Quite classy inside, felt quite nice, my BM feels “functional” in comparison.
We have an e class in the company fleet. Light years ahead of my hybrid BMW inside. My daughters Audi is the same. Much better.
Wont be getting another Beemer. The interior is just dated and dull.
I tested the e300de estate for my company car. It was awesome and only £40 a month more than a Passat estate. Would have got it had it not been for the massive battery/motor taking a load of boot space and that most of the time it would never have been plugged. Got the Passat. Regret it.
You have a BMW?
You should have said something.....
What sun glasses for an e class ? Should they be differ for an a b or c class ?
perchypanther
Member
You have a BMW?You should have said something…..
😀
If it’s not got the 9 speed auto it’s not worth talking about
This was my last cars interior and I'd have another one tomorrow if possible.
This was my last cars interior
For some strange reason before and after I had one many years ago I've always had a soft spot for this:
Underated car IMO. Really like the look of them although they are even more old manish than a 5 series. I have a 9yr old C class and it is still the smoothest thing I think I have driven (although led a sheltered car owning life!)
Don't own a car. Feel left out. 😥
Don’t own a car. Feel left out.
I have a Toyota. More humiliating than not having a car at all.
What sun glasses for an e class
I reckon Prada, or something that's brash, maybe some inset diamante?
This is nothing against e-class drivers, but you did ask!
Mine lol. A lot of buttons.
They are very nice with the widescreen view. I’m on my third estate over the last 12years so definitely a bit biased.
I have a Toyota. More humiliating than not having a car at all.
I’ll see your Toyota and raise you an old Vauxhall Zafira.
I have a C-max in "that light blue that may as well be beige it's so boring".
I choose not to drive it and ride an OFO bike instead.
The interior could at one time have been described as functional, now it just smells of mold, off milk and dog shit.
This was my last cars interior and I’d have another one tomorrow if possible.
Capri?
Is there a portaloo built into the drivers seat then, or do you mean " I was in a Mercedes E Class yesterday"?
I have to admit after having a trip in my mates CLA a few months back and a couple of rides in E and C classes I've been eyeing up older, higher mileage E and C estates...
Kryton57
Were you on the way to the airport? 😉
Ever since a friend of mine pointed out that they are the choice of minicab companies / airlines for airport runs, I've not been able to consider them in the same way.
Front passenger seat needs to be pulled fully forward and tipped towards the dash and there needs to be a bottle of water in the rear door pocket to enjoy the full E-class experience.
Horses for courses ...
has SAAB like YoungGuitarHero's - the interior was rubbish quality and rattled. And all the matt black finish peeled off on a regular basis. And the plastic false wood was plain nasty ...
mercedes - been in many. But they are comfort cars , not drivers cars. So if you like being driven then they are great (taxis). To drive they are as dull as dishwater - until you get into AMG territory and V8s.
They are nicely put together - the great boxes are a weak spot.
I would agree that BMW need to update their cabins - not as nice as Mercs or Audi. But still way better to drive ...
Capri?
No, Mk2 XR2.
No airport, shuttling the boss around town in an Uber Exec.
My dad bought a new Rover SD1 when I was 8 - at that age the interior looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. It broke down a lot but we felt ace driving around in it! 🙂
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Grab that dream,hold it tight.
Best car interior I ever owned!!
I have a Toyota. More humiliating than not having a car at all.
I'll see your Zafira and raise you a base spec Skoda and a Toyota. And the OH has a Volkswagen. Surely all three non-premium brands mean we're far more humiliated than we would be with merely a Toyota?
Best car interior I ever owned!!
...Trilby and string-backed driving gloves out of shot! 🙂
mercedes – been in many. But they are comfort cars , not drivers cars. So if you like being driven then they are great (taxis). To drive they are as dull as dishwater – until you get into AMG territory and V8s.
I agree that they're sold more on comfort, but my mate had an E220d which had a surprising amount of poke, and the slushbox put it onto the road (or at least into the spinning rear wheels) quite nicely. Seemed to steer OK too although I never got a go in it.
Capri?
Mine was a Capri yes. It was the cleanest mk3 I'd ever seen and never went wrong once. Unfortunately I sold it before the market exploded and I'm not willing to get back in at current prices.
the-muffin-man
Member
My dad bought a new Rover SD1 when I was 8 – at that age the interior looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. It broke down a lot but we felt ace driving around in it! 🙂
My Dad has his mates for the weekend (no idea why, swapped for our Audi 100). I was clearly told not to touch anything, so I lowered one of the windows, it didn’t go back up
Anything lower than a E class in a merc or 5 series in BMW and they feel just plain cheap, Audi on the other hand feel pretty well made right threw the range.
I’ll see your Zafira and raise you a base spec Skoda and a Toyota. And the OH has a Volkswagen.
I went from a 5 series to an e class. Both a few years old now.
5 series was more fun to drive, e class is more 'comfortable' and suits pootling around. 5 series was a manual, which took a little while to track down. e class is always bought as an auto, even though that's an extra. I do miss the openable rear window on my 5 series, that was ace, but the e class is a nice car
Got a taxi in October, the boss of the taxi firm picked me up, he likes to do the odd airport run. E53 turned up to take me to the airport, was VERY nice. Egged him on a bit to show me how much poke it has, lovely car.
andy8442
Member
Anything lower than a E class in a merc or 5 series in BMW and they feel just plain cheap, Audi on the other hand feel pretty well made right threw the range.
Been looking at new (used) cars over the last few weeks & whether I should get a newer, cheaper car or an older, posher car.
The C-Class estate felt lovely inside - a really nice place to sit, cocooned in plush seats & the whole car felt rock solid. The Audi A4 Avant felt like a posh VW.
Don't get me wrong - the Audi didn't feel cheap, but it didn't feel in the same league as the Merc.
I got a free upgrade from a golf to an e300de at oslo airport the other week. Handled the snowey roads well, despite only being rwd, but whoever shoved the battery in that 'hump' in the boot needs shooting, if it was flattened over the whole floor it'd be fine.
It was pleasant. didn't feel like 300bhp but I bet it weighs north of 2 tonnes. The auto drive stuff was a bit annoying, required a really firm grip on the wheel to work, might firmer than I'd normally hold with so was less comfortable than just driving myself
Is there a portaloo built into the drivers seat then, or do you mean ” I was in a Mercedes E Class yesterday”?
He thought it had heated seats, then realised he'd wet himself!
I had a C-class when I was working on the Tour de Yorkshire. Far and away the best bike race car I've ever had. Skoda Superb is next (Tour of Britain / Women's Tour).
Then the BMW / Audi world.
Got the C-class up to 120mph once (on closed roads). It had NINE gears; 9th was pretty much autobahn overdrive gear. Fantastic car.
recently changed my A6 Avant, which I got 3 years ago after BMW 3 then 5 series estates. The Audi was nicer in almost every way when I got it. This time I looked around a bit, incl BMW 5 and X3, and Merc E, and Tesla 3. Ended up sticking with Audi, a Q5 this time as it offered best balance of quality feel, comfort and value. I really wanted the Tesla 3 but couldn't stack the numbers up for such a compromise on family space and luggage capacity.
If we're playing "show us your dashboard" I had one of these once.
Had many cars over the years, including brand new Mercs. Never could bring myself to own a BMW for that reason though. Everytime I get in one I just wonder why anyone would pay premium money to sit in one. My last Merc (Ok so it was 14 years ago now) was so much nicer than anything BMW had at the time. For all the better handling etc. I just thought you 'use' the interior 100% of time, why would you skimp on that? Back to current times and Im looking at a Golf e for Mrs P and I get in one and suddenly Im transported back 10 years to my Skoda Octavia which I reckon still has the edge on the current VW interiors.
If we’re playing “show us your dashboard” I had one of these once.
my father in law had the top spec version of that.
Beautiful on the inside, hideous on the outside
A bit like me.
Back to current times and Im looking at a Golf e for Mrs P and I get in one and suddenly Im transported back 10 years to my Skoda Octavia which I reckon still has the edge on the current VW interiors.
I don't really get what VW are doing. It's been a few years since I last sat in a Passat but they were pricing a couple of grand higher than equivalent cars and the dashboard looked like it had escaped from the 90s.
my father in law had the top spec version of that.
Beautiful on the inside, hideous on the outside
It was a strange beast, fo sho. I bought it in "I have to buy something today or I'm screwed" circumstances and it had the honour of being the least worst vehicle I'd viewed that weekend.
I grew to really like it, not least because you can't see it's Faragey face when you're behind the wheel. It was a proper motorway muncher, superbly comfortable, I've not driven anything else before or since that would cover as much ground without me needing to take a break to stretch my legs. It was tail-happy as hell though, you breathed at it wrong and you were going sideways.
Trilby and string-backed driving gloves out of shot!
Exactly, it had a button to put the air con (which didnt work) in degrees F for full ukip mode!!
Its the only car I have had that made me laugh every time I sat in it!!!
Im looking at a Golf e for Mrs P
Wait...what?
Are you cutting DrP's grass?
I go in them all the time. Never in the front. Why do you want a taxi?
My dad bought a new Rover SD1 when I was 8 – at that age the interior looked like something out of a sci-fi movie
Pffft, we had two estate and one hatch BX. Techno dash for the win, the first one being particularly odd if I remember correctly.
matt_outandabout
Pffft, we had two estate and one hatch BX. Techno dash for the win, the first one being particularly odd if I remember correctly.
Oh god it all comes flooding back, I had a 85 BX estate. The worlds creakiest plastic on the switches and the non cancelling indicators.
Beautiful ride though.
This was one of my most favourite dashboards that's if the link works...
https://images.app.goo.gl/HC5XCcuMpZThzjEX9
Nope...
Not that way either
Give up
Here you go:
Thank you sir 😁🙏
Now, won’t be difficult to guess the motor!
Make & model easy. Variant I’d say Sprint.
Ah yes the dolly sprint nice interior, quite a sharp saloon in it's day always wanted one not the most reliable though.......as for cheap effortless speed with a magic carpet ride try a lexus ls400
E-Class. Used to get given those as loaners when I took my MBs in for service. Like driving a comfortable bus.
Wouldn't take one now if it was offered as a gift. Compared to any electric car I've driven it's like driving a noisy, smelly slug.
Having said that, the E-Class I really liked was the one that the chauffeurs who'd occasionally pick me up to go to the airport drove. 
Had both an S class & E class merc last year after someone side swiped our Audi ..( hire replacements )
The s-class had a fantastic interior but was too " big " for the narrow country roads around here ..the E class was " cheap " by comparison ..
I wouldn't have either in place of our Allroad ..
If we’re talking dashboards of our previous motors, I was jealous of the lot of you when driving my first car; any dashboard at all would have been an improvement!
Although ‘car’ is also stretching it a bit 🙄 seemed a good idea at the time...
Our Classy E Class interior ... in Mountain Biking mode...
The interior could at one time have been described as functional, now it just smells of mold, off milk and dog shit.
Is it a Motability car? The great majority of the ones I drive smell like that.
And some are only a year or so old...
We did have a repossessed car in that was indescribably filthy, it stank like a kitchen waste bin on a hot day...
Regards Merc interiors, the latest A-Class cars have a completely digital display, using a screen that runs the full width of the dash. Really nicely designed, they’re lovely to drive as well, but the seats...
I had to take one to Cribbs Causeway in Bristol for a replacement windscreen, which is an hours drive, and after twenty minutes I was fidgeting around trying to get comfy, and by the time I got to Bristol my bum was so numb I was glad to go and sit in Maccy D’s for two hours!
Planing to get down to one dial/instrument and three switches in latest rebuild..
Bob on with the Dolly Sprint 😁 Great driving position, entertaining cornering or roundabouts in the wet and the engine needed a few not so subtle mods to keep it running 😉
@lionheart - I’m going Lotus 7?
Mk2 XR2
Blimey, Kryton57 that brought back a few memories. Was heartbroken when a scallie nicked it and stove it into a wall.
@paulx , I thoroughly recommend you get a cheap banger for the bikes, it would be a lot easier than putting in the boot liner/seat cover/bike cover/kit boxes/extra car mats. If your vehicle clashes so much with your activities one of them is wrong.
I find MB interiors tasteless and gaudy I’m afraid. A million miles from the classic interiors above. Less really is more.
It’s like the design chief has gone home early and said to his team as grabs his coat ‘just make it rocket shaped, brushed silver, and put a blue LEDon it’. Terrible.
Note- I’m assuming they all look like the A class. If not I am talking bollocks.
I've only owned 6 cars 2*60s, 2*80s, 2*05s, never given the interior any thought bar the stupidness of the 05 mini.
Gotba free upgrade to a 300hp v6 amg e class a few days last year. Lovely car although the dash was a bit gimmicky... but so smooth fast and quiet... until u put it in sport mode.
Still took over 6 hours to do a 4 hr journey tho
, I thoroughly recommend you get a cheap banger for the bikes, it would be a lot easier than putting in the boot liner/seat cover/bike cover/kit boxes/extra car mats. If your vehicle clashes so much with your activities one of them is wrong.
The thing with that is that for lots of us, driving to go mtbing might be the longest drives we regularly do.
I don't get to ride much at the moment, but if I do it normally involves about 4 hours of driving to get there and back.
I'd rather do that in a comfy car.
, I thoroughly recommend you get a cheap banger for the bikes, it would be a lot easier than putting in the boot liner/seat cover/bike cover/kit boxes/extra car mats. If your vehicle clashes so much with your activities one of them is wrong.
Nah ...it's only a car! Actually not really a problem to load it up. Takes less than 5 mins.
Press button to drop rear seats, boot liner lives in the boot anyway, front wheel off in about 10 seconds, bike rear end - wheel and dirty bits of bike are covered my bike bag, put bike in car and stick my £5 Aldi seat cover on and rubber floor mat in.
All my riding kit lives in two plastic boxes so just shove them in and ready to go.
With both wheels off it will go in the boot with the rear seats up.
I properly dislike really s**** car interiors, they make me uneasy. It's like the automotive equivalent of 'nervous living' where people furnish their homes with white fabric sofas and incredibly expensive matching Axminster carpets then insist on steam-cleaning you from head to foot before you're allowed into the house where red wine and chocolate is unconditionally banned.
Stick me in something like a Merc and I spend the whole journey terrified that I'm somehow going to mark the interior by looking at it funny. I'd rather have a car that drives really well with a functionally comfortable but spartan interior than gte caught up in the whole 'nice place to be' thing.
Minimalist
Mine was a Capri yes. It was the cleanest mk3 I’d ever seen and never went wrong once. Unfortunately I sold it before the market exploded and I’m not willing to get back in at current prices.
Also a big Capri fan, I had three and can remember the registration, I can't even remember the car I drive today. Electrical niggles and needing a reliable car for work saw me selling my 280 just before the boom😩
Back in the mid 80s. Anyone thinking of commenting on my dress should know I've heard it all before. Apparently what was trendy in France at the time wasn't trendy in Birmingham. The rev counter was useful to learn by ear at what point it was likely to go bang, and the wildly inaccurate speedo a legal requierment. The temperature gauge useful with a front rad and tiny electric fan. The rest was just enough to make it go and pass an MOT. No reverse stop confused anyone else who drove it. It had the rotational dynamics of a spinning top. The MOT tester described it as ****ing dangerous but couldn't think of a reason to fail it. Good for a national championship or two.
Auto test special! Have you got it? Do you still Autotest? I was so keen thirty years ago... my old man was an autotest ace and I was ok..
And like those garage doors.
@slackalice a 1950 Dellow Mk1
@julians neat set up there on that 7 but I’m clearly too old as struggle with digi dashes
Below my fav dash, wasn’t keen on RS2000 steering column (stalks etc..) but dash, for me just right.
https://imgur.com/a/gNitljO