Replacement car advice... (clk?)

[Will]

Originally Posted by James Rothwell

My friend had a CLK 230 Cab a while back and that was quite cool having the roof down but it felt almost underpowered. I imagine the 320 is perfect.

Surprisingly, the 230K is quite nippy in coupé form.

They don't weigh a lot and the supercharged 2.3 puts out nearly 200bhp with plenty of low down torque from the supercharged engine.

Not a particularly smooth engine, but not one to overlook if you want reasonable performance on a budget

Will

[wemorgan]

Originally Posted by Spinal

Based on the elegance spec, automatic, these are the ratings I seem to find:
CLK 200 : 13
CLK 230 : 15
CLK 320 : 16
CLK 430 : 19A

As Will has already said, get some quotes first before dismissing the 430. Maybe it's just my age (34) but insurance groups only alter my premium by modest amounts, until I get in to the silly league of Porsche 911 etc.

Originally Posted by Spinal

... so it's 230k or higher for me....

That was my conclusion too when I bought my 320. I've not driven a 230K, I'm sure it's very nice and from what I've read gives very similar performance to the 320, possibly even better at lower revs. But I can't help but feel that the 320 is more suited to the GT image that the CLK has. IMHO

[Michael G]

Originally Posted by st4

Find £10k and get this old smoker

1995 BENTLEY TURBO R AUTO RED LABEL on eBay (end time 27-Jan-10 16:55:49 GMT)

Looks good but if it goes wrong £KKK

[bennesspipers]

[QUOTE=st4;901970]Find £10k and get this old smoker

1995 BENTLEY TURBO R AUTO RED LABEL on eBay (end time 27-Jan-10 16:55:49 GMT)[/QUOTE

Now thats a car door you'd look cool 'riding'

[buccal]

Reckon mine will be on the market by then spinal

230k 2000 W

Quartz blue/orion grey leather FMBSH only done 37k, my weekend treat for the last 4 years.

[Spinal]

Originally Posted by buccal

Reckon mine will be on the market by then spinal

230k 2000 W

Quartz blue/orion grey leather FMBSH only done 37k, my weekend treat for the last 4 years.

Tempting... I was going to say, anything but the azurite/blue ones but I'm not too fussy about colour I'll keep my eyes peeled for your advert!

Originally Posted by st4

Find £10k and get this old smoker

1995 BENTLEY TURBO R AUTO RED LABEL on eBay (end time 27-Jan-10 16:55:49 GMT)

I've never really been a fan of Bentleys... for £21k (what that bentley went for) I could get a 308.... or stretching it, a testarossa... (fine, a 21k testarossa would be in sad condition... but it would be a testarossa )

I'm still only 24 and differently to public opinion, do NOT deal drugs; and even though I'm Italian, have nothing to do with the mafia... A bentley would not really suit my image (nor improve my reputation )

I need something that I can turn up at a client's site unashamed in, something that allows me to put the foot down on a weekend and enjoy myself, and isn't too "in your face"... after all, if it's too pretty the client's may start thinking about how much they're paying me

M.

[steve333]

Have a browse on autotrader there are alot of clk230's 320's & a few 430's in the price bracket you are looking to spend

[Howard]

Originally Posted by Michael G

Looks good but if it goes wrong £KKK

The Klan come and get you ?

I had a 320 cabrio , and they are nice cars , plenty of real world power and to be honest , more than you'll ever need really.

I suspect i'd still be pottering about in mine if it hadn't been written off.

Glad it did though , now i've got a V8 !!

[Michael G]

[QUOTE=Howard;902344]The Klan come and get you ?
[QUOTE]

Damn another secret reaveled.
Howard are you the same Howard thats on the FK forum?

[Howard]

Yep .

[wemorgan]

Not within your budget I know, but how's this for VFM:

CLK55 AMG for sale

you 'only' need to find another £2k

[steve333]

Lovely car,budget aside at 24 insurance will be very expensive for him,also a big jump up in power/performance to the cars Spinal is probably used to driving,best he goes for a 230 or maybe a 320,he's choice of course

[Gridlock]

Originally Posted by Spinal

I need something that I can turn up at a client's site unashamed in, something that allows me to put the foot down on a weekend and enjoy myself, and isn't too "in your face"... after all, if it's too pretty the client's may start thinking about how much they're paying me

M.

I guess "insurance" is the answer to this question, but have you considered C43s?

[Spinal]

C43 - I did consider; but performance-wise, the C36 actually looks better... much lighter and I don't seem to get as much extra for the added 0.6l.

Insurancewise, I'm looking at about £800 for a CLK430... as to what I'm used to... well, the Z3 is pretty nippy; but has a low top speed... The Ducati... well, fine, it's a motorbike... but it's still got more acceleration than most AMGs can shake a fist at

So yes, this will probably be the fastest car I've owned, but I've been there before

M.

[Howard]

Cheap car for what it is ...

R & W MOTOR COMPANY (GB) LTD : 2001 51 Reg MERCEDES-BENZ CLK 430 AVANTGARDE 2DR TIP AUTO 4.3 V8