[ch.1953]

The first CL to be worthy of passing the baton on from the C140....

:surrender:

I like it....

or maybe you prefer this...?

 

[SaleenS7]

I don't think the C126 ever passed the torch over to the C140 though!

I do think the new CL is a step in the right direction. The last one was a bit fugly IMO

 

[ch.1953]

All wise words, although when I test drove an 03 cl500 it was still tempting, but nowhere near the soul of the 140 or the 126....

So,.... +1

 

[nowhereman]

Perfectly OK to like other cars besides the 140. I'm quite partial to the W211 (as well as my ES300). If I was just doodling around town one of those would do nicely. But, as long as I'm doing 1600km on a weekend I want the biggest, quietest tank I can afford. The W140 pretty much owns that particular niche.

 

[television]

The CL215 is nice to drive, but the things that go wrong are horrendous.

Struts at £1300 each with a bottom ball that can wear out in 50k miles.

MB build the rust in from new and plenty of it on the 215

ABC pumps fail at £1,000 the SAMs go down and much much more.

This is why I have just bought my CL420 to get away from all of those problem that are the same for the SL230

 

[ch.1953]

Television - that makes a lot of sense...! & I'm especially envious that you can get a 420 back in blighty.... but then again gas at $400+ per (!) gallon over there must make driving a bit irritating!

tlampre - 1600km in a weekend - Wow - lucky you!
In the UK you'd need a mortgage to do that, unless you convert to LPG. Let's do the math... that's about 1,000 miles, say at 20mpg (to be generous) = 50 gallons, with London petrol prices for premium at say, 1.40 GBP per litre (?) - that's about 6.50 GBP per gallon, about $10 - 11 USD per gallon.

So one weekend of 1600km in UK would cost, just in gas, approx - $500 - 550 USD.... :surrender: Or did I do the math wrong - likely! :thumbsup: