Kersidan
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2015
- Messages
- 82
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- Location
- Chilterns and Brittany
- Your Mercedes
- S212 2011 e350 cdi sport estate 265, S211 e280CDI Sport (gone), S210 e320 CDI Avantgarde (gone)
This maybe of interest. We bought a VW Polo 1.2 Tsi 2016 last February on a bit of a whim. We needed a run around car instead of using the S212 E class for short journeys and this Polo looked interesting.... January 2016 on a 65 plate 6,200 miles, 2 owners but a Cat C write off! But at £6,500 it was £4K under list price. I know a bit about cars so I went over it with a fine tooth comb. Measured wheel base etc etc. The damage was front end related and had been repaired privately. Now my head was saying walk away and don't get sucked in but I looked at it as a bit of a challenge. Anyway, I bought it for £6,300. There were a few issues that I was aware of, I replaced a front headlight assembly (£120 for genuine item), the aircon wasn't working, that cost £350 to get fixed and a gear lever linkage needed replacing (£5.20 from VW!). And the story to date? Well it's done 14K miles now, runs true as a die, returns 50+ mpg on a run and is a little cracker of a car! Maybe I was lucky but I'd certainly look at other Cat D/C cars with an open mind in the future!
Mark
Mark