manc5

I have seen quite a few Bm ~vs~ merc stories on here, of which i am guilty of one !

Nearly 2 weeks ago we bought a secondhand, 2002, CL500 for my wife and i think it is pretty fast and pretty agile considering it is the size of a small cruise liner !

Yesterday i borrowed the merc as i had a long jorney to make and thought i would give it a shakedown .

Whilst in the normal course of enjoyingmy ride, i have to say the CL is a nice place to be for a long time.. v v comfortable.. , i found an e60 behind me on a motorway.. so i thought i'd try to get away from it..

Well the long and short is that once i moved the MB barge out of the way the "545i" seemed to cruise effortlessly past through the 90-100mph mark and then quite easily pull away.
so if it ws you in a black 545i with privacy glass and what looked like type 124 wheels on a 2005 yr UK registration, on the M60 yesterday near Prestwich Manchester at around 2:30pm i'm sorry .. i had to try !!!

BTW - the CL really is a very good car..a bit thirsty though but feels very refined and silent .. no rattles or creaks and is a cracking secondhand car at 50% dep on 3years !

David

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Hope you will not be adversely impacted by the latest Mercedes world wide recall of 1.4 million vehicles due to various quality problems. Perhaps your CL500 is not affected....

xexyus

CL500 isnt compared to E60 though. Thats like comparing a 645ci to a C230, theres an obvious winner there...

cobradav

Comparing my what to what???? Nothing compares to my 645 except another BMW, right?