Firstly - hi 
Have been using the forum as a source of information for my new purchase over the last month or so and meaning to sign up.
Sadly my new purchase did not go as planned. Not sure if this post is looking for sympathy or advice but it will hopefully serve as a warning to others.
I have had my eye on the W212 E-class for a couple of years now as I wanted a BIG estate for work and for leisure and it also had to look good, be safe, economical etc etc and thought I had found the perfect car at a dealer (not MB but other make main dealer) across the other side of the country
2011 E250 sport in silver
Full AMG kit
7G box with column shifter
Panoramic roof
Real leather seats with memory package
Comand system (only 4.0 due to early 2011
)
It also had the 18" alloys so not too big, the speed limit assist option and the rear view camera.
Mileage was 107k but the garage selling it claimed it had full main dealer history and was fully inspected. Car had a few blemishes I wish they had mentioned as they were an unwelcome surprise but it drove well.
Unfortunately it has turned out to be a bit of a lemon and not impressed with the garage. So far having owned it for 2 weeks all I have done is drive it home and to my local specialist (the excellent Avantagarde Automotive in Clevedon).
Unfortunately it means I have no choice but to reject the car but I am going to have a job finding another with that spec in the 250 or maybe 350
Will post up details of the garage and the car reg when it's all sorted so no one else gets sold this thing.
Have been using the forum as a source of information for my new purchase over the last month or so and meaning to sign up.
Sadly my new purchase did not go as planned. Not sure if this post is looking for sympathy or advice but it will hopefully serve as a warning to others.
I have had my eye on the W212 E-class for a couple of years now as I wanted a BIG estate for work and for leisure and it also had to look good, be safe, economical etc etc and thought I had found the perfect car at a dealer (not MB but other make main dealer) across the other side of the country
2011 E250 sport in silver
Full AMG kit
7G box with column shifter
Panoramic roof
Real leather seats with memory package
Comand system (only 4.0 due to early 2011
)It also had the 18" alloys so not too big, the speed limit assist option and the rear view camera.
Mileage was 107k but the garage selling it claimed it had full main dealer history and was fully inspected. Car had a few blemishes I wish they had mentioned as they were an unwelcome surprise but it drove well.
Unfortunately it has turned out to be a bit of a lemon and not impressed with the garage. So far having owned it for 2 weeks all I have done is drive it home and to my local specialist (the excellent Avantagarde Automotive in Clevedon).
- Rear suspension - needs 2 new airbags. Garage noticed it was dropping before they sold it!
- Coolant leak - morning I started it to drive to Avantgarde the coolant warning flashed up and they confirmed the leak
- Full main dealer service history - when I checked with MB it turns out the car has 45k miles of missing history so not full main dealer as I was told!
- Avantgarde also found impact damage to the floor of the vehicle that had punctured the underbody protection, dented the floor and crimped a rear brake line
Unfortunately it means I have no choice but to reject the car but I am going to have a job finding another with that spec in the 250 or maybe 350
Will post up details of the garage and the car reg when it's all sorted so no one else gets sold this thing.
