"I love him," the man said, "when a plan gathers. "and it was the mother of all ad hoc , free-range, planes domino effect.
Avant-garde pianist Hiromi, with six bass strings monster Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon scored on Phillips, 7:30 p.m. was a concert one night in Fort Lauderdale. Southwest Columbus had a stopover that touched down in Fort Lauderdale at 18:35 Can I get off the plane, get a rental car, and do it in my place fourth in the high 7:30 scene? Google Maps said the drive was 27 minutes. It was the kind of concert where they do not take you to your place if you arrive late.
Well, the plan came together. The plane took off 17 minutes late, but arrived 13 minutes earlier. The drive was easy, parking was free, and I had time to drink and stretch a little before Hiromi started the show at 19:40 There was really only one problem: Hertz had " guaranteed "me Benz C300 for the night, but the text I am when I arrived said" YOUR MERCEDES CLA250 IS LOCATED iN SPOT 440. CLICK HERE fOR BOOK a DIFFERENT CAR. "
"Hell with this," I said, and clicked to book a different car.
"No cars available!" Hertz said joyfully site. There was no time to discuss the issue with one of the gay people but slow in yellow and black polo shirts. It was time for me to do what I long avoided doing: take a turn behind the wheel of the babiest hunchbacked Benz
If you want to know the "Cut." true power of Geoff Day planner infamous part of Mercedes-Benz who allegedly had problems from time to time with the "bad little Jews," a quick trawl through the first reviews of the CLA250 will show you that the ability to human influence the weakness spirit lived even after he left the company gushed remarkable hat-wearer Jean Jennings Talk about a sop to PR. "this authentic Mercedes-Benz!";. this statement is devoid of sense that it is a flat-out lie. So let's look at two possibilities.
Strictly speaking, CLA250 is genuine Mercedes-Benz. it is a development of Class a sedan who carries the flag in the Mercedes-Benz Golf and Astra-segment oversea. Although some units are probably assembled by Valmet in Finland, which is no problem; all "S" Porsche Boxster 05 were also built there, and Valmet used to make a copy of badass AK which was better than the real thing. The car was designed from soup to nuts by Daimler; it is not a Chevrolet Luv or Mazda Navajo.
So if this is what Ms. Jennings meant, then yes , it is a genuine Mercedes-Benz. If, on the other hand, it means that it provides a driving experience similar to what owners of S550, E350, C300 or even expect, so ... haha not fuck .
start with the inside, because I do not want to take on the external style too.
It is never easy to make a small car look like a big, and the results are generally unhappy if you speak the runt-ish first-generation Mercedes-Benz SLK or 1984 Cadillac deVille. The CLA250 no exception; if it looks like the CLS550 Ray Donovan for you, then you are legally blind and viewing distance.
There is much to love, something to hate and despise one thing about this inside
lot to love :. the materials are decent enough for a car in the class $ 30,000. If you have an agreement or Camry, then it will be mostly felt like a step up, especially as regards the large metal sweep of the dashboard. Emblematic feed safety controls M-B are correctly reproduced here, which in itself is a real value for money to people who need to share a car on long trips. You can feel the cost awareness in some of the controls, including the gear lever Mattel and the tiny vague feeling iDrive-esque knob, which controls most of the infotainment functions, but it is certainly possible to spend more money and get worse cockpit.
Compared to my old 10E, however, the CLA falls short in one important area. The seating position and relationship with the controls are straight out of the Ford Fiesta Human Interface Guideline Book, assuming such a volume exists. It is in German supermini here; you lock it up in a relatively large car with short windows. The dashboard is off. The console is low. The angle at which you say your knees cheap car . The old 10E and C-classes that followed, preserved traditional sitting position Benz in small tight area. However, CLA does not feel cramped as it feels like a Honda Fit.
When I returned from the plane after my trip and sat in my Accord Coupe, the first thought I had "ooh, luxury car." otherwise, the agreement can not match the CLA for the quality of finish of the dashboard, but you have the luxury of sitting "real car" instead of having your feet under your knees. It is not something that most buyers will be able to articulate, but they all understand at some intrinsic level when they sit in the small Benz. I will also say for the record that I found painful CLA to drive and use because the seat supermini. In fact, I prefer sitting in Danger Girl Fiesta ST
My last quibble with the interior is shown below :.
What is that? Well, there is a lock-knob super-chintzy-looking statements that would not be in place in a base-trim 1993 Ford F-150. It not only looks terrible, he is ready to impact the elbow of someone big enough to drive this car with their arms resting on the doorsill instead of the armrest. I'm only six to two or two and I found it absolutely infuriating. Enough for me never to buy the car on that one dam "feature" alone. I find it hard to believe that Mercedes-Benz can not do better.
Everyone knows that the Gold Coast in Florida is not exactly the Nurburgring, so it is not surprising that my attempts to carry the chassis and engine were CLA250 limited to a few overenthusiastic off-ramps. It behaves more or less as expected: as a transverse FWD car chassis without magic either. Think 04 Honda Civic. Its current Panhard system siblings are much better, as was my 10E.
The engine is not the 1.8L 201 horsepower I more or less tolerated in the SLK250 in similar conditions last year, but a 208-hp 2.0 deal liters. To quote Brick Top Snatch , "You are not a diesel, are you, CLA250?"
"No, no, I'm not."
"But you have all the characteristics of a diesel, CLA250. All except economy."
From the uninsulated cheap bed direct injectors at a drive-through to the slow revving and analgesic in which it stimulated four delivers the power, it might as well be a diesel. You can feel the car limit torque at low speeds to avoid torque, and therefore it never feels really fast.
The seven double stupid transmission clutch transmission does not help matters. Nobody will ever accuse publicly Mercedes-Benz to deliver outstanding gearboxes, but this one is worse than the case of the usual brand. My company car CL55, I often used as an example of how not to program automatic, was better, and he had a supercharged V8 with which treat. The DCT is still a little slow, a little late. It will launch in a head-shaker downshift for any reason you coast. The pallets are acting as mere suggestions, not commands. You can feel the thing trying to maximize sustainability with its strategy for change and I'm not sure it succeed in its intended task.
What I would suggest is that this car is a direct consequence of the way the media treat Mercedes-Benz USA. Since the beginning of the 10E, the press unanimously hailed each new baby Benz in its infancy then panned tirelessly on the introduction of its successor. My favorite example of this was the examination C / D for the C-Class W202 that compared W201 10E to a dead hamster rotting in the bedroom of a child. With every new small Mercedes, the press felt free to castigate the previous car to be nothing but a cheap way to show the three-pointed star to your neighbors. The truth is that the W201 and many of his successors were much more than that; they were good, solid carriers illustrated all fundamental values of society that could be possible, given the limited canvas provided by a 175-inch unibody. I have owned and driven Benzes various large and small, from C to CL, and I always had affection for the dignity and high speed quiet comfort of small sedans.
With the CLA however, the anything-but-a-star-on-the-grid criticism applies - and it applies to the maximum. The test $ 35375 price of this car would get you many, many cars that are simply better at everything they do. An agreement is a better car, like a Camry, as an Audi A3. Ford Fusion Titanium feels much more like a Mercedes-Benz that stunted little like Golf. There is no reason to buy this CLA unless you absolutely should a new Benz for less than $ 40,000.
Actually, scratch that. You can get a basic C300 for only a few thousand more. This is a good, solid, attractive, high-quality sedan that does not need to apologize for anything. Do whatever it takes to get that extra money.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a phone call to make. I do not see why I should pay for a CLA250 when I really wanted a C300. You should feel the same way.
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