I sat in a CL500 today!

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Sun 22 Nov 2009 18:40
I sat in a CL500 today! - tack
I sat in a CL500 today. It was awesome.

My wifes son has gone and got himself a CL500. 1 yr old, 9k on the clock, jet black with cream leather, double glazed windows (for heaven sake).

There are buttons for everything. If it moves? press a button, if it don't move? press a button til it does.

For all its length, there ain't a huge amount of leg room in the back. snip - inappropriate comment

The best mpg he has had is 22 (at 70 on the motorway)

Still, nice car though.

Edited by rtj70 on 22/11/2009 at 19:29

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Sun 22 Nov 2009 20:24
I sat in a CL500 today! - stunorthants26
Huge presence those cars have. Good on him, live the dream.
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Sun 22 Nov 2009 20:54
I sat in a CL500 today! - boxsterboy
Yes lovely car. I wonder how much less than new list price he paid?
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Sun 22 Nov 2009 21:56
I sat in a CL500 today! - tack
I believe he paid low 50's, which is about 30k less than on the road price when new.

Mind you, if I paid that for a car I'd be frightened to take it to

1. Sainsco
2. Tescbury
3. Morrialdi
4. Any multi storey car park
5. Any car park
6. in fact, any where off my drive
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Sun 22 Nov 2009 22:25
I sat in a CL500 today! - rtj70
Some drives might be no go areas - how about Moss Side :-)
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Mon 23 Nov 2009 10:31
I sat in a CL500 today! - Lou_O
Some drives might be no go areas - how about Moss Side :-)


Or maybe that'd be one of the safest places to take it.

If you park a car like that on Moss Side people might think that you're not someone to mess with!
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Sun 22 Nov 2009 23:02
I sat in a CL500 today! - Kevin
I looked at replacing the XJ with a CL500/63. Lovely cars with huge spec. but depreciation to match.

Rear seats were the biggest problem for me. Very little legroom and poor access.

>The best mpg he has had is 22 (at 70 on the motorway)

He should be seeing about 28mpg on a motorway run with 15 to 18mpg around town. 22mpg is a reasonable average.

Kevin...
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Real MPG enables you to register the fuel economy you are actually getting against your make and model of car, its engine and type of transmission.

Every time you enter an average consumption figure against your car, the overall average automatically adjusts to reflect it.

Real MPG