Any Idea on ETA for the MY12 C204 Coupes? (2012 Coupe Ordering Guide on Page 2)
09-05-2011, 03:07 PM
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Time to give back to the peeps at this forum... I'm located in vancouver and ordered a C250 Coupe (no bi-xenon package) in late June. My SA stated today that my car is stated to arrive in Halifax on Sept 8 (probably on the same boat with a few others on this forum located in Ontario), and that I should be taking delivery after Sept 20.
Hope that sheds some light for people anxiously waiting in the west coast .
Hope that sheds some light for people anxiously waiting in the west coast .
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09-08-2011, 04:18 PM
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Don't tell me it was electronics. I've heard of some MBs needing these $3k and $4k computers put in too. Electronics have probably been the biggest annoyance on my wife's Passat - soon to be replaced by a new C.
09-08-2011, 04:26 PM
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What kind of repairs? Is it because of the Kompressor engine. I heard in general those engines break more (particularly on Audi's and VWs) and are very expensive to repair.
Don't tell me it was electronics. I've heard of some MBs needing these $3k and $4k computers put in too. Electronics have probably been the biggest annoyance on my wife's Passat - soon to be replaced by a new C.
Don't tell me it was electronics. I've heard of some MBs needing these $3k and $4k computers put in too. Electronics have probably been the biggest annoyance on my wife's Passat - soon to be replaced by a new C.
09-08-2011, 05:46 PM
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Thanks, I'm not put off, because I'm getting standard aspirated, but no way a six-year car should be having repairs in my opinion. I kind of understand once they break 10 years or 100k miles for the average car. I don't consider MB an average car.
09-08-2011, 05:56 PM
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Once the warranty is up on these cars, that's usually when the problems start. Also, an MB, especially the C-Class, is an average car that is prone to the same problems as others. This will be my third C-Class, so I will have owned all of the past three generations of the car--202, 203 and 204. They all have their upsides and their problems. They're frustrating at times, but it's still a good car.
09-08-2011, 06:00 PM
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Once the warranty is up on these cars, that's usually when the problems start. Also, an MB, especially the C-Class, is an average car that is prone to the same problems as others. This will be my third C-Class, so I will have owned all of the past three generations of the car--202, 203 and 204. They all have their upsides and their problems. They're frustrating at times, but it's still a good car.
The cars I've owned in the past 20 years (VW, Hondas, Toyota, Mercury) all started having problems about the 105k mark and then went steadily and expensively downhill despite impeccable maintenance and my best efforts. I'm pretty much vowing to get rid of any car before 100k this time.
09-08-2011, 09:28 PM
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What kind of repairs? Is it because of the Kompressor engine. I heard in general those engines break more (particularly on Audi's and VWs) and are very expensive to repair.
Don't tell me it was electronics. I've heard of some MBs needing these $3k and $4k computers put in too. Electronics have probably been the biggest annoyance on my wife's Passat - soon to be replaced by a new C.
Don't tell me it was electronics. I've heard of some MBs needing these $3k and $4k computers put in too. Electronics have probably been the biggest annoyance on my wife's Passat - soon to be replaced by a new C.
But the amount that I'm dumping into repairs right now is WAY more than I originally anticipated.
09-08-2011, 10:30 PM
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Once the warranty is up on these cars, that's usually when the problems start. Also, an MB, especially the C-Class, is an average car that is prone to the same problems as others. This will be my third C-Class, so I will have owned all of the past three generations of the car--202, 203 and 204. They all have their upsides and their problems. They're frustrating at times, but it's still a good car.
Thank God for the extended warranty which picked up another $2800 in repairs in the final two years I owned it. The early W203s and W211s were the cars that cost MB their worldwide engineering reputation and killed sales. MB canned their then CEO over all this.
All those warranty repairs made lots of money for the MB techs though but what with the reliable W221, W212 and our W204s, the bottom has dropped out the warranty repair orders and many techs have lost their jobs across the country.
My C300 has about one month of warranty left so is going in next week for a thorough check-over to see what might need doing as one last bite out of the warranty. No cost to me, of course.
09-16-2011, 12:17 AM
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09-16-2011, 12:29 AM
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Sadly I don't really know. My sales is so clueless I gave up asking him for anything to specific. All I know is 2 weeks before that, he called telling me my car's in production and cannot be changed.
09-16-2011, 05:44 PM
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Midnight Blue 2004.5 C230 Kompressor Sport Sedan. 2002 w210 E320, 2009 w211 E350 Sport
Sadly, now that they have the price listings on the website, I don't know if I can swoop this car up right away. May be a little while longer until I actually get one.
I really love the look of the new C coupe.
I really love the look of the new C coupe.
