To be a bit more precise it's a kind of red lilac colour! However my mantra with cars has always been (well after a horrific episode in my early 20s with a BMW 320 several loans taken out for repairs and a visit to scrap dealer) buy the engine first and don't worry about what it's attached to but fellas this is testing it.!
So I little bit about how I operate. I'm useless with cars! I can just about keep the tyre pressure correct.
I drive a Saab 9-3 tid 2005 200k that's on her way out. Never spend more than a couple of grand on my cars and I'm usually the last owner. Happy if they last 12 months. Saab has done 2 years hassle free driving paid 1k for her.
Never owned a merc however a friend of a friend (old mechanic guy with several jags mercs and bikes in a huge garage in a big country house) has offered me his merc C250 1997 private plate NOY 5901 100k estate. Cloth trim, manual gear box. He reckons he's had it from 2 years old and it's been sorn every winter. Garaged. Never seen the rain or snow. Its immaculate. It's gone to France 3/4 times every summer for the last 15 years and that's it. Said he's changed the oil and filters every 3k without fail! Plus everything else that ever needed doing.
So. I love leather interior, auto boxes and cruise control. This has none of them.
£1500 isn't a bargain going by the few I've seen for sale a couple have gone for a grand with similar miles, but something about this car is calling me!
Trouble is I've started looking at mecs and have quickly been blown away by what's on offer. C270 estate avantgards fully loaded going for £2500 if the mpg is true compared to the C220 it's a serious contender for me. I'll be looking to get a years driving out of my next purchase.
This old fella has told me that the C250 will go forever though. What do you guys reckon? I want a motor that will get be to France a couple of times this year and the fact he said that's exactly what it's done for the last 15 years spooked me a bit. Am I destined to drive a pink C250 for the next 10 years?
Brad.
So I little bit about how I operate. I'm useless with cars! I can just about keep the tyre pressure correct.
I drive a Saab 9-3 tid 2005 200k that's on her way out. Never spend more than a couple of grand on my cars and I'm usually the last owner. Happy if they last 12 months. Saab has done 2 years hassle free driving paid 1k for her.
Never owned a merc however a friend of a friend (old mechanic guy with several jags mercs and bikes in a huge garage in a big country house) has offered me his merc C250 1997 private plate NOY 5901 100k estate. Cloth trim, manual gear box. He reckons he's had it from 2 years old and it's been sorn every winter. Garaged. Never seen the rain or snow. Its immaculate. It's gone to France 3/4 times every summer for the last 15 years and that's it. Said he's changed the oil and filters every 3k without fail! Plus everything else that ever needed doing.
So. I love leather interior, auto boxes and cruise control. This has none of them.
£1500 isn't a bargain going by the few I've seen for sale a couple have gone for a grand with similar miles, but something about this car is calling me!
Trouble is I've started looking at mecs and have quickly been blown away by what's on offer. C270 estate avantgards fully loaded going for £2500 if the mpg is true compared to the C220 it's a serious contender for me. I'll be looking to get a years driving out of my next purchase.
This old fella has told me that the C250 will go forever though. What do you guys reckon? I want a motor that will get be to France a couple of times this year and the fact he said that's exactly what it's done for the last 15 years spooked me a bit. Am I destined to drive a pink C250 for the next 10 years?
Brad.