One car has to go but which one ????
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Hi all! I have a dilemma, I have to decide which one of two cars to sell. My wife has downsized to a small car and I either have to take on her car or sell it and keep my own cars. Family if 4, two teenage girls a dog and we like to travel. It’s been doing my head in for weeks and need to come to a decision.
Cars are as follows
2005 discovery 3 tdv6 2.7, 112k 190bhp no dpf, egr etc… no issues and I love it, £415 road tax and 27-32mpg fully specced and a real handy car for towing and carrying.
2014 Mercedes E300 hybrid estate, 230bhp 80k dpf, egr but not add blue. 48-50mpg £35 a year tax, Sport with every option like a new car. Goes like a rocket and handles great with all the tech.
Both cars have their plus points both have been well
looked after and had all the right stuff done. The e300 has a towbar but has a stupidly low tow capacity 400kg compared to the discovery which can pull a small moon… I accisionally tow but not regularly, I live rural and have the occasional flood but is that enough to swing it for the odd occasion? I repair my own cars, I have a lift and vary rarely take a car to a garage unless it need specialist equipment.
Either car will fulfil the family’s needs, both can have thier issues.
I’ve asked in the Merc Facebook pages and they say keep the Merc, I’ve asked in the discovery groups and they say keep the discovery.
Do I go with the heart… and keep discovery, or with the head.. The Mercedes. I think it shows how good both cars are that the decision is so difficult and yes I get it “1st world problems” and all that but it’s a choice that will have to last me a while.
Thoughts?
Cars are as follows
2005 discovery 3 tdv6 2.7, 112k 190bhp no dpf, egr etc… no issues and I love it, £415 road tax and 27-32mpg fully specced and a real handy car for towing and carrying.
2014 Mercedes E300 hybrid estate, 230bhp 80k dpf, egr but not add blue. 48-50mpg £35 a year tax, Sport with every option like a new car. Goes like a rocket and handles great with all the tech.
Both cars have their plus points both have been well
looked after and had all the right stuff done. The e300 has a towbar but has a stupidly low tow capacity 400kg compared to the discovery which can pull a small moon… I accisionally tow but not regularly, I live rural and have the occasional flood but is that enough to swing it for the odd occasion? I repair my own cars, I have a lift and vary rarely take a car to a garage unless it need specialist equipment.
Either car will fulfil the family’s needs, both can have thier issues.
I’ve asked in the Merc Facebook pages and they say keep the Merc, I’ve asked in the discovery groups and they say keep the discovery.
Do I go with the heart… and keep discovery, or with the head.. The Mercedes. I think it shows how good both cars are that the decision is so difficult and yes I get it “1st world problems” and all that but it’s a choice that will have to last me a while.
Thoughts?
Personal view, sell the Disco while the crank remains in one piece, keep the Merc. If you then find you really miss the towing and/or wading capability of the Landie, sell the Merc and buy an SUV with a slightly better reliability record.
I can live with the spectre of unreliability in a sports car like a Mazda rotary (or a 996), but for me a daily driver should be low-hassle.
I can live with the spectre of unreliability in a sports car like a Mazda rotary (or a 996), but for me a daily driver should be low-hassle.
I think you are referring to the sdv6 3.0 that snapps cranks, the tdv6 is more likely to spin a shell but the failures are usually to oil dilution due to the dpf which my early one doesn’t have or too long oil change intervals. I looked at engine failure rates and bmw and VAG engine failure rates are much higher so yes I could be unlucky but I would lose less than if the Mercedes run into hybrid system failures or dpf issues.
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