yatin
New Member
Hello to the forum community
I will confess to being a lurker on this site for a year or two and have enjoyed the banter and appreciated the knowledge shared on the forum.
I've been through several cars from various marques, new cars and old and always been left disappointed for one reason or another. I've always had a liking for the old school SEC and often thought about getting a CL, but with a young family that wouldn't be practical. However I have talked myself round to considering the S Class (w221) as a good all round car for social use and something to keep for a while. Would be looking at a used example ideally below £20k mark
I did have a few questions that I would appreciate opinions on
1. Buying from dealer - Mercedes or other, or private? (My thoughts are buy from Mercedes, see how the first year goes and then use independent)
2. Warranty - would Mercedes approved be beneficial here, is the Mercedes warranty any better than other warranties? or would you go with no warranty?
3. Servicing - age old question - main dealer or independent? I guess it boils down to knowing a good independent - does anyone know a good indy in or around Sheffield?
4. S500 or S320/350cdi, I've not been convinced with diesel refinement, including that on e350, A5 3.0tdi or BMWs 35d, and then theres the power difference, I'm not sure that below 300bhp / lbft is enough for the S, and also worried about turbos etc, so thinking NA V8 might be less complicated?
Any advice / thoughts appreciated. Thanks in advance
Yatin
I will confess to being a lurker on this site for a year or two and have enjoyed the banter and appreciated the knowledge shared on the forum.
I've been through several cars from various marques, new cars and old and always been left disappointed for one reason or another. I've always had a liking for the old school SEC and often thought about getting a CL, but with a young family that wouldn't be practical. However I have talked myself round to considering the S Class (w221) as a good all round car for social use and something to keep for a while. Would be looking at a used example ideally below £20k mark
I did have a few questions that I would appreciate opinions on
1. Buying from dealer - Mercedes or other, or private? (My thoughts are buy from Mercedes, see how the first year goes and then use independent)
2. Warranty - would Mercedes approved be beneficial here, is the Mercedes warranty any better than other warranties? or would you go with no warranty?
3. Servicing - age old question - main dealer or independent? I guess it boils down to knowing a good independent - does anyone know a good indy in or around Sheffield?
4. S500 or S320/350cdi, I've not been convinced with diesel refinement, including that on e350, A5 3.0tdi or BMWs 35d, and then theres the power difference, I'm not sure that below 300bhp / lbft is enough for the S, and also worried about turbos etc, so thinking NA V8 might be less complicated?
Any advice / thoughts appreciated. Thanks in advance
Yatin