blue efficiency mercedes

PM

I just put a deposit down on a blue efficiency mercedes c class, but today I saw one thats done 8k more miles but doesn't have blue efficiency yet is 1k cheaper.

Is blue efficiency really worth it?

neilmcl

Have you taken the loss of deposit into your equation?

PM

merc said the deposit was refundable

Cameron1983

8k is roughly 2/3 of a years driving. A new C-class is probably around £20k and will last maybe 15 years if looked after. Thats about £1300/year for the car. So on that basis you wont really be saving anything with the cheaper car - you are just trading in some of its use for the equivalent money. The bluemotion thing will be available for the life of your car. I personally would take the newer car - however make sure you get a good deal from mercedes - have you tried phoning every dealer within 100miles or so to push the deal down?

PM

I dont feel I got much of a deal. They dont seem to be dropping prices I came away with a so called 5 guard protection, road tax and sensors for 300 on top of the car original price.

Cameron1983

Nothing off the list price? Not wanting to make you feel bad, but my bro got a 3-series nearly 1 year ago, and got nearly £5k off the list price (although the car industry was in a worse state then). Get the yellow pages out (or online) and write down every mercedes dealer within 200miles and just say "mercedes x-place has offered £xk, I dont need to test drive the car, and I can make a quick buy. Can you beat their price?" Then just work your way all around the lists. My bro did that for every dealer for the top half of the UK and hammered them down. Dont accept the list price unless the car industry's seriously changed

motorguy

PM wrote: »

I dont feel I got much of a deal. They dont seem to be dropping prices I came away with a so called 5 guard protection, road tax and sensors for 300 on top of the car original price.

Is the car new?

I'd check out the likes of https://www.broadspeed.com who are an internet broker who supply UK sourced cars.

See what they say.

I'd be surprised if you couldnt get 10% or thereabouts off list off a new one. Used cars are different though.

If its used, do a national search on mercedes.co.uk OR autotrader and see how it compares - i'd rather have nothing off a £20K car than £4K off a similar car priced up at £25K.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Cameron1983 wrote: »

8k is roughly 2/3 of a years driving. A new C-class is probably around £20k and will last maybe 15 years if looked after. Thats about £1300/year for the car. So on that basis you wont really be saving anything with the cheaper car - you are just trading in some of its use for the equivalent money. The bluemotion thing will be available for the life of your car. I personally would take the newer car - however make sure you get a good deal from mercedes - have you tried phoning every dealer within 100miles or so to push the deal down?

A C-class Merc will last a lot longer than 15 years.

sheslookinhot

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

A C-class Merc will last a lot longer than 15 years.

maybe not.

goldspanners

Cameron1983 wrote: »

8k is roughly 2/3 of a years driving. A new C-class is probably around £20k and will last maybe 15 years if looked after.

the op mentioned 8k miles, not £8k, im guessing you got it mixed up. if you didn't then how do you work out 8k miles is roughly 2/3 years of driving?

motorguy

goldspanners wrote: »

the op mentioned 8k miles, not £8k, im guessing you got it mixed up. if you didn't then how do you work out 8k miles is roughly 2/3 years of driving?

I took it that the guy meant 8K miles was 2/3rds of a years driving - given 12K miles is average, and 2/3rds of that is 8K

Taking the car to be costing £20K and be worth zero at 15 years old, then thats £1300 a year depreciation on average. Therefore knocking £1000 off for 8K miles is only knocking off what it would theoretically have depreciated for that miles, over the lifetime of the car.