mk e wrote:
TheDarkSideOfWill wrote:
Lol... I picked up a 2005 E320 CDI for $3200, but it was what people call "a cheap Mercedes"... as in "Nothing more expensive than..."
yeah, I'm kind of over buying "cheap" daily drivers......they rarely end up cheap and I end up late or missing work far too often.
Lana got me a wonderful 2014 GLK350 with 108k miles, a rebuilt title, and desperately in need of tires and general maintenance for my birthday. I actually kind of like it, its the last of the naturally aspirated with a 300hp 3.5L V6 and drives pretty well for an suv like thing although it feels a bit truck like. It appears I will be presenting her a 2021 GLA most likely but GLB/GLC are still on the list, have to go see them in person but fingers crossed its the (slightly) cheaper GLA or something rebuilt that she likes pops up at a good price soon.
I'm too hard on the Benz, as it's been pretty amazing for a car that's probably been neglected for the last 150,000 miles. I had to fix the VNT actuator... which amounted to freeing the turbine end of the link rod and anti-seizing it. I had to replace the HVAC blower motor... which amazed me as being a ~15 minute job. I had to replace the left front headlight, support bracket and front impact beam because someone in the cars history bent the impact beam and broke the headlight mounting tabs and "fixed" it by stuffing pieces of hose between the headlight module and the body.
Other than that... I've changed the oil and it's been awesome.
I just picked up a 2007 Grand Cherokee diesel with 211k. It's in much worse shape and has soaked up a good bit more repair time. It has the Benz 3.0 diesel V6 and the same transmission as my E320. The same drivetrain would be in a ML320 CDI from the same year, which seems to be available for reasonable money.