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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Threviel on February 09, 2013, 08:29:30 AM

Title: I am buying a used car, need advice
Post by: Threviel on February 09, 2013, 08:29:30 AM
I've been looking at used cars and now I've got stuck between two different cars and can't choose.

1. Mercedes-Benz C 200 CDI Elegance Sedan 2008.

Has 76 000 km on the meter and costs 170' SEK.

2. Honda Accord 2,2 i-DTEC Tourer Kombi 2009

67 000 km and 170' SEK.

Which one is the best? How much more expensive is the Merc' to repair and service? What should I do?

The Merc' is the best looking and sexiest of the two, but the Honda is more useful and can load more. And cheaper to own presumably.
Title: Re: I am buying a used car, need advice
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 09, 2013, 09:46:16 AM
Have you driven both? That's usually been my biggest concern when buying a used car, how smoothly it drives now. Course, I'm usually shopping for ones much older than those.
Title: Re: I am buying a used car, need advice
Post by: DontSayBanana on February 09, 2013, 09:53:52 AM
At least here in the US, parts for Honda are surprisingly expensive, so there's not that huge a gap in maintenance costs.  Of course, a large part of that is the huge number of "ricers" (perjorative for kids and their import cars who've watched "Midnight Club" and "Fast and the Furious" one too many times), so YMMV.
Title: Re: I am buying a used car, need advice
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 09, 2013, 10:05:56 AM
Honda engines last forever if you take care of them.  MB, not so much.
Title: Re: I am buying a used car, need advice
Post by: Scipio on February 09, 2013, 01:45:57 PM
Go with the Honda wagon.  That's the Acura wagon here in the states, and that is a fucking great car.