OK. Fair enough. You can now kick my backside....
:lol:
.... or better still: name me wally of the week!
The thing is that I have endured a few months of my wife heating up my brains with a request to buy her a newer seven-seater LWB GWagen, which she wanted with EU-compliant safety belts in the jump-seats as well (shee needs this to carry aound a lot of kids, apparently). After a lot of search I could not get around to the idea of spending a lot of dosh in a second G and a little bit more on having the proper seat belts fitted to the jump seats so in the end I decided to buy her a ML320 instead. The advantage is that there are enough seven seaters of these to choose from and since I chose a petrol one, they are low mileage and much cheaper then the diesel one.
So please be lenient with me... I am a sinner and I deserve your wrath. And excuse the low qauilty of the pics... I have to work so hard to pay for the large collection of cars (and the school fees) that I can only get home at night.
dont even bother mortinson :!:
seeing bill moss in an ml a few weeks ago was bad enough....mid life crisis etc,magic 65 coming up....but you have no excuse...or maybe :?:
i will pretend this thread dont exist.
i have no ground to stand on at all in this conversation!
are the seven seats quite tight? our friend had one and found it tight. i know this is a sin to mention but we had loan of a new discovery the other week, the 7 seats in that are great, still no g though!!!
your still in the dog house mate :!:
classic r/r :shock:
you are to me like a G with diffs locked in deep mud and no traction.... :!:
sinking deeper and deeper :?
:lol:
:roll: :?: nice looking car, 8) another star in the family
The only problem you will find with a 7 seater, is that you can not fit the bolster seats required for kids under 1.5M tall. I am just getting rid of an ML, which initially had the fold down bench seats in the back – problem was under EU regulations the child’s seat must not overhang any bench seat, we then decided to get rid of them in the end (found the extra space more practical) and had the seats taken out (real waste of money in our case). I even checked with the Police and they did not know, so they checked the rules from the top. Be Careful, although judging from the LHD your police may not be as officious enforcing EU directives as ours (UK). :roll:
Spider1V
sad day j
shame on you
well at least it has the star in name
I know - its his front crumple zone!
The only problem you will find with a 7 seater, is that you can not fit the bolster seats required for kids under 1.5M tall. I am just getting rid of an ML, which initially had the fold down bench seats in the back – problem was under EU regulations the child’s seat must not overhang any bench seat, we then decided to get rid of them in the end (found the extra space more practical) and had the seats taken out (real waste of money in our case). I even checked with the Police and they did not know, so they checked the rules from the top. Be Careful, although judging from the LHD your police may not be as officious enforcing EU directives as ours (UK). :roll:
Spider1V
Hello Spiderman
I am not sure that we are referring to the same "overhang" but if you look at the first of my pictures you will see that there is none. And there is none in any of the seven seats of the car given that this was the first of the conditions in my wife's brief. Anyway, I post a few other pictures of the interior to show how clean this ML is...
before long you will be saying that the ml is better off road than a G :!:
you old fart...... :roll:
now tell us you were winding us up
april fools,
nissan 1
or a spanish version :lol:
before long you will be saying that the ml is better off road than a G :!:
No way José... :lol:
The ML drives great on the road but I love the Gs solid tractor feeling....
And i am very much looking forward to get it into mud again!
thats a relief.....phew :!:
about 5 years ago i had a merc dealer bring a just released ml270 cdi over to me for a test drive....
well,about 2 minutes into my test drive i turned back home and the dealer was shocked at my remark to say the least.
not bad, but no where near a G 8)
Spider1V wrote:The only problem you will find with a 7 seater, is that you can not fit the bolster seats required for kids under 1.5M tall. I am just getting rid of an ML, which initially had the fold down bench seats in the back – problem was under EU regulations the child’s seat must not overhang any bench seat, we then decided to get rid of them in the end (found the extra space more practical) and had the seats taken out (real waste of money in our case). I even checked with the Police and they did not know, so they checked the rules from the top. Be Careful, although judging from the LHD your police may not be as officious enforcing EU directives as ours (UK). :roll:
Spider1V
Hello Spiderman
I am not sure that we are referring to the same "overhang" but if you look at the first of my pictures you will see that there is none. And there is none in any of the seven seats of the car given that this was the first of the conditions in my wife's brief. Anyway, I post a few other pictures of the interior to show how clean this ML is...
No we are not! :oops:
I thought you may have got the bench seats as opposed to the full 7 seat option. we went with the 'fold down' bench seats that can fit and extra 2 -very small - kids. You should be OK with the full ones. :)
She looks a beauty, well cared for, The advice I can give you on the ML’s – I have had three to date- around 70K Miles the ball joints may need replacing, I did managed to get them to last until 90K miles, I kept getting the garage to tighten them up, however this last MOT I needed to get all four change – big ouch! On the wallet. The other advice I can give on the ML is be careful of the engine block gasket after around 80K Miles watch for leaking – can lead to very expensive fix (UK£2,900) from authorized MB garage and the 'Pre Glow plugs’ for the diesel engines, if one goes (the waning lamp will come on) get it changed as soon as possible other wise you will get a ‘domino’ effect on the others (UK cost around £800 for two). Oh yes and be very careful of the wing mirrors if you have the photo chromatic folding one – here in the UK they are £686 (the mirror is about 190 alone!) fitted – I know as the wife reversed and took one clean off!
Enjoy your ML, although you still have your G to fall back on!
Spider1V
Oh I aslo forgot to add the tip-tronic gear box is a real hoot once you get the hang of the gear changes!
Spider1V
know what you mean about mirrors, but managed to get some from germany for 120 for a complete pair, i know amazing, cant find the guy again now though, anyone want a passengers side one tho ( there always available compared to drivers side) we have one spare. we did replace ours with one off a ford escort van for a while though!!!
Shame
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C'mon... keep the humiliation coming! :lol: