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bmthnick1981 said:

Sorry Harry!

1998 CL600 with a few little jobs to do, one unexpected job is a broken front coil Spring! Hopefully ordering a pair tomorrow.

What a beast! Lovely!

[harrykul]

Great work! Thoughts thus far?

[bmthnick1981]

Thanks chaps.

Yes the bonnet is not st properly. Currently when I pull the release in the cabin it releases the bonnet on both sides but does not present the latch through the the grill to pull to finally open the bonnet. Any ideas?

Thoughts so far are that is lovely, so solid and proper. Engine is a beast and so smooth and quiet. Interior a lovely place to be. Drove very well on a long drive home (despite having a broken spring!).

First jobs are to sort the springs, get the bonnet open and put an MOT on it then a list of smaller jobs to work through.

One item I am after if anyone has any ideas is a rear light cluster passenger side, I thought I had secured one in eBay but the chap let me down.

[Stegel]

Congrats to Axeboy and Bmthnick - both cars look great, if very different beasts (I must have missed announcement of the CL600 - complete surprise when checking in). As CdeG has said before, we, or our successors, will look back at V12 coupes with awe.

[Stegel]

bmthnick1981 said:

Thanks chaps.

Yes the bonnet is not shut properly. Currently when I pull the release in the cabin it releases the bonnet on both sides but does not present the latch through the the grill to pull to finally open the bonnet. .

I could be totally wrong on this, but is there a lever? The first 129 I looked at defeated both the dealer and me until we checked the manual to discover the lever is hidden, and does not project from, within the grille star emblem. I didn't buy that car, in part because it seemed the dealer had not even had the bonnet up!

[idiotgap]

Stegel said:

I could be totally wrong on this, but is there a lever? The first 129 I looked at defeated both the dealer and me until we checked the manual to discover the lever is hidden, and does not project from, within the grille star emblem. I didn't buy that car, in part because it seemed the dealer had not even had the bonnet up!

For what it's worth, the 107 SL is the same... the bonnet release is hidden within the large central grille star.

[bob-lad]

bmthnick1981 said:

harrykul said:

r129sl said:

Came across this lovely on the way too:

OMG what a gorgeous MkX Jag.

That's unfair. That's so far out of thread budget it's not funny

[cat220]

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bmthnick1981 said:

Sorry Harry!

1998 CL600 with a few little jobs to do, one unexpected job is a broken front coil Spring! Hopefully ordering a pair tomorrow.

What a beast! Lovely!

Congratulations, what a machine!

[PlayersNo6]

bmthnick1981 said:

Sorry Harry!

1998 CL600 with a few little jobs to do, one unexpected job is a broken front coil Spring! Hopefully ordering a pair tomorrow.

Wow. Lovely colour.

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£2,700, surely possible for half of thread budget with negotiation? 96k mile 745

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[BigBen]

idiotgap said:

Stegel said:

I could be totally wrong on this, but is there a lever? The first 129 I looked at defeated both the dealer and me until we checked the manual to discover the lever is hidden, and does not project from, within the grille star emblem. I didn't buy that car, in part because it seemed the dealer had not even had the bonnet up!

For what it's worth, the 107 SL is the same... the bonnet release is hidden within the large central grille star.

Pretty sure that there should be a lever on these, the R107 is the only one I remember having the lever hidden in the star. Then again my W140 didn't have a bonnet star as it was a saloon.

[Ghost91]

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£2,700, surely possible for half of thread budget with negotiation? 96k mile 745

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

I wish you hadn't posted that very nice. I think I could get over the ugly rear lights of the early models for that price!

What could possibly go wrong??

[phil_cardiff]

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£2,700, surely possible for half of thread budget with negotiation? 96k mile 745

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

That is not an attractive interior!

[BlueMR2]

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£2,700, surely possible for half of thread budget with negotiation? 96k mile 745

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

The interior looks really cheap with the light in that picture.

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I don't mind it.

These are so cheap now!

[BlueMR2]

bmthnick1981 said:

Thanks chaps.

Yes the bonnet is not st properly. Currently when I pull the release in the cabin it releases the bonnet on both sides but does not present the latch through the the grill to pull to finally open the bonnet. Any ideas?

Thoughts so far are that is lovely, so solid and proper. Engine is a beast and so smooth and quiet. Interior a lovely place to be. Drove very well on a long drive home (despite having a broken spring!).

First jobs are to sort the springs, get the bonnet open and put an MOT on it then a list of smaller jobs to work through.

One item I am after if anyone has any ideas is a rear light cluster passenger side, I thought I had secured one in eBay but the chap let me down.

If its the same as the 129 SL put your fingers palm up into the bottom third of the star, and you should feel the latch above, pull it towards you and you should be good to go.

[cat220]

phil_cardiff said:

0a said:

£2,700, surely possible for half of thread budget with negotiation? 96k mile 745

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

That is not an attractive interior!

Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole! Looks filthy inside!

[Motorrad]

KrisP said:

I don't know what your 550i is doing, but the mpg readout on my M5 is showing 20, which is probably optimistic, so a diesel Twig must be more surely?

The V10 diesel Touareg eats fuel. Average of low 20s in mixed use I reckon. We got just under 30mpg out of one in mostly motorway driving.

[hornetrider]

KrisP said:

hornetrider said:

KrisP said:

0a said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

I know that no-one else has commented on this, but I have been looking at these over the last couple of days, as an alternative to a FFRR. The only annoyance is the 20mpg as a derv - is Perth anywhere near you?

I looked at them as well. Viewed them as essentially a Phaeton on stilts. The V10 is tempting but even the favourite V6 TDI drinks like Ollie Reed on a stag night. Couldn't swap my 550 for one for no benefit in running costs.

I don't know what your 550i is doing, but the mpg readout on my M5 is showing 20, which is probably optimistic, so a diesel Twig must be more surely?

27.2 long term average in mine at the moment albeit my usage profile is mainly motorway. Average on the Toerag V10 claims to be 23 and the V6 is only 26mpg, although on my use I could probably beat those figures.

The only reason to even consider a diesel is to save on fuel cost, and for me the saving would have to be absolutely compelling, ie orders of magnitude, and hundreds of pounds per month saved in order to persuade me to make a switch.

[tobinen]

r129sl said:

E65Ross said:

deadslow said:

E65Ross said:

Not so great if you want hot air coming towards you though, is it

You could consider going to the massive trouble of turning off the face vents Analogue idea in a digital age, I'm that kind of guy

But that doesn't mean you get warm air going to your face, it just means you get no air going to your face

Why would you want hot air in your face? Anyway, only the centre vents blow fresh air; the face-level side vent blows heated air, if that's your thing.

You could buy a W/C140 - choice of either at the press of a button