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For those who haven't seen my (somewhat derailed) E55K thread in the Wanted section, on Thursday I go to collect, right in the far corner of Wales - just this side of the Menai Strait - a 2003 E320 CDI Avantgarde estate on 170K miles.
At that mileage I'm taking a chance, I know, but: it's cheap as chips; the seller (not a lying cheating scrote of a Bradford used car dealer...) gave pretty satisfactory answers to all my myriad questions; there are several with that sort of mileage and more up for sale at the moment, and the ads all state they're in excellent condition and run like a dream.
"Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?"; yes, I know, but they can't ALL be lying, surely?
Then the paranoia begins... Will it pass another MoT; will it have the 'black death'; will the injectors be worn (out...); will the camchain and tensioner be OK (I recall my SL, but not fondly...); will the SBC give up the ghost; and so on, and on, and on..
Does anybody have any suggestions for preventive maintenance that should be carried out immediately?
At that mileage I'm taking a chance, I know, but: it's cheap as chips; the seller (not a lying cheating scrote of a Bradford used car dealer...) gave pretty satisfactory answers to all my myriad questions; there are several with that sort of mileage and more up for sale at the moment, and the ads all state they're in excellent condition and run like a dream.
"Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?"; yes, I know, but they can't ALL be lying, surely?
Then the paranoia begins... Will it pass another MoT; will it have the 'black death'; will the injectors be worn (out...); will the camchain and tensioner be OK (I recall my SL, but not fondly...); will the SBC give up the ghost; and so on, and on, and on..
Does anybody have any suggestions for preventive maintenance that should be carried out immediately?
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