insideKENT Magazine Issue 32 - November 2014 | Page 130

MOTORS

Mercedes-Benz C-CLASS ESTATE
LONG AGO, AN ESTATE CAR CARRIED A CERTAIN STIGMA, AND WAS OFTEN CONSIDERED TO BE
A 'BUILDER'S CAR'. IN FACT, BACK IN THE 80s, MY DAD HAD A BROWN FORD ESTATE CAR THAT HE
USED TO CARRY HIS WORK TOOLS IN. I REMEMBER SLIDING AROUND IN THE BACK (SEATBELTS IN
BACK SEATS WERE NOT LEGALLY REQUIRED IN THOSE DAYS), AND HAVING TO AVOID RAPIDLY
SLIDING TOOLBOXES LIKE WOODY IN TOY STORY. DESPITE THE MIRTH AND MERRIMENT THIS GAVE
US KIDS, COMFY, IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT!

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