Suggestion on Merc Buy

nil · 30th August 2007, 11:36

Friends - Does it make sense to buy a E250 1997 model. If the veh has run nearly one lac Km. Considering it is diesel, what is the life of most critical components... i know for many cars now a days, it is 85,000 to 1 lac Km. So will one need to spend a lot on maintenance of the car soon.Also does it make sense to drive a merc in mum for daily commutation, if one is not very keen on "Merc"...will a new Optra magnum make sense.... cost of old Merc and new Optra magnum nearly same..Thoughts from you guys...

jesal · 30th August 2007, 11:40

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Originally Posted by nil

Friends - Does it make sense to buy a E250 1997 model. If the veh has run nearly one lac Km. Considering it is diesel, what is the life of most critical components... i know for many cars now a days, it is 85,000 to 1 lac Km. So will one need to spend a lot on maintenance of the car soon.Also does it make sense to drive a merc in mum for daily commutation, if one is not very keen on "Merc"...will a new Optra magnum make sense.... cost of old Merc and new Optra magnum nearly same..Thoughts from you guys...

i have no clue what u are on about since i think optra sells out at 10 laks while a 1997 merc comes at around under 4.

a4_attitude · 30th August 2007, 15:55

Nil you got to read the rules first, you have posted in a wrong section, post this in what car, probably you will more replies
merc will alwys remain a merc, any car afer 1 lac goes to vintage, don mind I have driven an old car so my experience if you have enough time and money go ahead, please dont think of commuting everyday.
Cheers
W.A

GTO · 30th August 2007, 16:00

Hi Nil

I have moved this thread to the "What Car?" section. There is a ton of information on Team-BHP wrt buying a W124. Just use the search. Here is a thread to get you started.

This thread is closed.

30th August 2007, 11:36	#1
nil Newbie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: hyd Posts: 3 Thanked: 0 Times	Suggestion on Merc Buy Friends - Does it make sense to buy a E250 1997 model. If the veh has run nearly one lac Km. Considering it is diesel, what is the life of most critical components... i know for many cars now a days, it is 85,000 to 1 lac Km. So will one need to spend a lot on maintenance of the car soon.Also does it make sense to drive a merc in mum for daily commutation, if one is not very keen on "Merc"...will a new Optra magnum make sense.... cost of old Merc and new Optra magnum nearly same..Thoughts from you guys...
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30th August 2007, 15:55	#3
a4_attitude BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New Delhi Posts: 508 Thanked: 101 Times View My Garage	Nil you got to read the rules first, you have posted in a wrong section, post this in what car, probably you will more replies merc will alwys remain a merc, any car afer 1 lac goes to vintage, don mind I have driven an old car so my experience if you have enough time and money go ahead, please dont think of commuting everyday. Cheers W.A
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30th August 2007, 16:00	#4
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 71,568 Thanked: 310,014 Times View My Garage	Hi Nil I have moved this thread to the "What Car?" section. There is a ton of information on Team-BHP wrt buying a W124. Just use the search. Here is a thread to get you started. This thread is closed.
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