This Mercedes ad makes your day
Posted on 16-01-2015 at 13:57 by sir_smokalot – 40 Comments”
At first glance, this seems to be a typical old C-Class diesel with lots of miles on the clock. Until you get the ad text reads, that is brilliant!
Some people buy not only a car, also buy the story behind the car. And whether this car has a story! Read it:
This beautiful piece of German solidity is all from the new part of our family and has a lot of… no, HUGE experienced a LOT.
He started life as a lease car for my father. This was the first two holes after only about two hours into the leather upholstery. We are cycling like, a station would be a lot more practical, but alas, “it is a leasebak, so we throw it in the back seat”.
My father was already an old guy when he received, so above the 110 km/h the car in all that time not ridden. The consumption was also regularly under the 4.0 L/100km. The absolute record by the way was 3.6 L/100km, due to a faulty sensor in the gearbox.
We were both on the C stated that my father to him from his employer has taken over. That was when the counter is about 2.5 tons of miles indicated. From that moment, the car is treated as a private investment. So was bird droppings, for example, always within 6 months persistent with a scouring pad removed… and were the rims replaced earlier than that, they were washed.
Thanks to the recycled steel that in this model C is you had to stone chipping and damage, it’s always in no-time rust. As soon as there is something on the car was showed my father the entire panel refinishing… by someone who is not actually in the box should sit. The car has so often in the auto repair shop insisted that I really have no idea if there is even one panel, the original varnish wears.
But that is all cosmetic. It should be no wonder that all those taxi-farmers ever so Mercedes have ridden. With timely maintenance, they are not technically broken. Moreover, that technique a number of crazy gadgets. For example, consider the solution for verkeersergernis number 1, tailgating. The so-called ‘Mercedes Active Roetgordijn’ builds during the ride slowly in the exhaust system. Activation may be by means of the accelerator pedal. Those pesky bumperklever you get, just like in a James Bond car chase, so of you! Ideal!
Precisely for that reason, I decided the car about 4 years ago to take over. There was also only 390.000 km on the counter, so the bug was just broken in. First, he has a treat-turn, and the broken rear springs, all wheel bearings and the bent rims replaced. Afterwards I had that last one better not be able to do, because when I for the second time behind the wheel fell asleep that time, not the guardrail on the left, but a concrete wegafzetting right to ensure that the rims are not more reusable. As you can see, the C is now well prepared for it.
Now point the counter 563.000 km and drive he still like a charm. As you can see on the last picture are the last 7,000 km travelled with an average fuel consumption of just 4,9 L/100km. One of the last modifications, to the irritating sound of the broken door lock to the left to come off, is plugged-in slot. You do not have to be afraid that they will break through and damage to the car to make, because the doors can just open (alarm works).
I am moving to Belgium (quiet but, I just keep Hollander). After such a carefully constructed history, it is of course logical that I wanted to take. Unfortunately, you need first to import inspection in Belgium. The car passed with flying colours, but a quick calculation of the official threw a spanner in the works. The outcome was that the total cost for the import is higher than that the car is still economic value in itself. Either (Belgian accent) “Menier, you can betrrr another car to buy, then this nimporteren” (Belgian accent).
Therefore, I am looking for a suitable owner (may be both from the Netherlands and Africa) to ensure that these emotionally overcharged C-class 1.000.000 km’s still going to catch up. I doubt there is in any case not for a moment.
Books are according to me somewhere in the car. I will look that up during your test drive.
It is a ‘classic’ implementation with:
Cruise Control and Speed-limiter
Automatic Air Conditioning
Leather trim
Automatic fold-down rear (always nice for your passengers to the sick)
Electric windows
Hitch
Life Hammer (perhaps the most important)
Radio/CD-player with onboard computer and:
stuurwielbediening
UPDATE: the ad has become a sloppy 700.000 views(!) on the Marketplace. The status of the ad changed so quickly in ‘reserved’. There we had to know all the fine, more info and a story from the seller in this vervolgartikel.