Caporegime
I've never been much of a fan of the more modern Merc Trucks, until today that is.
I've just had a most impressive demonstration of German reliability & build quality today - Hell I may even consider a Merc as my next car!
I've been driving a Mercedes 2543 "Actros" today, complete with more electronic gizmos than your average modern car (electronic gear selector, for example)
Its 5 years old and has done a mere 907,511km which indeed works out @ nearly 564,000miles!
The impressive thing was it drove as well - if not better - than an 06 plate Merc I had with my last job, it was smooth, quiet and most importantly, had plenty of go left in it - most high miler trucks are very gutless.
The only sign of wear is on its drivers seat.
Have a look.
Would you think that wheel had even done 100k?
This has had a lot of truckers sat on it!
I'm now very tempted by an 04 plate C220 CDi with a mere 290k on its clock that I know of - priced @ £2k......
I've just had a most impressive demonstration of German reliability & build quality today - Hell I may even consider a Merc as my next car!
I've been driving a Mercedes 2543 "Actros" today, complete with more electronic gizmos than your average modern car (electronic gear selector, for example)
Its 5 years old and has done a mere 907,511km which indeed works out @ nearly 564,000miles!
The impressive thing was it drove as well - if not better - than an 06 plate Merc I had with my last job, it was smooth, quiet and most importantly, had plenty of go left in it - most high miler trucks are very gutless.
The only sign of wear is on its drivers seat.
Have a look.
Would you think that wheel had even done 100k?
This has had a lot of truckers sat on it!
I'm now very tempted by an 04 plate C220 CDi with a mere 290k on its clock that I know of - priced @ £2k......