My S210 one year on....

[LostKiwi]

We bought 'The bus' a year ago as a cheap load lugger to carry furniture and stuff to our holiday home. We paid £600 for it (with a failing CPS). It is a 2001 E240 (2.6 petrol V6) Avantgarde and it has 112k miles on it.
Since then its done 24k miles in a year and has consumed the following parts:
CPS - £50 (faulty when purchased)
Aircon compressor - £152 + £150 fitting and regas. (faulty when purchased)
Two rear tyres (245/45/17 Sharks) - £151
Dash pixel repair - £15 (faulty when purchased)
Seat occupancy sensor emulator - £5
Oil and filters - £85
Wheel bearing - £25

Total on repairs and maintenance - £630 or £0.026 per mile

The average MPG has been 27mpg which is not to bad either.

So the grand total inc fuel has been £5253 or £0.22 per mile approximately (not including RFL and insurance).

I'm pretty happy with that!

 

[Naraic]

I think I'll have to get back into an S210...I miss the ability to carry anything larger than a large suitcase. That and a potential house move which would increase my daily mileage 4 fold. The CL would be a proper garage queen.

 

[LostKiwi]

I think I'll have to get back into an S210...I miss the ability to carry anything larger than a large suitcase. That and a potential house move which would increase my daily mileage 4 fold. The CL would be a proper garage queen.

I have to say its been brilliant. So far the stuff its carried to France includes (per trip and ALL inside the car):
Super king size bed, 2 x bedside cabinets
King size bed, Double wardrobe and 2 x bedside cabinets
6' sideboard, V8 coffee table
6x3 table and 6 chairs
175W solar panel for the boat (and associated hardware and tools)
Chest of drawers
Various odds and sods.

All the furniture was made by Indigo Furniture in Derbyshire is VERY solid...
https://www.indigofurniture.co.uk/

Whats more each item has been an eBay purchase so its been used to get things to our UK house before being packed to go to France as well!

 

[Craiglxviii]

I think I'll have to get back into an S210...I miss the ability to carry anything larger than a large suitcase. That and a potential house move which would increase my daily mileage 4 fold. The CL would be a proper garage queen.

Fancy an S211?

 

[LostKiwi]

Fancy an S211?

Nope.... (too small!)

 

[Naraic]

I have to say its been brilliant. So far the stuff its carried to France includes (per trip and ALL inside the car):
Super king size bed, 2 x bedside cabinets
King size bed, Double wardrobe and 2 x bedside cabinets
6' sideboard, V8 coffee table
6x3 table and 6 chairs
175W solar panel for the boat (and associated hardware and tools)
Chest of drawers
Various odds and sods.

All the furniture was made by Indigo Furniture in Derbyshire is VERY solid...
https://www.indigofurniture.co.uk/

Whats more each item has been an eBay purchase so its been used to get things to our UK house before being packed to go to France as well!

I had a single bed with drawers and mattress in mine...how did a superking fit in??

 

[LostKiwi]

I had a single bed with drawers and mattress in mine...how did a superking fit in??

Fortunately the Indigo stuff is designed to deconstruct (except sideboards and chests of drawers and the like) so it broke down to side rails, headboard (had to be deconstructed to fit), foot board (ditto) and all the cross slats. The side rails were a challenge as they are over 6 foot long....
The mattresses went separately for both the king and superking in 'stepsons' T5 van.

 

[malcolm E53 AMG]

Yes the 210 is king and I’ve owned 124, 210 and 212 estates and as far as I’m aware the 211 isn’t comparable for moving stuff around

Glad the 210 is giving good service LK as Nairac says they do get under your skin, trying to hang on to mine as long as possible I will miss it when it goes

 

[flowrider]

We bought 'The bus' a year ago as a cheap load lugger to carry furniture and stuff to our holiday home. We paid £600 for it (with a failing CPS). It is a 2001 E240 (2.6 petrol V6) Avantgarde and it has 112k miles on it.
Since then its done 24k miles in a year and has consumed the following parts:
CPS - £50 (faulty when purchased)
Aircon compressor - £152 + £150 fitting and regas. (faulty when purchased)
Two rear tyres (245/45/17 Sharks) - £151
Dash pixel repair - £15 (faulty when purchased)
Seat occupancy sensor emulator - £5
Oil and filters - £85
Wheel bearing - £25

Total on repairs and maintenance - £630 or £0.026 per mile

The average MPG has been 27mpg which is not to bad either.

So the grand total inc fuel has been £5253 or £0.22 per mile approximately (not including RFL and insurance).

I'm pretty happy with that!

£0.026 per mile is brilliant, my SL500 over the past year has cost £1.20 per mile!