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[Raeturbo]

What’s snail mail?😂

[Raeturbo]

Oh, my address 🤓 ok doing it now🤪

[LC0112G]

Since the urgency level has increased to DEFCON3, I've been trawling the net. Then this jumped out at me

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108256637416

Only 3 miles away, so went to look. SOLD. bu99eration. Everything else is 50+ miles away. Not sure why I didn't see it earlier - suspect it's because I'd set he filters to 2010+ and this was a 2009.

Might go to look at this in Brizzol : https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108246598339 . However, drivers seat looks ripped, and the boot appears to have had a hard life too.

Failing that, a trip to the smoke next weekend (Yeovil are away at Boreham Wood) to look at :
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202103310832355
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108186391529
Several more in that area too.

For an E class, this looks ok, but seems cheap?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109026931805

Or perhaps go green - I've no problems with hybrid if its used to increase the power of a proper ICE engine. Any known problems with the C350e ?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109137294610

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Since the urgency level has increased to DEFCON3, I've been trawling the net. Then this jumped out at me

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108256637416

Only 3 miles away, so went to look. SOLD. bu99eration. Everything else is 50+ miles away. Not sure why I didn't see it earlier - suspect it's because I'd set he filters to 2010+ and this was a 2009.

Might go to look at this in Brizzol : https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108246598339 . However, drivers seat looks ripped, and the boot appears to have had a hard life too.

Failing that, a trip to the smoke next weekend (Yeovil are away at Boreham Wood) to look at :
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202103310832355
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202108186391529
Several more in that area too.

For an E class, this looks ok, but seems cheap?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109026931805

Or perhaps go green - I've no problems with hybrid if its used to increase the power of a proper ICE engine. Any known problems with the C350e ?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202109137294610

Have you considered a Mercedes?

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Having owned a Merc of 2006 vintage I didn't find it superior (or even as good) as products from Ford.....Vauxhall...etc..etc.

[Doctor Gollum]

That E Class looks pretty tidy. Higher mileage and spec probably the reason for the price.

Significantly roomier than the C Class though, so compare the two before you commit

[ronnyd]

Do all later Mercs have split leather on the drivers seats? 

[LC0112G]

Having owned a Merc of 2006 vintage I didn't find it superior (or even as good) as products from Ford.....Vauxhall...etc..etc.

We've been round this circle earlier in this thread. Must be RWD. Not FWD/4WD/AWD - RWD.

Do all later Mercs have split leather on the drivers seats? 

I was more surprised to see that any of them had rear view mirrors. I'd always assumed they were (seldom taken up) optional extras.

[LC0112G]

That E Class looks pretty tidy. Higher mileage and spec probably the reason for the price.

Significantly roomier than the C Class though, so compare the two before you commit

Yeah - I've convinced myself that the C class will be big enough for 99.9% of my uses. Might even be able to get a C36GET in the back should the need arise. The extra room in the E class may come in handy for the other 0.1% of the time, but I've done 5 up in a 1982 Cavalier 1.8SRi to northern Poland and back before so the C class has got to be better than that.

I'll probably take a look at the E class first, and then make a decision on whether I want to pay nearly double for a 2016 C350E, or stick with one of the cheaper 2009-2012 C180/200's. It's just a bit of a pain in the 'arris that there aren't any closer to the south west - they all seem to be in London or Birmingham.

[Nick W]

Do all later Mercs have split leather on the drivers seats? 

Many of them are vinyl. Although Mercedes usually has a stupid name that makes it worth the money. If you're gullible enough to fall for marketing

[STEMO]

Do all later Mercs have split leather on the drivers seats? 

Many of them are vinyl. Although Mercedes usually has a stupid name that makes it worth the money. If you're gullible enough to fall for marketing

Yes, environmentally friendly leather or some such tosh.

"No animals were harmed in the making of our seats. But they won't biodegrade for a thousand years"

[BazaJT]

yes back in the '70's dad had a 280CE coupe that had "MB-Tex" seat coverings,to look at it was leather only it wasn't leather at all.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The last Merc I sat in was a brand new C63 in the showroom.

The smell of glue was so overpowering I could have been sitting in a TVR. 

[Nick W]

The last Merc I sat in was a brand new C63 in the showroom.

The smell of glue was so overpowering I could have been sitting in a TVR. 

There are far fewer parts to fall off a TVR....

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

But they will definitely fall off.