C350Ee Owners: Is this a model worthy of consideration or a hard pass?
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C350Ee Owners: Is this a model worthy of consideration or a hard pass?
Found a 2018 for around $6k USD with 89k miles on the clock. Looks like air suspension is bottomed out but other than that, looks clean and has clear title. I like the exterior styling and interior, and it would be a step up from my 2014 C250 Sport.
Getting this for long distance commuting so the hybrid portion really isn’t too important to me, but I like having that feature which appears to still improve overall fuel mileage.
So is this model worth a look or should I pass due to reliability issues? I didn’t find too many posts here specific to the 350e, and most are quite dated.
Getting this for long distance commuting so the hybrid portion really isn’t too important to me, but I like having that feature which appears to still improve overall fuel mileage.
So is this model worth a look or should I pass due to reliability issues? I didn’t find too many posts here specific to the 350e, and most are quite dated.
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For me - more so what I have seen recently (an inadvertantly, mechanicall totalled 450e) -yeah, no reason what so ever to consider a hybrid anything. As for mileage or the price of fuel? Yeah, dont care.
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Tell me something: are you just bored or do you just post random worthless nothingness to pad your stats and listen to your self-righteous smugness?
Yeah, don’t care.
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As for smugness? Yeah, for as long as we own a boat with the disel consumption it has...the price of gasoline for a car is not even worth blinking at.
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Interviews? A single crash incident? Job prospects? WTH?
None of which, again, is germaine to the question.
Hey, I ran over a possum the other day. Reminds me of you.
Meh. Moving on.
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I'd be interested in it. Most likely, the compressor or bad air spring or valve block, or line? Can be anything. But good to test the compressor first since that would be easiest.
Can be worth while, but be prepared for repairs and them some.
Can be worth while, but be prepared for repairs and them some.
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Still on the fence though as other cars are in the running.
I really have my eye on a couple AMG's, but seriously, these would not be practical for a commuter. Besides, I've got too many toy cars so I don't need another one.
It's located in Nevada so I can't inspect it directly without flying out there.
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Obviously, do not be swayed by pretty pictures. This is a cheap, high mileage car with an unknown history that has yet to have a mechanical inspection, and you are expecting it to work reliably for commuting. More information is needed before deciding. Sometimes the cheapest car turns out to be more expensive than an expensive car with a good history and good inspection.
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Obviously, do not be swayed by pretty pictures. This is a cheap, high mileage car with an unknown history that has yet to have a mechanical inspection, and you are expecting it to work reliably for commuting. More information is needed before deciding. Sometimes the cheapest car turns out to be more expensive than an expensive car with a good history and good inspection.
Anywho, because I didn't have the luxury of personally examining and testing the vehicle, I sat on the fence until it sold, so this question is currently academic... Unless another 350e pops up. But I noticed all the "e" variants aren't too common.
