namely the gl 350 blue thingy

my mate is looking at them and has upto £45k to spend on one, but obviously needs to find out if there are any issues that may need resolving on the ones he's going to look at

they don't seem to be very common and he's only found a handful in the country, and by the time he goes to see them they've been sold

 

Yeh the bluetec's are great cars make sure its bin well serviced, look out for the coil/glow light as they suffer with glow plugs and very rare ecu fault,
Other than that money well spent

 

My lad works for Merc and he says don't waste your money on it! Spend it on a Range Rover or if you really want a Merc, go for the ML

 

It's all about 7 proper seats which is why he's getting shot of his cayenne and this is the only suitable replacement
He's dismissed everything else as a range would have to be the discovery and they are dog slow

 

So's the GL apparently. I asked him when I first saw your post, and was surprised by the level of vitriol in his reply.
But, if that's your mate's only choice then I guess he'd better go for it

 

what about the R class?

 

Apparently they are the older versions and have not got the same engines

He's been out in a 420 d and it was dog slow, I mean really dog slow, he pulled out of a junction on the test drive and he floored it expecting a bit if a kick and nearly got taken out by a truck he thought he was going to have no trouble with

The ml420 was doing 35 mph at that point
His cayenne was doing 60 mph at the same point
And these newer 350 d mercs tend to get a proper shift on but he's never been able to test one on a GL lol

My mates got one in an e class estate and its deceptively fast

 

he's bought a brand new one form the dealers now

amongst the things its got listed as fitted is an "active bonnet"

how does that work then?

 

Protection for any pedestrian stupid enough to get in the way:

http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-121...0-0-0-0-0.html