It's a bargain RIGHT?

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@turriffterror3881 4 ай бұрын

Before you buy a car like this you need to ask yourself, "could I afford to run it when it was new?". Because spare parts don't depreciate.

@chrishart8548 4 ай бұрын

Actually cost more for an older one. No warranty, and all the parts are closer to requiring replacements. Cars are just wearing items if you drive it things wear out. Its not just changing the oil and everything else lasts forever. Imagine how much a clutch would be.

@turriffterror3881 4 ай бұрын

@@chrishart8548 Yep. my mate bought an 05 S class Merc for £4k. It had a broken rear spring which meant an entire replacement strut. The bill was £3,800.

@chrishart8548 4 ай бұрын

@@turriffterror3881 wow that's an expensive lesson

@crowmanfps 4 ай бұрын

I've had two springs go on my CLS and only the spring was replaced for little money @@turriffterror3881

@davidadams5116 4 ай бұрын

Also insurance costs are through the roof. I have a 70 reg Seat Leon which i wanted to change for a more luxury car but after picking several on Autotrader the running costs are ridiculous. I am talking group 42 insurance and over £300 road tax.

@philwass481 4 ай бұрын

I have owned two older exec cars like the Merc you featured. My personal experience is that you are blown away by how much you are getting for your money BUT when something goes wrong the cost is eye watering!!

@tardeliesmagic 4 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@glenn3252 4 ай бұрын

Loving the new style video... straight into the content and ending on a note about the raffles. Feels more genuine some how and better represents you

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Many thanks

@Stephen_Fitz1325 4 ай бұрын

I've got a 2011 2.1 E250 and I have mine at stage 2 pushing 280bhp with no issues. It's been a great car and had mechanically never gone wrong

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Bet fly's as torque is prob more

@Stephen_Fitz1325 4 ай бұрын

@@ChopsGarage like shit off a shovel. I'll get it dyno'd some day but it's definitely fast and will drift on command

@roystonvehicles9129 4 ай бұрын

These wet belts have an oil resistant coating on them so the idea is the proper oil doesn't degrade the coating, so wrong oil eats the coating, so there's no real mileage when they go, daft idea. I avoid buying them and pug puretech is the same, good thing on those is that you can see the belt thru the oil cap to check it.

@Clodhopping 4 ай бұрын

I've just been car shopping and almost bought something like this - lots of big high-spec Beemers, Mercs and Audis. I was seriously tempted but kept reading, "if you can't afford a new one you can't afford to run a a used one". Went for a low mileage Honda instead for the same money - full leather, etc., Not a willy-waving badge, but hopefully more reliable and with lower bills....

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Should be as a rule but with these select the right engine and you are ok

@andyWebb-ex5vr 4 ай бұрын

Mokka was probably doing a regen. Mokka diesels don't like short journeys. Needs a good fast drive.

@chrispenn715 4 ай бұрын

Beat me to it 😂. Needs a motorway run

@nekite1 4 ай бұрын

I think the same - had an Alfa 159 2.0 diesel which appreciated an italian tune up.

@alexanderrobertson7744 4 ай бұрын

I guess the best way to get around this problem is not to get a dirty diesel in the first place .

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

I thought it had to get to temp first

@paulanderton9424 4 ай бұрын

Maybe an "Italian tune-up" is needed. My Golf tdi was like that. Too many short journeys. I gave it a load of high revs constantly for a while and it behaves miles better now.

@anthonybrown4874 4 ай бұрын

Its a lovely motor but £14k is a lot for an older motor you will need a quality warranty with it as if anything does go wrong it will cost big time.

@iancairns7398 4 ай бұрын

The issue with the damp carpets on the ford focus is the air vent that sit under the rear lights, over time they come loose from their seating and water flows into the car from the cap, there is also a rubber bung that needs removing from the floor pan just behind the rear lights.

@gravemind6536 3 ай бұрын

You've got this car before it reaches the wrong hands which is what always happens with these luxury cars. After 10 years and they become affordable to almost anyone stupid people will buy them thinking they can afford it but don't understand the cost of servicing, maintaince and just running the car. They end up on ditchfinder tyre, start getting servicing gaps and they end up replacing stuff with non OEM level parts because they can't afford the money pit they bought.

@stevenmoran4060 4 ай бұрын

Apart from everything that needs replacing at that age and mileage, brakes, radiators etc the VED makes it a very expensive car to own. Having an 8 year old Merc isn’t really a good look, it’s an old car and try getting parts once it hits 10 years old or, as manufacturers say, life expired.

@1maico1 4 ай бұрын

The road tax is £160 for this car. A new radiator made by Nissens or Denso from a factor is £175. I guess you must cycle everywhere!

@newstuff-md7rf 3 ай бұрын

its an a diesel e class in a posh suit, the parts will be available. - the e class is used by taxi drivers the world over.

@TC10193 4 ай бұрын

Since I've had kids I've noticed that practical stuff like SUV's and estates seems to hold it's value far better than sports cars and saloons, particularly 4 seat saloons like the CLS

@gravemind6536 3 ай бұрын

SUVs aren't practical though.

@voicheck1 4 ай бұрын

Just be sure to check the rear subframe for corrosion carefully on the merc!

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

It's gone now traded

@janeeccleston9196 4 ай бұрын

We have a 2.1 d 16 plate cls which has done 95 thousand miles -We’ve had it from 2 years old it’s been serviced at Mercedes from new and apart from the servicing ,discs ,pads and a battery it needed nothing else-Jinxed it now haven’t I 😁

@Taz-wf4jl 4 ай бұрын

That Merc is lovely. Definitely need to have a stash of cash in case of repairs

@davercs 4 ай бұрын

I totally agree you do get a lot for your money and there not bad at all on fuel. The mokka diesels don't like sitting around or short journeys I would say it possibly did a regen

@henrykravitz468 4 ай бұрын

I think the problem with the mercedes will be parts and labour. But it is a decent amount of car for the price. You got some great stock.

@markopazlo 4 ай бұрын

Northwest engines do the wetbelt for £960

@chrispenn715 4 ай бұрын

I think people are wary of running costs and potential repair costs. Nice car tho - one for joe at Berrow?

@trickyfocus 4 ай бұрын

When my DPF light comes on i have to take it up the motorway 3 junctions to let it regen because i dont use it enough

@NotRubensDad 4 ай бұрын

I guess the car market knows what it wants. Lots of cheaper diesels pouring out of London with ULEZ doing it's thing. Most of my wealthier customers ditched diesel a few years ago, now running petrol SUVs.

@daviddominiak7790 4 ай бұрын

The Mercedes is a very nice car and would look lovely on any one’s driveway I would love to have one for that great price with that history

@windowseat7334 3 ай бұрын

Had a C250 2.1 CDi - Epic engine, fast, reliable and gave 50mpg at 70mph on the motorway. Had 155k miles and still drove faultlessly.

@gravemind6536 3 ай бұрын

Know I guy with one who did a stage 1 map on it the thing proper shifts with the extra 40hp. Those cars were peak Diesel really.

@oreilly1237878 4 ай бұрын

The best car I've ever had mercedes estate, 320 CDI .2008 it was £2500 with full service history.

@johnbunyan5834 4 ай бұрын

I think back to when you started up. Then when you moved to your current premises, with the large vehicle stuck in your yard. Today your business has grown. Well done. You do seem to have quite a big stock, which is money sitting there. You mentioned , possibly , taking on a part-time cleaning/polishing person , to take some work off your shoulders. As a one-man band , have you got some sort of insurance, to cover a period of shutting down due to illness ? This is a sobering consideration that should be faced. .

@alexanderrobertson7744 4 ай бұрын

James it's a Mercedes they cost an fortune to maintain !! Plus it's a dirty diesel!! 14 grand is a fortune to most people . Those cars are great when they are going but if anything goes wrong you will need a second mortgage to repair them . Hopefully that explains why you think they are great value for money but I for one would rather have a focus for that kind of money . Mind you wouldn't touch a wet belt engine .

@markbrisbane8929 4 ай бұрын

Not sure I agree I’ve owned three cls from 2.1 to 3litre diesel and the engines as long as maintained and serviced are bulletproof proof

@skandiflik 4 ай бұрын

I think you will find this is blutec and £20 tax like mine.

@wanderingorganist 4 ай бұрын

It's also ULEZ.

@chrishart8548 4 ай бұрын

@@wanderingorganistI guess it's Euro 6 ? Does it use add blue ?

@wanderingorganist 4 ай бұрын

@@chrishart8548 tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/ will be a definitive check.

@suzichesney7818 4 ай бұрын

My neighbour has a D reg SUV in this make, it's a diesel as well, he drives from our flats in Surrey Poland on 1 tank diesel, but it is a 100 litre tank, he loves it

@Gizmo5h1t3 4 ай бұрын

Ive had 3 CLSs and i cant fault them. Would recommend to anyone. Great mpg.... youll get 40+ easily.

@crowmanfps 4 ай бұрын

Ive had the 2013 CLS 350CDI for 8 years and its been fantastic and very reliable

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

good to hear

@richardfoster6494 4 ай бұрын

There is only one type of customer for this car!

@tomoreilly9932 4 ай бұрын

As a motorway cruiser it will be a luxury workhorse,I wouldn't want to drive around on 20 - 30mph roads all day in it.could polish up well and maybe private plate 👌🏻

@roystonvehicles9129 4 ай бұрын

I'd clean the dpf out on the mokka, I had a megane diesel recently and an injector was off, sometimes OK, sometimes smoking and lumpy, came up no 2 injector, 150 for a recon one and it sorted it, maybe do a leak back test to see if one injector is leaking, you can get a kit cheaply or make your own. Trouble is with that merc is 99% of your customers won't touch it due to maintenance and tax, also any warranty claim is going to kill it,

@jacobboni3889 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful cars based on the w212 chassis. The E class this was based on is arguably the best Modern Mercedes, then you put a stunning body on on and you get the CLS which is dropped dead gorgeous! I would this over a Range anyday but like you said because of the roads you live on this wouldn't be practical. Nice toy though 😉

@msjcars2317 4 ай бұрын

You turning into Matt @ High Peak 😂

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

lol long way behind

@IToohat 4 ай бұрын

That Merc Diesel is a great engine. They sound a bit rough, but usually very reliable.

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

It sure is!

@oceandrive7283 4 ай бұрын

Basically the same engine in the Sprinters DPD use to deliver your parcels!

@RobbieJohn-k5i 4 ай бұрын

Yes buying a car like that Mercedes isn't a problem it's maintenance that would be my worry 😮

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

I don't think too bad

@robevans8625 4 ай бұрын

Didn't ford reduce the interval on the wet belt to 6yrs 100k? PSA wetbelts are 6yrs 60k

@MrRedfreds 4 ай бұрын

Bought some tickets, definitely a worthy cause.

@guy4469 4 ай бұрын

My 1999 BMW E38 Has 200,000 on the clock Once every 3 months at night i take it up the M61 And i beast it realy bad i cant go anymore its flat out the next day and for the next 3 months its like a new car does it a world off good .i love it had it 6 years now. I tell everyone leather your car every 3 months its like going for a run cleans your system out .

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Exactly what it needs

@seansabhaois 4 ай бұрын

All these champagne cars... Mercs Beemers Audis Porsches Etc, etc... And try to run them on beer money. When they go wrong, you will cry...

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

True lol

@bikeman123 4 ай бұрын

The merc has an outstanding recall.

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Mercedes will do that then

@tonywatson1412 4 ай бұрын

I know it takes time....but you,ll get more viewers....and. keep your suscribers . We enjoy these regular updates . Car people like to have a Real ...channel ,/ Chops/ Car UK. etc....not high peak autos ...no personatlity .😮

@MrRedfreds 4 ай бұрын

New set of plates, valet, service and mot. Good buff ,sound familiar 😅

@paulmckinder3082 4 ай бұрын

I do love a nice merc cant afford it 😢 but what a motor. And the vauxhall stay away had a 13 plate astra estate diesel with 60 tho miles went on a motorway run twice a week 80 miles round trip and still the dpf full light was on dash replaced dpf on garage advice 2 months after still came on got rid and never buy another

@stevenmoran4060 4 ай бұрын

@MaxMax-th7uz 4 ай бұрын

Lot of negative comments ! Hell of a lot of car for the money ! Beats a lot of the boring cars you can buy for the same money !

@bmwman1981 4 ай бұрын

Exactly I’d drive that over a dull boring Nissan or Ford focus

@byronmills5952 4 ай бұрын

They're ten a penny on the roads - you couldn't get a more boring car than a black 8 year old mercedes saloon these days. It's why they are so cheap now - it's a buyers market.

@bmwman1981 4 ай бұрын

@@byronmills5952 but they are not boring to drive also they have far nicer interiors and are a much nicer car to be in over a vanilla focus or a awful Nissan

@MaxMax-th7uz 4 ай бұрын

@@byronmills5952 with a 3.0 diesel engine they are a great car !

@davidwilliams5247 4 ай бұрын

@@byronmills5952 the CLS is not ten a penny they are pretty rare especially the shooting brake

@brenglover72 4 ай бұрын

A diesel 4 pot in such a nice car? No thanks. A V6 diesel would be better.

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Horses for courses. If you just want the looks and comfort 4 pots fine

@bluesky4733 4 ай бұрын

I’ve got e class estate same engine and year with 235k on it still looks mint hopefully do double the miles . Great cars

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

I hear this a lot mega miles

@PhilS-F 4 ай бұрын

That CLS looks like a car Joe@berrowmotors would like 😊

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

You know it lol

@roystonvehicles9129 4 ай бұрын

Coolant temp is checked by ecu before re gen, so it won't be doing a re gen from cold bud, I'd clean the dpf out his I do it with couple of litres of wyyns dpf cleaner, get your guys to take it off and pickle it, never going to run right if basically exhaust is blocked, then run it for a few days to see if OK, then replace egr, glow plugs, turbo, 4 injectors, pump, then it might be OK bud, ha, ha.

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Lol , goes that was eh lol. But started with 3k margin so should be ok

@roystonvehicles9129 4 ай бұрын

@@ChopsGarage well that's great bud, I'll not buy another mokka, bought a 66 plate, 4200,prep so 4 and a half, 3 adverts later 5995,5695,4995. I ended up taking 3700 off some poles to get rid, no calls no interest, it was mokka x as well, newer shape, it was 1.4 petrol tho, but ulez, I really struggle with anything over 4k no matter how nice it is, bought an auto astra and a civic last night, 1265 Inc fees for the pair, they'll be day one sellers, cheapies sell super fast as you used to say mate!

@jamesblaydon9109 4 ай бұрын

Chops !! Need ya help well advice We own a 66 kuga and c4 picasso would u recommend the topdon 800 to use on these cars or even the 600 as the kuga has abs light on ?? Thanks

@michaelthompson6885 4 ай бұрын

Im sure Ford have reduced the wet belt change intervals.

@paulberka5386 4 ай бұрын

I own a 2017 cls and love it ❤

@MikeWestover-w6j 4 ай бұрын

Monka, could be a crack in the turbo...

@user-os7ue3sd1i 4 ай бұрын

Hey up Chop, I much prefer this old style chops garage, it is why I subscribed in the first place!

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Appreciated mate

@michaeltoon607 4 ай бұрын

Can you sell the Merc to Joe at shifting metal his type of car 🚗 as you know Thanks 👍 James for entertaining channel😊

@TRD1949uk 4 ай бұрын

The Merc are great until the timing chains play up! Also you won’t get a DPF light for an injector. That would be more if you had a glow plug issue and it stops regen…. Probably just a symptom of sitting about. Get it sold and into use Why did you pay for a wet belt on the red focus when it was under the condition of fords good will gesture? Madness 😂

@TRD1949uk 4 ай бұрын

@@andrewhamilton8954 thought when he said about this car it was full history etc

@Dave-Huston-Dublin 4 ай бұрын

Keep the CLA. a very nice car.

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Not my style bud

@stephenwestley1017 4 ай бұрын

Prestige cars with diesel engines not for me I'm old fashioned and believe diesel engines should be in lorry's busses and Tractors

@darrenwilson8042 4 ай бұрын

Don't they break up and the plastic debris blocks the oil pick up in the sump? If so hearing about the one on the red Focus then leaving it another year would be too much of a gamble for me.

@johncallaghan4616 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely LOVE the CLS, James, but……..the Elephant in the room is that she’s only a 4-seater, no?

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Yes true

@aceace5457 4 ай бұрын

true , but spare parts who needs them when you have chops garage lol , anyway i am still toying of getting rid of my car with no issues what so ever , the value as the finance company say is £26k i offered it to shifting metal and he came up with £19k i offered it to others lovley car co and said i will get back to them , so what can you offer me , i am in no rush to sell because it is a lovely beast of a car lol .

@aceace5457 4 ай бұрын

and if i bought some tickets to your comp then i will want you personnally sell or keep the car and give the money to jack the little boy who visits shifting metal for his trip to usa he needs the money more then me although i am disabled from a brain heammorrage etc

@dangosypethau 4 ай бұрын

interior is lush, would it be closer to 80k miles now rather than 70k?

@roystonvehicles9129 4 ай бұрын

Can't see the mokka starting to re gen from clap cold, absolutely first thing to do is scan it, can be anything on a diesel, so hard to get them running 100% I've done some work on a service customers mokka 1.7,new injectors, still smokes, not coming up and codes, at tickover it's wafting smoke all over, he's trying to sell it atm.

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

My thought too

@Taz-wf4jl 4 ай бұрын

What does the warranty cost on top of the cost of the car or is it included in the price?

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Included

@ncmatterson 4 ай бұрын

James, is there a recall on this MB CLS model?

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Not sure

@davidwilliams5247 4 ай бұрын

@brucefraser4778 4 ай бұрын

moka probably switched off mid regen, very common

@ScottishSalvageRebuilds 4 ай бұрын

It’s just doing a regen if it’s the light with the smoke sign

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

But should not do it from start up, thought had to warm up

@john170277 4 ай бұрын

If the dpf light was on and it was smoking could it have been doing a regeneration

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Should not be when not up to heat

@leedstown 4 ай бұрын

I bought a 2015 cls from mercedes in 2018 for £2100 I sold it in 2020 for £15000 then in 2021 car prices went up and they were doing £1800, I have owned 4 mercedes since

@Finglesham 4 ай бұрын

Doesn't fit in with your normal stock. More like that smart a**** in the peak district. I would just say maintenance costs in future will be horrendous.But good fun if you like that sort of thing. Each to his own I say. Who in their right mind would buy a wet belt car? I suppose an ignorant one?

@chrishart8548 4 ай бұрын

I bought a car with a DPF without knowing, I would never do that again. Also had a car with a wet belt before that. It survived till 16 years old and I never even did the cam belt (ford focus)

@marknucita8284 4 ай бұрын

was the Moka just doing a regen ?

@garymorris801 4 ай бұрын

Looks fab

@roystonvehicles9129 4 ай бұрын

There's one on a pitch near me in white on a 17 plate at 13995, looks the business, he's got loads of tackle like that.

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Still looking cheap eh Vs Yeti etc

@roystonvehicles9129 4 ай бұрын

@@ChopsGarage oh yes bud, I got a 2014 xf 2.2 jag for my son last week, metallic blue, 80k,Hatfields jaguar, 4700 at Astons Prees heath, lot of car for the money.

@davidwainwright2816 4 ай бұрын

Do not give it away like you usually do…..!!!😳

@martinjackson565 4 ай бұрын

Mercedes don’t matter if it does cost a fortune would help if they still made the parts like a thermostat and a water pump for a car that cost £120 grand at the time

@1maico1 4 ай бұрын

What do you mean? Autodoc list lots of different makes of thermostats for this car. An OEM Febi Bilstein is £74 for example. A SKF water pump £88. All in stock.

@martinjackson565 4 ай бұрын

@@1maico1 not for a 55 cl kompressor they don’t 2 water pumps fit but no thermostat and says all water pumps fit but they don’t

@1maico1 4 ай бұрын

@@martinjackson565 A CLK 55 AMG engine is a specialist vehicle sold in small numbers. The one in the video is a humble 2.1 diesel.

@martinjackson565 4 ай бұрын

@@1maico1 oh so you scrap it then cause you can’t get a thermostat then when it was a 120 grand car

@1maico1 4 ай бұрын

@@martinjackson565 Which exact car and year are you talking about?

@roystonvehicles9129 4 ай бұрын

Be careful with the heavy metal stuff bud, OK for your you tube mates punting stuff like that on finance, it's a different game from a small pitch selling for a straight deal. Dave at lovely was megga busy the other day, I noticed virtually every sale was finance tho, which means it might be a good idea to do, on that Mercedes I'd run it to check it out, if OK try an expensive autotrader ad for a mth, if no joy trade it off, if there's trade profit in it of course. It's well worth a try, you want a big margin tho for the outlay and potential comebacks.

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Traded straight out mate even before agreed to buy for nice easy good profit bud

@roystonvehicles9129 4 ай бұрын

@@ChopsGarage I think that's best, imagine selling it on finance and having it returned in a few mths time all blown up, a mate of mine just lost in court, paid 2.2k and customer scrapped the car, so he basically got nothing

@wrightfamily4373 4 ай бұрын

Mokka was probably doing a regen dpf light on mine comes on whilst it’s doing one. Common for them to smoke whilst it does it.

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Does it do it from start up though

@wrightfamily4373 4 ай бұрын

@@ChopsGarage yes if too has missed a few regens. on mine I can see heated mirrors being used without being turned on as if fitted a led to tell when it’s in a mid regen. I had same issue hence fitted the led.

@LukaFontain 4 ай бұрын

Meanwhile, the Mazda 2 is sitting there with presumably no problems, probably won’t develop problems any time soon, is more efficient than probably anything else in stock, drives great, and no one’s interested? 😢

@ChopsGarage 4 ай бұрын

Weird eh think because 1.5