Charles Morgan
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2010
- Messages
- 8,206
- Car
- Mercedes 250CE W114, Alfa Romeo GT Coupe 3.2 V6
The Citroen SM that is, I know you lot.
So I just picked it up and let's deal with the bad bits first - the instrument lights aren't working, or Citroen require some bizarre switch. The problem of test driving only in daylight only. The plus side, the speedo in kmh anyway. The newly installed aircon is quite brilliant, really cold on every setting, including hot. The handbrake really works, so my normal trick of pulling away in the W124 with it applied lead to lots of stalling.
All glitches that will be sorted. However, the car is magnificent. The ride just knocks the W124 into a cocked hat, indeed the Arabian Nights never had such a magical carpet, the seats are equally lovely, the Maserati V6 sounds glorious, and it was cool enough to register with the Diana Ross of the Oxford services fuel station, who pronounced it well cool.
The middling bits - you need to avoid too much lock at low speed, or it rolls, and the brakes need calibration.
Otherwise, what a great start. Love it.
So I just picked it up and let's deal with the bad bits first - the instrument lights aren't working, or Citroen require some bizarre switch. The problem of test driving only in daylight only. The plus side, the speedo in kmh anyway. The newly installed aircon is quite brilliant, really cold on every setting, including hot. The handbrake really works, so my normal trick of pulling away in the W124 with it applied lead to lots of stalling.
All glitches that will be sorted. However, the car is magnificent. The ride just knocks the W124 into a cocked hat, indeed the Arabian Nights never had such a magical carpet, the seats are equally lovely, the Maserati V6 sounds glorious, and it was cool enough to register with the Diana Ross of the Oxford services fuel station, who pronounced it well cool.
The middling bits - you need to avoid too much lock at low speed, or it rolls, and the brakes need calibration.
Otherwise, what a great start. Love it.