Mercedes Benz and AMG Owners

floatindolphin · 14 Jul 2020 at 18:39

Collecting the E63 wagon tomorrow morning at 10am!! It’s like the night before Christmas!

Got a nice drive down to Oxford straight too, hope it’s sunny

Steedie · 14 Jul 2020 at 19:26

floatindolphin said:
Collecting the E63 wagon tomorrow morning at 10am!! It’s like the night before Christmas!

Got a nice drive down to Oxford straight too, hope it’s sunny

Ah awesome! Enjoy and make sure you post lots of pics when you can, can't wait to see it. As you're in Oxford you can come and show me

Mines still Friday and can't see it being any earlier

this week is going so slow

Rotty · 15 Jul 2020 at 08:35

missus wants a SLK (her choice)

prob about £13-14k so I assume 2014/15

what engine should we go for? (would do 15k a year for 2 years and then drop to 5k a year) any updates during this time?

any other info appreciated

Thanks

floatindolphin · 15 Jul 2020 at 09:54

Rotty said:
missus wants a SLK (her choice)

prob about £13-14k so I assume 2014/15

what engine should we go for? (would do 15k a year for 2 years and then drop to 5k a year) any updates during this time?

any other info appreciated

Thanks

only one option....SLK63

LiE · 15 Jul 2020 at 10:11

floatindolphin said:
only one option....SLK63

Yea those are totally in budget

Rotty · 15 Jul 2020 at 12:22

if it was me maybe but not for the missus

SLK250D sounds a good all rounder but im no expert

CaptainRAVE · 15 Jul 2020 at 12:42

Rotty said:
if it was me maybe but not for the missus

SLK250D sounds a good all rounder but im no expert

The diesels are meant to be good. Decent power, good range. No idea what the common issues to look for are though. SLKworld would be the place to go.

floatindolphin · 15 Jul 2020 at 13:54

finally picked it up! Love it! Interesting get away at the M6 toll booths...

MouthBoy · 15 Jul 2020 at 14:06

floatindolphin said:
finally picked it up! Love it! Interesting get away at the M6 toll booths...

Slightly jealous...

Jez · 15 Jul 2020 at 14:18

Rotty said:
if it was me maybe but not for the missus

SLK250D sounds a good all rounder but im no expert

Excellent cars in terms of reliability, the engine is the same as used in Taxis to many hundreds of K world over. The car will have standard suspension components and is on a tried and tested very reliable overall platform. The 4cyl is a little rough though, i do have to wonder how intrusive it would be in a convertible.

Rotty · 15 Jul 2020 at 16:09

Jez said:
Excellent cars in terms of reliability, the engine is the same as used in Taxis to many hundreds of K world over. The car will have standard suspension components and is on a tried and tested very reliable overall platform. The 4cyl is a little rough though, i do have to wonder how intrusive it would be in a convertible.

She had a 1 series diesel convertible at moment and doesn't seem bothered by it

How are the petrol engines?

batfink · 15 Jul 2020 at 16:43

floatindolphin said:
finally picked it up! Love it! Interesting get away at the M6 toll booths...

Lovely motor. Stunning colour.

Steedie · 15 Jul 2020 at 18:17

floatindolphin said:
finally picked it up! Love it! Interesting get away at the M6 toll booths...

That is beeaaautiful! Love that colour!

CaptainRAVE · 15 Jul 2020 at 18:34

floatindolphin said:
finally picked it up! Love it! Interesting get away at the M6 toll booths...

Nice, as above, great colour.

Tenzo · 15 Jul 2020 at 18:54

Cracking estate that, congratulations!

coupe69 · 15 Jul 2020 at 19:46

Lovely motor, in the correct body shape as well!

floatindolphin · 15 Jul 2020 at 22:09

Cheers all! Just been out for a random spin. Ended up half way to Bristol! I was tempted to head for Cheddar gorge. Not driven up there since my old R33 Skyline days

It’s funny you all love the colour. I thought it was a bit of a compromise, wanted silver. Now it’s been polished up, it is lovely

Journey · 15 Jul 2020 at 22:20

How are you finding the awful ICE system?

I love the colour too, a nice red is always a pleasant sight.

Bear · 16 Jul 2020 at 07:00

Congratulations, I actually really like that colour red on Mercedes

GravyMonster · 16 Jul 2020 at 10:37

floatindolphin said:
It’s funny you all love the colour. I thought it was a bit of a compromise, wanted silver. Now it’s been polished up, it is lovely

Hyacinth red is my favourite MB colour, barring Solarbeam and Green Hell Magno. I wanted it for my last car but unfortunately had to give up on that requirement to get the spec I wanted.