No Elsie. You can take it and get the leak fixed. Pressure tested and certified tight by an qualified engineer. Then vacummed and the correct refrgerant charge and oil loaded.
Aircontechnical.com has a waste transport license and hazardous goods license. All commercial waste is disposed of at a cost of about £3500 a year off set by about £5000 received from scrapped systems. We use the domestic tip about 6 times a year, mainly garden waste.
I have a 2003 E320CDi Avant Garde Estate showing 211,000 miles,with the straight six engine Briefly,it's super comfortable, goes like a scalded cat,and still returns over 44 mpg on a run. It also has more toys than the starship enterprise.....heated leather seats/Satnav/electric everything/distronic/auto lights/everything but the kitchen sink. Mine has the full "airmatic" suspension front and rear so can't comment on the handling of lesser specced cars but mines not too bad. Not had it more than six months so can't say about maintenance costs,but they are so cheap to buy if it lasts a year and then I scrap it,it will have cost less than the annual depreciation on your average newish car. I absolutely love mine,so much that I sometimes go the long way round to extend the journey...oh yeah,and the stereos fantastic too... Get the best spec you can,if possible with evidence of recent servicing,and if it's got hands free make sure the Vis-ee-o converter handset is included or you'll be stuck with the old Nokia installed But don't buy a black one,(actually green when you see it in bright sunlight),because it shows every speck of dirt..
These are recycled, as required by law. Refrigerant removed, quality checked, cleaned and reused or destroyed - £230 for 42kg. Carcinogenic oils removed and safely transferred under a waste transfer note. Steel ( 0.16\kg) separated from copper\ally radiators (£2.4\kg). PCBs, brass and copper pipe (£4\kg) sorted. Plastics crushed.
You're welcome. Just one slight downside though:mine is Group 49 insurance,I'm sure you've checked but if not I'd get a quote...
if your going for a 04 model diesel check around the injector area for carbon deposits prone to seal problems. potentially v.expensive.
And with no tax to pay on re sale it was a seriously fruitful and enjoyable investment for me. Not Mickey Mouse Money (or didn't he earn quite a lot?)
Agreed...........but I am not having another flipping car of Korean origin, so a KIA won't be on my drive.
You can make money on virtually on any car as long as you buy it cheap enough The bigger the outlay,the bigger the risk... Buy for £50 sell for £100 = 100% profit and you've only risked £50 Buy for £20k sell for £40k = 100% profit,but you've taken a chance with £20k.... Of course you have to sell an awful lot of £50 cars to make £20k..do-able though,lots of people making a very good living out of doing it Personally,I hate depreciation...(and I'm not big on cars tbh,bikes and vans have always been my thing..),so I rarely spend more than a few grand on a car for myself. And when I sell I expect to get all my money back,sometimes a bit more on top
Half right @Pete1950 . Birmingham is a dump. However you guys are not rubbish. We could have taken the R32, but we would have all needed the dentist afterwards.
I think an 2002 or 2003 rear model represents the biggest bang for my buck. As with the E240 I expect to spend on it each year the purchase price, just the downside to buying a nice, but old car.
Apparently the later V6 engine can be troublesome,(according to forum reviews anyway). I like the straight 6 because it's been around for a good few years,and a car thats done a good few miles will have had it's issues sorted by now. This series E320 was once voted Best Mercedes estate ever produced...
