As some of you know I have a baby on the way in Feb, as such I have bought an ML430 for 3 reasons:-
- 4 star N-cap rating
- Chances are it may be snowing whilst labour occurs as such I don't want to run the risk of not being able to get to the hospital
- V8
I've had the ML for around a month now and I quite like it, has the get up and go it should, build quality could be better but that's expected of a Merc of that era. I am on the war path to fix these niggles.
I love the brakes too, Brembo 4 pots up front and Brembo 2 pots on the rear, seems to stop well
I have a few plans for it, which I'm slowly carrying out
The list I have so far is:-
- Fit black leather seats, the seats I have at present I can only describe as suicide grey. They are just such a boring colour
- Flock the grey parts of the dashboard in black
- Paint the horrible walnut in Silver
- Fit LPG system to keep the future costs down
- Smash out the insides of the pre-cats as they are breaking up and creating a noise.
Watch this space.