Buying a high mileage W205 C220 Diesel Sport – advice please

Buying a high mileage W205 C220 Diesel Sport – advice please

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legendtrader

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90 posts

123 months

Wednesday 1st January 2020
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I am looking at a few W205’s have a choice of a few all done 105k to 125k miles and price is £10k to £11k.

Anything I should be checking for in the service history?
New timing chain?
Is all the service history stamped in the service books or is it all electronic these days?

What are the service intervals on these cars?

I am looking at a few on autotrader, where I will get a 3 month warranty from a dealer. Do you think it’s worth looking at buying one of these at auction?

Thanks in advance.

va1o

16,048 posts

212 months

Sunday 5th January 2020
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Auction would be a good place to look if you can stretch to a 2017 example, as it would still have a chunk left on the original Mercedes unlimited mileage warranty

For anything a bit older you'd need to be sure it's all good mechanically as it will be sold as seen with no ability to reject,