C220D overpriced, UK £14k?
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C220D overpriced, UK £14k?
I’ve been on the hunt for a C class either in C220 or C250d format for some time. I found a C220 last month local to me but it was massively overpriced at a Mercedes dealer – the rest of the market was around £1500 cheaper than the dealer. I went in and offered a trade of my car and a reduction in price down to £13,000 to bring it in line with the rest of the market (also thinking they’d offer about £500 for my car) and adding £500 for it being at a merc dealer (so £13,500 sale price of the car) they politely declined and said it was sold to someone else two days later. The car didn’t actually sell and reviewing the market it is worth more than 13k and probably more around 13500; annoyingly I didn’t find the actual price of my exchange as the dealer said “he’d get back to me” but I presume lower than £500 .
Fast forward to today and the dealer has since reduced their price to £14k. Is buying direct from Mercedes with a year warranty really worth £500 over the sale price? Obviously should anything fail on a 60,000mile car it would be but the chances of that are slim of course.
The car is a 2014 W205 on 60k. I do around 16k a year . Is there anything likely to fail within 76,000 miles?
What services should be completed by now and what is due by 76k?
Have a good day all.
Fast forward to today and the dealer has since reduced their price to £14k. Is buying direct from Mercedes with a year warranty really worth £500 over the sale price? Obviously should anything fail on a 60,000mile car it would be but the chances of that are slim of course.
The car is a 2014 W205 on 60k. I do around 16k a year . Is there anything likely to fail within 76,000 miles?
What services should be completed by now and what is due by 76k?
Have a good day all.
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Hi I’m from the uk too. Last September I bought a c250d premium plus from a ‘specialist’ car dealer. This is with 40k mileage (32k when purchased).
Ive had it less then a year and so far one of the valve caps have been corroded. A new tyre pressure sensor needed to be replaced to rectify.
My panoramic sun roof got stuck and I’ve been quoted £2000 by two separate garages to get this fixed. Mercedes charging £204 an hour labour I didn’t even bother asking for a quote. The cars engine acceleration is superb and a lot less c250’s on the road than c220. My biggest regret was saving £1000 by not going to a dealer to get the one year warranty.
From someone whos who’s been in your position. If the car is older than 3 years old then Expect problems. I would definitely get a warranty and give the car a good check over. I’m going back to Audi when I trade the car in early next year.
Ive had it less then a year and so far one of the valve caps have been corroded. A new tyre pressure sensor needed to be replaced to rectify.
My panoramic sun roof got stuck and I’ve been quoted £2000 by two separate garages to get this fixed. Mercedes charging £204 an hour labour I didn’t even bother asking for a quote. The cars engine acceleration is superb and a lot less c250’s on the road than c220. My biggest regret was saving £1000 by not going to a dealer to get the one year warranty.
From someone whos who’s been in your position. If the car is older than 3 years old then Expect problems. I would definitely get a warranty and give the car a good check over. I’m going back to Audi when I trade the car in early next year.
