Looking into C320s - What to expect
09-22-2010, 02:48 PM
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A W210 is not a wise idea, either, for the record. Basically if you have $10,000 to spend you need to not look at German cars - like Trey said.
09-22-2010, 03:08 PM
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I was looking for a 2003 up w203 and i ended up with on 02' C240 for $7500 with 65,000 miles on it. Couldn't. resist the price since I just sold my 2000 c230K for $5,000. Just be patient and the most important thing is you have to have cash on hand if the right deal comes.
09-22-2010, 04:23 PM
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For the record I own a W210. There fine cars as long as there 2000-2003. Very easy to work on and are still considered old school Benz.
09-22-2010, 10:00 PM
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No, I don't really like their coupes very much; and a coupe seems too impractical for me. I'm thinking about a 99/00 LS400 or 99/00 GS300. Neither one has curtain airbags but they both have ESP. And a nice sound system from what I hear. Their engines are belt-driven so that is a $1000+ expense I have worry about already. They are just sooooo boring to drive though.
09-22-2010, 10:29 PM
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No, I don't really like their coupes very much; and a coupe seems too impractical for me. I'm thinking about a 99/00 LS400 or 99/00 GS300. Neither one has curtain airbags but they both have ESP. And a nice sound system from what I hear. Their engines are belt-driven so that is a $1000+ expense I have worry about already. They are just sooooo boring to drive though.
I am not a Toyota fan at all and hate looking at them and driving them but my God the SC coupes are a great car for the money. Only Lexus I would look at and buy. A lady who lives next door to me down in Florida has the LS460 and its huge but its so daul and plain looking.
09-24-2010, 03:40 AM
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Nathan do you honestly think a less-than-$10k W203 is going to be anything special to drive? It isn't. Buy the Lexus and stop stressing so much over reliability. If reliability is such a huge thing to you I can't see how anything German was ever in the running.
09-24-2010, 03:50 AM
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belt-driven?? say whatttt????
and like said above...Soarer/SC coupe are bang for the bucks. you get one of the best rear wheel drive coupe platform Toyota ever made and you get either a reliable V8 or a 2jz-ge that you can slap on a turbo or swap it out with a 2jz-gte for cheap.
and like said above...Soarer/SC coupe are bang for the bucks. you get one of the best rear wheel drive coupe platform Toyota ever made and you get either a reliable V8 or a 2jz-ge that you can slap on a turbo or swap it out with a 2jz-gte for cheap.
09-24-2010, 09:22 AM
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Okay guys, simmer down. I already said I wasn't going to try for the Mercedes so there is no need for the comments to continue. This may be the last time I visit for a while because since the W203 & W220, Mercedes hasn't made a car that I find appealing. Except for the W204, it looks nice but the quality I expect doesn't seem to be there. So you won't have to put up with anymore threads from me in the near future, farewell fellow partisans.
09-25-2010, 07:36 AM
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Okay guys, simmer down. I already said I wasn't going to try for the Mercedes so there is no need for the comments to continue. This may be the last time I visit for a while because since the W203 & W220, Mercedes hasn't made a car that I find appealing. Except for the W204, it looks nice but the quality I expect doesn't seem to be there. So you won't have to put up with anymore threads from me in the near future, farewell fellow partisans.
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Hope you make a decision in the next 5 years. Best of luck
