V8 Interceptor wrote: » What age did she have you?! :eek:
CIP4 wrote: » Got into the car at 5.15pm and only out of it about 10 minutes. Ended up driving from work to kilkenny, dublin airport, Limerick and back to kilkenny with a few short stops in between. 550km and I was grand getting out of it, it really is a great car for long journey most cars I would really feel anything more than 200km in them.
Big Nasty wrote: » Not everyone is in their twenties dude
OSI wrote: » 3k on the clock and seeing a long term average of 5.6l/100km (50mpg). Fuel savings alone each month aren't far off paying for the car itself. Makes me feel damn old saying it, but it really puts the "head over heart" thing into tangible perspective.
BDJW wrote: » I'm not old, but I wish I was still in my 20s!
V8 Interceptor wrote: » Apologies! Neither am I unfortunately. I just thought from your post you were a first time driver/teenager
BDJW wrote: » Nah, I've been driving cars for 12 years, and was driving bikes for 5 years before that!
vintagevrs wrote: » Looking for discs here for my own car. Anyone know why this eBay price is much cheaper than other online shops? £256 vs £390https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-OE-...d=352166091485https://m.onlinecarparts.co.uk/textar-8036707.html
Paudee wrote: » Given the choice would people prefer to drive their own car on the continent or a rental. I'm after cocking up some travel arrangements and have half convinced myself to get a boat to France and spend a few days driving to my destination. Boat price is working out less than fly in and get rental. Rental would mean about 500km less driving, but in some dire econobox.
Marcusm wrote: » Alone or with someone else? Not for the company but purely practicality dealing with toll booths and car parks!
captainspeed wrote: » It really needs a petrol or a six cylinder diesel though .
Bawnmore wrote: » Missing a bolt on my caliper - where would you got to pick up a single bolt?
captainspeed wrote: » Out of the country on a work trip and got a W212 E250 CDI as a taxi to the airport earlier. Christ is that engine noisy, shaky and just downright unrefined. It's not refined enough for a Fiesta let alone a Mercedes-Benz. The BMW four cylinder diesel is far superior, except for the stop start - the Mercedes system is far more discrete (but you'd still notice it in operation). The rest of the car is superb, though. I'd actually say it's a nicer car to travel in than an F10 520d, better legroom, nicer interior materials and more comfortable over the bumps. The car I was in had 228,000 miles yet the interior felt like it had done maybe 100,000 miles and there wasn't even a hint of a rattle, so clearly it's built like the Mercedes of old. It really needs a petrol or a six cylinder diesel though (I know from past experience that Merc's V6 diesel has the levels of smoothness and quietness that a car with a Mercedes badge should have), that engine's refinement really lets the car down. Thank goodness that 2.1 litre diesel is no longer available in the E-class. It's not very fast either for something with 201 bhp on tap, a 520d feels quicker despite the power and torque gap. I'd expect an F10 is far nicer to drive as well, as a passengers it does feel far more floaty and barge like than an F10 even on SE suspension (but I have no evidence whatsoever to back that statement up other than my own BMW ownership induced bias), and the F10 on SE suspension feels big, heavy and distinctly unsporting compared to older BMWs.
James Bond Junior wrote: » Welcome Tom, the more the merrier. Captainspeed, I bet you a tenner you can't go 10 posts without talking about a 6 cylinder engine! LOL!!
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