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Im picking up a New c220 cdi coupe this week. Im pleased with the deal and love he look of the car, but having last minute reservations reading negative posts about noisy or unrefined diesels.
Surely you test drove the model you have bought?
Surely you test drove the model you have bought?
A common response in such situations, but not always helpful!
Like many these days, as well as test driving a car when choosing, I also read loads of test reports and visit YouTube etc. It's easy to end up with your head in a spin.
Im picking up a New c220 cdi coupe this week. Im pleased with the deal and love he look of the car, but having last minute reservations reading negative posts about noisy or unrefined diesels.
Im picking up a New c220 cdi coupe this week. Im pleased with the deal and love he look of the car, but having last minute reservations reading negative posts about noisy or unrefined diesels.
It is the dashboard rattling that does my head in.
According to MB I am one of very, very few who actually experience this problem.
According to the net, there are pages upon pages highlighting this very issue.
I have to admit to not being a diseasel fan. I've only ever owned one, and that was an elderly Citroen ZX which was agricultural to put it mildly.
When my SLK was in for service the other week, the dealer lent me a (nearly new) C220 CDI estate for the day. I couldn't exactly get excited about it, but it was a nice enough place to sit, it certainly wasn't slow, and obviously it was a novelty seeing 40 MPG on the trip computer. All in all, very competent.
It wasn't noisy, either. There was a droney sort of sound, coming from the front end of the car, which seemed to go up and down in tone roughly in sync. with the rev counter needle, but that's about all I could say about it. Neither inspiring nor particularly offensive.
It depends on what you want. I suspect most people would be quite happy, put radio 4 on at a moderate volume and trundle from A to B, job done.
If you're after aural excitement, though, I'm afraid you've chosen poorly. Get a big V8 convertible, drop the top, switch off the stereo and give it some beans. That's what I've been doing today and I'm still .
Cheers,
Gaz
Personally, I have no issue with refinement or its lack on 204s.
It is the dashboard rattling that does my head in.
My car went in for three days last month with no apparent faults found, yet it still rattles.
According to MB I am one of very, very few who actually experience this problem.
According to the net, there are pages upon pages highlighting this very issue.
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