QUOTE(ksgill80 @ Mar 22 2016, 02:18 AM)
Hi All,
I hope this would be a good & fair forum for me to inquire about purchasing a merc.
My brother currently has a 2nd hand W210 and is now thinking of a possible upgrade. Problem is he is a little fickle minded. So i am trying to help him out with the experts from here.
His first thought is to get s W221 within the budget of 150K which hopefully can come with as many bells & whistle as it can like the media & sound system as well as the built in phone. So anyone know a good location to get 1 from? Also what should be the key things to look for to help ensure its a good buy. its been a lot of work trying to navigate around so much info related to this car yet not find the right answers
The 2nd option my brother is toying with is to maybe get 2 cars - a W220 & W211.
From what i have been reading (and i could be wrong) seems like the W220's airmatic is more of an issue as many ask questions on replacing it. Is it true that in the W220 this is a key pain point? Also how about the electronics?
I also noticed there does not seem to be any S280L. Was the LWB only with the 320?
On the W211 - what would be the key things to look out for? Btw the cabin space is smaller then the W210 right? or is it just me feeling so?
Really hope to get some good insights from the sifus here.
For w211, I would recommend to get the year 2007 version onwards.
The W211 most common problem are with the SBC Pump, which needed to be reset or changed after a certain period of braking.If the unit is broken, the cost to change it can be upto RM5k to 6k.
The facelift version one has changed from using sbc to adaptive braking or something like that,cant remember the actual term.
I am not familiar with S-class, currently using the w204 only
This post has been edited by riezzien: Mar 30 2016, 03:35 AM