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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 12:08:02 GMT
I'd take the C-class over the E-class. That's a £5k saving for one year and 50,000 miles.
If I was going to a non-prestige brand, the fastest way to lose money is to buy the top of the range. Unless the price is only a few £100s over a mid-spec car its not worth it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 12:12:37 GMT
If you're looking at keeping the car for 7 years, and you would enjoy the extras, then of course it's worth it. In the case of the Astras I'm browsing, lower spec models do only seem to be a couple of hundred quid cheaper at about 2-3 years old.
I'm sure WDB would agree - a C Class is a very different beast to an E Class.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 12:31:48 GMT
If the saving for lower spec is only £200-£300 then I would go for the higher spec as well. If it was £1,000 I would walk, unless those extras really enhanced your driving experience.
I would say that unless you spend at least two hours in a car every day, you can cope with a poverty spec. They only things I really want are safety things like electric and heated door mirrors. Can't begin to tell how frustrating it is to drive the Punto or Sirion when it is cold and damp and you can't see all around you properly.
Having last been in a C-class in about 2000, when they were solidly built things, I don't know the difference between C and E. Are they really different in terms of quality and ambiance.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 12:41:17 GMT
I do spend 2 hours in a car most days. School run both ways, commute to work both ways, collecting wife from station both ways, miscellaneous other crap. Mind you it's mostly always going to be in the Leaf. But I want Grandad spec in the other car, because when it's used, it's used for long journeys. Comfiest spec possible wanted. Top spec cars often have far better seats than low spec version. Example: the seats in my 9-5 Vector were near perfect, the seats in a Linear spec I used to borrow from the garage didn't have the same cushioning or lateral support.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 12:45:23 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 12:51:34 GMT
Have you been on YouTube recently? I'm sure you're really called Tyler Hoover - "Hoovies garage". He buys stuff like that and it's always falling apart. E63 Wagon |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 12:52:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 13:13:20 GMT
A taxi driver!
Notice the headlight adjustment switch and front fogs.... Hasn't got bi-Xenons, only standard halogens. Pah!
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Post by Humph on Nov 15, 2019 13:17:41 GMT
That would surge. If surging is your thing. |
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 15, 2019 13:26:09 GMT
....I'm reckoning on at least 200 pages before the bullet is bitten.....  The requirements and finance move around so much that I'm almost expecting a Tesla next. Given the ever-changing landscape, however, I reckon something like this should be back in the running: www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201909242579154With a full dealer history to date, and at that mileage, the powerhift shouldn't be much of a risk. Acres of room (even in the hatchback - I had one as my first post-company car) ample power, and very well specified. And importantly, knowing Al's luck, relatively cheap and easy to fix. There are a good few around, but this looks good on mileage and history. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 13:33:01 GMT
It's a lot of money for an almost ten year old Ford though? I can see £4,500 but even with 37,000 miles seven grand is a large wodge of spondooliks.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 13:39:06 GMT
That Mondeo is indeed jolly nice. Hmm.
As for moving requirements, well, that's the thing, ins't it? Deciding between an array of options. Open mindedness. Each route has benefits, risks and pitfalls.
I tend to change a car at least every three years, I'm nearly up to 4 with the Merc.
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Post by Humph on Nov 15, 2019 13:39:09 GMT
For what it's worth, on our little fleet of company cars, we've had too many problems with VAG/DSGs to feel comfortable about buying any more, a Vauxhall Insignia auto that needed a new gearbox, but no problems at all with Ford Powershifts. Given that we tend to run the cars for 4-5 years and or 150-200,000 miles it feels like the Fords are more robust. The Mercs seem pretty bulletproof too.
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Post by tyrednexited on Nov 15, 2019 13:41:07 GMT
...IMO better value and bet than either of the two more expensive Mercs of a similar age that Al's just posted. (I know think one was a joke!)
FWIW, my '58 reg hatchback has recently had it's MOT at 126K miles. It has had one MOT failure to date, and that was for insufficient tread on a front tyre.
Well-built cars, Mondeos.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 13:44:52 GMT
I think that one you posted has got un-original, Barry Boy wheels on it. And, bizarrely, they look too small. Spidey senses tingle...
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