andrei

Hey Guys,

You are gonna laugh at me for this, but I'm fully prepared. I also think I searched the forums sufficiently (or so I hope) before I posted.

How many miles did your odometer read when your new car you ordered rolled off the transport truck?

The reason I ask is, a dealer in Houston happened to get a c230k with the exact color & options I want. It's been there for about a week and I plan to see it on Tues. I've been told that so far, no one has test driven it yet, but I want to be sure this is true.

Why you ask? I'm concerned with anyone test-driving the car and going too hard on it when it should be taken care of during its break-in period. This dealer has a habit of not sending salesmen out with the clients on test drives. (I know, I know..it probably wont matter but still.)

So, yeah...I'm a bit obsessive.....my last car was a super meticulously maintained BMW M3...and I want to be just as careful with my new C.

Thanks in advance to everyone! Have a great rest of the weekend!

Andrei

p.s. don't flame me, please

CitronC230K_03

i ordered mine. odometer read 9mi when it came off the truck.

Blake P

Mine had 8 miles on it.

FrankW

don't remember, don't give a damn either because I watched the car came off the truck w/ all the protection stuff still on the car.

breastroker

Mine had 16.3

It wasn't a test vehicle, they had it stored in a huge lot.

Buellwinkle

Mine was on display on the mall so it had 15 miles, 4-5 of those was moving the car to the mall and back.

RJC

11 miles. Accept no more than 15.

REX0000

Um, mine had 51 miles on it

jelecroy

We picked up our 2001 C240 at the factory delivery center in Sindelfingen (near Stuttgart). It had about 19 miles when the MB driver drove it out into the customer delivery area (where a couple dozen other customers were receiving cars every fifteen minutes).

I understand that a certain percentage of MB cars are taken out on the factory test track before delivery/shipment. At the time I just assumed that they probably take all of the factory delivery cars out for a spin on the track, since there won't be a local dealer convenient to assist with any build problems. The handful of test miles didn't bother me - and the MB rep proudly mentioned at least three times that the car came with a full tank of gas! I didn't appreciate how cool that was till I filled it up in France the next day.

HITMAN

Mine was certified at 4,500

My moms jaguar had 2 miles on it, we actually left the windows down that night because the new car smell was to strong:p

CitronC230K_03

me too! that was a happy day for me. 3 months of waiting were over!

andrei

Thanks for all of the replies so far, guys!! This is really helpful!! I hope the deal on tues. works out...otherwise, waiting 3 months will be torture!

have a great start to your week.

andrei

Guest0001

15

zishan03

Here in the UK, anything upto 50 miles can be considered delivery mileage!!!

x-tian-230k

11

tyro

15

MBAMGPWR

Mine had 85 miles on it. There was a notice in the drivers side door compartment that it was chosen at random for a test drive.

I guess I'd rather have a car that ran perfect them one w/ 8 miles that didn't.

jbcritch

Mine was brand new with 81 miles on it....had been on the lot for over 1 year which is why I got a deal on it.....

However, - my friend bought the second or third CLK500 in TN and when it arrived (late) it had 41 miles on it - direct special order for him.....
he raised cain and told them to shove it unless they gave him some freebies...which they did.

I figure the sales guys took turns driving it the day it arrived since they had never seen one at this dealership before - and obviously not driven one before.....

taylor192

11 kms, or about 7 miles. My dealer has a small lot.

Brian_I.

My sister's had 7 miles on it. The interior still had all the cardboard, plastic, tape and other protective stuff in it. The salesman told us it had never been test driven which was obvious because it couldn't have been with all the factory protection still inside.

Jkw

17, But I saw it still rapped up.

prodigy1387

mine was bought off the lot the same month c320 coupes first began shipping out to dealers (around march 2003), so they only had 3, and i wanted black more than anything, so i just took it. and that was all irrelevant :-P, so yeah, mine came with 14 miles on it.

Jkw

prodigy1387

Welcome to MBWorld.
Jkw

amgme

i had 30 miles on mine.

prodigy1387

thanks jkw