tojosan
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- C220 Bluetec 2014 AMG LINE
Hi everyone.
I have an opportunity to buy a soon to be ex lease, late 2014 C220 Bluetec Manual AMG Line saloon. 70k miles. Although the mileage is pretty high, I know the owner and the car has been carefully driven on mostly A road and motorway, well looked after both inside and out.
I realise that any modern diesel will likely need money spent on it as mileage heads past 100k and the buy price reflects that. I also realise that parts and servicing reflect the premium nature of the car. I am guessing the DPF will need emptying of ash at some point and clutch Dmf will need replacing at some point. My Mileage is around 17-20k per year
I see my choice as being
Also whether anyone has experienced any issues after the recent emissions fix. I believe this would have been carried out at the most recent service. Seeing what the VAG updates did to higher mileage diesels it makes me slightly nervous.
Thanks!
I have an opportunity to buy a soon to be ex lease, late 2014 C220 Bluetec Manual AMG Line saloon. 70k miles. Although the mileage is pretty high, I know the owner and the car has been carefully driven on mostly A road and motorway, well looked after both inside and out.
I realise that any modern diesel will likely need money spent on it as mileage heads past 100k and the buy price reflects that. I also realise that parts and servicing reflect the premium nature of the car. I am guessing the DPF will need emptying of ash at some point and clutch Dmf will need replacing at some point. My Mileage is around 17-20k per year
I see my choice as being
- spend less money on a car with a known provenance and faultless reliability or
- spend considerably more and buy slightly newer/30k mileage (with auto box) from a franchised dealer with the added protection that entails but no idea whether the component parts have been thrashed and abused.
Also whether anyone has experienced any issues after the recent emissions fix. I believe this would have been carried out at the most recent service. Seeing what the VAG updates did to higher mileage diesels it makes me slightly nervous.
Thanks!