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Video of my Merc CL500 (2004) For all who helped me find her!

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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,237 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Sweet!

    Well wear. Enjoy the luxury and the V8! :D

    Is the Roller yours as well? :eek:


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    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Absolutely awesome! Love the V8!


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    unkel wrote: »
    Sweet!

    Well wear. Enjoy the luxury and the V8! :D

    Is the Roller yours as well? :eek:

    Thanks Unkel!

    Yeah the Roller is mine, I bought it on ebay 5 years ago, my first purchase using ebay! Its been featured on the Silver Shadow website as I am told its the only Rolls Royce in the Onyx and Highland Green colour combination in the world. There are two others in Onyx only remaining out of 6 made in that colour. Its a great car to go to shows in and I have had it in shows in Wales a couple of times as well.
    Here is the link if you are interested;

    http://www.rrsilvershadow.com/EGall/ERRSSII1978SRH35711.htm


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Absolutely awesome! Love the V8!

    Thanks Alanstrainor. I did test drive a CL55 AMG K but it would be hard to live with the noise it made plus it was twice the price of the one I bought and had almost twice the milage and was a year older to boot!


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    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,336 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Nice car. Like the sliding sat nav screen too, Ive never seen that before.
    That rolls looks about as good as Ive seen.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 65,237 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    BTW was the CL500 owned from new by a certain hotelier, Mr O'C********?


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    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users Posts: 9,660 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Love that interior, absolutely immaculate.

    One thing that strikes me as something of a disappointment is the power output, 306bhp from a 5 litre V8? Even BMWs 2002 4.5l V8 produced 330bhp, I would have thought the CL would be in the 340+ range.

    Still, not to be sniffed at!


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    unkel wrote: »
    BTW was the CL500 owned from new by a certain hotelier, Mr O'C********?

    I honestly don't know. I was told that the car was traded in against a Bently Continental. I would of course be interested in knowing more about it's history so send me a PM if you know more about her. I would guess it was not used by a family as it looks as though the back seats were never used!


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    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    Very cool video! Any chance the sequel will feature the other motors in your garage? :pac:


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    mickdw wrote: »
    Nice car. Like the sliding sat nav screen too, Ive never seen that before.
    That rolls looks about as good as Ive seen.

    Thanks mickdw!

    Yeah it's not bad for a 6 year old car!


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    Absurdum wrote: »
    Very cool video! Any chance the sequel will feature the other motors in your garage? :pac:


    Will do ASAP weather permitting!


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Love that interior, absolutely immaculate.

    One thing that strikes me as something of a disappointment is the power output, 306bhp from a 5 litre V8? Even BMWs 2002 4.5l V8 produced 330bhp, I would have thought the CL would be in the 340+ range.

    Still, not to be sniffed at!

    Believe me it's more than enough power as after all it is a cruiser first and foremost. Another reason I suppose why Mercedes didn't give it more power is that when they were launched the CL55 AMG which had 360BHP, it had to have a clear power advantage over the CL500 otherwise why buy it and since 2003 the CL55 got the Supercharger or Kompressor as Mercedes call it to give it 500BHP! so if you want maximum power then that was the choice to make. I test drove one CL55 (K) and it was a hell of a car but the noise was giving out the message that the driver was a bit of a boy racer type and that's not why I bought this car. I bought it as a cruising machine that I could flick into sports mode and a semi auto box and press the go faster pedal if I felt like a bit of fun but you don't attract the young fella in his twin cam corrolla sitting on your tail every time you go for a spin as this is what happens every time the Porsche is taken out for a drive!


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    shanel23
    Registered Users Posts: 545 ✭✭✭shanel23


    Fabulous car - I'm so jealous ...well wear.


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    RedorDead
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RedorDead


    Sweet car - absolutely my favourite recent M-B model. Love it.


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    AlanD
    Registered Users Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭AlanD


    Very nice.

    What sort of mpg are you getting from her so far?


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    techman
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭techman


    Thanks for posting the video.

    Lovely car and a great buy.

    Some day, I'll have one or let me know if you ever decide to sell!


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    kuro2k
    Registered Users Posts: 568 ✭✭✭kuro2k


    Caddyman wrote: »
    I honestly don't know. I was told that the car was traded in against a Bently Continental. I would of course be interested in knowing more about it's history so send me a PM if you know more about her. I would guess it was not used by a family as it looks as though the back seats were never used!



    PM sent


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    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    AlanD wrote: »
    Very nice.

    What sort of mpg are you getting from her so far?
    Wouldnt be the sort of car you'd be expecting anything better than high teens/early 20s from....


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    ToxicPaddy
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,763 Mod ✭✭✭✭ToxicPaddy


    An absolute beaut of a barge.. only 35k miles and in spotless condition..

    Ya jammy git!!! :D

    Love the Rolls too by the way..


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    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    So many buttons on the door and then even more under the seat!! Mental! :D

    Lovely car, best of luck with it :)


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    robtri
    Registered Users Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    savage car........

    your one lucky fecker :D

    enjoy and best of luck


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    dergside
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭dergside


    Re. the Silver Shadow, lovely car. I seem to recall seeing one of a very similar (if not the same) colour a few times in Mullingar (around Castle Street) in very late 1978. As a kid with a passion for cars and sponge for a memory and detail, it stood out because it was unregistered (on trade plates) and had the headlamp wash-wipe, an exotic new upgrade for 1979 iirc. I may be wrong on this but have a vague recollection that it may have ended up on a Wicklow reg plate.


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    AlanD wrote: »
    Very nice.

    What sort of mpg are you getting from her so far?

    28ish......I have to be short as I am typing this in the Apple Store on a new iPad in the Bull Ring in Birmingham!
    Brilliant bit of kit....like a huge iPhone!


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    jumbone
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭jumbone


    Caddyman wrote: »
    28ish......I have to be short as I am typing this in the Apple Store on a new iPad in the Bull Ring in Birmingham!
    Brilliant bit of kit....like a huge iPhone!


    So you have a CL500, a Rolls-Royce and a Porsche. Now your telling us you have an iPad - we get it, you're rich :D (and I'm jealous)


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    RedorDead wrote: »
    Sweet car - absolutely my favourite recent M-B model. Love it.

    Many thanks!


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    jumbone wrote: »
    So you have a CL500, a Rolls-Royce and a Porsche. Now your telling us you have an iPad - we get it, you're rich :D (and I'm jealous)

    No I was only playing about with the iPad in the Apple store. I have no intention of buying one, I got an iPhone 2 weeks ago after thinking of getting one for about 3 years only cause I can get a kit for it for the Merc!
    The iPad is ridiculous looking IMHO as it's just a huge iPhone and sooo pretentious! I have my phone is a case so nobody can see what it is as I think even they are too much!


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    Caddyman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 282 ✭✭Caddyman


    dergside wrote: »
    Re. the Silver Shadow, lovely car. I seem to recall seeing one of a very similar (if not the same) colour a few times in Mullingar (around Castle Street) in very late 1978. As a kid with a passion for cars and sponge for a memory and detail, it stood out because it was unregistered (on trade plates) and had the headlamp wash-wipe, an exotic new upgrade for 1979 iirc. I may be wrong on this but have a vague recollection that it may have ended up on a Wicklow reg plate.

    Not mine! See the link to the feature on the Rolls. Thanks for noticing it anyway!


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    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    What a beauty!

    Looking forward to a bit on the others too:D


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    dergside
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭dergside


    Caddyman wrote: »
    Not mine! See the link to the feature on the Rolls. Thanks for noticing it anyway!

    No, didn't think it was yours. The reason for mentioning it was your comment about the rareness of the colour. I'm guessing that it and yours are probably of a similar production period too.


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    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,548 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Caddyman wrote: »
    28ish......

    :eek:
    That's good going!


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