SMS offer on E Class

[bpsorrel]

Anyone else received an amazing money off offer from MB via SMS?

This is it:

"Save £7310 on E Class from Mercedes-Benz at Milton Keynes. Limited availabilty, colours and spec. Take advantage of this never to be repeated offer now!"

Hmmm, sounds interesting!

 

[C240Sport97]

that must be for an E63 with the 6.2 V8 instead of the new 5.5 bi turbo

 

[The Boss]

nicee

 

[st4]

Its strange, was in the $tealers and used 204s are still very dear, nearly new and used they are still very very expensive, in contrast a 212 is a much cheaper car.

It would appear, appearance, does make a huge part of a buyers mind. I'd have a 212 if I found the seats comfortable, but with a bad back I do not, shame, as it is really an excellent car otherwise.

 

[Dryce]

Its strange, was in the $tealers and used 204s are still very dear, nearly new and used they are still very very expensive, in contrast a 212 is a much cheaper car.

It would appear, appearance, does make a huge part of a buyers mind. I'd have a 212 if I found the seats comfortable, but with a bad back I do not, shame, as it is really an excellent car otherwise.

W212 makes the W204 look attractive.

A friend bought a W204 last month. Wouldn't consider an E because he was convinced it would be a much bigger car.

Having had a go in his new W204 it drives very nicely - but the interior feels very unspecial - below mundane IMO.

 

[C240Sport97]

I'd have a 212 if I found the seats comfortable, but with a bad back I do not, shame, as it is really an excellent car otherwise.

have you tried 1 with multi contour seats?

 

[st13phil]

I've now owned a W204 and a W212 and they're both great cars.

I was intending to replace my W204 with the facelift model but the options packaging has changed in key areas meaning that I couldn't spec the car I really wanted so looked at the W212 instead. It's absolutely clear that the W212 E350CDI Avantgarde is the sweetspot of the range pricewise for the spec I wanted (essentially standard + COMAND). What was really interesting was that C250CDI similarly spec'd was only about £1k cheaper - which made the E look even more attractive.

Thinking back, there was a glut of W204's on the used market about 18-months - 2-years after it was introduced and used prices were somewhat depressed but have now recovered strongly. I wonder if a similar thing has happened with the W212?