Mercedes A Class for a 17year old - what to avoid/ look for?

[gstar]

[gstar]

Suspect this will be the best it'll ever be so figure snap before reigns are taken!

[smithyithy]

Probably the cleanest you'll ever see it, at least if my younger sister and her mates are any example to go by

Does look very smart though!

[ZX10R NIN]

Very true OP

[MC Bodge]

gstar said:

Suspect this will be the best it'll ever be so figure snap before reigns are taken!

I wonder how well it would stand up to DIY autograss and rallying, left foot braking, handbrake turns and few humpback bridge yumps... and hitting stationary objects? Or was that just me?

Edited by MC Bodge on Sunday 23 January 13:55

[Panamax]

gstar said:

finally took the plunge after a 3 months of scouring Pistons/ Autotrader and the likes... car being prepped at main dealer - went for the lowest power (102) petrol - an A160 AMG line (2018 but pre-facelift) petrol and manual. Tested it - great drive, pokey enough for a young person and lowest on insurance group.

Good choice IMO. Bought an almost identical car from MB Oxford for a family member in March last year. I thought I'd overpaid a bit at the time but everyone's very happy now, the way prices rocketed through 2021.

Not the most exciting car on the planet but it's a decent car and, hey, it does what it says on the tin.

I always think there's some good value at the bottom of the MB range. People pay a shed-load more money for fundamentally the same car with a few toys and shiny bits added.

Does it have the Sat-Nav fully set up? If not it's apparently just a card or some such that's needed.

[gstar]

Car has a pre-install for garmin pilot so only a disc needed...however with Android Auto/ Apply carplay already avail, no real need for Sat nav - my son's first move was to connect his phone before releasing the electronic brake! That gives him all his Apps including likes of Waze + Google Maps. Parking sensors were a must so have those incl camera. The "premium" model adds seat heating (unnecessary in my mind on non-leather seats). If we missed anything, it was ambient lighting - Merc does that well but think taking 2 years MB warranty gazumped that.

I suspect my son would say straight piping would have been nice or a Novitec kit... yeh, shine on!

[Panamax]

gstar said:

Car has a pre-install for garmin pilot so only a disc needed...however with Android Auto/ Apply carplay already avail,

Yup, same solution in our family.