[quote=Sahil]Buddy my decision to never buy a merc is not coz of one dealer...its due to the series of problems that my car has faced.... i have mentioned the same in previous posts....I own two C180's both... i''ll repeat few of the major problems for u once again
-The fuel tank leaked in the middle of the road...all the petrol dropped .... just thank my stars that there was no fire around or else this would be MAJOR!!... i dont even expect this to happen in the worest of cars.
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Feul tank leaking is something that is unheard off. This doesnt happen in any Maruti cars. Since MB repairs are costly and you are having problems affording them, I strongly recommend/suggest that you should consider Maruti Baleno. Its the most recommended car at TBHP. This way you will be able to get your car repaired at the MARUTI showroom itself without having to drive to Pune every time you have a problem with your car or go to a local mechanic.
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Originally Posted by Sahil - Once on my way to nasik i pressed the clutch to shift up and the clutch refuse to come back out....it just got stuck in .... i was luckily at just 30km/hr and hence managed to control it to a hault somehow! Called the MBIL helpline and they are like yaa such things happen when the oil in the clutch gets heated, just turn the car off for a while and the oil will get a little thin so u can use it then. The car was not even overheating! |
The clutch of Baleno never gets stuck. If it does you could afford to get it replaced cheap. This way you wont get angry/aggitated/dissapointed and come to this site telling us about the costly repairs. You will enjoy peace of mind.
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Originally Posted by Sahil - The AC just stopped cooling one day ...took it to the service center they gave an estimate of 80,000 as some major part had conked off.....i instead took it to my local ac guy and filled up the gas and the ac was back to perfect! Again this time they tried to cheat me. For a minor problem of gas filled to an 80,000 component!! |
Again to reiterate the point. If you go to a local mechanic he will charge you cheap. He doesnt have engineers working for him, or a dealer network whose salaries have to be paid for. He doesnt give any garantee on the part he replaces. Simply speaking, cars like Merc are known for their high maintainence costs. But still people buy them, but if you have to buy them and later go to local mechanics as price from show room is too high, than I must suggest you reconsider your decision to buy such an expensive car to maintain. Again Baleno has the best AC in its class. Most TBHPians and auto magazines can vouch for this.
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Originally Posted by Sahil - Electronic braking system started failing.... I was driving down marine drive once, enjoy my car and suddenly the screen flash ABS fail!! BAS Fail!! Imagine at 120km/hr the car just tells u that the major braking systems have jsut conked off !! |
I garantee your ABS WILL never fail in Baleno, as it doesnt have ABS. Such fancy systems are not designed for Indian conditions, of dust, rain and dirt. Baleno relies on old is gold technology of non abs, drum/disc brakes that will never give you a FAIL ABS screen.
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Originally Posted by Sahil Well these r jsut the few MAJOR problems that i can think of now.......there have been several other small problems which i have tried to let go..... This is why i said that a BMW is going to be my next car and not a merc.....not that i have faith in the future BMW dealers but i have faith in the brand. Mercedes comes up with millions of problem which causes owners to go back to the service center and hence gives the cheats like autohangar a chance to swindle us.... but i have faith that BMW wont make me visit the service center as often apart from servicing so that reduces the chance for the dealers to cheat us. |
Please dont make mistake of going for BMW. As the AC repairs from show room for BMW wont be less than 80k, and I would hate for you to buy such an expensive car and go stand in front of a local mechanic to fix the AC.
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Originally Posted by Sahil Compensate their expensive living by cheating customers!!??!! I didnt not want to claim insurance because i have a high no claim bonus.... its upto the customer to decide if he wants to or not....fine if i have told them that i wanna claim insurance and then they bump up the estimate to cheat the insurance company then its between the two of them as the insurance is not their customer.... but when i have said that i am not goin to claim insurance then why cheat me for things that r not damaged!!? |
Ideally Merc owners should not worry about the no claim bonus etc. Rather they should be enjoying the peace of mind of having a luxury car. Minor expenses will come and be taken care of by insurance but what you are getting is peace of mind. However I do agree in your case 1.5 lakh turned out too much, and thus I strongly recommend Baleno. It has Maruti ASS and will give you peace of mind. On performance too, its evenly matched with your Merc C. Below are the specs:
Mercedes Benz C200 CDI (0-100) 12.43 secs
Maruti Baleno (0-100) 12.77 secs
As a Team Bhpian my role is to advise you. I can follow the crowd and crib about the dealer etc. But like I said, the dealer will always cost more than a local mechanic. I stick to my PVR example... you pay for the comfort/investment/infrastructure of Merc network as opposed to getting it fixed from a local guy.