Thinking of buying a Mercedes Benz C180 (2010–2012)

[nupus]

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to buy a Mercedes Benz C180, most likely a 2010, 2011, or 2012 model since that’s what fits my budget. I’ve always liked the look and feel of it, but I’ve heard maintenance and repair costs can get high for older Mercs.

A few details about my situation:

• This won’t be my daily driver , I already have two Toyotas for that.
• I’m planning to keep it for around 7–8 months and then sell it.
• I mainly want something classy and fun to own for a short time.

If anyone here owns or has owned one, I’d love to hear your thoughts:

• How’s the reliability and comfort?
• Are maintenance and parts costs really that bad?
• Any common issues I should look out for?
• How’s the resale value if I sell it within a few months?

And if you think it’s not worth it, please suggest a better alternative in a similar price range that still feels premium.

Thanks a lot for your advice!

 

[Sonique]

You cannot say second hand Mercedes and reliability in the same sentence bro. If you earn morethan 500K a month you can afford to have a C class if you don't have any other liabilities. Simple parts replacement of these vehicles can start from 100K - 300K easily.

 

[windows_ubuntu]

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to buy a Mercedes Benz C180, most likely a 2010, 2011, or 2012 model since that’s what fits my budget. I’ve always liked the look and feel of it, but I’ve heard maintenance and repair costs can get high for older Mercs.

A few details about my situation:

• This won’t be my daily driver , I already have two Toyotas for that.
• I’m planning to keep it for around 7–8 months and then sell it.
• I mainly want something classy and fun to own for a short time.

If anyone here owns or has owned one, I’d love to hear your thoughts:

• How’s the reliability and comfort?
• Are maintenance and parts costs really that bad?
  
  
  
• Any common issues I should look out for?
• How’s the resale value if I sell it within a few months?

And if you think it’s not worth it, please suggest a better alternative in a similar price range that still feels premium.

Thanks a lot for your advice!

ඇතෙක් ගමු.

Spoiler: ...

 

[raman2]

Perfect condition ekak gaththoth 8 months walin leda enne na.. habai ledak awoth loku cost ekak yanawa, dimo genapu ekak nemei nam dimo dannama un wenama ganak gannawa..

Okkotama wada loku seen eka umbata oka 8 months walin hithuna
gaman wikunanna nam ba.. kunu kolleta dunne naththan massa ganak patta gemak denna wenawa wikunanna..

Used merc, bmw ganna enne show ekata owa padinna try karana toyota padapu karima hingannu..
Okun mechanic la 100 ekkan enawa, eka eka than walata check karanna yanna katha karanawa. Ude hawasa Call karala gong prashna ahanawa, heta gannawa kiyala eka paara decision wenas karanawa..
Umbatath owa okkoma kagena inna wenawa mokada owa used ganna enne podi pirisak, ithin 1 miss unath aye ekek set wenna loku kalayak yanawa, uta waste karapu time eka okkoma aparade..

 

[kukkupatiya]

No way to sell it. sadakal oba mage

 

[Rick Sanchezz]

tawa 7/8 months yana kota resale value eka bahi. tawa poddak idala market price balala try karanna.

 

[tharuka1989]

you can but you need to have an endless money pit

 

[tclanki]

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to buy a Mercedes Benz C180, most likely a 2010, 2011, or 2012 model since that’s what fits my budget. I’ve always liked the look and feel of it, but I’ve heard maintenance and repair costs can get high for older Mercs.

A few details about my situation:

• This won’t be my daily driver , I already have two Toyotas for that.
• I’m planning to keep it for around 7–8 months and then sell it.
• I mainly want something classy and fun to own for a short time.

If anyone here owns or has owned one, I’d love to hear your thoughts:

• How’s the reliability and comfort?
• Are maintenance and parts costs really that bad?
• Any common issues I should look out for?
• How’s the resale value if I sell it within a few months?

And if you think it’s not worth it, please suggest a better alternative in a similar price range that still feels premium.

Thanks a lot for your advice!

1. Comfort 100% compared to Toyota’s but check maintenance records. Otherwise you’ll ended up in repairs including suspension radiators possibly engine as well
2. Yes bit costly but there are 3rd party repair Centers other than DIMO
3. No idea on C180 but check suspension radiators etc hose fans ac system and interior
4. No idea on resale or current market prices

Check E200 as well (W212) hope the price is in similar range

 

[snm1990]

වාහනේ, බ්‍රෑන්ඩ් එකනම් සැප තමා.. හැබැයි පුතේ ඔය මාස 7/8 ඇතුලේ ජින්ජිබිරිස් එකක් අවොත්නම් උබට හොදම සැපක් සෙට් වෙනවා... ඒවාට යන වියදමත් එක්ක රිසෙල් කරගන්න අමාරු වෙයි ප්රෝෆිට් එකකට...

ආයෝජනයක් විදිහට යනවනම් ඉතින් KDH වගේ හොදයි..හැබැයි උබේ අවශ්‍යතාව එකම නෙවෙයිනේ.

 

[maverick44]

Every year allocate 5 laks for the car. A service costs around 100,000 once a year. Have full insurance. Reliable car and do preventive maintenance.

Enjoy your ride, Life is short, Its your money so spend it on fine things and enjoy !!
Honestly when you buy something you really like you won't have the urge to resell it and you won't mind even keeping it for a long time. If you want make others happy buy something else.

 

[raman2]

Every year allocate 5 laks for the car. A service costs around 100,000 once a year. Have full insurance. Reliable car and do preventive maintenance.

Enjoy your ride, Life is short, Its your money so spend it on fine things and enjoy !!
Honestly when you buy something you really like you won't have the urge to resell it and you won't mind even keeping it for a long time. If you want make others happy buy something else.

90% prestige eka and anik un impress kireema thama..
ehema wishesha comfort ekak na toyota camry wage ekak ekka baluwama.
Pickup maru kiyanneth camry ekak wage padapu nathi vitz premio padala owa ganna un..
Tikak parana wenakota dura gamanak yanakota hama welema bayen padinne mokada loweth nathi leda enawa, limp mode watenawa..
naththan pare ain kalath yata wadinawa, tyre geeni nisa alloy eke gatte gawenawa..
3 wheel karayanta bike karayanta okkoma yanna ida deegena 4 wate balan stress eke yanna ona..

 

[luk3r]

Europe cars gannawa nam brand new ganna oni.

 

[chirantha19890821]

Bumpi...

 

[waparc]

read this first
https://elakiri.com/threads/ජර්මන්-කාර්-ගන්න-එපා.1682843/

 

[nupus]

read this first
https://elakiri.com/threads/ජර්මන්-කාර්-ගන්න-එපා.1682843/

This is horrifying bro

 

[MR.YOLO]

• උඩින් කියලා තියනව වගේ නැවත විකිනීමක් ගැන බලනවා නම් Mercedes වලට යන්න එපා.
• අනිත් එක අතේ මිටේ වියදම් කරන්න සල්ලි නැති නම් europe වාහන වලට යන්න එපා. (Maintain බබ්බු වගේ වෙන්න ඕනි)
• සැප නම් උපරිමයි!! ජපන් චීන වාහන වලින් ඒ සැප ගන්න බෑ.... (දැන් සමහර BYD තියනවා හැබැයි europe සැප වාහන ළඟින් යන)
• මට උනත් පොඩියට විසි කරන්න සල්ලි තියනවා නම් මම උනත් europe වාහනයකට යන්න දෙපාරක් හිතන්නේ නෑ.
• කියන්න තේරෙන්නේ නෑ benz හෝ bm එකක් පදිනකොට අමුතු මෙව්වා එකක් තියනවා. (අපේ මවගේ රථය නිවාඩු දවස්වලට මම drive කරනවා ඉඳලා හිටලා)

හිතල බලලා sustainable තීරණයක් ගන්න ඉතින්.... Your car your petrol

 

[SL Hypocrite]

If you plan to ride for 7-8 months, consider renting one.

 

[Mr.Thor]

awrudu 10+ paranai kiyane 80% already depreciated ban, mehe owa yakada barata tama yanne.

 

[ChamaraGL]

Oke puduma prestige akak anawa wahaneta aluth tiktok related gen aka nisa..oke badge akata eka enne
brandnew gaththoth nam mokekhari jivithe jayagena video dana ekekta dan karagassawanna puluwan wei;tawa alutha korea /isreal giya unuth owa ganna asai

hebei itin wikunaddi okata takaramata wage thattu karanna test drive yanna un ewi ,eka iwasanna wenawa ,ehema karaganna puluwannam ganin hebei brandnew

 

[Thilantdm]

ambe bn oke repair awoth ubata waha kanna hithei.
math okak gnna hithuwa. bt ikmntama idea eka drop kara...