Thinking about pulling the trigger on this 2011 C300 4-Matic (for a winter beater).
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Thinking about pulling the trigger on this 2011 C300 4-Matic (for a winter beater).
We just took the car in on trade Friday. Runs and drives well. Has a slight lifter tick to it. The body is in pretty good shape. Looks like it was in a front-end accident (The hood's paint is somewhat peeling). Has 4 brand-new Goodyear tires. Obviously, I work for the dealership so I'd be paying $500 above our cost +TTL. Anything I should look out for? Doesn't seem to leak oil as I didn't smell anything when driving it. Didn't see any oil under the hood. But, I did take the oil fill cap off and the oil was super dirty. Not sure when the PO changed the oil but I'll probably have the tech at my job put some anti-friction stuff in the motor when he changes the oil. I'm going to have the service department do a used car inspection to see if there is anything major I should be worried about. I won't be keeping the car for longer than a year. The only thing that I am iffy about is the carfax says, "Exceeds Mechanical Limits". Not sure what that means but the miles seem to add up when you look at the service records on the carfax. Link to Carfax: https://connect.carfax.com/dir?key=...2eOUmpoZcI6NfGj-7T7-8vTmLUmqamqrjNAlqur2Krq5E
Any clue as to what that means? Maybe a mistake on the DMVs part? Cars got 172k miles
Any clue as to what that means? Maybe a mistake on the DMVs part? Cars got 172k miles
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what's there to worry about in terms of the transfer case? I didnt get to drive it to far. I wanted to take it home lver the weekend but we havent changed the oil yet. I don't want to take it to far with dirty oil.
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“Exceeds Mechanical Limits” refers to the odometer. In this case, that’s absurd because the car would have to have a million miles or more on a 6 digit odometer for this to be accurate.
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This sounds like a car that should not be more than 2-3k and should not have any money dumped into it. I’d not be so worried about driving with the dirty oil because the previous owner has probably not changed it in 20k miles. It sounds neglected and what’s done is done. As you know there is nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes. So we can better help, perhaps list out your budget and goal. Do you only want it for a year or only ultimately think it will last for a year to get you by, two different ways of thinking. Good luck. Nice cars when maintained well.
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This sounds like a car that should not be more than 2-3k and should not have any money dumped into it. I’d not be so worried about driving with the dirty oil because the previous owner has probably not changed it in 20k miles. It sounds neglected and what’s done is done. As you know there is nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes. So we can better help, perhaps list out your budget and goal. Do you only want it for a year or only ultimately think it will last for a year to get you by, two different ways of thinking. Good luck. Nice cars when maintained well.
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if I have to put $1k in it for it to last me more than a year, I'm okay with it. That's if I can get it for $500 above cost. If not, I'll pass
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Oil gets dirty in any engine once it's been run for a little while. Unless you saw visible metal flakes there's nothing to worry about.Give it a thorough check underneath - https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...-subframe.html.
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Oil gets dirty in any engine once it's been run for a little while. Unless you saw visible metal flakes there's nothing to worry about.Give it a thorough check underneath - https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...-subframe.html.
The oil was like muddy. When i took the cap off, the side of the motor by the timing chain was all muddy.
I passed on it. Seems like it's too risky
