European road trip - Car advice

[Combustion29]

Ok tolltickets seems to cover me for most of the stuff i need.

Back to the original question - will I have a hard time shifting the car when i get back?

[PositronicRay]

The trick with selling a car is............buying it right in the 1st place.

[BoRED S2upid]

Just buy an mx5 under £1000 far more fun than a 320d no need to sell it when you get back. This is what I did.

[Chongwong]

I feel that £4000 is to much to spend for something like this, as it opens you up to a much larger loss at the other end. Personally I'd be happy enough buying a 500-1000 quid car off of somebody who's bought it for a road trip. I'm not sure I'd be as happy spending 4-8 times that in something that would have most likely spent it's last couple of thousand miles getting thrashed mercilessly. That's just me though.

[Combustion29]

You make some good points. I'm now thinking of spending £1000 on a W201 Mercedes. They seem pretty bullet proof, the main issue being rust. I've seen some very low mileage examples at this price; 60 to 80k.

I'm just worried about breaking down which would really be a pain. However, if I buy a low mileage car and prep it for the trip e.g full service, breakdown seems unlikely. Also a lot of the drives are only gonna be a few hours at a time so doesnt seem like too much strain.

Thoughts?

[pingu393]

Combustion29 said:

You make some good points. I'm now thinking of spending £1000 on a W201 Mercedes. They seem pretty bullet proof, the main issue being rust. I've seen some very low mileage examples at this price; 60 to 80k.

I'm just worried about breaking down which would really be a pain. However, if I buy a low mileage car and prep it for the trip e.g full service, breakdown seems unlikely. Also a lot of the drives are only gonna be a few hours at a time so doesnt seem like too much strain.

Thoughts?

If it has a 12 month MOT, rust doesn't matter - as long as you don't hit anything . Just buy it at the right price.

[Combustion29]

I meant w210 e class, not w201 190!

[Combustion29]

Does anyone have experience with W210s. Seems to be quite a few around for £1000 with really low mileage.
Seems like a steal; am I missing something?

https://www.gumtree.com/p/mercedes-benz/mercedes-e...

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2016...