R Class conversion to & seats

[sweeper]

Hi
Not been here for years, sold my trusty rusty C230k 3years ago, still drive a Mercedes Vito for the last 4 1/2 years, now looking to buy an R class, now there are many 6 seaters out there but I need 7, has anyone converted one, I was thinking I might need a full middle row of seats from a breakers or may be just the middle seat, it would give me more choice of cars for sale.

Any advice gratefully received, including thoughts on the R class in general.

 

[BTB 500]

On the R in general my in-laws had a LWB 6-seater which we went in quite a lot and it was a nice car. Theirs was a petrol 350 (unusual), they had it for a decent number of years and it was pretty trouble-free. They replaced it with a new VW Sharan.

Only thing about the R is that being 4WD it's a heavy old thing so fuel consumption isn't great ... have you considered a 7-seater estate or even a Viano? The W639 with the V6 CDI and auto box is pretty good to drive and still low enough to get into carparks etc.

 

[flango]

Hi
Not been here for years, sold my trusty rusty C230k 3years ago, still drive a Mercedes Vito for the last 4 1/2 years, now looking to buy an R class, now there are many 6 seaters out there but I need 7, has anyone converted one, I was thinking I might need a full middle row of seats from a breakers or may be just the middle seat, it would give me more choice of cars for sale.

Any advice gratefully received, including thoughts on the R class in general.

I've just been looking at these 2008 is the changeover year, after this they were 7 seaters, before 2008 they were 6 seaters. So best looking for a post 2008 year car.