Geordie
North East
Course I'm out of my mind...........it's dark and scary in there!!
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We recently splashed out on a big modern for Mrs Geordie, as she's doing a few more miles in her new job. It's the most expensive car I've ever been involved in buying, but when she showed me the sale advert pics and said that was what she fancied, I had to say I quite liked it. 2013 Mercedes CLS 250d Shooting Brake. Big, comfortable, quiet and 55mpg (600 miles to a tankful on a run). To be honest, I think it's a beautiful car. The lines are just so sexy. And that comes from someone who really isn't into moderns, as you probably know from my car history. I think it's the best looking current estate bar none...       Thoughts on whether you agree about the CLS lines, and, more importantly, what do you consider to be a good looking modern. I don't really think this should include super cars, with all their low swung swooping lines. I'm thinking more of 'normal' moderns. My shout for another damn good looking modern....Alfa Giulia....  |
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Last Edit: Feb 7, 2019 21:02:09 GMT by Geordie
CURRENT FLEET
'91 Nissan Primera (41k miles, an early one and immaculate)
'99 Ford Mondeo Ghia X (60k miles)
'01 Mini (#869)
'06 Audi A6 (18 year old 'modern' daily)
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tristanh
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In recent years, I was very impressed with the Peugeot 2 door bubble roof coupe, the RCZ IIRC? And the 8c from Alfa. I love also the shape of the newer Audi rs6, but I think it's handsome and aggressive rather than beautiful.
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Beautiful modernsMercdan68
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Yep I love the merc I’m not a modern car lover really anything after 2000 Doesn’t normally do it for me But I love the new Mercedes truck I’d buy one if could afford it, I know a lot of the new trucks look much alike But the merc really looks special  |
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1999 Jaguar s type
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Hell yeah, but I am a bit bias  |
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Last Edit: Feb 7, 2019 21:33:34 GMT by shagracer
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Yep I love the merc I’m not a modern car lover really anything after 2000 Doesn’t normally do it for me But I love the new Mercedes truck I’d buy one if could afford it, I know a lot of the new trucks look much alike But the merc really looks special Have you watched the new grand tour season? It's not a merc really and looks nowt like that! It's a badge engineered NP300 Navara. |
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In recent years, I was very impressed with the Peugeot 2 door bubble roof coupe, the RCZ IIRC? And the 8c from Alfa. I love also the shape of the newer Audi rs6, but I think it's handsome and aggressive rather than beautiful. Yes it's the RCZ had one for 24hrs when they came out, the 200bhp gt line. Really liked it. I may have mentioned this a few times, but I really have a thing for the 1st gen C4 Cactus. |
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Last Edit: Feb 7, 2019 21:48:31 GMT by joem83
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55mpg??!! have some of that! not a fan of any modern mercs really but the cls is certainly a looker.
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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MR TIKI
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TIKI,style from a different angle!
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 Did somebody say MODern? |
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I really really want a Guilia Quadrofoglio, I have no chance of affording it but downloaded the brochure, base price of £63.5k and by the time I'd mentally specced it up it was 72, look on eBay and a 2 year old one can be had for 46, that's ridiculous depreciation  That Merc is beautiful in fairness Geordie, not a fan of the loon as I think the back looks a bit rushed but as a wagon it's spot on, enjoy it  |
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 Alfa GT meets RCZ |
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retired with too many projects!
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Hell yeah, but I am a bit bias
Good choice! I test drove a couple before I bought my GTO and I really liked them.
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2005 Pontiac GTO
2000 Ford CROWN Victoria Police Interceptor - Street Appearance Package
1988 Acura Integra LS 2dr.
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In recent years, I was very impressed with the Peugeot 2 door bubble roof coupe, the RCZ IIRC? And the 8c from Alfa. I love also the shape of the newer Audi rs6, but I think it's handsome and aggressive rather than beautiful. Every time I see one of those Peugeot coupes I see VW Karmann Ghia, which in my slightly biased opinion is one of the most beautiful cars ever made full stop. Not so sure that the RCZ is beautiful, but the influence is there. Personally there's not much that I can think of that I'd consider a beautiful modern, but estates usually look better than the saloon version - the Mercedes being a prime example. |
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1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started.
1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Beautiful modernsMercdan68
@forddan68
Club Retro Rides Member 68
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Yep I love the merc I’m not a modern car lover really anything after 2000 Doesn’t normally do it for me But I love the new Mercedes truck I’d buy one if could afford it, I know a lot of the new trucks look much alike But the merc really looks special Have you watched the new grand tour season? It's not a merc really and looks nowt like that! It's a badge engineered NP300 Navara. Grand tour doesn’t interest me “Looks nothing like that” Yea ok |
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1999 Jaguar s type
1993 ford escort
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Newer stuff generally doesn't float my boat at all but I have a couple of guilty pleasures The GT86 is one of them  What's not to like, a rwd sports coupe that's aimed at the regular person and its pleasing to the eye |
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Last Edit: Feb 8, 2019 6:35:21 GMT by fordperv
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Have you watched the new grand tour season? It's not a merc really and looks nowt like that! It's a badge engineered NP300 Navara. Grand tour doesn’t interest me “Looks nothing like that” Yea ok They said on the Grand Tour that it is just a Navara with a Mercedes badge. This is not completely correct. Mercedes has made many changes in suspension, brakes, noise levels etc. I am not a big fan of this thing, it's stupid expensive and owner reviews are not looking to good. |
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I am with you Geordie. I love the wagon but like the sedan a little bit more.  This modern thing is something I would love to own too  But then again I really like the new 5 series, Toyota Land cruiser, most Audi's.... |
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Beautiful modernsmylittletony
@mylittletony
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I think it's the best looking current estate bar none... Have you seen the current Volvo V90? Elegant, purposeful, and the interiors are something else. There's an artist's impression of a polestar version that made me do an outloud "oooh" in the office |
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I think it's the best looking current estate bar none... Have you seen the current Volvo V90? Elegant, purposeful, and the interiors are something else. There's an artist's impression of a polestar version that made me do an outloud "oooh" in the office Agreed. Best looking estate by a country mile and I hadn't seen a new Volvo that caught my eye in any way for many years. |
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Hyundai Genesis Coupe Did you guys get these or were they Korea and North America only?  Audi A5  |
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2005 Pontiac GTO
2000 Ford CROWN Victoria Police Interceptor - Street Appearance Package
1988 Acura Integra LS 2dr.
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Hyundai Genesis Coupe Did you guys get these or were they Korea and North America only? No we didn't get the genesis coupe but holy jesus I like that, I've just done a bit of Googling about them and now have another rwd coupe that I need |
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Last Edit: Feb 8, 2019 15:00:51 GMT by fordperv
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