The vendor of at this time’s Good Value or No Cube Mercedes claims it’s all the time been garage-kept. That may clarify the discordance between its tidy presentation and the 317K it reveals on the clock. Let’s see if there’s nonetheless life left in it and what that may fairly be price.
Evidently when contemplating yesterday’s 2007 Subaru Forester XT Restricted, the mannequin’s popularity preceded it—or, not less than, the rep of the stereotypical quicker Forester proprietor. At $13,500, not even a clear presentation and the presence of three pedals and a stick shift might overcome that dangerous rap, incomes the Forester an enormous 87 % No Cube loss in our vote.
Right this moment, we’re going to stay with the wagon motif, however to maintain issues recent, we’ll go up a category and add a 3rd row of seats. On the similar time, we’ll deliver the worth means down and bump the miles means, means up.
This 2009 Mercedes-Benz E350 wagon seems to be to be in nice form, not less than primarily based on the photographs within the advert. Based on the vendor, that’s owed to a life spent safely ensconced in a storage when not out plying the highways and byways or dropping off the kidney beans at soccer observe.
Over the course of these out-of-the-garage shenanigans, it has racked up a tremendous 317,518 miles. To place that quantity into perspective, that’s greater than 12 journeys across the globe. The vendor doesn’t say how a lot of the automotive has been changed in service of creating these miles, but it surely’s protected to say it’s been by way of a couple of units of tires and brake pads and doubtless a water pump or two.
Making these miles occur is a drivetrain comprised of a 3498cc M272 V6 providing 268 horsepower, a five-speed automated transmission, and 4Matic AWD. Widespread failure factors on these vehicles embody the engine’s steadiness shaft gears and the bladders for the self-leveling air suspension. Each points are simple to detect if current.
Aesthetically, this automotive nonetheless struts its stuff. Neither the sliver paint nor that good-looking multi-spoke alloys present any indicators of serious put on. Neither is there any lacking trim or badging. A pair of rail-mounted roof racks add utility and compensate for the area misplaced when utilizing the fold-out third row of seats within the load space. That rear-facing bench even has its personal cupholders.
Up within the entrance, there’s a small bit of wear and tear evident on the motive force’s seat, which additionally has had the indignity of its bottom map pocket coming unfastened on one facet. All different upholstery seems intact and with out situation, as does the nice and cozy wooden trim and surrounding plastics.
Being a Mercedes from this century, the automotive is loaded with security and comfort options and even has a reasonably large nav display screen within the middle stack. Based on the vendor, it “Runs and drives nice,” matching its operate to its type. It additionally has a clear title and a current passing grade from the smog tester. The asking value is $5,900.
Your job is to determine if that’s a good deal for this Benz, which, regardless of its deceiving attractiveness, won’t be price even contemplating in gentle of its crazy-high odometer studying. What do you say? Is {that a} gamble a wagon wanter needs to be keen to take? Or is it time to let this Mercedes take a relaxation?
You determine!
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