Lovely lovely cars! But at what maintenance/servicing per year? Back of mind someone told me could be approx £6k per annum?
Worth every penny if I had it! Some of sleekest Mercs ever, and such gorgeous blocks too.
Since buying my CL600 5 years ago I've had 3 services and had to replace the coil packs and the suspension pump. Both the latter were known issues with the model and, at 46K miles at purchase, there was a fair chance I'd get caught for those. She's on 64K now.
Tyres are not too bad and I've had to replace the fronts once and it's on the second set of rears. Around £600 for a full set of premium tyres.
If you get a car with the coil packs and suspension issues sorted, then it's not too bad.
Did I mention the suspension arms? The near front one needs to be replaced, so presumably I'll have to have both fronts done. Not much change from €1200 I'm told.
And the oil cooler leaks - not much again a known issue but expensive to cure, so most owners (judging by the American forums) just live with it.
So, excluding tyres, I reckon it's cost me around €8,500, around £7,400 over 5 and a half years.
Include the tyres and £2k p.a. wouldn't be too far away, perhaps.
Will I sell it? Only to get another '600 or even a '65 in a nicer colour .... mine is silver with black interior. Friends say it's classy but I would prefer a non-grey/silver exterior and grey or beige interior. It's roomy ... takes 4 adults easily.
A lot of people seem to forget that a high ticket car will still require high ticket maintenance.
