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I may hopefully be in a position to buy an E class - 350 cdi model. Before getting carried away, do forum members have any views on this car, hopefully from personal experiences. I am looking at a 2012 model and the mileage is around 50,000. Thanks.
Edited by Avant on 10/08/2014 at 23:09
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Can anybody help me please?
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Doubt anyone here owns a 350, only one i can think of that owns/drives a W212 at all, you might be better off asking the question on one of the few UK based MB forums...even if they don't have the exact model you will definately find owners running the same chassis and the same engine in other combinations.
Edited by gordonbennet on 11/08/2014 at 21:41
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Its powerful, comfortable and 2012 is still under warranty. Mileage is fine as this much engine would hardly extend itself without seriously breaking the law. Perhaps ask if there is any record of injector issues, but I think that bad batch had gone through the supply chain by 2012. That affected other German marques, not just M-B
Unless there's something you're not telling us (and its a car you personally like) it should be a safe purchase
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It is likely to come with large bills for new tyres and routine servicing too.
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BIL has prior model. 25,000 miles. Lots goes wrong: brakes, air intake system. BILLS OF £4K - all under warranty.
Very nice:car. He loves Mercedes..But his 10 year old C class and 20 year old 300D are mor reliable in his view.
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Friend got one a few months ago as a Jag replacement, nothing wrong with the Jag but just fancied the Mercedes. He reckons the performance is excellent loves the car. I have a 14 year old Merc (6 years and 70k with me...total mileage 154k) I can't say that servicing bills have been any higher than other cars I've had but I use indies to be fair. The 350 has made a good impression and apparently on long journeys the car eats the miles with decent economy to boot.
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I have an only tenuously similar car in that it's a 2011 E250 CDi sport auto estate. Just three years old now, had it from new, and it has just reached 100,000 miles.
Nothing has gone wrong with it so far and it feels and looks like it's ready to do the same mileage over again and indeed much more if required. No squeaks or rattles, everything still works as it did when new.
Servicing, at a local MB dealer hasn't been too scary. Prices per service have ranged mainly from £250 - £300 a time with only one being more at a more sobering, nigh on £600. The car "tells" you when it needs a service but mine seems to ask about every 15 or 16 thousand miles so perhaps the servicing costs per mile aren't untoward.
It has only just had its first ever set of front pads and discs and a set of rear pads at 96,000. That was quite expensive I thought at £500 but I suppose if you divide that figure by 96,000 it's not too bad !
Tyres are massive 265/18s on the back and 245/18s on the front and are quite dear at around £200 each but again my experience is that you get 45,000 or more out of both fronts and rears so once again on a cost per mile basis maybe they aren't too steamy.
Easy 50 mpg plus on a run and certainly over 40 just dotting about.
Handles very nicely and even with the 250 Diesel engine has plenty of get up and go. I'd imagine the 350 would be marvellous.
Very comfortable with every toy, bell and whistle I could want attached. Just came back from France last week in one hit of 700 miles in a day without feeling it was an especially long way. It just ate the miles despite being fully laden with family holiday gear and having three mountain bikes on the roof.
Clever things include being able to convert the headlamps to 'continental' dipping from a menu on the dash. Also, 'Main beam assist' which is a gizmo which automatically switches the headlamps from dipped to main beam and various points in between depending on conditions and oncoming traffic. Fab sound system too.
I like it very much.
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