MClass - ANything to be aware of?
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Chaps,
I am thinking of buying this...
http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Is there anything to be aware of with these? Anything stand out as bad with the one I am going to look at?
Indicative Google research seems to imply they are quite good/reliable.
I have no particular requirment for the added complexity of a diesel. Is it a mistake not to consider them?
Would a 2006 still be relatively reliable? I am of the understanding that by 2006, Mercedes quality had improved.
The idea of this car is to be a family hack to be replaced in about 5 or so years.
Many thanks in advance!
I am thinking of buying this...
http://www2.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
Is there anything to be aware of with these? Anything stand out as bad with the one I am going to look at?
Indicative Google research seems to imply they are quite good/reliable.
I have no particular requirment for the added complexity of a diesel. Is it a mistake not to consider them?
Would a 2006 still be relatively reliable? I am of the understanding that by 2006, Mercedes quality had improved.
The idea of this car is to be a family hack to be replaced in about 5 or so years.
Many thanks in advance!
Link is missing so not sure what you are looking at?
Presume by 2006 reference you are looking at W164 models?
2005-2011 models compared with w163 1998-2005 model.
Good cars really, I had an ML270 Inspiration and really liked it, that was back in 2003/4.
My old man had a 10 plate ML350cdi and that is great as well, enjoyed it so much I bought myself another ML270cdi on Monday off a forum member.
The 164 is a lot more luxury SUV than 4x4 compared with the 163, still more 4x4 than say an X5, but a good compromise.
Diesels will do around 22 round town, 27 average and 34 on a run I have found.
The petrols will be more like 15, 20, 26 for the same.
What sort of price point are you looking at?
Presume by 2006 reference you are looking at W164 models?
2005-2011 models compared with w163 1998-2005 model.
Good cars really, I had an ML270 Inspiration and really liked it, that was back in 2003/4.
My old man had a 10 plate ML350cdi and that is great as well, enjoyed it so much I bought myself another ML270cdi on Monday off a forum member.
The 164 is a lot more luxury SUV than 4x4 compared with the 163, still more 4x4 than say an X5, but a good compromise.
Diesels will do around 22 round town, 27 average and 34 on a run I have found.
The petrols will be more like 15, 20, 26 for the same.
What sort of price point are you looking at?
jdw1234 said:
Thankyou for the response mate.
About £15k.
I have decided against petrol now. Was initially concerned about owning a modern diesel (dpf etc.), but from what I can see they are pretty reliable.
I am going to look at a 2007 57 plate ML280 CDI on Monday.
I wouldn't worry about comand too much either, if you go for one without comand in it you can upgrade to the latest NTG2.5 easily, just a head unit swap and a cable set for £50. About £15k.
I have decided against petrol now. Was initially concerned about owning a modern diesel (dpf etc.), but from what I can see they are pretty reliable.
I am going to look at a 2007 57 plate ML280 CDI on Monday.
They go for £500 on ebay and give you a much more modern nav system with hard drive for music storage, bluetooth built in it etc.
In fact a car without bluetooth or comand and the standard Audio20 is best.
The older NTG2 comand is very outdated now and still featches a £1000 premium.
Some older cars may already be updated, you can tell as it has an SD card above the cd slot at the top.
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