Need some advice on 2 Mercs I'm looking at

"404 Name Not Found" (404namenotfound) 07/05/2015 at 05:59 • Filed to: None

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One is a 2004 E320 Wagon 4matic, 160k miles, looks pretty clean seems like a typical mall estate car, two owners. Asking 6500.

The other is a 2000 S500 with rust on the skirts, 170k miles. The air suspension is also leaky, apparently it’s fine after start up. Asking 1500 obo.

Thanks guys!

pip bip - choose Corrour > 404 Name Not Found 07/05/2015 at 06:21

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rust = run

go for the E320.

LongbowMkII > 404 Name Not Found 07/05/2015 at 07:04

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DD or project?

404 Name Not Found > LongbowMkII 07/05/2015 at 07:13

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DD.

Echo51 > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/05/2015 at 07:13

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Rust = low ball till you can buy a house with the difference from the startbid and have a project!

MultiplaOrgasms > 404 Name Not Found 07/05/2015 at 07:14

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E320.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Echo51 07/05/2015 at 07:16

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but you’ll never stop the rust once it’s started.

Echo51 > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/05/2015 at 07:36

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Cut out the rust, replace with fresh metal. What rust?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Echo51 07/05/2015 at 07:38

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there will always be some little spec you missed.

Steve in Manhattan > 404 Name Not Found 07/05/2015 at 07:38

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Cost to fix the air suspension?

Arben72 > 404 Name Not Found 07/05/2015 at 07:48

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W220, convert to springs. Older 4matics have problems.

jkm7680 > 404 Name Not Found 07/05/2015 at 09:19

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Avoid the second one. Sounds like a moneypit.

Echo51 > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/05/2015 at 09:38

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By that logic, don’t drive at all. Who knows, you might get a stone chip because you didn’t dodge a rock or risk having a bird shit on it with a bad stomach. You’d be surprised but destructive some bird poo is to paint.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Echo51 07/05/2015 at 09:45

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birdshit is harmless , i’ve let sit on my car for ages , washed it off eventually , i can’t see any difference , brake fluid is what you have to worry about.

stone chips too are nothing to worry about. my car has a shitload of them.

but as for rust , it just keeps growing , unless you replace a rusty panel in it’s entirety , you’ll never stop it.

JGrabowMSt > 404 Name Not Found 07/05/2015 at 11:08

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If the 4matic works, then the wagon is what I would pick. S class cars that are older and have leaky bags are certainly an issue. My biggest reasoning against the S is that its going down the slippery slope of being a maintenance nightmare. $1500? What else is about to go?

Rust though, thats the worst thing, avoid that like the plague.

404 Name Not Found > JGrabowMSt 07/05/2015 at 14:22

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I had a 2000 e320 with rust, it wasn’t too bad. Nothing started to fall apart as long as you control it.

404 Name Not Found > Arben72 07/05/2015 at 14:23

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Can you explain what happens to the older 4matics?

Arben72 > 404 Name Not Found 07/05/2015 at 17:52

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Something with the differential or like that. My mechanic (only German cars) advised me not to get the earlier versions of it as its a costly and common repair.

Conan > 404 Name Not Found 07/25/2015 at 19:14

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Gonna be edgy and say S500 and become Tavarish’s BFF. I’ve heard really scary stuff about older 4matic.