@@kimblackmon2700 My 2012 MB C250 Coupe - at 45,000 miles - did require a new ESL............It set me back a grand (1/2 paid by extended warranty). My (new) wife drives it now. (I have a Jetta)
Had the pleasure of driving my mom's c250 coupe 3 hours to a place and 3 hours back. Smooth, quiet ride, great steering feel, and a great interior made it an absolute joy.
My C250 was a CPO purchase 10 years ago. Later I got married . We all know how that goes....................Only failure was the ESL which cost a grand to fix (Extended warranty cut that in half). It's a beautifull little coupe (and my wife loves it. I drive a Jetta.
putting the 2012 250Coupe back together in 2024,....., I get 36mpg HWY and 27-28mpg in town so soon as I get chasing codes down from a lack of good maintenance by the previous 2 owners.
Not to mention this car is now 25k used with under 20k miles. That's fairly reasonable for such a nice car, compared to what else costs 25k from America.
I have the orginal C230 coupe and it is a very well made. I like the styling and for it day the pricing was great. Now at 40K that is crazy I have 190 HP and was over 10K less than todays model. Those extra 10HP cost 10K more than mine that is carzy.
I'd take a C350 instead. I know this 201HP 4 banger is all that I need but I prefer the smooth and quiet V6 motor which suits a luxurious and somewhat sporty car like this far more. The funny thing is I see tons of C250s out on the road (leases of course), people just want a Benz for the badge rather than optioning it out correctly and driving what is a genuine Benz.
I think I would pay the premium for this car, but only because of that luxury car driving experience you can get when you don't want to drive like a madman. Other cars such as the 3-series don't have this and usually feel a bit stiff around town.
if power alone was the most important player in the game, everyone would drive old corvettes. The C250 accelerates well, better than VW GTI (or around there), and if you don't load it with options, the price is quite reasonable for what you get, imho. The looks of the C-class coupe is VERY similar to the previous generation of Honda Accord Coupes. I was shocked when I first saw the C-coupe, having driven the Accord before.
That's a bet you'd lose. Don't go around making stupid assumptions, I wasn't knocking the car anyway. I've been saving and will be be able to purchase a new C350 year from now in full with cash. I plan on keeping it 10+ years anyway so I rather purchase it in full so I can say I own my car.
You are incorrect again. Visit ANY Mercedes dealership and ask them about the rates they will be having on the new CLA coming in September. The demand will be high, so will the leas payments. I'm 20 years old, drive a Mercedes C-250 (insurance rates will be higher on the c300 and c350) AND bought my first 2,200 square feet house in Las Vegas, Nevada. My point is, just because you drive a c250, does not mean you are "optioning it out incorrectly"...
He says, "Or, if you simply can't bring yourself to buy Japanese . . ." so, my question is this: Why can't Americans bring themselves to buy Japanese? I'm serious here. Is it because it's not patriotic and doesn't support the home grown auto industry, or because of WWll, or for something more obscure? Let me explain that my parents didn't buy Japanese not just because of the war, because after buying lots of British Leyland cars (uncannily built directly before tea breaks, albeit decades apart), they bought German. In my Dad's case it was because of how the Japanese treated their POWs. The senior partner of my Dad's firm had been a British POW on the Death Railway (made infamous in the movie: Bridge Over the River Kwai). For a mere infraction - insubordination - his captors cut out all his teeth with a rusty old tin can. Every time my Dad looked at his boss he was reminded of this fact; consequently as a driver, he avoided buying Japanese cars until the 21st Century. Now he always buys Jap. Plus there was a huge "BUY BRITISH" campaign in the 70s. All of this rubbed off on me, an impressionable young bloke who as soon as I could, bought "Brit S - it over Jap C - ap", mostly Triumphs: Thunderbird, Trophy, Daytona, Bonneville and Triton (with slimline featherbed chassis). So yeah, my question is why, in this day and age, can't Americans "bring" themselves to buy Japanese? (In fact this presenter fails to mention the Infiniti G37 Coupé is a Nissan.) Just one little niggle, and I apologise for this, but the presenter makes a coupe sound like somewhere the chickens hang out. It should be coupé to rhyme with souffle (or if you're Spanish speaking American, Guadalupe not Guadeloupe).
No offense but those cars are slow for what they are 😂 I bought a srt and loved it but with no mds the gas kills me. This c250 gets great gas mileage and it doesn’t pick up bad. The g37 doesnt seem worth it but I would probably get a G35 as a drift car
Just drove from Adelaide to Melbourne ... about 730k and the seats in my 250coupe 2013 are absolutely crap... Could not walk after the trip ... AND the car cost AUD85,000 here.... THATS 62,00 US $$$$. !!! Yes and if your over 6 foot there is a problem with the headliner and grease of the glass roof....... the seat can not go lower enough for a 6ft 3 person.
Simmer down. I guess working hard and putting money aside automatically makes me a basement dweller and a moron if I follow your mentality. I like the C350, it's the perfect size and the E Class is too much car for me. You think I'm bullshitting when I say that a good chunk of C250 drivers are just in it for the badge? Just wait and see how successful the CLA250 will be when it arrives here in NA due to the low lease plans available.
although better than C230 (2002) hatchback, still not better than Infiniti G25 or IS250, but the price is like a flag, up there. Dont fool yourself for the TriStar Emblem.
I work at carmax in the summers when im not in school and drove quite a few of these things. Firstly, these things are maintenance nightmares the majority of these cars that are low mileage and only a couple years old are having shit break like crazy. Second, they feel painfully slow to drive and the gas pedal needs alot of pushing before the car even moves, its really odd. But on the upside the seats are really nice, and also most of these have orange peel too but theyre still almost brand new. Which i really dont understand
and i know this post is old but yes the w204 is the most reliable benz u can buy specially if ya got the one that runs on E85 omg its a beast on that stuff..that guy must have gotten fired or sumthin cuz hes salty on the benz gee i wonder why
0 TO 60 in 7.2 seconds? My 06 honda accord I4 (166HP) gets to sixty in about 7.5 seconds and with honda reliabilty I have never had any issues. This car is way over priced.
Do not want =/ what a weak Merc.... it looks sexy... but the performance... dafuq. Sport coupe.. really? Makes no sense. Could've just kept it as a V6 engine with a turbocharger to improve fuel economy. It's a sexy interior though.
His car was tampered with the night before because he didn't write what somebody wanted him to write in the paper... He was in some bad dealings with some bad people.
One old guy in Canada complains he couldn't get hip surgery for 6 months, not explaining that he was told it wasn't necessary and other surgeries would be more effective. Millions of people start saying how Canada's health system fails all Canadians due to extensive waiting. People like to generalize and sensationalize when they have no actual facts to illustrate an inaccurate conclusion. Remember this is RU-vid, a forum for personal opinions, very few supporting facts to support people who like to paint with a broad brush.
I bet you can't even afford a C250 coupe. I have the C250. It's fine. But if you want a genuine Mercedes you do not go for C class, e.g. C350 . You go for S class and above (SL, SLK, SLS G etc etc.).
@AshGiles sounds to me like the guy had it coming to be fair ---- Witnesses said Hastings' Mercedes coupe, traveling at a speed of perhaps 100 mph, ran a red light, veered onto a grassy median strip, plowed into a palm tree and exploded in flames
