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[louiebaby]

MHT223 said:

Friday budget busting goodness...

W221 S500 in an unusual colour for £9k

Interior looks a pretty grubby place to be. Decent options but without mention or pictures seems its a SWB without rear entertainment, blinds and massage kit. Probably actually fixed rear seats rather than electric adjustable as its not the LWB. Unusual colour though so worth a photo. Also the facelift 20" wheels for the 2010> are a bit more modern that the single five spokes that would be on the early cars.



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106173...

There's a lot to like there, plate not included though.

[Phil Dicky]

louiebaby said:

MHT223 said:

Friday budget busting goodness...

W221 S500 in an unusual colour for £9k

Interior looks a pretty grubby place to be. Decent options but without mention or pictures seems its a SWB without rear entertainment, blinds and massage kit. Probably actually fixed rear seats rather than electric adjustable as its not the LWB. Unusual colour though so worth a photo. Also the facelift 20" wheels for the 2010> are a bit more modern that the single five spokes that would be on the early cars.



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106173...

There's a lot to like there, plate not included though.

Spoilt only by the vendors use of capitals and the bullst about how good they are.

[phil_cardiff]

louiebaby said:

MHT223 said:

Friday budget busting goodness...

W221 S500 in an unusual colour for £9k

Interior looks a pretty grubby place to be. Decent options but without mention or pictures seems its a SWB without rear entertainment, blinds and massage kit. Probably actually fixed rear seats rather than electric adjustable as its not the LWB. Unusual colour though so worth a photo. Also the facelift 20" wheels for the 2010> are a bit more modern that the single five spokes that would be on the early cars.



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106173...

There's a lot to like there, plate not included though.

Really not feeling the colour. I know we dislike a sea of silver, grey and black but I'm not sure 'Pornstar blue' is the answer.

[louiebaby]

phil_cardiff said:

Really not feeling the colour. I know we dislike a sea of silver, grey and black but I'm not sure 'Pornstar blue' is the answer.

I learned to drive in my Mum's Citroen AX Salsa in a very similar hue. I like it.

Also, what are you suggesting about my Mum?

[W00DY]

louiebaby said:

MHT223 said:

Friday budget busting goodness...

W221 S500 in an unusual colour for £9k

Interior looks a pretty grubby place to be. Decent options but without mention or pictures seems its a SWB without rear entertainment, blinds and massage kit. Probably actually fixed rear seats rather than electric adjustable as its not the LWB. Unusual colour though so worth a photo. Also the facelift 20" wheels for the 2010> are a bit more modern that the single five spokes that would be on the early cars.



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106173...

There's a lot to like there, plate not included though.

You could never expect the plate to be included. That interior doesn't work with the exterior at all for me. Gillette over Werther's.

[StonedRollin]

W00DY said:

louiebaby said:

MHT223 said:

Friday budget busting goodness...

W221 S500 in an unusual colour for £9k

Interior looks a pretty grubby place to be. Decent options but without mention or pictures seems its a SWB without rear entertainment, blinds and massage kit. Probably actually fixed rear seats rather than electric adjustable as its not the LWB. Unusual colour though so worth a photo. Also the facelift 20" wheels for the 2010> are a bit more modern that the single five spokes that would be on the early cars.



https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106173...

There's a lot to like there, plate not included though.

You could never expect the plate to be included. That interior doesn't work with the exterior at all for me. Gillette over Werther's.

If only the inside was a fraction as clean as the outside

Also could never get my head around the clash of interior and exterior colours. It would be like stepping into a tardis and going back in time when you closed the door.

[phil_cardiff]

louiebaby said:

phil_cardiff said:

Really not feeling the colour. I know we dislike a sea of silver, grey and black but I'm not sure 'Pornstar blue' is the answer.

I learned to drive in my Mum's Citroen AX Salsa in a very similar hue. I like it.

Also, what are you suggesting about my Mum?

A lovely woman, very talented

I can see that colour working on a small hatch or something exuberant, but not a barge.

With that interior a dark-ish green would have been fantastic.

We all like different things though and that's good.

[alec.e]

McGee_22 said:

alec.e said:

First local proper car meet up this evening, does anybody know what is so rare about this CL55?

Garish bi-colour seats in an otherwise bland silver car?

Slightly disappointed in the lack of W215 bearding

It is a CL55 F1 Edition, one of around 3 in the UK apparently

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.slashgear.com/2...

[Rat_Fink_67]

alec.e said:

First local proper car meet up this evening, does anybody know what is so rare about this CL55?

Judging by the seats and the carbon on the front bumper, it looks like it's a CL55 F1. It was a limited run F1 pace car replica, and the first series production car to use carbon ceramic brakes. Not particularly exciting to drive as it still uses the N/A M113 engine, but very rare.

[W00DY]

alec.e said:

McGee_22 said:

alec.e said:

First local proper car meet up this evening, does anybody know what is so rare about this CL55?

Garish bi-colour seats in an otherwise bland silver car?

Slightly disappointed in the lack of W215 bearding

It is a CL55 F1 Edition, one of around 3 in the UK apparently

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.slashgear.com/2...

I'd forgotten all about the F1 Edition. Good spot!

Looks like it's had part of the bumper hydro-dipped in crabon sadly.

[Macron]

LOUIEBABY said:

Also, what are you suggesting about my Mum?

It's Friday, pics?

[louiebaby]

Macron said:

louiebaby said:

Also, what are you suggesting about my Mum?

It's Friday, pics?

She used to be a chauffeur in the 1970s for Hoveringham Sand and Gravel, driving most of the cars of the era we all dream about. Mostly the Royce's of the time, but also Daimler Double Sixes and occasionally the boss's E-Type. She gave it all up to have me, but if she hadn't, she'd probably have some good advice for this thread.

She used to race Concorde quite regularly, getting the call from JFK that the boss was about to board, and then powering from Nottingham to Heathrow to pick him up. Apparently you could visibly see the fuel tank needles moving on the Daimler Double Six when "making progress" on the M1 late at night.

I'd love a decent pic of her in her 70s uniform stood next to a Royce, might find one in my Dad's loft one day.

[SpeckledJim]

louiebaby said:

Macron said:

louiebaby said:

Also, what are you suggesting about my Mum?

It's Friday, pics?

She used to be a chauffeur in the 1970s for Hoveringham Sand and Gravel, driving most of the cars of the era we all dream about. Mostly the Royce's of the time, but also Daimler Double Sixes and occasionally the boss's E-Type. She gave it all up to have me, but if she hadn't, she'd probably have some good advice for this thread.

She used to race Concorde quite regularly, getting the call from JFK that the boss was about to board, and then powering from Nottingham to Heathrow to pick him up. Apparently you could visibly see the fuel tank needles moving on the Daimler Double Six when "making progress" on the M1 late at night.

I'd love a decent pic of her in her 70s uniform stood next to a Royce, might find one in my Dad's loft one day.

This is brill.

[W00DY]

SpeckledJim said:

louiebaby said:

Macron said:

louiebaby said:

Also, what are you suggesting about my Mum?

It's Friday, pics?

She used to be a chauffeur in the 1970s for Hoveringham Sand and Gravel, driving most of the cars of the era we all dream about. Mostly the Royce's of the time, but also Daimler Double Sixes and occasionally the boss's E-Type. She gave it all up to have me, but if she hadn't, she'd probably have some good advice for this thread.

She used to race Concorde quite regularly, getting the call from JFK that the boss was about to board, and then powering from Nottingham to Heathrow to pick him up. Apparently you could visibly see the fuel tank needles moving on the Daimler Double Six when "making progress" on the M1 late at night.

I'd love a decent pic of her in her 70s uniform stood next to a Royce, might find one in my Dad's loft one day.

This is brill.

[Rat_Fink_67]

alec.e said:

Slightly disappointed in the lack of W215 bearding

It is a CL55 F1 Edition, one of around 3 in the UK apparently

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.slashgear.com/2...

I was in the doctor's surgery reception with poor signal when I replied, so didn't see you'd beaten me to it

[swapped]

louiebaby said:

She used to race Concorde quite regularly, getting the call from JFK that the boss was about to board, and then powering from Nottingham to Heathrow to pick him up. Apparently you could visibly see the fuel tank needles moving on the Daimler Double Six when "making progress" on the M1 late at night.

Being a chauffeur was obviously a great job at times - a friend of mine tells of the time(s) he dropped his esteemed boss at Blackpool airport to get in a (his?) helicopter, and was instructed to meet the flight at the Chester end, for the final leg home. Cue a spirited drive down the M6 in the Lagonda. The law-enforcement encountered en-route (in those pre-camera, cap-doffing days) processed the distinctive car with distinctive plates and dropped away without interrupting!

Speed cameras, more egalitarian application of law, and a switch from helicopter to Cessna over time made the challenge impossible.

[21st Century Man]

bolidemichael said:

CharlesdeGaulle said:

21st Century Man said:

Nope, right first time. One had a choice of branding for one's RR.

You're probably right, but no-one would call that car a Rolls Royce when it's got Bentley written on it.

21stCM is saying that Bentley and RR were marque-fluid?

One could have one's Rolls Royce with a Rolls Royce badge or one could have one's Rolls Royce with a Bentley badge. Some Rolls Royces could only be had with a Rolls Royce badge and some Rolls Royces could only be had with a Bentley badge. But they were all Rolls Royces (1931-1998/2002).

[j4ck100]

I am aching to know what you would get quoted for discs and pads all round at your local Mercedes dealer for the ceramics on that CL55 F1 AMG.

Any guesses? I reckon you wouldn't get out for 5 bags of sand

[Phil Dicky]

j4ck100 said:

I am aching to know what you would get quoted for discs and pads all round at your local Mercedes dealer for the ceramics on that CL55 F1 AMG.

Any guesses? I reckon you wouldn't get out for 5 bags of sand

Another 1k for fitting.

[Weas]

I am quite convinced that when I was idly looking at barges LS430's were routinely £3ish k and LS460's around £7k. Now I find myself in need of a vehicle (if I don't want to keep using that daft yank van) 430's appear to be routinely £6/7/8k

This makes me wonder if this is actually quite good value?? What do you think??





https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202105102...