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CharlesdeGaulle said:
That's rather ungentlemanly. At 90 grand, it's desperately unwantable, despite the thuggish appearance and performance.
There always this option, for the Gentleman who can dispense with excess doors. https://www.edward-hall.co.uk/1998-mercedes-cl700-...
bolidemichael said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
That's rather ungentlemanly. At 90 grand, it's desperately unwantable, despite the thuggish appearance and performance.
There always this option, for the Gentleman who can dispense with excess doors. https://www.edward-hall.co.uk/1998-mercedes-cl700-...
bolidemichael said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
That's rather ungentlemanly. At 90 grand, it's desperately unwantable, despite the thuggish appearance and performance.
There always this option, for the Gentleman who can dispense with excess doors. https://www.edward-hall.co.uk/1998-mercedes-cl700-...
And, in truth, I'd rather set light to it than give it to most of the so-called Mercedes specialists, many of whom are complete charlatans with nice accents and traditional names, but who otherwise have little to differentiate them from our Bradford pals.
0a said:
Imagine thundering across the continent in this - 7.0 v12 S70 AMG. https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1266628
Slightly above budget though.
I'm old enough to remember when that first graced the pages of a previous incarnation of this thread at a still over-budget £14k - it seems the seven or eight years it spent in Dublin have allowed it to accrue quite unexpected rates of inflation.Slightly above budget though.
Prinny said:
On a more relevant side to this - many US Ford cars have/had a set of buttons on the door that you could use a code on, for entry, a sort of emergency access code that could get you in the car. It looked crap, but was a good idea, IMO.
IIRC from my time in some of the colder climes of North America, this feature was often offered there to allow you to start and run your engine to heat the cabin/defrost whilst keeping the doors secured. Quite a neat solution in simpler times.0a said:
McGee_22 said:
I'm old enough to remember when that first graced the pages of a previous incarnation of this thread at a still over-budget £14k - it seems the seven or eight years it spent in Dublin have allowed it to accrue quite unexpected rates of inflation.
Holy moly! TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
bolidemichael said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
That's rather ungentlemanly. At 90 grand, it's desperately unwantable, despite the thuggish appearance and performance.
There always this option, for the Gentleman who can dispense with excess doors. https://www.edward-hall.co.uk/1998-mercedes-cl700-...
Nicks90 said:
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
bolidemichael said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
That's rather ungentlemanly. At 90 grand, it's desperately unwantable, despite the thuggish appearance and performance.
There always this option, for the Gentleman who can dispense with excess doors. https://www.edward-hall.co.uk/1998-mercedes-cl700-...
apropos of the recent (ish, although at the rate this thread moves it was eons ago) northern bargiste chat, will anyone be going to the Yorkshire Motorsport Festival?
I live about 2 miles from there and only found out about it by happening to drive past an 'exhibitors parking this way' type sign. It looks like a grand day out and will hopefully be there with a couple of friends.
I live about 2 miles from there and only found out about it by happening to drive past an 'exhibitors parking this way' type sign. It looks like a grand day out and will hopefully be there with a couple of friends.
deadtom said:
apropos of the recent (ish, although at the rate this thread moves it was eons ago) northern bargiste chat, will anyone be going to the Yorkshire Motorsport Festival?
I live about 2 miles from there and only found out about it by happening to drive past an 'exhibitors parking this way' type sign. It looks like a grand day out and will hopefully be there with a couple of friends.
Looks like a fantastic event, I've got it pinned in my diary for next year as I'm already busy for this one.I live about 2 miles from there and only found out about it by happening to drive past an 'exhibitors parking this way' type sign. It looks like a grand day out and will hopefully be there with a couple of friends.
Prinny said:
The best & worst part about the key for an early R129 is that it’s self-contained. There’s no hole to allow you to attach anything else to it. Some days I think it’s great, others, not so. However, in general, I hate having a bunch of keys that aren’t immediately useful clogging up my pocket - as i was a frequent flyer (those days appear to have gone), it was a PITA getting stopped on a regular basis at airport ‘security’. I de-cluttered my keys - I take only what I need when I go out - everything else lives in the glass bowl near the front door in readiness. (it’s alledgedly good for those parties too) - not that I have experience of such, mind, more’s the pity.
On a more relevant side to this - many US Ford cars have/had a set of buttons on the door that you could use a code on, for entry, a sort of emergency access code that could get you in the car. It looked crap, but was a good idea, IMO.
edit - forgot to add. If you do need to break a window, and you have a spark plug, a bit of the ceramic shield is excellent at breaking glass very easily! It’s the sort of thing you could duct-tape to the underside & retrive in an emergency - or you could wait 7h at the golf course for the AA like my mate did once having put the keys into the golf shoes while sitting on the boot lip to change them, and then shutting the boot. We absolutely, definitely, still don’t frequently remind him of that, 20+ years later.
Subaru had a thing where you entered a pin code by pulling the door handle. Not many owners know this though.On a more relevant side to this - many US Ford cars have/had a set of buttons on the door that you could use a code on, for entry, a sort of emergency access code that could get you in the car. It looked crap, but was a good idea, IMO.
edit - forgot to add. If you do need to break a window, and you have a spark plug, a bit of the ceramic shield is excellent at breaking glass very easily! It’s the sort of thing you could duct-tape to the underside & retrive in an emergency - or you could wait 7h at the golf course for the AA like my mate did once having put the keys into the golf shoes while sitting on the boot lip to change them, and then shutting the boot. We absolutely, definitely, still don’t frequently remind him of that, 20+ years later.
Edited by Prinny on Tuesday 15th June 16:48
Barely a blip on the MOT history on this clean looking CLK 430. Pity about the grey interior - reminds me of a pensioner's slip on shoe...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265197313346?hash=item3...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265197313346?hash=item3...
Phil Dicky said:
TooLateForAName said:
Subaru had a thing where you entered a pin code by pulling the door handle. Not many owners know this though.
How does that work?TooLateForAName said:
Phil Dicky said:
TooLateForAName said:
Subaru had a thing where you entered a pin code by pulling the door handle. Not many owners know this though.
How does that work?Dapster said:
Barely a blip on the MOT history on this clean looking CLK 430. Pity about the grey interior - reminds me of a pensioner's slip on shoe...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265197313346?hash=item3...
I guessed at £4,500 inc COVID tax, which is too much. Madness at £7,000https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265197313346?hash=item3...
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