Actually cost more for an older one. No warranty, and all the parts are closer to requiring replacements. Cars are just wearing items if you drive it things wear out. Its not just changing the oil and everything else lasts forever. Imagine how much a clutch would be.
@@chrishart8548 Yep. my mate bought an 05 S class Merc for £4k. It had a broken rear spring which meant an entire replacement strut. The bill was £3,800.
Also insurance costs are through the roof. I have a 70 reg Seat Leon which i wanted to change for a more luxury car but after picking several on Autotrader the running costs are ridiculous. I am talking group 42 insurance and over £300 road tax.
I have owned two older exec cars like the Merc you featured. My personal experience is that you are blown away by how much you are getting for your money BUT when something goes wrong the cost is eye watering!!
These wet belts have an oil resistant coating on them so the idea is the proper oil doesn't degrade the coating, so wrong oil eats the coating, so there's no real mileage when they go, daft idea. I avoid buying them and pug puretech is the same, good thing on those is that you can see the belt thru the oil cap to check it.
We have a 2.1 d 16 plate cls which has done 95 thousand miles -We’ve had it from 2 years old it’s been serviced at Mercedes from new and apart from the servicing ,discs ,pads and a battery it needed nothing else-Jinxed it now haven’t I 😁
Maybe an "Italian tune-up" is needed. My Golf tdi was like that. Too many short journeys. I gave it a load of high revs constantly for a while and it behaves miles better now.
Since I've had kids I've noticed that practical stuff like SUV's and estates seems to hold it's value far better than sports cars and saloons, particularly 4 seat saloons like the CLS
The issue with the damp carpets on the ford focus is the air vent that sit under the rear lights, over time they come loose from their seating and water flows into the car from the cap, there is also a rubber bung that needs removing from the floor pan just behind the rear lights.
Apart from everything that needs replacing at that age and mileage, brakes, radiators etc the VED makes it a very expensive car to own. Having an 8 year old Merc isn’t really a good look, it’s an old car and try getting parts once it hits 10 years old or, as manufacturers say, life expired.
I guess the car market knows what it wants. Lots of cheaper diesels pouring out of London with ULEZ doing it's thing. Most of my wealthier customers ditched diesel a few years ago, now running petrol SUVs.
I totally agree you do get a lot for your money and there not bad at all on fuel. The mokka diesels don't like sitting around or short journeys I would say it possibly did a regen
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I've just been car shopping and almost bought something like this - lots of big high-spec Beemers, Mercs and Audis. I was seriously tempted but kept reading, "if you can't afford a new one you can't afford to run a a used one". Went for a low mileage Honda instead for the same money - full leather, etc., Not a willy-waving badge, but hopefully more reliable and with lower bills....
I think back to when you started up. Then when you moved to your current premises, with the large vehicle stuck in your yard. Today your business has grown. Well done. You do seem to have quite a big stock, which is money sitting there. You mentioned , possibly , taking on a part-time cleaning/polishing person , to take some work off your shoulders. As a one-man band , have you got some sort of insurance, to cover a period of shutting down due to illness ? This is a sobering consideration that should be faced. .
I'd clean the dpf out on the mokka, I had a megane diesel recently and an injector was off, sometimes OK, sometimes smoking and lumpy, came up no 2 injector, 150 for a recon one and it sorted it, maybe do a leak back test to see if one injector is leaking, you can get a kit cheaply or make your own. Trouble is with that merc is 99% of your customers won't touch it due to maintenance and tax, also any warranty claim is going to kill it,
James it's a Mercedes they cost an fortune to maintain !! Plus it's a dirty diesel!! 14 grand is a fortune to most people . Those cars are great when they are going but if anything goes wrong you will need a second mortgage to repair them . Hopefully that explains why you think they are great value for money but I for one would rather have a focus for that kind of money . Mind you wouldn't touch a wet belt engine .
Beautiful cars based on the w212 chassis. The E class this was based on is arguably the best Modern Mercedes, then you put a stunning body on on and you get the CLS which is dropped dead gorgeous! I would this over a Range anyday but like you said because of the roads you live on this wouldn't be practical. Nice toy though 😉
Chops !! Need ya help well advice We own a 66 kuga and c4 picasso would u recommend the topdon 800 to use on these cars or even the 600 as the kuga has abs light on ?? Thanks
They're ten a penny on the roads - you couldn't get a more boring car than a black 8 year old mercedes saloon these days. It's why they are so cheap now - it's a buyers market.
@@byronmills5952 but they are not boring to drive also they have far nicer interiors and are a much nicer car to be in over a vanilla focus or a awful Nissan
My 1999 BMW E38 Has 200,000 on the clock Once every 3 months at night i take it up the M61 And i beast it realy bad i cant go anymore its flat out the next day and for the next 3 months its like a new car does it a world off good .i love it had it 6 years now. I tell everyone leather your car every 3 months its like going for a run cleans your system out .
Coolant temp is checked by ecu before re gen, so it won't be doing a re gen from cold bud, I'd clean the dpf out his I do it with couple of litres of wyyns dpf cleaner, get your guys to take it off and pickle it, never going to run right if basically exhaust is blocked, then run it for a few days to see if OK, then replace egr, glow plugs, turbo, 4 injectors, pump, then it might be OK bud, ha, ha.
@@ChopsGarage well that's great bud, I'll not buy another mokka, bought a 66 plate, 4200,prep so 4 and a half, 3 adverts later 5995,5695,4995. I ended up taking 3700 off some poles to get rid, no calls no interest, it was mokka x as well, newer shape, it was 1.4 petrol tho, but ulez, I really struggle with anything over 4k no matter how nice it is, bought an auto astra and a civic last night, 1265 Inc fees for the pair, they'll be day one sellers, cheapies sell super fast as you used to say mate!
My neighbour has a D reg SUV in this make, it's a diesel as well, he drives from our flats in Surrey Poland on 1 tank diesel, but it is a 100 litre tank, he loves it
Apart from everything that needs replacing at that age and mileage, brakes, radiators etc the VED makes it a very expensive car to own. Having an 8 year old Merc isn’t really a good look, it’s an old car and try getting parts once it hits 10 years old or, as manufacturers say, life expired.thought Ford had a factory recall on eco boost engines for a free belt change?
As a motorway cruiser it will be a luxury workhorse,I wouldn't want to drive around on 20 - 30mph roads all day in it.could polish up well and maybe private plate 👌🏻
Can't see the mokka starting to re gen from clap cold, absolutely first thing to do is scan it, can be anything on a diesel, so hard to get them running 100% I've done some work on a service customers mokka 1.7,new injectors, still smokes, not coming up and codes, at tickover it's wafting smoke all over, he's trying to sell it atm.
I do love a nice merc cant afford it 😢 but what a motor. And the vauxhall stay away had a 13 plate astra estate diesel with 60 tho miles went on a motorway run twice a week 80 miles round trip and still the dpf full light was on dash replaced dpf on garage advice 2 months after still came on got rid and never buy another
Best thing on any diesel you get in is a couple of decent injector cleaners, forte is a good one, a good blast and run them for a few days, check pending codes, then hope for the best, not coming on song from cold can even be low compression on a pot until it warms up, bought a hyundai diesel the other day, in limp now, won't go above 3k revs, drove OK at first....
I bought a 2015 cls from mercedes in 2018 for £2100 I sold it in 2020 for £15000 then in 2021 car prices went up and they were doing £1800, I have owned 4 mercedes since
Don't they break up and the plastic debris blocks the oil pick up in the sump? If so hearing about the one on the red Focus then leaving it another year would be too much of a gamble for me.
The Merc are great until the timing chains play up! Also you won’t get a DPF light for an injector. That would be more if you had a glow plug issue and it stops regen…. Probably just a symptom of sitting about. Get it sold and into use Why did you pay for a wet belt on the red focus when it was under the condition of fords good will gesture? Madness 😂
Doesn't fit in with your normal stock. More like that smart a**** in the peak district. I would just say maintenance costs in future will be horrendous.But good fun if you like that sort of thing. Each to his own I say. Who in their right mind would buy a wet belt car? I suppose an ignorant one?
I bought a car with a DPF without knowing, I would never do that again. Also had a car with a wet belt before that. It survived till 16 years old and I never even did the cam belt (ford focus)
You've got this car before it reaches the wrong hands which is what always happens with these luxury cars. After 10 years and they become affordable to almost anyone stupid people will buy them thinking they can afford it but don't understand the cost of servicing, maintaince and just running the car. They end up on ditchfinder tyre, start getting servicing gaps and they end up replacing stuff with non OEM level parts because they can't afford the money pit they bought.
@@ChopsGarage oh yes bud, I got a 2014 xf 2.2 jag for my son last week, metallic blue, 80k,Hatfields jaguar, 4700 at Astons Prees heath, lot of car for the money.
Be careful with the heavy metal stuff bud, OK for your you tube mates punting stuff like that on finance, it's a different game from a small pitch selling for a straight deal. Dave at lovely was megga busy the other day, I noticed virtually every sale was finance tho, which means it might be a good idea to do, on that Mercedes I'd run it to check it out, if OK try an expensive autotrader ad for a mth, if no joy trade it off, if there's trade profit in it of course. It's well worth a try, you want a big margin tho for the outlay and potential comebacks.
@@ChopsGarage I think that's best, imagine selling it on finance and having it returned in a few mths time all blown up, a mate of mine just lost in court, paid 2.2k and customer scrapped the car, so he basically got nothing
true , but spare parts who needs them when you have chops garage lol , anyway i am still toying of getting rid of my car with no issues what so ever , the value as the finance company say is £26k i offered it to shifting metal and he came up with £19k i offered it to others lovley car co and said i will get back to them , so what can you offer me , i am in no rush to sell because it is a lovely beast of a car lol .
and if i bought some tickets to your comp then i will want you personnally sell or keep the car and give the money to jack the little boy who visits shifting metal for his trip to usa he needs the money more then me although i am disabled from a brain heammorrage etc
Ever thought this car does a DPF automatic cleaning feature so it could have been doing that and if it was that and it’s now finished that’s why it’s ok now
Meanwhile, the Mazda 2 is sitting there with presumably no problems, probably won’t develop problems any time soon, is more efficient than probably anything else in stock, drives great, and no one’s interested? 😢
@@ChopsGarage yes if too has missed a few regens. on mine I can see heated mirrors being used without being turned on as if fitted a led to tell when it’s in a mid regen. I had same issue hence fitted the led.
Mercedes don’t matter if it does cost a fortune would help if they still made the parts like a thermostat and a water pump for a car that cost £120 grand at the time
What do you mean? Autodoc list lots of different makes of thermostats for this car. An OEM Febi Bilstein is £74 for example. A SKF water pump £88. All in stock.
That interior get very dirty very easily I would personally go for a black interior I don't like the CD players I go for a newer Mercedes with no cd player
That Mercedes is cheap because people that have money buy new and not used and if it needs repairs they cost an absolute fortune. In other words it's a bottomless money pit.
Before you buy a car like this you need to ask yourself, "could I afford to run it when it was new?". Because spare parts don't depreciate.
Actually cost more for an older one. No warranty, and all the parts are closer to requiring replacements. Cars are just wearing items if you drive it things wear out. Its not just changing the oil and everything else lasts forever. Imagine how much a clutch would be.
@@chrishart8548 Yep. my mate bought an 05 S class Merc for £4k. It had a broken rear spring which meant an entire replacement strut. The bill was £3,800.
@@turriffterror3881 wow that's an expensive lesson
I've had two springs go on my CLS and only the spring was replaced for little money @@turriffterror3881
Also insurance costs are through the roof. I have a 70 reg Seat Leon which i wanted to change for a more luxury car but after picking several on Autotrader the running costs are ridiculous. I am talking group 42 insurance and over £300 road tax.
I have owned two older exec cars like the Merc you featured. My personal experience is that you are blown away by how much you are getting for your money BUT when something goes wrong the cost is eye watering!!
Exactly.
Loving the new style video... straight into the content and ending on a note about the raffles. Feels more genuine some how and better represents you
Many thanks
Mokka was probably doing a regen. Mokka diesels don't like short journeys. Needs a good fast drive.
Beat me to it 😂. Needs a motorway run
I think the same - had an Alfa 159 2.0 diesel which appreciated an italian tune up.
I guess the best way to get around this problem is not to get a dirty diesel in the first place .
I thought it had to get to temp first
I've got a 2011 2.1 E250 and I have mine at stage 2 pushing 280bhp with no issues. It's been a great car and had mechanically never gone wrong
Bet fly's as torque is prob more
@@ChopsGarage like shit off a shovel.
I'll get it dyno'd some day but it's definitely fast and will drift on command
These wet belts have an oil resistant coating on them so the idea is the proper oil doesn't degrade the coating, so wrong oil eats the coating, so there's no real mileage when they go, daft idea. I avoid buying them and pug puretech is the same, good thing on those is that you can see the belt thru the oil cap to check it.
We have a 2.1 d 16 plate cls which has done 95 thousand miles -We’ve had it from 2 years old it’s been serviced at Mercedes from new and apart from the servicing ,discs ,pads and a battery it needed nothing else-Jinxed it now haven’t I 😁
When my DPF light comes on i have to take it up the motorway 3 junctions to let it regen because i dont use it enough
Maybe an "Italian tune-up" is needed. My Golf tdi was like that. Too many short journeys. I gave it a load of high revs constantly for a while and it behaves miles better now.
Since I've had kids I've noticed that practical stuff like SUV's and estates seems to hold it's value far better than sports cars and saloons, particularly 4 seat saloons like the CLS
SUVs aren't practical though.
The issue with the damp carpets on the ford focus is the air vent that sit under the rear lights, over time they come loose from their seating and water flows into the car from the cap, there is also a rubber bung that needs removing from the floor pan just behind the rear lights.
You turning into Matt @ High Peak 😂
lol long way behind
Northwest engines do the wetbelt for £960
Apart from everything that needs replacing at that age and mileage, brakes, radiators etc the VED makes it a very expensive car to own.
Having an 8 year old Merc isn’t really a good look, it’s an old car and try getting parts once it hits 10 years old or, as manufacturers say, life expired.
The road tax is £160 for this car. A new radiator made by Nissens or Denso from a factor is £175. I guess you must cycle everywhere!
its an a diesel e class in a posh suit, the parts will be available. - the e class is used by taxi drivers the world over.
Just be sure to check the rear subframe for corrosion carefully on the merc!
It's gone now traded
I think the problem with the mercedes will be parts and labour. But it is a decent amount of car for the price. You got some great stock.
I guess the car market knows what it wants. Lots of cheaper diesels pouring out of London with ULEZ doing it's thing. Most of my wealthier customers ditched diesel a few years ago, now running petrol SUVs.
I totally agree you do get a lot for your money and there not bad at all on fuel. The mokka diesels don't like sitting around or short journeys I would say it possibly did a regen
I know it takes time....but you,ll get more viewers....and. keep your suscribers . We enjoy these regular updates . Car people like to have a Real ...channel ,/ Chops/ Car UK. etc....not high peak autos ...no personatlity .😮
New set of plates, valet, service and mot. Good buff ,sound familiar 😅
I think people are wary of running costs and potential repair costs. Nice car tho - one for joe at Berrow?
Hey up Chop, I much prefer this old style chops garage, it is why I subscribed in the first place!
Appreciated mate
The Mercedes is a very nice car and would look lovely on any one’s driveway I would love to have one for that great price with that history
The best car I've ever had mercedes estate, 320 CDI .2008 it was £2500 with full service history.
Bought some tickets, definitely a worthy cause.
Ive had the 2013 CLS 350CDI for 8 years and its been fantastic and very reliable
good to hear
I've just been car shopping and almost bought something like this - lots of big high-spec Beemers, Mercs and Audis. I was seriously tempted but kept reading, "if you can't afford a new one you can't afford to run a a used one". Went for a low mileage Honda instead for the same money - full leather, etc., Not a willy-waving badge, but hopefully more reliable and with lower bills....
Should be as a rule but with these select the right engine and you are ok
I think back to when you started up.
Then when you moved to your current premises, with the large vehicle stuck in your yard.
Today your business has grown.
Well done.
You do seem to have quite a big stock, which is money sitting there.
You mentioned , possibly , taking on a part-time cleaning/polishing person , to take some work off your shoulders.
As a one-man band , have you got some sort of insurance, to cover a period of shutting down due to illness ?
This is a sobering consideration that should be faced.
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Ive had 3 CLSs and i cant fault them. Would recommend to anyone. Great mpg.... youll get 40+ easily.
I'd clean the dpf out on the mokka, I had a megane diesel recently and an injector was off, sometimes OK, sometimes smoking and lumpy, came up no 2 injector, 150 for a recon one and it sorted it, maybe do a leak back test to see if one injector is leaking, you can get a kit cheaply or make your own. Trouble is with that merc is 99% of your customers won't touch it due to maintenance and tax, also any warranty claim is going to kill it,
James it's a Mercedes they cost an fortune to maintain !! Plus it's a dirty diesel!! 14 grand is a fortune to most people . Those cars are great when they are going but if anything goes wrong you will need a second mortgage to repair them . Hopefully that explains why you think they are great value for money but I for one would rather have a focus for that kind of money . Mind you wouldn't touch a wet belt engine .
Not sure I agree I’ve owned three cls from 2.1 to 3litre diesel and the engines as long as maintained and serviced are bulletproof proof
I think you will find this is blutec and £20 tax like mine.
It's also ULEZ.
@@wanderingorganistI guess it's Euro 6 ? Does it use add blue ?
@@chrishart8548 tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/ will be a definitive check.
Didn't ford reduce the interval on the wet belt to 6yrs 100k? PSA wetbelts are 6yrs 60k
That Merc Diesel is a great engine. They sound a bit rough, but usually very reliable.
It sure is!
Basically the same engine in the Sprinters DPD use to deliver your parcels!
That Merc is lovely. Definitely need to have a stash of cash in case of repairs
Beautiful cars based on the w212 chassis. The E class this was based on is arguably the best Modern Mercedes, then you put a stunning body on on and you get the CLS which is dropped dead gorgeous! I would this over a Range anyday but like you said because of the roads you live on this wouldn't be practical. Nice toy though 😉
Its a lovely motor but £14k is a lot for an older motor you will need a quality warranty with it as if anything does go wrong it will cost big time.
Chops !! Need ya help well advice
We own a 66 kuga and c4 picasso would u recommend the topdon 800 to use on these cars or even the 600 as the kuga has abs light on ?? Thanks
Lot of negative comments !
Hell of a lot of car for the money !
Beats a lot of the boring cars you can buy for the same money !
Exactly I’d drive that over a dull boring Nissan or
Ford focus
They're ten a penny on the roads - you couldn't get a more boring car than a black 8 year old mercedes saloon these days. It's why they are so cheap now - it's a buyers market.
@@byronmills5952 but they are not boring to drive also they have far nicer interiors and are a much nicer car to be in over a vanilla focus or a awful Nissan
@@byronmills5952 with a 3.0 diesel engine they are a great car !
@@byronmills5952 the CLS is not ten a penny they are pretty rare especially the shooting brake
My 1999 BMW E38 Has 200,000 on the clock Once every 3 months at night i take it up the M61 And i beast it realy bad i cant go anymore its flat out the next day and for the next 3 months its like a new car does it a world off good .i love it had it 6 years now. I tell everyone leather your car every 3 months its like going for a run cleans your system out .
Exactly what it needs
Coolant temp is checked by ecu before re gen, so it won't be doing a re gen from cold bud, I'd clean the dpf out his I do it with couple of litres of wyyns dpf cleaner, get your guys to take it off and pickle it, never going to run right if basically exhaust is blocked, then run it for a few days to see if OK, then replace egr, glow plugs, turbo, 4 injectors, pump, then it might be OK bud, ha, ha.
Lol , goes that was eh lol. But started with 3k margin so should be ok
@@ChopsGarage well that's great bud, I'll not buy another mokka, bought a 66 plate, 4200,prep so 4 and a half, 3 adverts later 5995,5695,4995. I ended up taking 3700 off some poles to get rid, no calls no interest, it was mokka x as well, newer shape, it was 1.4 petrol tho, but ulez, I really struggle with anything over 4k no matter how nice it is, bought an auto astra and a civic last night, 1265 Inc fees for the pair, they'll be day one sellers, cheapies sell super fast as you used to say mate!
Had a C250 2.1 CDi - Epic engine, fast, reliable and gave 50mpg at 70mph on the motorway. Had 155k miles and still drove faultlessly.
Know I guy with one who did a stage 1 map on it the thing proper shifts with the extra 40hp. Those cars were peak Diesel really.
My neighbour has a D reg SUV in this make, it's a diesel as well, he drives from our flats in Surrey Poland on 1 tank diesel, but it is a 100 litre tank, he loves it
Yes buying a car like that Mercedes isn't a problem it's maintenance that would be my worry 😮
I don't think too bad
There is only one type of customer for this car!
Apart from everything that needs replacing at that age and mileage, brakes, radiators etc the VED makes it a very expensive car to own.
Having an 8 year old Merc isn’t really a good look, it’s an old car and try getting parts once it hits 10 years old or, as manufacturers say, life expired.thought Ford had a factory recall on eco boost engines for a free belt change?
That CLS looks like a car Joe@berrowmotors would like 😊
You know it lol
All these champagne cars...
Mercs
Beemers
Audis
Porsches
Etc, etc...
And try to run them on beer money.
When they go wrong, you will cry...
True lol
The merc has an outstanding recall.
Mercedes will do that then
As a motorway cruiser it will be a luxury workhorse,I wouldn't want to drive around on 20 - 30mph roads all day in it.could polish up well and maybe private plate 👌🏻
Can you sell the Merc to Joe at shifting metal his type of car 🚗 as you know
Thanks 👍 James for entertaining channel😊
What does the warranty cost on top of the cost of the car or is it included in the price?
Included
Can't see the mokka starting to re gen from clap cold, absolutely first thing to do is scan it, can be anything on a diesel, so hard to get them running 100% I've done some work on a service customers mokka 1.7,new injectors, still smokes, not coming up and codes, at tickover it's wafting smoke all over, he's trying to sell it atm.
My thought too
interior is lush, would it be closer to 80k miles now rather than 70k?
I do love a nice merc cant afford it 😢 but what a motor. And the vauxhall stay away had a 13 plate astra estate diesel with 60 tho miles went on a motorway run twice a week 80 miles round trip and still the dpf full light was on dash replaced dpf on garage advice 2 months after still came on got rid and never buy another
Best thing on any diesel you get in is a couple of decent injector cleaners, forte is a good one, a good blast and run them for a few days, check pending codes, then hope for the best, not coming on song from cold can even be low compression on a pot until it warms up, bought a hyundai diesel the other day, in limp now, won't go above 3k revs, drove OK at first....
I bought a 2015 cls from mercedes in 2018 for £2100 I sold it in 2020 for £15000 then in 2021 car prices went up and they were doing £1800, I have owned 4 mercedes since
Monka, could be a crack in the turbo...
I’ve got e class estate same engine and year with 235k on it still looks mint hopefully do double the miles . Great cars
I hear this a lot mega miles
Don't they break up and the plastic debris blocks the oil pick up in the sump? If so hearing about the one on the red Focus then leaving it another year would be too much of a gamble for me.
The Merc are great until the timing chains play up! Also you won’t get a DPF light for an injector. That would be more if you had a glow plug issue and it stops regen…. Probably just a symptom of sitting about. Get it sold and into use
Why did you pay for a wet belt on the red focus when it was under the condition of fords good will gesture? Madness 😂
@@andrewhamilton8954 thought when he said about this car it was full history etc
moka probably switched off mid regen, very common
Im sure Ford have reduced the wet belt change intervals.
It's all so so, 66 plate is an 8 year old car now. A nice old thing really... At 70,000 it's coming up to Exhausts and other ware items.
A diesel 4 pot in such a nice car? No thanks. A V6 diesel would be better.
Horses for courses. If you just want the looks and comfort 4 pots fine
It’s just doing a regen if it’s the light with the smoke sign
But should not do it from start up, thought had to warm up
Absolutely LOVE the CLS, James, but……..the Elephant in the room is that she’s only a 4-seater, no?
Yes true
Doesn't fit in with your normal stock. More like that smart a**** in the peak district. I would just say maintenance costs in future will be horrendous.But good fun if you like that sort of thing. Each to his own I say. Who in their right mind would buy a wet belt car? I suppose an ignorant one?
I bought a car with a DPF without knowing, I would never do that again. Also had a car with a wet belt before that. It survived till 16 years old and I never even did the cam belt (ford focus)
Do not give it away like you usually do…..!!!😳
James, is there a recall on this MB CLS model?
Not sure
No
You've got this car before it reaches the wrong hands which is what always happens with these luxury cars. After 10 years and they become affordable to almost anyone stupid people will buy them thinking they can afford it but don't understand the cost of servicing, maintaince and just running the car. They end up on ditchfinder tyre, start getting servicing gaps and they end up replacing stuff with non OEM level parts because they can't afford the money pit they bought.
Loads of ecoboost specialists doing wet belts for well under a £1000 nowadays.
I own a 2017 cls and love it ❤
James! I’m looking for a car exactly like that! I’ll call you tomorrow!
It's been traded to Joe at Berrow Motors (Shifting Metal) bud
There's one on a pitch near me in white on a 17 plate at 13995, looks the business, he's got loads of tackle like that.
Still looking cheap eh Vs Yeti etc
@@ChopsGarage oh yes bud, I got a 2014 xf 2.2 jag for my son last week, metallic blue, 80k,Hatfields jaguar, 4700 at Astons Prees heath, lot of car for the money.
Be careful with the heavy metal stuff bud, OK for your you tube mates punting stuff like that on finance, it's a different game from a small pitch selling for a straight deal. Dave at lovely was megga busy the other day, I noticed virtually every sale was finance tho, which means it might be a good idea to do, on that Mercedes I'd run it to check it out, if OK try an expensive autotrader ad for a mth, if no joy trade it off, if there's trade profit in it of course. It's well worth a try, you want a big margin tho for the outlay and potential comebacks.
Traded straight out mate even before agreed to buy for nice easy good profit bud
@@ChopsGarage I think that's best, imagine selling it on finance and having it returned in a few mths time all blown up, a mate of mine just lost in court, paid 2.2k and customer scrapped the car, so he basically got nothing
If the dpf light was on and it was smoking could it have been doing a regeneration
Should not be when not up to heat
1,200 for an ecoBoom wet belt? 😆🤣 better just to not buy an EcoBoom.
Well unless it's just been done
Prestige cars with diesel engines not for me I'm old fashioned and believe diesel engines should be in lorry's busses and Tractors
Banging out the vids lately! 👍
It's the new simpler format. Less views as less drama lol but I think it will get good long term subs
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true , but spare parts who needs them when you have chops garage lol , anyway i am still toying of getting rid of my car with no issues what so ever , the value as the finance company say is £26k i offered it to shifting metal and he came up with £19k i offered it to others lovley car co and said i will get back to them , so what can you offer me , i am in no rush to sell because it is a lovely beast of a car lol .
and if i bought some tickets to your comp then i will want you personnally sell or keep the car and give the money to jack the little boy who visits shifting metal for his trip to usa he needs the money more then me although i am disabled from a brain heammorrage etc
Looks fab
Ever thought this car does a DPF automatic cleaning feature so it could have been doing that and if it was that and it’s now finished that’s why it’s ok now
That happens when it's up to temp , this has just been started or I'd sgree
Keep the CLA. a very nice car.
Not my style bud
Premium car that has been run on lemonade budget
Why do you say that
They aren’t very popular but I like them.
No, I guess 4 seats makes them less so
Perhaps someone who does airport runs could be interested in this...
was the Moka just doing a regen ?
I’m guessing Joe is going to own this! Kindest regards 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Lol you got it
Meanwhile, the Mazda 2 is sitting there with presumably no problems, probably won’t develop problems any time soon, is more efficient than probably anything else in stock, drives great, and no one’s interested? 😢
Weird eh think because 1.5
Mokka was probably doing a regen dpf light on mine comes on whilst it’s doing one. Common for them to smoke whilst it does it.
Does it do it from start up though
@@ChopsGarage yes if too has missed a few regens. on mine I can see heated mirrors being used without being turned on as if fitted a led to tell when it’s in a mid regen. I had same issue hence fitted the led.
This has got shifting metals name all over it😊
Lol you know me well
Vauxhall will be egr valve issue.
Possibly
Flog the Merc to Joe at shifting metal, more his sort of car.
done lol
Mercedes don’t matter if it does cost a fortune would help if they still made the parts like a thermostat and a water pump for a car that cost £120 grand at the time
What do you mean? Autodoc list lots of different makes of thermostats for this car. An OEM Febi Bilstein is £74 for example. A SKF water pump £88. All in stock.
@@1maico1 not for a 55 cl kompressor they don’t 2 water pumps fit but no thermostat and says all water pumps fit but they don’t
@@martinjackson565 A CLK 55 AMG engine is a specialist vehicle sold in small numbers. The one in the video is a humble 2.1 diesel.
@@1maico1 oh so you scrap it then cause you can’t get a thermostat then when it was a 120 grand car
@@martinjackson565 Which exact car and year are you talking about?
Best car you have is the MGB GT Mazda its mine soon .
You will love it
That interior get very dirty very easily I would personally go for a black interior I don't like the CD players I go for a newer Mercedes with no cd player
Not massive fan myself
@@ChopsGarage my nan has got a 2009 VW golf the clutch pedal went down to the floor can you tell me what course it is got hydraulic brakes
@@andrewhamilton8954 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Good video James 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
That Mercedes is cheap because people that have money buy new and not used and if it needs repairs they cost an absolute fortune. In other words it's a bottomless money pit.
I don't know engines are good, just don't try and fix all toys
Trading the merc to joe lol😊
done lol
150k on a wet belt, are you sure
Yep. 10 yrs 150k
@@ChopsGarage surprised
Another great video
Thanks mate
@@ChopsGarage a pleasure