It may finally be happening!

"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
05/05/2019 at 20:44 • Filed to: None

For a while I’ve been rallying my mom to get rid of our aging, yet somewhat-reliable-for-a-Mercedes 2009 ML350. She’s been in the market for one of these GLAs, and today I found this nice one on Copart. Wish us luck.

DISCUSSION (21)

Nibby > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/05/2019 at 20:49

can you guys buy me that sexy accord next to it?

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/05/2019 at 20:52

A used Mercedes from Copart is going to be a nightmare of epic proportions.

Spanfeller is a twat > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/05/2019 at 20:58

No... The GLA is not a good car... fooochi

Under_Score > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/05/2019 at 20:58

The missing square tells me this isn’t a good idea. A GLA from one of those luxury dealers that specializes in auction cars from Florida and the Northeast, however, would be a great value.

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
05/05/2019 at 21:11

Already been inspected, doesn’t seem that bad for a n Infiniti-shared merc

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > Under_Score
05/05/2019 at 21:12

thats Common with copart cars. We know what it is

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/05/2019 at 21:19

Something happened to have an insurance company deem it totaled and send it to auction. What was it?

Your boy, BJR > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/05/2019 at 21:57

Why on earth would anyone buy anything besides a parts car on Copart

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/05/2019 at 21:59

Kinja'd!!!

Yeah... I’d say run... If you had an inspection done, clearly they missed a lot... That front panel fitment looked a bit off to me..

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/05/2019 at 22:13

Panel fitment is terrible. Color matching is terrible. Everything that goes to copart is terrible. GLA’s are kinda of crap to begin. This is a bad idea. Your 164 is much better.

If you go through with this deal, don't go running around complaint how shitty Mercedes is when things start going wrong.

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/05/2019 at 23:13

Why the hell would you do this? You've gotta be joking, there's no way you're serious about this

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/05/2019 at 23:29

Oh shit. Going to have to try to get a refund from that inspector

AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
05/05/2019 at 23:54

Inspector was an idiot. Ended up getting a refund because another oppo person showed me a pic of what it looked like under the body

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/06/2019 at 00:01

Having purchased 3 cars from Copart in the last year, nothing is as nice as it seems in the pictures. Personally I wouldn’t spend more than $600 on a car from them.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/06/2019 at 00:48

Speaking as someone who worked at a Mercedes dealership, a GLA is not an upgrade from a W164 in any way, shape or form, and that includes reliability .

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop
05/06/2019 at 07:50

Like I said, everything on Copart has been totalled. You don't find deals there unless you are looking for parts cars.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
05/06/2019 at 10:08

Reliability is arguable. I've seen way more CLA/GLA hit 100k on nothing but oil changes than 164's.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/06/2019 at 11:32

That’s fair, the diesel and AMG W164s had their own sets of issues and some climates are kinder on cars than others .

Canada seems to chew cars up and spit them out and pretty much every used Canadian CLA or GLA has, at the bare minimum, rattles that will drive you nuts. We had them in the shop for all sorts of things whereas the W164's failure patterns were much more consistent (mostly just power lift gates and AIRMATIC components, occasionally transmission valve bodies and intake manifolds beyond 100,000 km )

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
05/06/2019 at 15:27

Rattles on the shit boxes for sure, but honestly we don’t see a ton of issues on them outside of warranty. A few valve bodies. Otherwise repairs are mostly the result of people damaging them.

164's would get water leaks and take out the rear sa m, or front sam and central gateway, including whatever wiring and CAN connectors require repair to go along with. We get a ton of rain here and pine needles like to block water drains when not regularly cleared out. But they have lots of interior plastic parts break too like sunroof switches and window switches. Thermostats, cam magnets, and so the things you mentioned.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
05/06/2019 at 16:39

Seat heaters were the other things to go on the early W164s. It’s quite annoying to have those malfunction on a chilly Canadian winter morning.

As for the CLAs and GLAs, I’ve seen sunroof issues, keyless go issues, transmission issues, mirror malfunctions, stop/start system malfunctions, a couple of lighting issues, d istr onic issues, etc. Mostly stuff that some people could live with and mostly stuff that I suspect only fails because of our cold climate but nothing consistent like the W164s.

I know this is a statement of personal preference, but I’d rather own a car with a few known faults at consistent mileages than own a car that’s a total crapshoot.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3
05/06/2019 at 19:40

Yeah there’s a partial warranty coverage extension on those now.

I’ve probably seen one or two of each of those too, but much free and further between. Mostly just CPA warnings because people play bumper cars and damage the radar sensors.

Agreed. I own an R-class after all. Much better than the little shit box twins. Unless we’re talking 45's. Those are sweet, but very high maintenance. Still not anywhere near as cool as an R63 though.