View Poll Results: How long will you keep your C-Sedan?
1 year, maximum
0
0%
2 years, maximum
2
3.70%
3 years, maximum
7
12.96%
4 years, maximum
7
12.96%
5 years, maximum
5
9.26%
7 years, maximum
7
12.96%
9 years, maximum
3
5.56%
10-12 years, maximum
8
14.81%
12-15 years, maximum
0
0%
Until it dies
15
27.78%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll
How Long Will You Keep your C-Sedan?
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: US-Philadelphia
SL600
When the lease is up, it's outta here. Nice ride, but the quality is just not as good as it was in the older Benz's. Out of my cars below, my new C sits in the garage the most. My everyday favorite is still my 95 C280.
Member
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 89
Likes: 2
2005 E500
Sticking with my 2001 C320 Sport until the C55 comes out...then it is trade-in time... 
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Joined: Nov 2001
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From: Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada
2005 smart cabrio; 2008 Mercedes-Benz B 200
longevity
To achieve my goal of under $1000 CDN depreciation per year for every car I've owned, I'll have to keep this one for well upwards of 25 years, when the value will stabilise and perhaps even begin to rise.
My daily driver 405 was bought in 1994 for $12,000 and today it's worth about $2000, and I've owned it 9.5 years. Getting closer!
When I was a university student in the eighties, the most depreciation I suffered was a total of $700 CDN over 4 years in a 1967 Peugeot 404 Coupé Injection. That was good. What was better was the car that followed it, a 1963 404 sedan, also with fuel injection. I bought it for $250 in 1985 and when I scrapped it five years later, I was laughing: $50 per year! No, it did not cost me an arm and a leg to run, probably under $300 per year for total maintenance!
Then there was the Renault 5 I bought with 27,000 km on the clock in 1990 for $2200, and which I sold for $1000 less four years later. That was pretty good too.
Yes, I am a cheap, er I mean frugal, person.
But our C is not a sedan. Never mind.
My daily driver 405 was bought in 1994 for $12,000 and today it's worth about $2000, and I've owned it 9.5 years. Getting closer!
When I was a university student in the eighties, the most depreciation I suffered was a total of $700 CDN over 4 years in a 1967 Peugeot 404 Coupé Injection. That was good. What was better was the car that followed it, a 1963 404 sedan, also with fuel injection. I bought it for $250 in 1985 and when I scrapped it five years later, I was laughing: $50 per year! No, it did not cost me an arm and a leg to run, probably under $300 per year for total maintenance!
Then there was the Renault 5 I bought with 27,000 km on the clock in 1990 for $2200, and which I sold for $1000 less four years later. That was pretty good too.
Yes, I am a cheap, er I mean frugal, person.
But our C is not a sedan. Never mind.
Last edited by Mike T.; Sep 1, 2003 at 02:34 AM.
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Joined: Aug 2002
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From: New Jersey
SLS AMG | S65 AMG | GL550
Originally posted by XxBRABUSxX
Looks like many people will keep it until it dies. I plan on upgrading to a different class in about 1-2 yrs. Cant live without a benz.
Looks like many people will keep it until it dies. I plan on upgrading to a different class in about 1-2 yrs. Cant live without a benz.
Erik
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From: New Jersey
SLS AMG | S65 AMG | GL550
Originally posted by mj50
until MB no longer makes replacement parts...
until MB no longer makes replacement parts...
Erik
Super Member
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 678
Likes: 1
From: Vancouver WA
'14 GLK250 Diesel
Right now, to the extent there is a "plan", it's to hang on to our C240 more or less until it falls apart, or I go on to the Big Garage in the sky, whichever occurs first.
We are averaging around 8k miles a year, and it's generally my target to wait until the extended warranty expires [Sept '09], and then look for something else to use as an every-day driver. The C would then assume the role of long-distance tourer and not be required to run errands or be exposed to nasty road conditions. At the rate we are going, the end of the 7 year period will leave the car with less than 60k miles on the odo, which means it might never see 100k in my lifetime if we used it only on long trips.
We are averaging around 8k miles a year, and it's generally my target to wait until the extended warranty expires [Sept '09], and then look for something else to use as an every-day driver. The C would then assume the role of long-distance tourer and not be required to run errands or be exposed to nasty road conditions. At the rate we are going, the end of the 7 year period will leave the car with less than 60k miles on the odo, which means it might never see 100k in my lifetime if we used it only on long trips.
