"E90M3" (e90m3)
07/16/2020 at 12:04 • Filed to: unnecessary car shopping with E90M3
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"E90M3" (e90m3)
07/16/2020 at 12:04 • Filed to: unnecessary car shopping with E90M3 | 2
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , for those of you who don’t green is my favorite color and I would very much like a car that color someday. One of the manufactures that offers green cars is Mercedes, and I’ve been thinking about getting a new car as the 3 is getting a little long in the teeth. What I want is a hood ornament and a green, so that’s some C and E classes.
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. It’s also got this wonderful tan interior.
At 16k, it’s not a terrible price, just more than I should spend on a 10 year old Mercedes right now.
Thomas Donohue
> E90M3
07/16/2020 at 12:28 |
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E550 is where it’s at
https://www.mycarde.com/inventory.aspx?Stock=146774
Or go green wagon!
https://www.dealerworxauto.com/details/used-2004-mercedes-benz-e-class/66452432
fintail
> Thomas Donohue
07/16/2020 at 12:34 |
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That E550 is loaded - distronic, pano, parktronic, along with expected things like P2 and leather. Uncommon car.
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fintail
> E90M3
07/16/2020 at 12:35 |
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Nice miles, and 212s have turned out to be pretty solid. Only negative on that one is relatively basic spec, but some like that.
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E90M3
> Thomas Donohue
07/16/2020 at 12:37 |
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I mean yeah, but this one only has 60k on it and is an hour from me. Point being, I’m not going to get one of these, unless someone gives me 16k.
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E90M3
> fintail
07/16/2020 at 12:40 |
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As long as it had heated seated and connected to my phone, that’d be enough for me. I do like a decent amount of options, but I really don’t need a whole lot. It just doesn’t make sense for me to trade my 11 year old paid for car for a 10 year old car with unknown history and me having to cough up 7-10k for it.
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fintail
> E90M3
07/16/2020 at 13:07 |
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I am pretty certain it has heated seats, not sure about the connectivity though - I think it has USB connections and bluetooth, but I am not sure about music streaming, I think that required a COMAND update (which shouldn’t be too difficult). Only real flaw I see in the car is fading wood, an issue of the time, there was even a warranty action/ r ecall for it, but I am not sure if it still valid.
But yeah, if you are risk averse, good to stay put. This green car is for someone trading up from a miled up W211 or maybe someone who isn’t happy with the new design language.
for Michigan
> E90M3
07/16/2020 at 14:02 |
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I just realized 40% of the cars I've owned have been green. But that's only two, so...
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E90M3
> fintail
07/16/2020 at 15:54 |
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Being able to plug my phone in would be an upgrade on the 3. It doesn’t have bluetooth for music and the USB input is broken, or something. I’m not too concerned about the trim.
I just don’t see a reason to spend that much for not too much newer of a car. I’m casually looking at newer C and E classes, looks like I can spend ~30k and get a 2018 or 2019. Much rather spend more and get something that’s a lot newer.
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fintail
> E90M3
07/16/2020 at 17:08 |
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I know they had USB and I think a SD card slot by 2012 anyway, and maybe for 2010 - that’s an early production car with a summer 2009 build date. I think 2012 had an updated cluster and some other stuff.
Yeah, you can get a 2017 E sedan for under 30K without hassle , same for an 18 C, just beware of basic possible ex-rentals if that kind of thing bugs you. These cars don’t hit the bottom of the depreciation curve until they are around 20 or so years old, so a 2010 is still up there.
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E90M3
> fintail
07/16/2020 at 20:58 |
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I mean, it’s a fair pric e, it’s just more of I don’t think it would be wise f or me to get it. Maybe if I could straight trade my 3 for it; that extra cash I would have to cough up would be more wisely spent maintaining the 3 as it’s been very good to me and 5k would probably be enough for the rest of the time I have the car. *knocks on wood* Now if this was when I only had the M3 and was looking for a second car to DD, this would probably be the top contender.
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fintail
> E90M3
07/16/2020 at 21:08 |
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I agree - you know your car, you don’t know what might be lurking in this one. Chances are, it is OK, but it’s always a gamble, especially on a 10 year old German car.
This probably wouldn’t charm you either, unless you wanted something softer and more mature. This is a different animal from a 3er.