CLK 320 - four year report

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Fri 6 Jul 2012 14:28
CLK 320 - four year report - barney100
Thought I'd do a four year report. Mercedes CLK 320 Cabriolet 2000. Bought with 94k on the clock 4years ago from an indie for 10k. costs under £300 to insure, tax is about £190, mpg around 30 with a little care. Servicing is around £200 for an 'a'
service at the excellent specialist in Kingsclere and a 'b' service nearer £450 every 2 years. Apart from tyres and brakes the pse pump went which was around £600 and the roof mechanism failed....£1000 plus at the main dealers....£100 at indie who replaced a part. Passed its mot this morning with advisories on tyres. I've done 10k a year on average and have clocked up 140k. I could be lucky and get £3k in exchange if I wanted to swap. So far the tin worm hasn't got me and I've not broken down or failed to start. I was thinking of a practical classic car in my retirement but I'm nearly there with this one so hope to hang on.
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Fri 6 Jul 2012 15:30
CLK 320 - four year report - meldrew

Seems like you have had good value but £10k for a 94k mile car seemed pricey to me. Cars last far more miles than they used to - my brother in law has done 250k in his Merc and is more than happy to keep going with it.

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Fri 6 Jul 2012 16:22
CLK 320 - four year report - Ed V
Interesting - we can see why it cost £10,000 at 94,000 miles!

Still, for many of us interested in cars and their development, although we often say we want to keep a car for years, I think we get itchy feet and want to try out something else and, of course, with newer gadgets - sat navs, parking assists, folding mirrors, bluetooth etc.
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