3 years of a C220

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Thu 20 Dec 2007 10:00
3 years of a C220 - barney100
I have run a W reg Merc C220 diesel for just over three years and thought it would be interesting to compare costs with other BRs who have had their car of any make for a similar period.
I paid £8500 after part exhange allowance of £2000 and I might be lucky to get £3000 for it now. Mileage at purchase was 65k and I have now done 128k.
servicing I have farmed out to a local indy, also a one man band and believe it or not a servicing deal from the local Peugeot main dealer! They work out at around £150 a go once a year and I get the oil done every six months for about £50.
Breakdowns have not occurred but the local main dealers did come out once to replace a sensor (£35)
Other parts,
Battery
New radio £120 (Halfords)
Both sets of pads £120 a time fitted
4 tyres- £200 ish
Kit for the cylinder head £8 and £50 fitting ( mine as an older car gets 50% discount on labour
Got some small rust spots around the rear wheel arch and under the front doors..taken in and fixed free of charge
Usual fluid top ups
does well over 40 mpg on a run- apart from the odd bulb or two thats it -and MOTS of course.
Whats your experience?
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Thu 20 Dec 2007 12:01
3 years of a C220 - Billy Whizz
What year is W reg?
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Thu 20 Dec 2007 13:33
3 years of a C220 - mss1tw
Early 2000.
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Fri 21 Dec 2007 22:42
3 years of a C220 - Bill Payer
Mine's a bit newer but I've run a C270CDi auto estate for 3 yrs, bought at 5mths old with 5K miles. I've only put 28K on it (job function changed just after I bought it) and all it's had is an A service (£150, plus oil which I supplied), 2 rear tyres (£100 each) and an MOT.
The only times it's been to the dealer were for the service & MOT.
Its computer says it's averaged 43MPG over its life.
I paid £23,500 for it (it's got £7K of options) - I'm hoping it would be worth around £15K now, but I was looking at new cars like Mondeo TDCi or Accord CDTi as alternatives so hopefully I've done no worse than if I'd bought one of those.
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