Maintanance cost
#1
Maintanance cost
This is my first post to this forum, so hello to everybody, this is one great forum ! I want to apologise for my poor english, but I'm from Bulgaria, so it's no my native language.
So lets get to the point. I'm in the market for used C63 AMG 2008-2009. I was looking throughout the forum but was unable to find similar thread. I'm familiar with most of the car's big expenses such as tires fuel etc, but here in Bulgaria such cars are rarity, so there is noone to ask about maintanance cost of such auto. I don't expect to be cheap offcourse, could you be more specific about what can I expect ?
I'm planning to drive it as a DD, about 20K miles yearly. What is the worst thing to get wrong. Also if u can show me some similar threads i'll be grateful ! Thank you in advance !
So lets get to the point. I'm in the market for used C63 AMG 2008-2009. I was looking throughout the forum but was unable to find similar thread. I'm familiar with most of the car's big expenses such as tires fuel etc, but here in Bulgaria such cars are rarity, so there is noone to ask about maintanance cost of such auto. I don't expect to be cheap offcourse, could you be more specific about what can I expect ?
I'm planning to drive it as a DD, about 20K miles yearly. What is the worst thing to get wrong. Also if u can show me some similar threads i'll be grateful ! Thank you in advance !
#2
This is my first post to this forum, so hello to everybody, this is one great forum ! I want to apologise for my poor english, but I'm from Bulgaria, so it's no my native language.
So lets get to the point. I'm in the market for used C63 AMG 2008-2009. I was looking throughout the forum but was unable to find similar thread. I'm familiar with most of the car's big expenses such as tires fuel etc, but here in Bulgaria such cars are rarity, so there is noone to ask about maintanance cost of such auto. I don't expect to be cheap offcourse, could you be more specific about what can I expect ?
I'm planning to drive it as a DD, about 20K miles yearly. What is the worst thing to get wrong. Also if u can show me some similar threads i'll be grateful ! Thank you in advance !
So lets get to the point. I'm in the market for used C63 AMG 2008-2009. I was looking throughout the forum but was unable to find similar thread. I'm familiar with most of the car's big expenses such as tires fuel etc, but here in Bulgaria such cars are rarity, so there is noone to ask about maintanance cost of such auto. I don't expect to be cheap offcourse, could you be more specific about what can I expect ?
I'm planning to drive it as a DD, about 20K miles yearly. What is the worst thing to get wrong. Also if u can show me some similar threads i'll be grateful ! Thank you in advance !
The cars are also very reliable. We just traded in a C55 after 8 years, during which it was never in the shop other than during scheduled maintenance. A couple of times they found minor leaks, which they repaired on warranty. The only time I was ever stranded by an AMG in all these years was when my S65 ran out of gas because of a bad fuel gauge sender.
#3
This is very nice. It looks like there is nothing to worry about then. My worries are about that I'm buying something like 45-50K US$ car and don't want to pay this much for maintanance in the next 3-4 years. Is there any chance ot this happening to me ? In this maintanence money I exclude tires and fuel and regular oil changes brake changes etc. ?
#5
That's also quite nice to hear
Still,can anybody could give me some average price figures for 1 year of maintanance ? I just can't belive nothing to go wrong with 5-6-7 year old car with such abuse withing 20k miles roughly ?
#6
If you're looking for repair items in "maintenance," like leaking seals and worn flex disks (part of the prop shaft on Mercedes), those happen now and then but cost will depend on your local labor rates mainly. These cars don't have the complicated hydro-pneumatic suspensions of the S-class, so a major source of repair bills is eliminated. Electrical problems can happen, and can be hard to diagnose if the mechanic isn't well trained. But I haven't had any such problems in the last few cars anyway.
There are no guarantees in life unless you have a warranty, but these cars are not highly nervous racehorses, like some other marks.
#7
Thank you for the info ! That's exactly what I was expecting to hear. In the family we've got one S class, so I'm prety familiar with the maintanance cost of it .
It's normal not to know the mechanic charges here in Bulgaria, it's cheaper than USA, especialy if you don't go to the dealer.
So, it looks like there is no much to go wrong in diference with a regural C class ?
All i hear from you and read in the forum is actually pretty good about the c63. No wonder, if in a couple of month I'm in one of this beast
Thank you again for the answers, but still curios of hearing some other opinions .
It's normal not to know the mechanic charges here in Bulgaria, it's cheaper than USA, especialy if you don't go to the dealer.
So, it looks like there is no much to go wrong in diference with a regural C class ?
All i hear from you and read in the forum is actually pretty good about the c63. No wonder, if in a couple of month I'm in one of this beast
Thank you again for the answers, but still curios of hearing some other opinions .