£10k - which Merc ?

[IceBoy]

Hi All,

Hope everyone's Mercedes is working well!?

I've had my E320 cdi AG Estate (S211-2003) for about 3 years now. She has 200,000 miles on her, still looks great, has every extra option known to man and has had every large bill paid for:

SBC
New Gearbox
New suspension parts

Basically £5000 spent over the last 3 years. I have been told she is ready for another 200,000 miles.

I'm getting the itch to get something a little newer. I like mid to large size cars, with a good bit of oommph, but not huge fuel bills.

My car is remapped and does go really, really well.

So my thoughts are:

Newer E-class (not sure if my budget will allow?)
S-class 2005 model (low mileage mint example)
S-class 2007 model (higher mileage model)
ML-class (although they seems to be thirstier and slower!)

Can a mint old shape S-class still cut it? Will it be alot slower than my E320? Can it also be remapped?

Help.
Iceboy

 

[Steve@Avantgarde]

I would go for an E class with a V6 diesel in it. You should get an 09 plate with roughly 80k on it for your budget.

And if you want a remap, speak to GAD tuning.

 

[television]

I think that you should keep to an Eclass, no SBC not many problems either.

 

[AlastairD]

How about a CLS? It's my favourite, shame it's the wifes