It may have been a disappointing trip for you, but it's valuable content for your channel and good advice on where to look. This was definitely a 2k car. I just hope nobody gives him what he's asking for it.
I would never buy unseen as I’d rather invest the time and effort to check it out myself, but understand times are changing and people have far less time and prepared to take the risk, especially if buying from reputable garage so you have a good chance of getting your money back if not as described. Great content and keep it coming
Hi. As you know I bought one. Mine was bought from a trader over a 100miles away without me seeing it. I had a water leak and new radiator fixed by the trader after a bit of a standoff. The car needed new brake lines and rear shocks at the next mot and despite a pokey remap and just turning over 200k has been utterly reliable. I have owned over 30 cars some of them nearly new and this is the best by far. Utterly reliable, near Saab levels of comfort, lexus + build and near BMW handling but, much better ride. If there is a better all rounder for under 10k I haven't heard of it. Just to add, a remapped E280cdi can be anywhere from 230 to well over 300bhp depending upon economy, stage1/2 mapping, you can easily go way more than 300bhp/700nm but, the extra torque might upset the gearbox😅 Glad you got your deposit back. Another great, video this channel needs way more subscribers ❤
We scrapped our E320cdi. Was prestine and max spec. 97k on the clock. Wasn't Ulez compliant hence we had to get rid of it as it wasn't being driven. Nobody wanted to buy it for a fair price or was offering the same or way less than the scrappage scheme. A real shame as it was a beautiful car. Here is something I noticed. Ours was a 2005 avantgarde v6. Many of the ones that were E320cdis from 2007/2009 which are the Sport model strangely are Ulez compliant. I even contacted Mercedes Benz about this and why those were compliant and mine was not. Was informed they shouldn't be and TFL may have a classification error. I was tempted to buy another E320cdi but a sport as you can often pick them up from salvage auctions for 1k or so as nobody is buying them now as they are 15 or so years old.
I used to own an e320cdi, 2008 reg. It had the optional air suspension. My favourite car that I've owned so far. You notice the little details that mercedes has paid attention to, like the heated seats, only car where the whole of the seat heats up, not just the centre part. The unfortunate thing is, it was horrendous on fuel. Over my 14 months of owning it, I averaged 18-20 mpg, even on a run it struggled to touch 40mpg.
Thank you jack for making the journey shame the car wasn’t as described hay hoe, to be fair the the dealer, he did refund the deposit . Let’s keep looking.
Woah you are soo picky. What did you expect? A 2007 car being sold by a dealer. The dealer has to make his massive profit. I think you need to go buy a brand new car.
