheel - arrrrggghh !!!!!! I will never buy another car without a spare wheel !!!!!
The day after getting the last puncture I put it up for sale.
Originally it was to replace our E320cdi estate as a daily driver but it was too nice to take to Sainsbury's, muti-story car parks, airport car parks etc so the E320 still remained as our go-to car.
So after much head scratching the only sensible thing to do was to keep the E320cdi and replace the CLS with two cars….
a 2012 E500 BiTurbo Cabriolet - (only 14000 miles on the clock and loaded with extras - and more importantly has a spare wheel).
and the only non- Mercedes I’ve bought since 1998 -
a 2017 VW Polo 1.2Tsi - to try and offset the cost of running the E500 & E320.
So far the three car set-up is working well.
VW on the school runs and supermarket - E320cdi just been to France and back in it - and the E500 for hooning about it.