What happens when you leave booking to the last minute..

[Peter DLM]

... you get the car that nobody else wants

Maybe I'm being harsh, but it is an Atkinson Lee chauffeur special, a manual E220 CDi. This is the first manual Mercedes I've ever driven and it takes a while to get used to having to use clutch and swap gears oneself. At least the interior isn't black

Only 175 miles on the clock, seems ok, thankfully I haven't got too far to go this weekend.

 

[renault12ts]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear..and it's pre facelift!!:fail

 

[Peter DLM]

Aye, they'd already gone, plus the new shape GL that I had my eye on

 

[Dieselman]

Lovely interior colour though.

How does the MPG stack up against an auto?

 

[Peter DLM]

How does the MPG stack up against an auto?

Not sure yet, but I'll keep an eye on it tomorrow during a trip to Birmingham.

 

[C240Sport97]

like the interior colour too .. so nice to see non black interior

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Could have been worse, you could have ended up with a Smart car...














Oh yes, I forgot....

Nice interior, like that colour very much.

 

[Faceliftw211]

Still a lovely car "in the real world".

 

[Peter DLM]

Could have been worse, you could have ended up with a Smart car...

Oh yes, I forgot....

Nice interior, like that colour very much.

:bannana::bannana: very amusing! Lol

 

[bpsorrel]

Nice looking car though. Tan is a nice interior colour

 

[tali]

Of the 2174 E class on Atrader -187 are manual (8.6%)

 

[C240Sport97]

Nice looking car though. Tan is a nice interior colour

I think MB name is natural beige

 

[Peter DLM]

E-class and upwards shouldn't really be manuals. :fail

Not that economical either, 44mpg on way there, 52 on way back (driven a bit slower)

Biggest failing? No Bluetooth music streaming!! Even my little Smart has that as standard!

Everyone likes the interior colour though

 

[Deleted member 37751]

E-class and upwards shouldn't really be manuals or have less than six cylinders :fail

FTFY.

What colour is the paintwork, it looks very dark brown as I'm looking at it on my phone?

 

[developer]

Why don't you just block book a 4 pot C Class estate - it is, after all, the finest car in the world (I think it was something like that).

 

[Dieselman]

What colour is the paintwork, it looks very dark brown as I'm looking at it on my phone?

Looks like black to me, though I do like Cupranite brown.

There was a W212 at Ollie's do in Bronze and it looked good.

 

[mct_cars]

Wow. A true Middle Class Problem!

 

[Dieselman]

Wow. A true Middle Class Problem!

Ha ha ha...

Manual or Auto, Black or Tan...

 

[Peter DLM]

FTFY.

What colour is the paintwork, it looks very dark brown as I'm looking at it on my phone?

Looks like black to me

It is indeed black.

I'll be glad to hand it back on Monday.

 

[tonyc280]

Beautiful colour interior!