My Astra is very sick. It's gone away for a new engine and in the meantime I was being sent a hire car. "Can you send me an automatic?" I asked. "Certainly," they replied, and sure enough a Mercedes Benz 300E Auto duly arrived.
This huge beast is about as big inside as our lounge, leather seats, boot like a tennis court, everything electronically operated from the seat position to the hand brake. I thought I'd better check out where the fuel filler cap door operated from. It's so embarrassing when you're at the filling station and you can't get access to the filler cap...
There must be an electronic switch, a lever, a button I thought. Nope, you push the door with a finger and it's on a hinge...
Anyway, I'll enjoy the car for a few days, although I won't enjoy filling the tank for a variety of reasons, but I wouldn't buy one of these. Way over the top, that's for sure. If you see something large and silver whooshing silently by that could well be me.
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