High Mile W221 - M278
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Class S 500 M278
High Mile W221 - M278
Hi.
I'm very close to buy a Mercedes S Class W221 from 2011 - M278, the clock shows 350.000 km.
BUT - Fully MB service from day one, one owner - CEO company car, long distance driving Austria, Germany.
Newly changed both turbo's.
No error messages, codes - starts and drive perfectly.
Any concerns ?
I'm very close to buy a Mercedes S Class W221 from 2011 - M278, the clock shows 350.000 km.
BUT - Fully MB service from day one, one owner - CEO company car, long distance driving Austria, Germany.
Newly changed both turbo's.
No error messages, codes - starts and drive perfectly.
Any concerns ?
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Hi.
I'm very close to buy a Mercedes S Class W221 from 2011 - M278, the clock shows 350.000 km.
BUT - Fully MB service from day one, one owner - CEO company car, long distance driving Austria, Germany.
Newly changed both turbo's.
No error messages, codes - starts and drive perfectly.
Any concerns ?
I'm very close to buy a Mercedes S Class W221 from 2011 - M278, the clock shows 350.000 km.
BUT - Fully MB service from day one, one owner - CEO company car, long distance driving Austria, Germany.
Newly changed both turbo's.
No error messages, codes - starts and drive perfectly.
Any concerns ?
Read about cylinder scoring. It could be a U.S. problem due to low quality fuel and oil. Europe has higher quality fuel and oil, and MB knows those specifications better than they do other markets. The MB Bluetec fiasco is an example of this.
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Thats an early M278 and might have the chain tensioner issue. If it is "scheckheftgepflegt" then check if the update to the tensioners have been done (check valves and new tensioners).
Other then that i agree....if it is in great shape and you like it....go for it
Good luck
Other then that i agree....if it is in great shape and you like it....go for it
Good luck
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Class S 500 M278
Thats an early M278 and might have the chain tensioner issue. If it is "scheckheftgepflegt" then check if the update to the tensioners have been done (check valves and new tensioners).
Other then that i agree....if it is in great shape and you like it....go for it
Good luck
Other then that i agree....if it is in great shape and you like it....go for it
Good luck
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150 km sounds a lot but if it was a company car for many people to drive this kind of km fill up quickly even in city use.
I would feel a lot better if the car had 50 000 or even more km on the clock. This would certainly mean highway driving meaning you can divide it all by 3 or even 4 to compare to city car.
But I would think this is a highway used car so the engine mileage is only just around 100 000 km or less.
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Class S 500 M278
Thats an early M278 and might have the chain tensioner issue. If it is "scheckheftgepflegt" then check if the update to the tensioners have been done (check valves and new tensioners).
Other then that i agree....if it is in great shape and you like it....go for it
Good luck
Other then that i agree....if it is in great shape and you like it....go for it
Good luck
The mileage comes to 150 km for every work day for 11 years so the question in my mind is if these kilometers were put on it in city or highway. Makes a huge difference in wear of the engine and transmission.
150 km sounds a lot but if it was a company car for many people to drive this kind of km fill up quickly even in city use.
I would feel a lot better if the car had 50 000 or even more km on the clock. This would certainly mean highway driving meaning you can divide it all by 3 or even 4 to compare to city car.
But I would think this is a highway used car so the engine mileage is only just around 100 000 km or less.
150 km sounds a lot but if it was a company car for many people to drive this kind of km fill up quickly even in city use.
I would feel a lot better if the car had 50 000 or even more km on the clock. This would certainly mean highway driving meaning you can divide it all by 3 or even 4 to compare to city car.
But I would think this is a highway used car so the engine mileage is only just around 100 000 km or less.
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Thanks for you're answer. I'm just by you much more happy with a high mileage car than the opposite. This car I know personally, it was a car for the CEO of a bigger company in Germany. Weekly driving between the HQ and the different factory's in Austria, Slovenia and Italy. Some years car have been driving +50.000km. And always kept in absolute top shape - fully service book by Mercedes, completely new brakes allround, both turbo's new, airmatic relative new, olie change every 15.000 km with Gastrol Edge Sport olie. So ....
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What is the price? If it is decent I would be all over this car. By the driving history you can divide km by 4 to compare to city car. This car has basically moved always when engine ran. Transmission was on over drive at all times meaning no gear mesh was in use other than at both front and rear axles and transfer case.
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What is the price? If it is decent I would be all over this car. By the driving history you can divide km by 4 to compare to city car. This car has basically moved always when engine ran. Transmission was on over drive at all times meaning no gear mesh was in use other than at both front and rear axles and transfer case.
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Class S 500 M278
What is the price? If it is decent I would be all over this car. By the driving history you can divide km by 4 to compare to city car. This car has basically moved always when engine ran. Transmission was on over drive at all times meaning no gear mesh was in use other than at both front and rear axles and transfer case.
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