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Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:24 pm
by speedingfine
Sorry Dan, with it being winter my tastes are distinctly Mercedes shaped at the moment
Found this lovely one the other day, but need to eBay the Citroen first (and stop a pesky warning light coming on)
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1666213
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:28 pm
by Rich B
speedingfine wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:24 pm
Sorry Dan, with it being winter my tastes are distinctly Mercedes shaped at the moment
Found this lovely one the other day, but need to eBay the Citroen first (and stop a pesky warning light coming on)
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1666213
doing some airport runs on the side?
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:35 pm
by speedingfine
Rich B wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:28 pm
speedingfine wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:24 pm
Sorry Dan, with it being winter my tastes are distinctly Mercedes shaped at the moment
Found this lovely one the other day, but need to eBay the Citroen first (and stop a pesky warning light coming on)
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1666213
doing some airport runs on the side?
The beige ones in Berlin seduced me and I make no apologies for that

Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:55 pm
by Matty
That second picture is a good one
Quite a quick sale, can't be easy selling a 7 during the dark winter months, especially in the current car climate. You know you just want some comfort for a while when a Merc barge replaces it

Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:02 pm
by dan
speedingfine wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:24 pm
Sorry Dan, with it being winter my tastes are distinctly Mercedes shaped at the moment
Found this lovely one the other day, but need to eBay the Citroen first (and stop a pesky warning light coming on)
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1666213
Thats definitely more 'you' Chris

Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:04 pm
by Mito Man
Won’t that be in the £650 tax range?
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:44 pm
by speedingfine
dan wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:02 pm
speedingfine wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:24 pm
Sorry Dan, with it being winter my tastes are distinctly Mercedes shaped at the moment
Found this lovely one the other day, but need to eBay the Citroen first (and stop a pesky warning light coming on)
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1666213
Thats definitely more 'you' Chris
Reverse psychology eh

Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:03 am
by Jimmy Choo
speedingfine wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 4:24 pm
Sorry Dan, with it being winter my tastes are distinctly Mercedes shaped at the moment
Found this lovely one the other day, but need to eBay the Citroen first (and stop a pesky warning light coming on)
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1666213
The wear on the steering wheel seems to indicate it's not been driven by a helmsmith but has sat on motorways for a long, long time.
I don't particularly like Mercs but I think I'd tollerate that one.

Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 6:32 pm
by speedingfine
It's finally happened

2004 S320 CDI two owners, FSH, in lovely condition. 115k. No pics yet sorry, but it's a silver W220 with dark blue leather and some dubious wood trim. Obvs everything's crossed that I don't have any expensive problems...
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 6:55 pm
by Jobbo
That sounds great! Probably a much safer purchase than a similar age Range Rover.
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:26 pm
by speedingfine
Yeah they're cheap for a reason I suppose, but I've bought as well as I can on condition and history I think...
It is bloody lovely though, driven a couple of hundred miles since collecting it yesterday and apart from the shear size of the thing in towns it's spot on.
Crap pic from the station earlier:

Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:36 pm
by McSwede
Excellent. They're lovely things. Hope it's a peach!
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:56 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:05 pm
by duncs500

Barge-tastic! Nice.
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:21 pm
by jamcg
20 year old and it’ll still have more tech than most new cars

Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:31 pm
by mik
I still expect an e-start vid......
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:14 pm
by Simon
Be careful if you're driving through Paris late at night...
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:55 am
by JonMad
Superbly high profile tyres there

Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:21 am
by Sundayjumper
That looks ideal for some relaxing miles. Perfect colour too.
Re: The 'suggest a new car for Chris' thread
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:52 am
by Gavster
That's set me off looking at them on eBay
Really loving the spec and consistency of servicing intervals on this one, sounds like a great example.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204605255874 ... p_homepage