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After over 25 years of Alfa ownwership I'm going for a wee change.

I love the look of the CLA Shooting Brake and thought the club would be the place to find one.

My ideal car would be a red 250 AMG but may consider a diesel depending on the spec.

If anyone is selling please get in touch.

Jonny
 

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Welcome Jonny
Good choice- you might want to check if Mercedes have sorted their red paint issues, they had a big problem with fire opal red in the past.
 
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Welcome Jonny
Good choice- you might want to check if Mercedes have sorted their red paint issues, they had a big problem with fire opal red in the past.


Thanks John.

I'm new (or will be) to Mercedes so this is welcome.
 

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Hi Jonny, welcome to the forum and MB ownership. :)
 
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Yep, as John states, avoid Fire Opal Red but Hyacinth Red hasn't had the same problems reported.

Welcome to the forum.


Thanks for the heads up.

I've just been into my Mercedes dealership to ask a couple of questions on the different trim levels on the CLA and the paint problems.

The slaesman assured me that all paint problems were sorted as it was a recall issue and I had nothing to worry about if I were to go for a Fire Opal Red one.
 
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Forget that. It's had 3 owners. Too many for such a new car.
 

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Forget that. It's had 3 owners. Too many for such a new car.

Could have been a demo plus 2 owners, check the service history, owners is not something I would worry about
 

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The slaesman assured me that all paint problems were sorted as it was a recall issue and I had nothing to worry about if I were to go for a Fire Opal Red one.

Aha, salesman speak. He would tell you the moon was made of cheese if it got him a sale.
Just remember quite a few cars on both Mercedes UK forums have been back to the dealer for part/full resprays because of blistering Fire Opal Red paint. I wouldn't touch it despite the salesman's claims.
 
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Aha, salesman speak. He would tell you the moon was made of cheese if it got him a sale.
Just remember quite a few cars on both Mercedes UK forums have been back to the dealer for part/full resprays because of blistering Fire Opal Red paint. I wouldn't touch it despite the salesman's claims.


Ha. I did say to him that he wouldn't tell if they were having a lot of grief with the paint.

I'm now looking at Strorm Grey (I think it's called) ones now.

And JBell sent me a wee beaut.....

There's such a difference in price for what looks like very similar cars

Thanks AMGeed
 

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No problem Jonny.

All the grey paints look superb on Mercedes.
Palladium is my favourite.
 

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