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What Type of Loaner does you dealer provide?

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Old 08-03-2015, 08:48 PM
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What Type of Loaner does you dealer provide?

I just had my car serviced and drove a 2015 C300 which is a big improvement from the 2014. My kids thought the display looked like and iPad and wanted to know if you could remove it. I am not sure about the display but the rest of the car is much improved. The other car my dealer will provide is a GLK.

After now having an opportunity to drive both it really makes me miss by E550. They are nice, but not the same.
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E550 is another level
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CLA or C class.
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My Dealer always gives out a C250 with GIANT dealer advertisement stickers all over the place. Kinda embarrassing to drive to be honest.
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Most of the time I got a C class (2014 though). Once I got a CLA250 and the last time they gave me a GLK350. None compare to the E-class in terms of refinement and ride quality.
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I think they will loan out MB models but the only time I needed a loaner they gave me a Toyota Avalon.
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Hyundai or any other comparable cars. For $20/day they would upgrade to a C class. I don't look forward to getting the loaners from them but go there just for convenience.
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C once a ML350
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I get S class when I bring my S class in......
used to get GLK when I had my e550.....but MB of Cary has S's just for S class customers.....even the indy shop I use has a loaner
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E class or GLK. If they are "out" of loaners, they have a rental delivered which may be anything. This rarely happens though.
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C, E and ML have been my last three respectively. All were new with only a few k miles.
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C or GLK. Not sure if upgrades are available if you drive a S class as I don't.
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I actually got an ML350 this time around instead of a C class.
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2012 E350 4Matic, 2011 335i; 2006 C230 (sold 4 yrs ago)
First time I had a loaner was a new off the lot (12 miles) GLK 250 Diesel. I'm in a loaner right now while they are sorting out transmission problems. Its a 2015 E350 4 matic P1. It had 200+ miles on it when I got ahold of it. And I did not purchase my used Benz from this dealer.
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I've gotten C250, C300, GLK350, ML350 from the local dealer. I've also seen them loan out E350, CLS550, and a S550 to other customers.
They've got over 40 cars in the loaner fleet, and it's not a big dealership. One time I got there late and did not reserve a loaner but asked for one anyway when I dropped the car off, they ran out of loaners so they gave me a new GLK350 to use for the day.
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I got GLK for my last service. It drives very similar to my E class though.
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...depends...

I used to alternate between 2 dealerships that are actually owned by the same parent company... On my very first visit, I was handed a manually-operated-cigarette-smelling dodge calibre!!! Kept if for about 2 days but nagged for something a little more decent when I was told they needed to keep my car longer. Same dealership appeared to reserve the new C Classes for their favorites when they started rolling in... My current dealer appears to give C, CLA, GLK. I was once rear ended in a C... They had me return and give me another one with no frills... Wasn't my fault though n the car had only 3K miles on it when it happened...
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This is the loaner I got from Beverly Hills Mercedes. A '16 E350 wagon! Being a wagon guy, I was surprised and very happy to get it. It has the 360-degree camera in it, which was fun to play with.

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