G as your first car?

9mpg !!! Mines a second car I'm afraid

first vehicle i drove after a dumper was a 280 ge lwb in blue

first car was a 206 then i purchased the 230ge swb after a few months, much more fun than the pug!

Tom

Ouch! You'd better shop around! That is significantly more than I am paying for a V reg in central London! I knew someone paying less than £400 on a G400.

Young drivers are crippled with high insurance.

When I first passed my test insurance was high, but the percentage it has increased in comparison to income is astronomical.

Hopefully once you get some no claims discount, the premiums will be more reasonable.

Try joining a Mercedes Club.

National Farmers Union? (NFU)

Spider1V

My 22nd ...

I've got it as my first car (now) although i've yet to drive it on the road...Just as I fix one thing something else happens!!!! One day i'll be able to drive it :(

I don't mean this to turn into a contest but you've just awoken a memory.

Each year when shooting at Bisley (after the ranges had closed of course) my two boys drove my manual 461 over the open ground. There was one flagpole in the middle of around three acres of open ground but we came close a couple of times. They were nine when they started.

I've just been reminded by the eldest that he actually changed up into second and third (I don't remember that) and I once let him park it in the bay next to the caravan (I don't remember that either).

Now they're 21 and 19 neither of them has taken a test or show any desire to drive at all. Perhaps they think they've reached the acme of motoring pleasure already.

What a great picture. The smile on her face! That's just how my boys faces beamed :D

My boys were quite tall for their age, your daughter has long strong legs.

I don't mean to move away from the fun part of the posts but these events can be be very important and give the children a huge boosts in confidence. The youngest was a little in the shadow of the eldest but made a great fist of it all when it was his turn (argueably better than the eldest) and my wife and I both noticed a change in him. Much better than a high score on a computer game. Going now as I'm getting soppy.

Thank you - not been expressing my opinion, but quietly eavesdropping :!: This forum is a bit blokey for me really, I've been chatting on another forum where there are more women.(and no G-Wagens as far as i am aware!)
You lot do make me smile though - quite like Spiders sense of humour :D

That sounds good - could we have a G ladies area :wink: Only the men that are vaguely amusing need bother to pop in :D

Although actually Dawney and I don't need to use the forum - we just meet for coffee :P

How many female members are there :?:

Not surprisingly. Mostly I have had company cars. This means that whichever G that has been around in the family for the last 12 years has been mostly driven by my wife Maria. Until I got fed up of having to worry too much about what I did with the G on the Sunday prior to the Monday when it was required to haul the kids to school: then I decided to buy Maria the 7-seater ML320 so that the G is only used for what it had so superbly been designed for: off-roading!

But going back to the original question of this thread. No, unfortunately the G wasn´t my first car. This is a list of what I have owned since I could afford to buy and run a car:

1987 Citroën AX GT red (bought new, sold in 1996 to a friend)
1987 SEAT Marbella L red (bought in 1991, still going strong with just 57 k miles)
1992 Opel Astra GSi 2.0 16v red (bought new, sold in 1998)
1995 Peugeot 405 TD Embassy dark blue (Company car, had it just for a few months in 1998)
1984 Mercedes W460 300GD SWB Astral Silver (bought in Spain in 1996 and sold in the UK in 2003 to a Romanian residing in Ireland!)
1998 Peugeot 406 TD Estate China Blue (Company car, returned in 2001)
1998 Mercedes W202 C180 Estate Auto Smoke Silver (bought in 2001, sold in 2005)
1991 Mercedes W463 G300D SWB Agave Green (bought in 2003, my current G)
2005 Saab 9-5 Estate 2.2 TiD Night Blue (Company car, returned in 2006)
2007 Volvo S-60 2.4 D Dark Blue (Company car, returned in 2008)]
1999 Mercedes W163 ML320 Silver (bought in 2007, used by the wife)

1st car Triumph dolomite
2nd Chrysler Horizon
3rd - 10th (very approx) a succession of MGB Roadsters
Beach buggy
Renault 5
Bedford Rascal
bike
Merc estate
Pegeout 304
G- WAGEN
Astra Estate (my one and only brand new car).

Just a few then - I have been driving since my 17th birthday as I could drive at a very young age and passed my test at 17 and 3 days or something silly and i am now 40ish. :!:

Well as the one and only miss Piggy would say

'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”

So thank you for that very kind and generous comment - you've escaped the black eye this time :!:

Capri Mk1
Renault 5 GT Turbo
Mercedes 2.6 16V Evolution
Nissan SX200
Nissan ZX300 TT
Audi RS4
Mercedes CLK 420
Mercedes SL 55
Mercedes ML55 x2
Mercedes ML 270 CDI
Mercedes G 500

Spider1V - Thinks Helen is cool for understanding my Humour! :wink:

my first car in 1988 when i was 18.

and still my first car to drive on busisness and pleasure trips 18 years on.

18 years seems such a long time but i am hooked!

Spider1V - Thinks Helen is cool for understanding my Humour! :wink:
What's the SL like? I don't see them that often... I much prefer the SL to the SLK

The SL AMG.... hmmmmmmmm

It is like meeting the Woman/ Girl of your dreams, beautiful to look at and will caress you for 1,000's of miles. But Like most beautiful women, they hide their prowess............ and IF you treat them well........ you can go to heaven and back as many times as you want! Hope that sort of answers your question?

Spider1V

Well it would probably be greedy to have both anyway..............................
(but all the guys around would be full of admiration:!: (and jealously, lust and hatred :evil: )