Our new car

We took delivery of our new car - a metallic Orbite Black Mercedes CLC 180K coupe this week and have been very happy with the feel of the car and the drive which is very smooth and the direct steering system, sourced from the SLK steering rack, is very responsive and reassuring. The car corners well with firm but comfortable suspension. The car's wide array of safety systems like SRS,BAS,ABS,ESP makes us feel very protected on the move and the car is well insulated from road noise.

We upgraded the wheels and rims to 17inch from the OEM 16 inch at Poh Heng Tyres at AMK. Poh Heng is well known for good pricing for it's range of rims and tyres and Justin from Poh Heng provides good service. He stayed open into the late night to check that the tyres were fitted properly. We did a road test for this and he asked me to contact him if I had any issues after that. We also did a avant garde blue tint solar film at Cool n Lite at Paya Ubi where you can get between 10 to 20% discount for packages. I changed the mufflers at Autobacs and the service was quite good as the mechanic there went with me to look at the mufflers, try out the different mufflers and polished the mufflers for me. For the car's paint protection, I went to Toughseal in AMK Autopoint. We also went to purchase a customised 3M car mat at a wholesaler at Ubi Industrial estate. Gayle and myself got a good deal for the trade in of our mitsubishi 'i' and for the purchase price of the CLC, getting a good discount for a new car. Those who are looking for a merc at C & C, you can contact our Sales Rep - Luno Lim at 91290205 or luno.lim@cyclecarriage.com.sg. We are recommending him because he gave good professional service, drew up a customised price package, liase with our bank to remove a loan redemption penalty, and did his best to cater to our requirements and give the best possible deal he could and has offered personal after sales service such as collecting our car for delivery for servicing etc.

(Above ) My dar dar at the controls

(Below) Enjoying the car

(Below) Interior console of the CLC. The radio display is very retro. We like the maple wood inserts. The car's built in Bluetooth handsfree phone is quite useful for answering calls in the car.

Our CLC coupe from the rear. Driving the car takes some getting use to since the rear windscreen is high booted and field of vision is narrow so reversing the car and overtaking requires a more careful look at your blind corner. All in all, we are looking forward to more road trips in our new car.