Advantages: Very high build quality, silent running, prestige, badge, lush, solid, fast, sumptuous. Disadvantages: Difficult to park, dealer will empty your bank balence, large car - small....... !
Mercedes 300SEL , S320 Limo 1993.
How I acquired the vehicle?
In my course of work (Mobile vehicle mechanic) I meet a lot of people in the trade.
Because of this, I get the nod when any quality vehicles turn up in the scrapper (for what ever reason they were scrapped).... many times this is down to un-economic repair costs.
Which are for this beast, astronomical? ...well if you are prey to main dealer prices and practices, cars like this will never be owned by the 'less well offs' and I include myself in that statement. It's better to be lucky than rich sometimes.
For me, it's a case of; sod the usual car buying outlets and get your self down the scrapper. Lucky for me then!
On first inspection of this car in the breakers yard, I was shocked by its size; it was huge, damaged, covered in dust + thick mud caked the wheel ...
Advantages: Fully loaded luxury motor leaving passengers and drivers wanting for nothing. Disadvantages: Can be expensive if it goes wrong if you can't find the best repairshop. Initial outlay cost.
Most readers will probably look at this review and overlook it; the common misconception is that the flagship Mercedes-Benz S Class is a luxury that many cannot afford. WRONG ? You can pick them up for as little as £5000, considering they retail for over £60k at new, this is fantastic. But why should you choose the S over any other car? It is a Mercedes and the best of the lot!!!
The S class has been around for many years and is currently on the W221 range, which came out in 2006. The review I will be writing is about the W220, in my eyes the nicer of the two. What you will come to appreciate is that the S class is the benchmark of the motoring world. What comes as standard on the S class today will be standard on a Mondeo in ten years time.
The S280 cost £52,000 when new, my model with the extras it has came in at over £65,000. Today ...
atlantis140 17.05.2009
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Advantages: Becoming affordable, Very impressive picture quality. Disadvantages: None really
I bought this Blu Ray player as I wanted to watch DVD's in the same glorious HD as SKY HD, but also because I wanted an upscaling DVD player for non-HD DVD's. I had previously tried a Philips upscaling player, but was very disappointed with the performance, which was barely better than my standard, non-HDMI DVD player, so took it back for a refund. The Sony BDP-S350 however is a totally different animal.
Firstly, It looks good, with it's metallic blue front, which automatically flips open and closed when a disc is inserted or ejected.
Boot-up time on some Blu Ray players has been an issue, but on the Sony it is as quick as any standard player.
Connections are via an HDMI cable, there is also a optical output for excellent Dolby 5.1, via the necessary hardware.
Blu Ray picture quality is tremendous, possibly slightly better than SKY ...
bobbob455 21.12.2008 (03.04.2009)
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