2015 W166 Merc GLE 400, yay or nay????

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My little bloke would like a ride.....

And I would have to accompany him to supervise of course to ensure only appropriate shenanigans....

Hurry up and visit.......

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A Porsche SUV is also on the cards, as is Volvo now, as an XC90 has caught her eye.

And as it's not my money being spent, for buying or maintenance as long as it won't send us broke in the next five years or so, I'll let her be fussy......

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As per the title, is a 2015 W116 Merc GLE 400 a good thing or will ownership send me broke and wanting to kill myself???

Now nopics is out here and settling in, apparently the 5 series wagon isn't good enough. She wants an SUV, and it must...

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yes it would but I am biased......

I suppose a white one could get the diamonds cut in the wrap.........

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Well I suppose that is a fair excuse for rushing off from cars and coffee......

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I'd hate to think how many 240k's I helped send to the crusher after getting the struts and brakes off them in the early to mid 90's. You could buy them for $100 double your money in the brakes and front struts for not a lot of work, and time it right,...

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Would I be correct in assuming that these positions would be on the average to high end of the average PF salary and the requirements consist entirely of browsing PF and insta, plus calling everyone a cunt????

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An early start at work if there are no delays......

Means an early leave the office. Win win in my book

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But with the new tray will it fit down the side of the house to get back out?????

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Fuck me, that looks amazing.

Well done on actually polishing a turd and not just rolling it in glitter.....

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That is looking mighty good compared to the pics in your first post. The extra bits certainly do finish it off.

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Yes it would, but I'm biased to that as my 240 race car was the dark green with gold OM18 Simmons (real ones, not Tempe ones). Looked tough as, especially with the group C RX7 birdbath on the back....

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Thanks for that.

Looks like it's blue for me to match my first zed. Pity there is no green.

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What colours are available????

Is it the same as what has been shown for the US????

I really would like a dark green like used with the 240's, but if that's not available will look at the dark blue....

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The thing that would worry me is how much Mexican bog is under that Mexican paint????

From what I have seen of restos done in the states and Mexico, they hire sculptors to do the bodywork not panel beaters........

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I reckon $64990 plus a couple of options like Nismo wing and a set of wheels to take it a tick over $70k driving it out the door.

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'sif any Datsun weird beards have bought a Datsun newer than a 1979 model........

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I would be nice to get closer to 10k rather than 5k out of a set of tyres.

Especially as I don't ride that hard.

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So the mirrors I ordered in July and was told in August would turn up in January turned up and I got the text yesterday to pick them up.

So I did.

Presentation was nice and at $360 or so for the pair of mirrors and bar end...

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Mandalika will probably be on my agenda in '23.....

Just hope the infrastructure copes on Lombok for the race and it actually benefits the locals, unlike what has been reported to be happening so far.