So today I got a promotion at my work which is going to require me to be driving around A LOT, I am talking hundreds of miles a day. They do require me to take my car (they reimburse for gas obviously). Now I am trying to decided which would make more sense, driving my 2005 c230 sedan or 2002 c230 coupe. The sedan is at 71k right now and the coupe at 95k. Which would you guys recommend?

 

sedan of course, good on gas the the chair is more comfy

coupe... PSS9 make it stupid bumpy, and if seriously 100 miles a day, they should give u a company car


ever since i got my Accord coupe i stop driving the benz, cheap on gas and HELLA comfy and don't give a damn about any rock chips

 

Yeah, what more comfortable? I've got 183K miles on mine with no problem but eating tires. ( hopefully I've fixed that with getting a non staggered setup. ) my car still get around 35 mpg too. Enjoy driving, I know I do!

 

I vote for the sedan for the aforementioned reasons. Plus it already has lower mileage than the coupe.

 

I agree with the arguments above. The only thing I should mention is that the M111 engine is tough & will do a higher mileage trouble free.

 

Gawd, that many miles, are you getting as car allowance?
I'd get something for work that you can beat up and not worry about.
Hundred of miles per DAY?
It pissed me off the way companies now are so tight with company cars,
that way it's not their responsibility to maintain it, and everything including the time spent at the dealers and repair shops is on your dime. Arrgh.

I've been lamenting the 'good ol days' lately, it's part of what being an American was so great. Good jobs, wages, working conditions, benefits.
Pretty soon we'll all be eating rice for our 15 minute lunch and working for 10 cents an hour.
Where do I sign up?

How about Geely like in Kira's pic?
Check the crash tests on the Chinese cars...well they own Volvo now, so it won't be long before the figure
out the safety stuff.

My vote is neither. You'll be dealing with constant maint. and we all know it's expensive.
But yeah, M111 can take it more, THOUGH, there's some high mileage 271's around here, that seem almost immune to the problems, maybe all that highway driving keeps things running smoothly.

 

Get a used Honda, and start making money on your reimbursement, instead of having to constantly fix a Benz with that many miles. I wouldn't want to use either car for that many miles daily.

 

I wish they would give me a company car, I don't think that will be happening to soon though. Your point about the gas is true though, coupe eats gas so much.

In all honesty I think the coupe is more comfortable. Wow seeing people like you with such high miles on there w203 makes me feel good seeing they can go strong for so long. 35MPG is great too! Did you loose any handling or performance when you went with a non staggered set up?

It does have lower miles but the value of it still isn't super low, I feel like if I put a ton of miles on it it would deprecate more then the coupe because the coupes value is already crazy low. It seems like for every good point for each theres a low point to weigh the other out

I havent really had any mechanical problems with the sedan in my time of ownership of it (knock on wood), any recommendations on what to do to keep them both running strong for a long time?

Yep I would say I am averaging around 150-200 miles a day just for work and then another 50 a day driving to personal things. Plus almost every other month I drive to Irvine which puts around 800 miles there and back. I wish they would give me a darn company car but there barely paying for my gas as is now. Because your in the bay you would get a better idea of the daily driving I am doing. I am going from my house in Pleasanton to dublin were my work is based out of then for work I have to go to cupertino, san jose, walnut creek, san ramon, and San francisco all in a day. Some days I go to more places and some days less. I love the job but its frustrating putting so many miles on. I think it would make most sense to get a sh*ty car to put a all the miles on but having 3 cars just seems like to much, plus my insurance is high enough as is. Today I put on 200 miles on my sedan and averaged a MPG of 32.5. I drove from dublin to cupertino and back to dublin and when I got back I had put on 100 just from that trip, I though I was done for the day when I find out I need to go out to San jose. Then after work drove to livermore to go go-karting and after drive back to Pleasanton to go to the gym. A total of around 200 miles. I dunno a cheep older Japanese car is kinda starting to sound good right now. It would have to be SUPER ricey though

 

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/pts/3127361800.html

Get me a JDM work car

 

In all honesty, that would be a much better car for your commute. And who can argue with TE37s?

 

nice looking civic

 

I'd drive the sedan.

141k on my 2005. I'd love to have a job that required me to drive it hundreds of miles per day just because I'd like to see how far it can go. I loan it out to people to drive it more. Last week I loaned it to someone the whole week. Today Marco has it in south Georgia. I enjoy seeing the miles add up for some reason.

 

i will also ask for my work to wrap the car up, as advertising u know? pay u $300 more a month for the car wrap advisting

 

how dare u insult the products make by a great country

the make the best car in the world, i have no clue why Mercedes has to copy their work, just look at this Geely, Mercedes totally copy them, and look at Geely GE, Rolls Royce totally copy their work, why cna't they be more original GEELY FTMFW!!

 

Handles great, with the same size at all four corners. I put Michilen primacy MXM4's, and I am very happy with them. I really love the way big wheels look but I have to have a comfy ride and get some longevity too.

 

184K miles and thought I give it a bath and show off my new wheels...
https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...1&d=1342411991
https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...1&d=1342411991
https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...1&d=1342411991

The shot of my new flat badge.

 

Looks amazing for 184k
Great looking wheels too!

 

So did you decide which you'll drive? You could alternate and pile miles up on both.

Polar - nice to see pics of your car. Indeed it does look great for 184k.

 

Well I was thinking about just buying a really cheep honda or something and using that to put all the miles on but today they sent out a letter that they might start laying off people so I don't want to buy another car just because of this job right now. In the mean time I have been driving the sedan mostly because the coupe has been in the garage all opening up because of a little project I am doing on it currently. I most likely will alternate between the two though.

 

I vote for the sedan for the aforementioned reasons.

 

It makes no sense to me to buy a car and then buy another one to drive. What is a car for, anyway? If I felt like I had to buy another car because my C230 couldn't handle the miles I wanted or needed to put on it, I'd sell it so fast its ESP wouldn't have been able to see it coming.

I'm not spending as much money as it costs to buy and maintain a Mercedes or anything else like that only to spend most of my driving time in some cheap Honda. It's like buying a Tempurpedic mattress for $2,000 then sleeping on the floor because you don't want to wear it out. Or buying expensive shoes but wearing flip-flops because you are afraid you'll get them dirty.

Cars have 1 purpose only.

/rant

 

^^^I'm with this guy!!!

I'm currently at 126,900 something and counting on my 05 C230 and it's my ONLY car so it goes EVERYWHERE. Work, school, home, store, downtown, across the country, etc.

I would've taken it to Chicago last week,but was REALLY GLAD I didnt due to the big city life of narrow streets that have cars parked on both sides along with the fact that parking pretty much doesnt exist. Some of those streets are so narrow that if you have 2 cars on the same street heading opposite directions eventually they'll have to slowly squeeze by just to get through which would put my vehicle at risk for damage.

Peydidy, I'd drive the sedan. My previous vehicle was a 2 door coupe and I switched to sedan and i enjoy the extra space even if it doesnt get used. I saved up for a long time for my 05 and I'm definitely going to get my moneys worth out of it. Run it til it's dead!

 

That so totally sucks. All those miles, no car allowance, no company car.
What crap.
Get an old Mercedes diesel or a VW rabbit diesel...ha.
Or a Geo Metro.
New Jetta TDI gets 50 mpg.

Get the ugliest, oldest, most beat up piece of crap you can find
and tell the clients it's all you can afford since they don't pay you enough.


HA, 4500 for that POS honda???

 

Pey,
Be sure to keep track of your ACTUAL vehicle expenses, and if you are on W2, you can claim it as an unreimbursed employee expense.

 

i live almost bychicago and the streets are the same as the suberbs..except their are potholes everywhere..

drive to naperville, its 20 miles away from chi town....ill race ya