Been looking at W211 E Series Estate

[sparkythecat]

I'm looking for a big Estate car with a budget of around £15k.
I understand this model was given a facelift in 2006. I'm struggling to find much info as to what the revisions were.

Can anyone give me some pointers

[sparkythecat]

Thanks chaps.
It would appear that a facelift model with a 6 cylinder engine and reasonable miles is just outside my budget.

[sparkythecat]

For the past 15 years I've owned a succession of 6 cylinder BMW petrol engined cars, but am no stranger to the devilish derv.

20years ago, when I was an impoverished first time house buyer, I bought a three year old Renault Savanna 2.1 diesel with 120 k on the clock. I sold it 4 years later, still going strong with a 190k on. It was reliable, economical motoring, but oh so dreadfully dull.
I've spent the last 7 years of my professional life, wringing every last ounce of performance from the four cylinder derv engine in a Berlingo van .Like the Savanna, momentum was everything and overtakes had to be planned weeks in advance.
Mrs S had a 2.0tdi Audi A3 for 4 years. Yet despite its 140bhp and 6 speed gearbox, I could find no joy in driving it.

For these reasons I really don't want another 4 pot diesel.

[sparkythecat]

gizlaroc said:

Looking on autotrader though it seems the petrols are the same money as the derv at the moment, and only 2 estates on there.

Which just goes to prove that your original assumption was right - Brits want oil burners in their Mercedes E Class.

[sparkythecat]

This
looks quite nice, but is it the facelift model?

[sparkythecat]

va1o said:

Nope its a pre-facelift. Overpriced given its age and miles.

Which takes me back to my original question, How can you tell the difference ?

[sparkythecat]

Well, I'm still looking. I've upped my proposed budget, but decent sub £18k facelift models are still very thin on the ground.

A couple of questions

What does 'Sport' specification mean?

Is 'Command' really worth a £1k premium on a 4 year old car ?

Edited by sparkythecat on Friday 13th August 20:04