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Rich B wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:16 pm

DeskJockey wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:11 pm

Rich B wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 9:45 pm which is total garbage if you occasionally need to carry six people..

Etc...

Therefore the only correct answer is a Ford Galaxy that can carry 7.

but what if you need to carry 8?!!?

Hyundai i800???

dinny_g wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:39 am

Rich B wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:16 pm

DeskJockey wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:11 pm

Therefore the only correct answer is a Ford Galaxy that can carry 7.

but what if you need to carry 8?!!?

Hyundai i800???

No good, I occasionally need to carry my family of 4, a friend for each of us plus my mother-in-law. By occasionally, I mean it hasn’t happened yet but I can envisage a time where it might be true. Also, I need to do 3000 miles without stopping, even for a second.

Have you considered an Airbus A220?

Mito Man wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 1:30 pm Have you considered an Airbus A220?

Idiot.

Clearly a Learjet would be enough.

Only just spotted this, one of the smartest looking cars on the road IMO. Very nice

I’m enjoying it so far. Doesn’t feel as wide as the Volvo. It does feel like it has a longer wheelbase; bumps seem to take a long time between feeling them at the front wheels and the back

The boot is long. I’ve just taken an old tumble dryer to the tip in it, and thought I’d check how well it accommodates my stepladder. That only fits in the Volvo if the bottom rung goes round one of the front seats; not a problem in the Merc:



Have discovered that virtually all the online part of COMAND is pretty much dead now; I can access the weather Because it has the online traffic it doesn’t have TMC, so far as I can tell; I think a retrofit CarPlay interface is the way to go so I can get Google Maps.

Pics of a tin of custard on the rear seat please

I don’t have any tins of custard in the cupboard, but I did find three packets of Birds’ Dream Topping. Which ideally illustrates that there are 3 rear seats

Perfect

How big is the stepladder precisely

Wonder what the CLS is rated to tow, always liked the first gen one!

Jobbo wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:05 pm

I like this car.

In fact, I think it's pretty Rock and Roll.

It's the colour of Led

It's shaped a bit like a Zeppelin

It looks great IV long trips too.

I bet you could take that Stairway all the way to Devon in it.

Tim’s got a whole lotta love for the CLS.

mik wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:11 pm Tim’s got a whole lotta love for the CLS.

He should get one and put his black dog in it.

Alex_ wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:40 pm

mik wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:11 pm Tim’s got a whole lotta love for the CLS.

He should get one and put his black dog in it.

Tempted. Pretty sure we'd have some Good Times/Bad Times.

I'll probably just Ramble On instead though.

I like big boots and I cannot lie.

Simon stop hoarding Birds’ Dream Toppin

Jobbo wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:51 pm I don’t have any tins of custard in the cupboard, but I did find three packets of Birds’ Dream Topping. Which ideally illustrates that there are 3 rear seats

don't tell me that's actually in date.

Living the dream. Topping.

So it your car a 5-seater or a 2+3 Simon?

JonMad wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:43 am don't tell me that's actually in date.

I've just checked - one of them is, and the other two were best before end of Feb 2020 so perfectly usable

Mik, that sounds the sort of wanky description which is ideal for an estate version of a 4-dr coupe, so yes, why not Merc designate the Shooting Brake the X218; the normal CLS is a W218 but estate versions are usually S-prefix so fuck knows what they were trying to call it.

Fucking pleased I didn’t leave it longer to get my new car